Happy Thanksgiving ... AND 5 months to my cute baby girl! Rylee gets to share her 5 months birthday with Thanksgiving and her half birthday with Christmas! I really cannot believe she is another month older. Time just flies by. She is just getting so BIG. She is just so cute and everyday she is getting happier and funner and her personality is developing more and more. All of which is just LOVE. I will type a few fun things about Rylee right now. (beware - there are a ton of pictures. Just to go along with things about her. :)
She loves TV! Haha...
She loves Daddy so much. She gets so excited when he talks to her or even looks at her and smiles. She is definitely a Daddy's girl and I love watching these two together.
She sucks on EVERYTHING. Of course that is not a surprise for a baby, but I just think it's so cute. If she doesn't have a toy, rag, blanket, etc to suck on she will suck on her bottom lip, fingers, or THUMB. Yes, my daughter is a thumb sucker. It's so cute!
She loves her bottle. She even tries to hold it on her own. 
Her 2 new favorite things: her crinkle book and her snowsuit. Yes, her snowsuit. This girl LOVES it. I put her in it and lay her on the floor and she just lays there still and does NOT move. Yesterday I put her in it and put her in the car seat. I went to Macey's, K-Mart, and Wal-Mart and she didn't even wake up! That is SHOCKING. She slept for a total of 3 hours in the car seat. She just feels so cozy in it. 
She loves being on her belly! You can tell in the picture haha. I thought this picture was hilarious and just had to put it up.
She will NOT stay on her back! Well, sometimes she does ... but pretty much never does! She always wants to roll over! Changing her is so so DIFFICULT! This is what she does EVERY TIME.
She definitely knows her name. She is so alert and aware of her surroundings. I can barely nurse her good now cause she just wants to look around and see what’s going on. Even in a quiet room with no noise. She keeps stopping to look at me and see what I am doing. Silly girl! She also loves talking on the phone. This was yesterday. Kelly was talking to her on the phone and she was just smiling so big! It was so cute. Of course I wasn't quick enough to get one of her smiling.
Rylee found her feet! I go into her room to get her out of her crib one morning and she was holding onto her feet! It was so funny.
She is now super close to sitting up and crawling. She can scoot herself a very short distance but is so determined to get where she wants to go that soon she will be getting there. 
She smiles and giggles so much now it is so cute! Just in the past few days she smiles and giggles more than she ever has!
A few things without pictures.
She loves riding in the car now and is so good. Before I was so nervous to ever go on a long car ride. Now if we did I would no longer be nervous because she is just so good in the car and just sits there so patiently.
I have given her tastes of mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes and a few other things ... She sure loves it all! She definitely knows what food is and what you do with it. In the next week or so I am going to maybe start her on some rice cereal? She needs something else because JUST milk is NOT cutting it for her anymore.
She is the best sleeper! She goes down at 7:30. Wakes up to eat at 2:30 (ish) and goes back to sleep in 10 minutes TOPS and then sleeps till somewhere in between 8:30-9:30. And she naps really well during the day! 5 hour nap has been the max. Now it's usually a short nap that is one hour max and then another 2 1/2-3 hour nap. And my favorite part ... she can fall asleep on her own! I just lay her down and she'll talk in her crib for a while and then next thing she is sound asleep! I just got a baby monitor and I LOVE IT. It is so hilarious just listening to her make noises.
Oh, and exciting news ... her hair is growing back! She was born with quite a bit of hair and then most of it fell out except there was still a thick patch in the back. We called it her mullet. :) But now everyday it is getting longer! WAHOO!
There are tons of other things about her but this is it for now ... too tired to type anymore! I love my sweet girl and I am so thankful on this Thanksgiving Day to have her as my daughter. I love every waking second I have with her and cherish every second I have with her. I am the world's luckiest MOM!
Our Christmas Tree.
Kelly in his ugly turtleneck. Rylee was so worn out from all the excitement!
This is at the other Christmas Party.
Here is Rylee on Christmas Eve. She was so happy!
Rylee on Christmas Eve at my parents house. She was so happy in this toy!
Rylee opening her first present on Christmas morning!
She got a lullaby gloworm! She loves it.
Rylee sure got a lot of stuff!!
