Ryah is 18 months old! WOW

So we went to the good old doctor yesterday thinking we were going to have to do the whole shot thing....but she was up to date on her immunizations!! YAY...I HATE SHOTS!
Anyway,
Ryah was 21 pounds 4 ounces and in the 11th percent. The doctor said she was growing fine and not to worry that she is a little on the skinny side. She was in the 80th percent for her height, definitely taking after her dad!

Ryah is now a "chatty Kathy"!! She is constantly talking and putting sentences together! She is always saying "what are you doing now MOM??" and "hi, how are you?"! Those are her two favorite sentences at the moment! I would guess that she says around 150 words on a regular basis and is adding more and more every day. She is already BOY crazy and loves the word BOYS! HAHA!! I cannot believe she is already one and a half!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUSTIN!!

I just wanted to wish Dustin a happy birthday! He turns 27 today!! To show him how much I love him I spent a LONG time on this beautiful cake!!

GO BEARS! Love you Dustin! xoxo

You can call me Auntie Caysie!!

I know I am 10 days late but better late than never...right??!!
So anyway, my sister Kortnee gave birth to Jaylee Jean Johnson on September 22, 2009. She weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces! She is beautiful and so sweet! I am so excited to be an aunt and for Ryah to have a cute little cousin to play with!


On another note....Ryah is BINKY aka NITE NITE FREE!! She has not had one since the 28th! She wont take naps without it....so we are also nap free. But I would rather be nap free then have a nite nite!! I keep telling myself that she will sleep if she is tired! The last couple days she has taken a nap at 6pm because she just falls asleep wherever she is playing. Kinda funny really!

Check these out!!

So I was looking for something to put all of Ryah's hair bows on and I couldn't find anything I really liked. I came across these memory boards for pictures and I thought they would work for bows too! SO Kortnee and I decided to try and make them and this is how they turned out! I think they turned out super cute! We even custom made the buttons to match our fabric! If anyone is interested we would be happy to make one for you...just let me know! The yellow and red one is the one Kortnee made...it matches Jaylee's room. The green one is the one I made...it doesn't really match anything; but the fabric was cute! :)

FUN IN THE SUN!!

Kortnee's baby shower!!

My mom and I hosted Kortnee's baby shower! I can't believe she is so close to having her baby already! I am so excited to meet my niece....and I can't wait for Ryah to have a friend!!

Happy Birthday Nee Nee!!

I wanted to wish my sister Kortnee a happy 23rd birthday!! Here are 10 reasons she is the best sister ever!!

1. She has always and will always be there for me!

2. Kortnee was with me the ENTIRE time I was in labor, she never left my side. She even slept on the hospital room floor with only a baby blanket I brought for Ryah.

3. She will babysit anytime I ask her too!

4. She loves Ryah just as much as I do!

5. She was more excited than me when I told her I was getting married!

6. She always makes me feel better when I am down. She will talk to me for hours if I need her too!

7. She is the best shopping buddy a sister could ask for!

8. She is good at everything she does and sometimes her goodness rubs off on me! :0)

9. She puts up with me...need I say more?!

10. She is my best friend. It's funny how as time passes you realize who the most important people in your life are. When I was young I took Kortnee for granted but I want her to know that I don't know what I would do without her! She is a better sister than I could have asked for!!


Kortnee, I hope you have a wonderful birthday! I am sorry school screwed me out of going to dinner with you tonight! I am so thankful you are my sister! I can't wait to meet your little Jaylee and for you to experience motherhood for yourself. It's the most wonderful gift in the world! I hope I can be as good to you as you have been to me!

Love you sissy!!

Ryah is WALKING!!!!!

Ryah started walking everywhere over the weekend! I am so glad she has finally gotten the hang of it!! I was starting to get worried!! :)

Our little smarty pants!

I have been horrible about writing in Ryah's baby book and I am hoping I have blogged about enough of the important things that I can just catch up later. So here is an update on our little smarty pants!! Ryah is a little over 14 months old right now and is just barley starting to walk. She took 6 steps on her own yesterday...THANK GOD! I think that her vocabulary and reading skills have been priority over walking. She can point to any body part you ask and say most of them. She is also obsessed with outside and her swing. I would guess she can say over 50 words and she try's to say anything and everything you ask her to. These are a some of the words she uses on a regular basis: elbow, balloon, bubbles, knee, arm, foot, toes, head, hair, ears, cheeks, teeth, belly, legs, swing, flowers, tree, car, juice, box, bottle, seat, sit, bite (she wants a BITE of everything), cup, soap, goat, cow, duck, bird, dog, diesel (Kortnee's dog), walk (pronounced balk) spaghetti O's, cheese, hot, cold, up, down, light, ball, nice, out, NO (we here that one a lot), kortnee (pronounced nee nee), mom, dad, papa, grandma (either nama or mama), comb, pretty, cute (pronounced tute), please, thank you, hello, hi, boo, bike, boy, girl, kids, baby, Ryah, night night, bye or buh bye, mine, sun, moon, stars, all the colors....and the list goes on. Not all the words are pronounced perfect but you can definitely tell what she is trying to say. Every time she sees flowers she wants to pick one and sniff it, this could get us in trouble. Ryah is very aware of her surroundings and likes to show us that she knows what things are and she knows where things belong. I can ask her to put away her toys and she does, I ask her where the sun is and she points to the sky...she is so smart! She can also count to 3, she skips 1 most of the time because I say it for her but she is getting the hang of it! She knows the sounds of many animals and we don't even need to ask her what they say anymore, she just tells us if she sees one (Ryah loves the zoo). What I mean by reading skills is when we watch her Your Baby Can Read videos they show you the word then they say the word; she always beats them to the punch....that is reading right?? I LOVE those movies and so does she! Anyway, I could go on forever but I think I documented all the good stuff!! Hopefully we will have a little walker here soon!! Take care everyone!!


Nice hair Missy

It's been a while!!

So I know I have not been so great about updating this blog, but I have been getting ready for finals. Now those are done and I have until Monday before summer school starts....SO here I am updating the blog!

Mothers day weekend we went with Korntee and Eric to SLC. Kort and Eric found out they will be having a GIRL and so we decided to celebrate with a mini vacation that included lots of shopping! Since we were already going to be there we also planned on taking Ryah to the Hogle Zoo. She loves animals so we thought it would be fun to spend mothers day doing something Ryah would enjoy! Anyway, here are some pictures from the weekend! Enjoy...

Kortnee and Ryah on the way to the pool!

She liked it. As long as I was close.

Swimming at the hotel pool....only problem was I only packed a swimsuit for Ryah! OOPS!

Ryah was more interested in the monkeys!
(Eric, Kortnee, Ryah and Dustin)

US!

The three of us!

Ryah and Uncle Eric.

Ryah with Dad looking at the birds!