All about the pawpaws......

Little Miss Ryelan LOOOOVES her grandparents - but expecially her pawpaws!  She is literally obsessed with them! 

Ryelan likes PawPaw Glenn to bundle her up in his coat.  In fact, she requests it......  She points him to his coat so she can snuggle in there!  So sweet!

Cleanin up

Grandma Sue came over on Tuesday night & brought Ryelan an Elmo doll.  Within 2 minutes Ryelan had mastered his name & was saying it each time she saw him!  She is learning new words like CRAZY nowadays! 

Mommy & Daddy cleaned the house while Grandma Sue played with Ryelan.  Grandma had a hard time keeping Ryelan away from the cleaning crew.  She was just sooooo interested in what mommy & daddy were doing!  Finally, mommy decided to give her a swiffer duster & Ryelan was so excited!  She walked around the house "swiffering" the walls and the floor saying "nononono".  We weren't really sure what the nonono was about, but it sure was funny to watch!!!

Thanks Grandma Sue for coming to play!  Now our house is sparkly clean! :)

I need to actually sit down and write a real post but I wanted to add a few new words before I forget!

Ryelan now says.....all done, doggy, happy, nice, boots, socks & shoes!

more words

Ryelan has added "boon" for balloon, outside (very clear if i might add!), walk, & calls ALL fruit apple! :) hehe!

more updates tonight!

Daddy's Day Off

Justin hasn't been feeling well the last few days but I convinced him to have fun on his day off (Veteren's Day). It ended up being a GREAT day!!!  We had so much fun!

We went to the zoo in the morning.  Grandma & Grandpa Wells "stalked" us & ended up at the zoo too!! :)  Afterwards, we all went to eat at Ginger Buffet.  That is always a good way to get Justin's spirits up!  I don't ever let us go eat Chinese because I don't like it, but since he has been sick, I made an exception!  Hehe!

After lunch, the grandparents came to our house & we played in the yard, rode our bike/bike trailer for the first time, and burned some leaves. It was so much fun!  When Justin got out the bike trailer, Ryelan was SO excited!  She kept trying to climb inside & was shouting "Weeee!"  Thanks so much Grandma Sue & Grandpa Grove for our bike and trailer!  What a great gift!!!

After playing outside, the grandparents left & we continued the fun inside. Ryelan has recently discovered all of the cabinets (wonderful) & pulled out EVERYTHING from under the kitchen sink!  She found all of our user manuals & brought a "boouh" to Justin to read!  It was so funny!  SO daddy read her the chainsaw manual.  Next, since Ryelan LOVES to dress up, Justin put his UNC sweatshirt on her & let her "prance" around the house!  Gosh I wish every day was this fun!!!!!!

Up to speed.......

Justin & I sat down & made a list off all the things Ryelan "can do" as of right now (13 months - 1 week).....It was hard to remember EVERYTHING so we hope we got it all! Let us know if we left anything out!!

Words Ryelan says:

up, mama or meme, daddy, "bup" for cup or nursing, more, "ba" for bath, ball, kitty, "tee tu" for thank you, "bumpoo" for pumpkin, "Dew" for Drew, paw paw, maw maw, Kasey, baby, apple, "boo" for peekaboo, whoa, hot, nono, light, poopoo, this, "boouh" (not sure how to spell that one :) for book, "no" for nose, "Bee" for Baylee, Mia, eye, "ssss" for shhh, uh oh, hi, night night, buh bye

If you were counting, that is 33 words so far!!! She is our chatty girl!!! At her 12 month appointment she was saying 13 words already & the doctor told us we will "never get this girl to shut up!!" Oh boy!!!

Adding to the list of things Ryelan can say, she also knows 7 sounds animals/things make:
What does a ......
-kitty say.........."meeee"
-sheep say........"baaa"
-cow say............"moooo"
-doggy say........"oof oof"
-birdie say........"tee tee"
-snake say........"sssssss"
-choo choo train....."toot toot"

Ryelan can also recognize several body parts including:
head, hair, belly, nose, mouth, ears, feet, eye

"Tricks" Ryelan can do:
How Big are you? (arms up) SOOO BIG
How old are you? (one finger up) ONE!
Make a funny face (scrunches her nose)
Clap when you say "yay" or when you tell her to
Clap her feet
Kick her feet when you say "kicky kicky"
High five
Play patty-cake (clap) when you sing the song
Give kisses
Blow kisses
Wave hi & buh bye

Ryelan can also do some sign language: more, eat & drink(or milk)

She has been walking for about 7 weeks now & is just now starting to run a little. She is a "girly girl" (I think) so she is always very careful! :) Wonder where she got that from??? Probably daddy! He! He!

Well that is all I can think of to get us "up to speed" on where Miss Ryelan is right now! Gosh it is really hard to think of everything!!!!! I'm sure I missed some stuff!

Here we go......

So Ryelan is 13 months now & after reading Mia's blog for a few months, I've decided to create (& keep up with) a blog for Miss Ryelan so that she can look back on it one day.

So.............here we go!