Happy Thanksgiving Part 2

Today was a wonderful day with family!  We have so much to be thankful for including gracious hosts who let us bring our messy and loud baby to their clean home!  Thanks Carly, Ryan, and Harpo for having us. 


My belly is full and I think it is time for an early bedtime so just pictures not many words.

Reading Rilyn's Thanksgiving card from grandma and papa

loving on grandpa

Hanging with Uncle Ryan

Harpo the newest addition to the Decker family

The only "disaster" a glass lid exploded into the vegetarian stuffing...bummer for us it looked delicious!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Rilyn wants to wish everyone a Rockin Thanksgiving!

10 months old

Rilyn is 10 months old today!  I can't believe that in 2 months I will be throwing a birthday party.  I know I say this every time but seriously time flies. 

At 10 months old.....

Rilyn eats 3 meals a day plus snacks.  This kid just loves food and will eat anything except Avocado.  She won't even touch the stuff!  Her favorite food is probably sweet potatoes (prepared anyway) and yogurt.  She drinks water from a sippy cup and straw cup.  She is nursing less about 5 - 8 times a day just depending on her mood.  She does have 5 teeth now (3 on the bottom and 2 on the top ).  The two on the top are on the sides not the middle so she actually has fangs.

Rilyn goes to sleep very easily. We just put her in her crib and give her a lovey.  She goes to bed between 6:30 and 7:00.  Rilyn wakes up between 3:30 and 4:30 to eat and then again between 5 and 6 in which case she is up for the day.  She naps a little different for all her "caregivers."  At home, she naps twice a day usually around 10 and 3 for anywhere between 45 minutes and 2 hours. 

Rilyn is all about playing right now and her favorite game is "go up stairs, mommy or daddy chases me" repeat.  She likes toys but is not that in love with them.  Instead climbing and playing with the dogs are a lot more fun.  She just started trying to go down the steps on her belly.  She closes doors and loves her loveys (those little blanket animals).

She is just a really fun girl and we LOVE spending time with her. 

Pre-Thanksgiving - Year 4

This was our 4th year hosting Pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving, and it was a blast as usual.  We provide the food, Kendall provides the turkey, and everyone else brings the beverages.  This year went very smoothly...Tyler pretty much did everything and it was a great time to catch up with friends.

Rilyn loved playing with Payton.  She is such a polite and friendly girl and we are so excited that Kole and Shannon are going to parents again!  This new little baby is going to be so lucky to have them as parents!

Food was pretty darn good and Rilyn seemed to enjoy her first Thanskgiving meal.

Thank you friends for being so important to us.  We are thankful for all of you!

Puppy Love

 

Just some Anna ramblings...

I thought I would give this ramblings idea a try because that is really what I feel like doing....

Rilyn had her 9 month check-up this week.  She is all caught up on her shots including the first half of her flu shot.  She is 21 lbs (80%) and 28 inches (58%).  She is meeting all her milestones and is doing great.

She is VERY mobile and is starting to babble and actually talk.  She said two words the other day, "Hi Zoe Zoe."

We had kind of a rough week....
First I cut a good chunk off of my pointer finger using a mandolin.  I spent the morning at Urgent Care and today has been the first day without quite a bit of pain.  Unfortunately, my finger is going to look a little funky as there was really no repairing it.

I took my car into the shop to get a gas smell figured out (second time it has been in for this), and they tried telling me my warranty wasn't going to cover it.  Let's just say I went all Tyler on them and my warranty will be covering it.  I of course was too embarrassed to go in and pick up my car after my little outburst, but hey I bet I saved us a couple hundred dollars at least.

The same day my car was in the shop, Sheila (the jeep), overheated and ended up in the shop in Castle Rock.  Which means we had no car.  Thank God for the Decker rents who loaned us a car for a day!

We had a rough week but it's been a relaxing weekend so that is good.  We cleared out the garden, which was kind of sentimental for me because the kids were so little when we started and now they seemed so old.  A whole season of their lives have passed with the season of the garden.  Cheesy I know, but it is true!!!!
We then celebrated with beers and pizza with our garden partners.

1st garden picture...Rilyn was 3 1/2 months and Joaquin must have been about 10 months.

Our last garden picture of the season...Rilyn is 9 1/2  months and Joaquin is 16 months

Today I went to a church in our neighborhood that I have been too a couple times now, and I LOVE it.  They seem to love Jesus, know they are crap without him, and the sermons challenge me like crazy.  I'm pretty pumped about this church and excited to see where it takes me. 

Well I guess that is all the ramblings I have for now....have a great week!

still eating dirt at the garden

big helper

muddy face and crazy hair...must have had fun!

overalls are good for catching babies