Rayna {19 months}

Happy 19 months, Rayna!

Measurements: Wearing size 5 diapers, wearing 18 and 18-24 month clothes, and size 5 shoes.

Sleeping: Sleeping 12+ hours at night and napping once a day in the afternoon. 

Total teeth: 11 

Favorite food: cereal, popcorn (discovered it this month and LOVES it), carrots, sandwiches like big sis, beans & rice, sippy cup with water, orange juice, all fruit, and ALL sweets!

New Tricks/Activities/Accomplishments: 

• New words/Fav words (I want to remember): milk, meow, phoooooone, wa wa (water), belly button (mumbled), Mali, Owwwww, Granna (mumbled), turkey (she said once on Thanksgiving even though she did not like to eat it), rat, pwease, shoes, nay nay (thank you), ok, ewwww (when I change her diaper lol)
• Officially DONE with bottles! Woohoo!! It was not hard to do away with them this go around but she still refuses to drink milk (cold or warm) in any type of cup.
• Still super dramatic ;)
• Had her first dentist appointment and did wonderful!
• Spent Thanksgiving at the lake with family
• Moved back home after living with Mera and Debbie while our house was being renovated this past month. Rayna slept in a pack & play for the entire month and did great with the transition. 
• Took family photos for Christmas cards
• Saw Santa Clause
• Singing along with us to her favorite songs (ABCs & e i e i o)

Likes: LOVES feeding Mali by hand (one at a time), shutting all doors, singing 'e i e i o', playing with buckles, watching the Grinch movie, 'blowing' out the lights, dancing, jumping, playing outside, being big sister's shadow, playing with the ornaments on the Christmas tree, playing with jewelry & makeup, etc

Monthly photo dump...

 This girl LOVES her beans & rice!

 Hand holding by Rayna...this never happens so my heart was pretty much in a puddle!

 Sister sugars <3

 Both girls are obsessed with cats lately. When Rayna sees one she says 'meow' over and over again!

First dentist appointment was a success!

Fun with Daddy!

 Little daredevil...always getting into something!

Happy Thanksgiving! :)

This girl has a major sweet tooth!

 Weeeeee! :)

The girls showing off our tree in the new house! It is the most wonderful time of the year!!

 My loves <3

Silly girls!

Big girl at TLG! A few weeks ago she wouldn't even think about holding the parachute handle and walking with it (instead she would cry and throw a fit)...such a big girl!!

Took the girls to visit Santa and Rayna was very skeptical. She almost escaped his lap but managed to get a picture with her looking very unsure lol! 

Sweet girl <3

Rylee {Fall 2016}

This fall started off by meeting Rylee's new preschool teacher, Ms. Johnna, at meet the teacher. She LOVES her and has talked nonstop all summer about her. She was a little shy when we walked in but warmed up pretty quickly when she met her, saw the fun classroom, and played with all her friends from the year before that are in her class with her. So excited for another year at Kingsland! :)

Happy Labor Day!

Beyond grateful for this sweet family of mine. {pic taken in TN}

First day of 4 yr Preschool and my first of amny lunch box notes! <3

My baby girl is such a big girl now!! She walked in her classroom, hung her backpack, found her name, and sat down to color a picture. I told her I was leaving and to have a good day...she said wait look what I drew! Then five seconds later told me I could leave now lol. 

First day of soccer practice (same day as her first day back to school)! Rylee enjoyed spring soccer so much that we signed her up again for the fall! Love watching my little soccer star!

"Watch me kick it in the bowl (aka goal)!"

Ready for yellow day at school! :)

Stylin' for soccer practice!

All smiles on our morning walk! :)

never grow up. PLEASE!

Sister see. Sister do. (nighttime routine)

Perfect day at the zoo!!

Boo-tful girls!!

CFA treat after a good day at school & TLG :)

My school girl!

Rylee got to go watch her big cousins at their cheer clinic and LOVED it! She cannot wait to join them next year!! :)

 Rylee and her cousins spent the night with Aunt Mera & Aunt Debbie and they are by far the coolest aunts ever. They took 4 kids to the Katy Rice Festival and the girls had the best time! Face painting, yummy food, rides, and so much more!! Rylee's day was made with a horse on her face and riding a 'unicorn'!

Fun at the patch!

My little pumpkin ready for school!

 Baking pumpkin cookies with Daddy! 

 So sweet!!!

Always matching! :)

Ready for school!!

Open House at school with my big girl!

She was so excited to show me all her work she had made in class! :)

PJ day at school!

Orange day at school with her bestie/cousin, Liam! :)

Fun at the park with my little monkey!

Halloween Festival at Fielder! Cutest zebra and cheetah!!

Cousins :)

Trick-or-Treat

 Fun day at the farm!

Pumpkin carving fun!

 

Happy Halloween! Rylee had so much fun trick-or-treating with all her cousins! :)

Rylee had her last practice of the season aka a fun soccer party with all her friends & coaches! They played on the playground, ate pizza & cupcakes, and received medals. She had a blast playing soccer for the second season in a row this year. She had fun, played hard, and made some new sweet little friends!

 Rylee & Coach David! When he called her name to accept her medal he called her the 'Fun Meter" of the team! He always says she brings the most fun and energy to the team ;)

Last soccer game of the season! Super proud of our little soccer star! This picture pretty much sums her up...always happy, silly, and stylish at soccer :)

The cutest shopping partners :)

 Sister sugars <3

Thanksgiving Feast at Rylee's Preschool - LOVE this little turkey!

Rylee's preschool picture! (ALL the heart eyes)

And just so I never forget the cute/funny things Rylee said at this age...

• Cheetahs don't have 'wickers' (when telling her about Rayna's Halloween costume)
• Dear God, this book is for Rylee. NOT Rayna. (when she was 'reading' a certain book she did not want to share)
• I love you soooooo much! (she loves telling me this a thousand times a day at the most random times and I love it)
• When I turn five I will goto the big kid school. I will miss you so much but I will be back to see you everyday. I promise.
• I'll be so five!
• When you're five, you ride the bus.
• After saying prayers she added....and I pray to God that we don't eat our boogers.
• You are ridiculous (usually when talking to Rayna lol)
• Don't follow me around! I just keep moving away from Rayna but she keeps following me! (sisters...then two minutes later she is playing with her/giggling/or saying I love my sister so much)
• My tummy is burping (I need to go potty!) lol.
• Don't worry about it.
• Good grief.
• Rylee occasionally likes to put me in my place and I try SOOO hard not to laugh...
• At dinner I was talking to Mike while eating (multi-tasking at its finest) and she chimes in to say you don't talk with your mouthful! Lesson learned.
• I repeat myself quite a bit with Rylee (and her daddy) so she gets annoyed at the sassy age of four. When this happens she usually says ok ok ok I hear you or you tell me that all the time! If she would only listen the first time...