The Big Guy

This weekend we took Ryan to see the big guy in red. My aunt and uncle came in town and suggested the idea, and to be honest I had not even thought about it. I guess my mother mind hasn't totally set in. I had a feeling that Ryan would like seeing Santa, because she goes crazy everytime we show her a Santa doll. She starts bouncing and screaming like Santa is her bestie. Well, it was not different when we took her to see the real thing. I will say, the Santa in the Auburn mall was very realistic. He had a real beard and mustache and I am pretty sure I saw him shopping at Big Lots yesterday- so he is my kind of guy! Anyways, Ryan just LOVED him. She would stare at him and then give her scrunched nose smiliy face to me. Then look at him again to make sure he was still there, and then smile at me again. She was a doll.

The Face

About the past three weeks Ryan has developed this hilarious face. It is very rare that we capture an adorable Ryan smile nowadays, instead we capture this...She scrunches her nose up as much as she possibly can, then squeezes her little baby eyes together, and bucks those teeth out. I think she gets it a little bit from me, the whole scrunch nose and all. I just hope she doesn't end up with my nose..a big fear of mine!

She is absolutely adorable!

Nine Months

Well, it has officially been almost a month since I have blogged. So much has been going on in all of our lives, that we have not had time to get Christmas up yet. I will say we are on stage two, we decided to get a real tree this year and have it lit in the living room, but no decorations yet. This is the firts time Bill and I have ever gotten a real tree since we lived with our parents.

We decided since we have a baby boo now, we need to start with holiday traditions. Bill and I have some things that we try to do each Christmas, but nothing that sticks EVERY YEAR. Well, some of my fondest memories growing up were the traditions our family practiced each holiday season. So, our first step was a real Christmas tree. I thought it would be a magical, holiday music, hot chocolate day filled with Christmas cheer and a sweet holiday chill in the air. However, it was nothing of the sorts. Bill decided to get our tree at Home Depot, not the best Christmas atmosphere, but a great tree selection. Well, it was freaking freezing outside and there was a foreign family following us around and tried to take the same tree we had decided upon, Ryan started crying because she was so cold, I tripped over some yard crap (that is what my dad used to call it) on my way to take Ryan back to the car. Let's just say it was not the special moment I was hoping for. Nevertheless, we got our tree and have it set up in the living room. Our next tradition will be to get Ryan a new ornament every year. We just thought it would be something cool to have for her one day as well.

Okay, back to the orignal post. Our little girl is nine months old. I really have to sit back and think about that. I remember the day Bill and I found out we were pregnant. We were at Bill's parents cabin and I remember us lying in bed and looking at each other saying, "We're going to have a baby in nine months." Now our precious little baby IS nine months. Motherhood has been the most amazing experience in my life. Everytime Ryan breaths I am proud of her. She is changing so much and I just love every minute of her existence. I cannot kiss her enough and thank God enough for blessing our lives with such an amazing daughter.

Another update about her..she is crawling. I really did not think she would go through this stage. I thought it would be sitting and then walking, but she has surprised us again. Now, at her first stages of crawling, she hated it. She would just get MAD when we put her down, but now she loves it. It has really just been this past week that has set her off. She is moving around this house like a little vaccuum. Once again, another proud mother moment.