Rylee Diann

Miss Rylee Diann is over a month now.

Looking at pictures I cannot believe how big she has gotten! 

We went to her month old check up and she weighs 12lbs! 

She is in the 95% tile for her weight and height of the kids her age.

She is my chubby baby! 

Although she is chubby (even weighs more than Leah who is a month older than her) I have had some days where I felt she was starving. 

The doctor looked at me and was like "oh no she is not!"

But let me tell you breast feeding is not easy. I still have days when she latches on that it hurts. Or days when she sucks so hard I have to pull her off and switch sides because I can't take it. And not to mention it sucks to have to do it in front of people. If i could just whip it out I seriously would. Having to go somewhere and segregate yourself sucks and the covering up is a hassle. Lets just say it's not my favorite and I have come close to giving up and you become less sensitive to being modest. 

Anyways that's my rant for that.. A bit too much info..I'm sorry.

Since she was born she is on a time frame of every 4 hours she eats and sleeps those 4 hours. 

She has her moments that she is awake but it doesn't last too long.
These are some of my favorite pictures taken of her within a month and a half and she already changes a lot! 

She isn't really a crier. At night she fusses and if i really ignored her she'd cry but not a horrible cry. Her cry makes me sad cuz it's so dang cute. 

She holds her head up amazingly well for a newborn..seriously since the day she was born she could hold it by herself pretty well. (Dr. Nielson is always impressed)

She has started to smile a little bit. When she is hungry she fusses and the minute i turn her on her side to feed she gets this little grin and it makes me laugh cuz she knows what is about to happen.

She makes all these noises when she sleep and sometimes it sounds like she is pissed. The doc says her grunts and noises are just her figuring out her body and herself.

Sometimes she freaks out when she is feeding which also makes me not want to do it in public cuz she sometimes squirms and starts yelling and thrashing around almost head butting me then I pull her up and a min later this huge burp comes up and then she is totally normal.

There are days I'm exhausted and the moment I am up for the day she goes to sleep and its like mom i just want you to get up so I can sleep..and I can't even get mad because you look at her and she slightly smiles in her sleep and its just too dang cute.

When she is awake her mouth is in a shape of an o. And she arches her back to look at any kind of light she can find. She's a mover and man she is strong!

I haven't gotten out of the house much cuz it kinda takes a lot to get out of the house.

 Ashley and I tried shopping the other day with both of them and really it wasn't that bad but man it took a lot to do all of it. Do you take 2 cars? Both strollers don't fit in the car. Can't get one of the bases out of the car cuz your husband put it in too tight. You arrive and have to feed one. One pees through her diaper. You go to a couple stores and the other one has to eat. One cries almost the whole way home cuz she is still hungry. -this was our day ha which sounds hilarious but makes you not want to do it everyday

I don't know how mom's do it when they have jobs and have a newborn or just have other kids. I have a hard enough time having my day start at 12 trying to shower, do dinner , and keep the house running.

But i want her to slow down not just in gaining a pound a week but she is already getting old. I try to take it all and to take videos and lots of pictures..

Rylee's 1st Thanksgiving and Her Blessing

Ashley ended up having Brinley Rose on Tuesday the 26th.

(And they just keep coming all the cousins is gunna be fun)
But Thanksgiving this year was with the in-laws.

Everyone but Serene, Josh, and Baylee were able to make it.

Debbie and Ron-Moriah and Brad rented a house so we spent the weekend over there.

It was really nice and the perfect idea!
Here's a few pics -

Kelsi came over to meet miss Rylee!

Ethan hates holding babies because he thinks they will break but he loves holding Rylee!

 We played minute to win it games!

Eli apparently can't tell Leah and Rylee apart

She is one strong baby and loves to stare at Daddy!

Brinley and Rylee

Grandma holding both and than Kortnee

That Sunday Dec 1st we had decided to have Leah and Rylee blessed together.
(Cousin's that were a month apart and blessed together like Kylie and I)
Rusty was so nervous. This was a huge accomplishment for him.
Rusty had not been up in front of the church ever and he was so nervous that no one was gunna be able to understand him that he would mumble through the whole thing. I heard him go over the being of the blessing in the shower and pasing  back and forth the night before and all morning. To me I just smiled and was so proud he was going to do it even though he was so nervous. I saw him get down on his knees before leaving for church to ask to calm him and that you'd be able to understand him.
So sweet to see this.

 She is wearing my blessing dress.

 Leah and Rylee...guess my little one likes to throw up signs!

 I had to tell Great now Great Great Grandma that Rylee was hers.

5 generation right here!

Rachel came!

He did it.
He gave a beautiful blessing.
It consisted of being healthy, choosing good friends,  to have the desire to choose what is right, having a testimony, and getting an education.
He got off the stage and I kissed his for head and man it was sweaty but I was so proud he did and faced his fear for his daughter.
 (You guys have no idea how hard this was for him. He can talk to anyone but to get in front of people like that..oh no..)
It was nice to see everyone and have to share it like Kylie and I did when we were little.



I also would like to mention we got rid of Chomper..I couldn't handle it. The whole time being pregnant i complained about him and how I would handle him and a newborn and it came down to I just couldn't. Chomper had a personality that no one had ever seen in a dog before. He was aggressive and stubborn as all get out. He was perfect till you told him what to do or no. He was perfect around Rusty. The best dog. I'd call him and he almost wouldn't believe the things i would say that he did because Chomper wasn't that way with him. The second that door shut Chomper would get into the most random things and he'd keep me up chasing him around the apartment and running under the table or behind the couch and this was really hard on a 9 month pregnant lady! I didn't know how I was supposed to take Chomper out to go the bathroom and have Rylee. I couldn't hold her cuz Chomper is nuts and pulls way too much on a leash, and I couldn't leave her in the house by herself. And i didn't trust him at all around her. If i would tell him no he'd try to attack me and I was not going to have that and be holding Rylee. I didn't want to see if he's hurt her and take that risk. If something had happened i'd probably be so upset at Rusty that I'm not sure I could forgive him when i cried for months to get rid of him. (sounds horrible i know but i wasn't willing to risk it and it seemed like I wasn't getting through to Rusty so i would have taken it out on Rusty) Anyways once Rylee was born Rusty finally agreed to get rid of him. (He thought I was just being crazy before because i was prego..think again..i had real concerns) We tried to give him to two other people but he got too aggressive and they all realized what I was going through. So he ended up at shepherd rescue. Let me tell you I do miss the security of him but my life is so much easier not having him. I can lay Rylee where ever. I can have things wherever in the house and know that he's not going ruin it and his hair oh my is hair is gone! We can have blankets that we can use now without his hair covering them! But Rusty thinks about him and misses him each day but he's realized its a lot easier and we can come and go without having to worry to come home and take him out and that he's too big of a dog to be in an apartment.