Ryleigh vs. Rice cereal

I was told by the doctor yesterday that since she's 4 months old she should be sleeping through the night. She's been waking up once a night to eat. So, she had to quit cold turkey last night. She actually did good. I just popped her pacifier in her mouth and she went right back to sleep till about 7:15. Yay! Of course, it didn't really help me get more sleep cause I had to get up and give her the pacifier... but, it's not that bad. Hopefully she'll just stay asleep by time we move, when she'll be in her own room.

The doctor also said to start her on some rice cereal.


As you can see she got more on her face and hands, in her hair, and in her ears than she did in her mouth. Haha.
Needless to say, she got a bath right after dinner time.

sweet memories

Today I just can't help but think about last year at this time. On this date I had peed on a stick and I saw 2 lines. I was pregnant!

I remember smiling, then laughing, then crying. I stood in the mirror and looked at myself. I didn't look any different, but my whole world had changed. It was something I had been hoping for for so long.

After I had settled my emotions I remember all I could think about was a creative way to tell Ryan. He was at work, so I had some time. I seriously scoured the internet trying to come up with fun ideas. It took me a while but I thought of a cute one. I ran to Target and bought him a Phillies T-shirt, and I bought a Phillies onesie. I wrapped them up in a box and texted Ryan telling him I had a surprise for him.
When he got home he was looking for brownies cause that's what he thought the surprise would be. Haha. I handed him the box, he unwrapped it and saw the Phillies T-shirt on top. So, I'm pretty sure he was thinking, "Well, that's random". Then I told him to keep digging. Then he saw the onesie with a cute little bib. He was probably really confused at that point. So then I took out the pregnancy test and showed him :-) All he could do was smile. And I'm pretty sure he did that for my benefit cause I think he was really in shock at that point!
It funny how we were trying to get pregnant, but the feelings I experienced when it actually happened were so unexpected and wonderful.

I think the hardest part about that day was not immediately calling everyone I knew to tell them the good news. It was so hard to wait 10 weeks till we told them... I don't know how anyone could wait any longer than that. I know you're supposed to wait till at least 12 weeks, but geez, it's just so exciting!

And now I enjoy every minute of every day with my beautiful blessing :-)

Ryleigh's photo session

Today's outing was held at target. I had to get a wedding present, so I figured while I was there I would get "professional" pics of Ryleigh taken, at the portrait studio. Well, despite sleeping in, eating, and have a clean diaper Ry refused to smile. I looked at the pics and chose some that weren't too bad, and placed my order. Well, turns out they were a lot more expensive than I thought. I was not about to pay 25$ just for an 8 x 10. JCPenny just sent me coupons to get one done for 5$!
But, stupid me, I was thinking, "well, what if I try again and she still doesn't smile. Maybe I should just stick with these". So I ordered some pics.
By time I got home I regretted it, so I called and canceled my order, but then had to go all the way back to target to gt them to put the money back on my debit card. Not fun.
But then I got home and saw they emailed me the pics from this morning. So, here they are. The pics from our failed photography session.





She was actually right about to burst out in tears on this last pic.




I'm going to probably go to JCPenny, or something on Friday to see if we can do better

Baby talk

I signed up for these emails that tell me week-by-week what Ryleigh is supposed to be learning and doing. Today I got one that talked about decoding a baby's language. Here's the key to understanding what a baby is saying.

NEH – I’m Hungry.
OWH – I’m Sleepy.
HEH – I’m experiencing discomfort.
EAIRH – I have lower gas. (I have an upset stomach)
EH – I need to burp.

Umm, what is that lower gas one supposed to sound like?? The only one that remotely resembles any sounds that Ryleigh makes is the "I'm hungry" one... that one is pretty accurate.

In other news, I figured out a way to make Ryleigh endure her tummy time everyday, she's fine as long as the cat is around. If Ryleigh can watch Hera then she forgets about how mad she is to be on her stomach... the only problem is the cat runs away whenever Ryleigh is close by. Haha

Police interrogations

I got interrogated by the police today. They showed up on my doorstep this morning. Thank God I had just talked to Ryan two minutes earlier or I would have thought something bad happened to him.
Apparently the woman that lives 4 units down from us was found dead in her apartment. They said they're not really sure what happened to her, so they're just asking around. But, they did specifically ask if we had heard any arguments or fighting on Saturday, so I'm thinking she didn't exactly die peacefully. I told them we were in Baltimore that day and didn't notice anything suspicious. They took down my name and contact info, and then left.

The sad thing is, I have no idea what the woman looked like. She died on Saturday, but they just found her today, why didn't someone notice before then?
We have been living here for almost 2 years and I've only ever talked to a handful of our neighbors. They're always outside, having BBQs and playing with their kids, but we avoid them. Honestly, a better word would be "snub". We have always felt like we are better than them. I don't know why. We're all pretty much middle class citizens, who have to deal with the same crappy maintenance men, and tiny apartments with little storage.
How awful is it that this woman may have not been a Christian. We may have run into her in passing, but we never struck up a conversation. Because of our unfriendliness she may have never heard about God. How self-centered can we be? Ugh.