1/2 Year Old!!!

Ryann's Birthday

 

Proud Daddy

 

Proud Mommy

 

Blessing Day 3 Weeks

 

One Month

 

Two Months

 

Three Months

 

Four Months

 

Five Months

 

Six Months

 

  

 

My little Ry Ry is officially six months old, and she is getting so big!!! She had her six month check up today, she weighs 17 lbs 4 oz, and is 26 inches long~ She also had to get four shots, and she screamed like nobodys business for a minute or two, but has been pretty good since.  She is such a little sweetheart, and has got so much personality already.  95% of the time she is all gummy smiles and giggles, and the other 5% she is very impatient! She has so much fun in her jumperoo, I can't get her to stop kicking her legs even after I take her out of it! She is hilarious in it! She also LOVES puppies!!! She thinks they are so funny, she laughs so much at them and it is the cutest thing in the world! She is into everything already, and has a certain attraction to cords...I know right-I am in big trouble.  She totally says Mama! Like all day everyday! She may not fully understand what she is saying, but it still makes me sooo happy! She has even said Dada a few times! You know, she is probably just making noise-but I am going to pretend that she is saying our names anyways! :D She loves to be at church, sacrament hymns are her very favorite! Even when she was in my belly she would go nuts kicking me when we would sing.  She gets a big old smile on her face and is just so excited.  She also has a thing for books, so you can imagine my frustration while I'm trying to hold the hymn book.  Surprisingly enough, she doesn't really taste the books so much as she does feel and look at them! She really is just fascinated by them, and everytime I open one up, she starts to jabber like she is reading haha!  Her favorite thing to eat is bananas, she seriously loves them~we freeze them on popsicle sticks for her and she gobbles them down! She doesn't so much love rice cereal, but we are going through oatmeal banana cereal like you can't believe! She likes to try and help feed herself, which usually ends up with a generous spoonful plopping onto her forehead.  She hates peas, Daddy tried to feed them to her the other day and she was gagging! She refused to eat them haha!  I have noticed that she is such a determined little thing.....She will stop at nothing to get her hands on what she wants, and if she doesn't want something, well lets just say you better get it out of her face asap! She has the funniest little laugh, and is seriously the most amazing thing that has ever happened to us.  She is our sunshine, which Will reminds her of every morning upon her awakening by singing "You Are My Sunshine" to her, and she loves it.  I cannot put into words how much we love her, it is indescribable.  I never knew my heart could ever get so full.  I have gained a true understanding of the unconditional love of my own parents, and am so very grateful for all they have done for me.  I have also realized how very blessed I am to have her, and how much it breaks my heart that some people will never have what I have. I am also so confused at what some people do with the great gift of parenthood, when so many others would give anything to have the chance to have a child in their life.  I do know that Heavenly Father has a certain plan for each of us, and we have to do the best with what we have been dealt, and will someday be rewarded for our efforts.  I know I am so blessed in so many ways....and I know that when I count my blessings, that little Miss Ryann Elise is one of the first things that come to my mind.