an end of September to remember!

The past week was chaos... Shawn finally had baby Natalie, who is the most delicate sweet baby girl! I got to spend the night with them and get plenty of newborn snuggles, it was wonderful! here's a pic of her...


All together now.... "Awwwwww!"

Then Ryleigh got a nasty stomache bug and I spent the rest of the week up to my elbows in ickiness! I tell you, I never would have believed I could love someone else enough to catch their barf in my hands or stand with them in the shower covered in diahrea... now I know that I do! Guess that motherhood stuff is as strong as it is gross sometimes! Lol! Luckily, Ryleigh was feeling much better by Saturday morning, so we spent an impromptu weekend in Austin to see Jason again before his next deployment (pray for him!) and even got to catch up quickly with Dana & Andy!

Making poor Uncle Andy get in the cold pool!


Tickling Aunt Dana!



Reading with Aunt Dana!


Coloring with Uncle Jason




sad to say goodbye


Ryleigh turned 18 months old on Saturday!! Wow, hard to believe! Today was her well baby appointment, and the results are in... she weights 26 lbs 6 oz. (after a week of tummy troubles!) and is 32 inches tall! She is in great health and of course, developmentally advanced (hello - she was reading at two days old, remember?!) so we are very grateful for our happy healthy little girl!!! The most traumatic part for her was when they attcahed the pulse monitor thingy to her toe! Totally painless, but it freaked her out for some reason and she was sobbing "no!!! mine toe!!!" for five minutes, even after the nurse took the durn thing off! *sigh* I don't know where she gets that drama queen gene from! hee hee hee! This week I am going to do a mold of her handprints and we are going to get portraits done of her in ruffly panties and pearls before she loses all her baby pudgyness! lol! well, gotta run, lots of homework to do...


oh, and speaking of growing up so fast... Happy Birthday to my little brother Nick! 24 years OLD!!!! (what a coincidence, I'm turning 24 soon too!!) LOVE YOU, Nick-e-bus!