Oh, Rylee!

I used to do posts and talk so much about Rylee at each stage she was in and all the new funny things she was doing. She has grown into a little girl and is so much more work than she ever was before and I have completely stopped doing that! This little girl of mine definitely has a one of a kind personality and keeps me busy 24/7 -- even while she is sleeping I am cleaning up the messes she has made and then I go to sleep and dream about her! (kidding) She has grown up into the cutest, funnest, sweetest, (and biggest stinker) I could have ever imagined her to be. She makes me laugh, smile, crazy, and happy all at the same time. Life has become so much more amazing as the time has passed and just looking at that sweet little face makes life even better by the second. Even though pretty much every day is full of tears and tantrums, I am SO GRATEFUL I get to be with her every second of every day and that I get to raise her and teach her everything. She can pretty much say anything now. She pretty much says full sentences and can tell me what she wants, when she wants it. She tells me when she wants to eat and what she wants to eat. She knows all the characters from the Disney movies she has watched so far, (Toy Story 1, 2, and 3) Finding Nemo, Cinderella, Cars, Lion King, and a couple others. She knows her shapes, colors, we are working on looking at numbers and knowing what each one is. She can count to 10 and almost to 20 and is getting good at the alphabet! She loves her animal books and knows what all the animals are in it. Even penguins and flamingoes! :) Smart girl. She is OBSESSED with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and watches that mostly but will ask to watch Sesame Street "Big Bird" too as well as her Disney Movies. Her recent like is "Princess Fia." Princess Sophia that played on Disney Jr. a month ago or so. For the most part she listens really well when I ask her to do something. She loves to clean up her toys after she plays with them and loves the "clean up!" song and sings it every time she is cleaning up! She gets into EVERYTHING and is one very BUSY child. Way busier than a lot of 2 year olds I know. She hardly ever just relaxes and holds still -- always moving. She giggles at herself when she is being goofy and definitely knows how to make us laugh all the time. I have a few videos on our laptop (which is at work with Kelly right now) that I will post of her that will make you laugh! They are hilarious. She throws some awesome tantrums lately that drive me absolutely crazy. When she isn't being a stinker she is so tender hearted and sweet. She knows when you are sad and will come and try to cheer you up by asking, "What's a matter?" and then will kiss you and give you a hug. She says, "Sowwy!" at just about everything. For example, one day I was driving and took a wrong turn and said quietly to myself, "Oh my gosh duh!" (something like that) She yells from the back, "Sowwy Mommy!" like she did something wrong. She is so cute. She is still in her crib and doesn't climb out yet (bless her) ... I am still enjoying her going to bed great and taking great naps during the day. Who knows how that will change when she is in a bed. I hope it lasts a while longer. :) I love that she is "trapped." ha ha. She still has to have warm milk at night after her bath before bed. It's warm milk and 1 episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse every single night before bed no questions asked. Her milk still HAS to be warm and will only take it out of one sippy cup (that looks like a bottle) ugh. I need to change this somehow but don't even know where to begin. And the fact that she still calls it her ba-ba makes it even worse. Oh well, whatever. :) She loves to help me with...EVERYTHING. She remakes the mess I am cleaning up but it is ok - she wants to help and when she is happy I am fine with that. She does literally everything I do. When I open the dishwasher she bolts over as fast as she can to help me "do dishes!" She loves loves loves to do the dishes with me. She puts stuff away even. She is too smart. I could go on and on about this sweet little child of mine. She is my life and I just love all the time I have with her every day. We have so much fun together. I love the days I just play with her and snuggle and just have Mommy time. I cherish all the time we spend together! She is growing up way too fast to take one second for granted.

She is just one happy little girl that I love so much and am so happy to be her Mommy!

She still loves her "eayings" and shows everyone. She doesn't mess with them which is great!



Daddy has been working SOOOOO MUCH the past couple months. He has been so so busy which has been a blessing but we miss him SO MUCH. One night we dropped off pizza to Kelly and a few of the guys that work for him. Rylee jumped right in and started helping and got so dirty! Hilarious.



Helping me wash my car on the very last warm-ish day! It was in the high 50's. She got soaking wet and dirty and we had to bath her for sure! We had fun though!



My crazy child at Walmart last weekend. She is obsessed with these freezers!



At one of Daddy's basketball games! This was as soon as he started playing. She couldn't stop giggling and thought it was so funny!



Then she decided she didn't like the buzzer and wouldn't take her fingers out of her ears. She kept saying, "I wanna go home."



Naps in the car are happening a little more frequently lately...dang December! So busy every day it seems like. So many errands!



I walked in to check on her last night...found her all snuggled in her blanket. I can't handle the cuteness of her sleeping face. I love her so much.



Rylee's recent "cheese" face. She does this all the time and gets away with just about anything cause she will just look at you and make this face if she is in trouble and I can't help but just laugh!



And last but not least...................a couple HILARIOUS stories about Rylee. I was saving them for last. :) Sorry, a bit detailed but whatever. It's my blog so I can say what I want, right?

STORY #1:

One Sunday a couple weeks ago I got undressed to get in the shower. Rylee was standing in my closet with me. She looks down and back up at me, "That's a big butt!" Oh my gosh I can't tell you how funny it was just how she said it! I was trying to decide if I should laugh or be embarrassed that my 2 year old thinks my butt is big?!

STORY #2:

On Monday we were at Walmart. Rylee was sitting in the cart and I was pushing her around. Out of nowhere she grabs my boobs and yells, "I got your boobs!" And kept yelling it over and over! I kept laughing cause of course it was so funny. I am sure my face was beat red cause it was also so embarrassing...

Since when is she old enough to do and say stuff like this???? sigh...