8 Beautiful Months...

and it's gone by so incredibly fast, my love! Next week you will be turning 9 months....NINE! How is this possible?? You have now been in this world as long as you were inside of me.





How surreal.

In your busy little eight months you have accomplished SO much! You now have two little pearly whites and a smile bigger than Dallas!

I love your smile....it's so contagious. The way you squinch up your little nose and breathe in and out so fast that you sound like a little snorting piglet, all the while smiling from ear to ear. Our "Smiley Rylee"...that's what we call you.

Oh Punky, you are just a joy to be around and can make every day brighter just by being you!

Your chunky, little butt is wearing size 12 month clothes and are still in size 3 diapers. You are nursing 5-6 times a day and still taking 3 naps. I put you down around 7:30-8:00 and you stick your sweet, little hands underneathe your tummy and poke your butt up in the air and fall fast asleep. All you need is your waterfall turned on, your glo worm, and your sassies. I scatter about half a dozen in your crib so that if you wake you can always find one. You must have some sort of game going on in the middle of the night to see just how far that you can chunk those suckers because when I come in the next morning, there are sassies sprinkled all over the floor like fairy dust.

I took your bumper pads off your crib this month because you started untying the ribbons and chewing on them. Busted.

You started off on all fours at the beginning of the month, rocking back and forth, back and forth. That lasted for about a minute. The next couple of days you started army crawling, dragging one dead leg behind you...too funny! And now, now you're off. You're so fast!! I can put you down in your room to play with your toys and a second later I hear the pitter patter of chubby knees and hands on the hard wood floor coming down the hallway. You stop to dabble with the door stop and then "pitter patter", there you go again looking for Momma.

My sweet lil' Momma's girl!!

Everyone says what a Momma's Girl you are and they're right....and that's ok by me because in 12-15 years, you're not gonna wanna have anything to do with me, so I'll take all that I can get of this precious loving right now.

Rylee, you love your big brother SO much!! You are so intrested in everything that he's saying and watching every move he makes....and one day soon, you'll be swiping toys from him left and right.

He has no idea what's in store! He loves you so much, always encouraging you

to crawl and clapping when you try so hard to pull yourself up. And when you're stuck and can't sit back down on your own....he's right there gently pulling you back down into his lap. Such the protector of his little Sissy! He thanks God every night for you....every.single.night. We all do, angel.

You have made this family complete. Your infectious laugh, your beautiful spirit, your sassy attitude...we love every bit of you!

~Love Mama