Wipeout

Now that Rylee is more "active", she's also more accident prone. She had two hilarious crawling wipeouts on Sunday. The second one was practically a somersault. I think her arms got trapped beneath her because she was carrying something, but the momentum just carried her forward. "It all happened so quickly!" She didn't cry either time. She was more surprised -like whoa, what happened?!

Yesterday though she took two tumbles that left marks. She tipped over near a coffee table leg at my friend Karen's house and smacked herself in the head. She wailed pretty good on that one. Later she bumped the same side of her face, but more temple and cheek area, on one of the rocking horses upstairs (Poco to be exact). Luckily those red marks have subsided. I wouldn't want to take her in for her doctor visit today with too many bumps and bruises!

MN Recap 2

May 30 - was my cousin's wedding. Rylee came for the ceremony in Gregory Park, but went to Grandma Sandy & Grandpa Chip's (GS & GC) for the wedding dance so Mommy could actually have some fun! :)

Here's a photo of my cousin Suzie, her new hubby Scott, my Aunt Judi and my Uncle Duck (the one who nicknamed Rylee at birth Riles - how did he know it would be so fitting!):

 

And here's a shot of my Dad with his siblings (from left to right - Paul, my Dad, Mike & Judi in front):

 

May 31 - Rylee and I spent the day with GS & GC
June 1 - Rylee and I visited Great Grandpa Polich...

 

...and had dinner with my parents and our friend, Greg

June 2 - Twilight movie night with Mom, Sara, Heather, Penney, and Teri. Rylee slept through all the fun until we made the mistake of trying to open her door so Teri could take a peek at her. We quickly learned the doors in that old apartment are way too squeaky for that maneuver! Live and learn. :)

MN Trip Recap 1

Since I use my blog as a sort of scrap book for Rylee, I want to go back and mention some of the highlights of our trip and also post more pictures. Plus I recently downloaded Picasa's picture software so I am seeing if posting pictures from there is quicker and easier. So far, so good!

May 27 - Travel to MN (Rylee's first airplane ride!)
May 28 - Visitors begin arriving to see Rylee aka Miss Popularity (I think there were 7 visitors in all!)
May 29 - Afternoon visiting Great Grandma Signe at Diamond Willow (followed by dinner with Sara at Rafferty's Pizza)

Some pics of Rylee and "The Old Woman" as we affectionately call her:

 

 

Juan's Lawn Service

Jon bought a new lawn mower today. His old one crapped out when he was mowing the lawn before he left for MN (he actually had to run his way through part of it in order to get it done). He wanted to repair it, but I suggested that he had gotten his moneys worth out of that $150 piece of machinery over the last 10 years. Then I strongly suggested he buy a self-propelled mower this time around. He took me up on the offer.

He's outside right now mowing with a big grin on his face. I yelled outside to ask him how he liked the new mower and he expressed his affection in a way that is not appropriate for me to repeat here in blogland. Let's just say it translates to: he loves it and wonders why he put up with that other hunk of junk that long.

Okay, he just came inside practically skipping with excitement and said:
"It mowed the grass so fast that I set it up, mowed the lawn, and I've only drank this much of my beer [pointing to about 1/3] - and it's still cold! I want to do it again. I might go mow Dave's lawn. Blog that!"

Best part is: he still "looks like the type." :)

So Much to Do

We're back! MN Vacation 09 went by so quickly and of course there were things we didn't get to do and people we didn't get to see... hopefully next year.

On the flip side, there's so much we did do and people we did see. I can't wait to recap and post all the cute photos, but first I have a long list of chores to get through. I hope to get organized over the weekend and back to regular blogging next week - I'm going through withdrawal!

One quick story:
As we were leaving the plane yesterday, we heard a man say:
"Well that would have been a nice flight, if it weren't for that kid!"

Thankfully, he wasn't talking about Rylee! She did awesome yesterday and slept for most of the flight and the landing. Thank you! Thank you! :)

Sponge Rylee

Rylee had her first Serpent Lake boat ride on Friday. She looked ridiculous in her life jacket (kinda like a human head on a spongy robot body), but she loved it (even though she did wish Daddy would drive a little bit faster!).






*She also learned to climb stairs on Saturday. She went up a flight of 6 stairs, four times in a row. I was standing by to catch her if she needed help - but she didn't - no surprise there. I did have to walk her back down to the bottom since she is too little to do the scoot down on your butt technique. Good thing Daddy installed the gates at our house!

First 4th of July

Rylee had a great first 4th of July yesterday: the parade was perfectly timed after her morning nap; she loved all the bands and "danced" to the music; she enjoyed her time out at the lake with all her cousins; and she slept through the noisy fireworks. :)

With Papa (or Papa John as I like to tease)...


With Daddy (who she is so excited to have around again - she is her Daddy's girl)...


Dancing with Noni (formerly known as Grandma Connie & Nana Connie)...


With Mommy, Auntie Laurie, & cousins Ben, Maddie, & Nick (sporting our Old Navy gear)...