Welcome Summer!

It is so nice that the summer weather is finally here!  Although it's been warm in our house, it doesn't seem to bother Rylan and she is as active as ever.  She still hasn't quite figured out how to crawl on her hands and knees, but the speed of her army crawl has definitely improved.  The backroom is now officially gated from the rest of the house.

In the last few weeks, we took our first trip to the farm, went to a park with her cousin, and took a swim in our backyard pool.  Rylan continues to follow in her Mommy and Daddy's footsteps and has become quite the good eater.  She has started eating "puffs" and I've become a little bit daring feeding her tiny bits of food like bananas, strawberries, and muffin.  Once she gets the hang of using her pinchers, she'll have no problem at meal time.  

We have surgery in 3 weeks so the time is counting down.  I'm beginning to start thinking about the procedure and especially the recovery, planning ahead as best as possible.  With her being completely mobile now, there are a whole new line of challenges that we didn't face last time.  

Since it's been awhile since I've written, here are some fun photos and videos of that adorable face from the past few weeks!

Change the channel Mom!

Higher, please!

Daddy told me I could play with my food!

Pearly Whites

Here are the first pics I was able to get of Rylan's tooth. (You might need to click on the picture so it is big enough to actually see the tooth.) :)

Another First

We've got our first tooth!  Well, technically Rylan does and it is on the bottom right (her right).  Still a little bit hard to see but I can definitely feel a tiny sharp tooth poking out of her gums.  I'll try and get a picture in the next few days.

A New Adventure Everyday

6 months is such a fun age!  It feels like every day Rylan is doing something new.  The past few days have been really fun and I can't believe how fast she learns to do things.  Our big accomplishment today was that she took her first nap in her crib without falling asleep to a bottle.  She does such a good job putting herself to sleep during the night, but never could seem to give in during naps.  She always would just scream and scream if I tried to get her to nap in the crib without being asleep when she was put in.  But today it only took about 10 minutes of screaming before she actually went to sleep!  I am so excited and hope that this is the start of an actual napping schedule.  It's been 20 minutes and she is still sleeping!

Aside from napping, her next big adventure has been her new vocalization skills.  For awhile she hasn't been saying much, but recently she has become really talkative.  Her new way to communicate is to let out a high-pitched shrieking sound.  If you didn't know her, you'd think she was angry but she is really just having fun.

She is still pulling herself all over the floor and can easily get to whatever catches her eye, including the remote, magazines, and the animals.  Yesterday she got up on her hands and knees and rocked back and forth.  According to her aunt, this is the last step before crawling!

On the Move

 

Won't be long until she learns to get up on her knees and really crawl!  Time to baby-proof the house!

Easter Beauty

Rylan enjoyed her first Easter in a beautiful fancy dress.  She had it on for about two hours, at which point I decided it just wasn't practical for her to roll around and play on the floor.  We made sure to get some pictures before I took it off her though.

She also received a great little basket of candy (which Daddy ate) and some new outfits from Grandmom and Grandpop.  One of the best gifts was a Phillies hat, which is still a bit big on her.  But at least she already knows how to wear it with attitude!

On Easter Monday, we heard back from the surgeon's office.  Looks like she won't be getting her lip repair until June 27th.  It is a little bit later than I was hoping, but at least we will now get to have a pleasant family vacation down the shore before her schedules and routines get all thrown off again.  I did call the surgeon's office and asked them to keep us in mind in case of cancellations between now and then, but I'm not going to anticipate that happening.  Should be an interesting way for Mason and I to spend our two year wedding anniversary!

Surgeon Appointment

We went to see Dr. Morrissey yesterday and it looks like Rylan's lip is healed enough to go ahead with the final repair. Although the lip adhesion was unsuccessful, he felt that it did help her nose which I can see too.  Surgery will be sometime in the middle to end of May.  They just need to check with the hospital to get an open operating room and they will let me know the date.  This surgery will take at least 3 hours, but she will still be able to go home with us the same day as long as everything goes well.  I certainly wasn't happy about the lip adhesion, but at least I feel calm for this surgery because I know what to expect.  Only a month left of this adorable face the way it is so I better get the camera out and start taking as many pictures as possible.  Here's one of my favorite recent ones: