Mom of the Year Award?

Okay, so I know I have been TERRIBLE about blogging about Rilyn over the months and I feel quite bad about it. However, I now have wifi at my house so I am going to TRY to be a lot better about it. Let's call this one her 9.5 month/Christmas re-cap.

With everything that has happened in the last 9 months, it was really hard for me to get into the Christmas spirit. With all of my friends married with kids, engaged, or in serious relationships, I spent a lot of time (unfortunately) feeling sorry for myself. What a loser right? Despite feeling like a big, fat failure I was pretty excited about Ri's first Christmas, even though she has no idea what's going on. She loved the wrapping paper more than anything else. I seriously wish I would've just wrapped a bunch of empty water bottles and Daisy's nasty little toys because that's all she seems to play with.

Christmas Eve, my brother and his cute little fam came over for a yummy dinner and a gift exchange. Christmas Day was literally spent in pajamas. Ri and I just hung out, watched movies, and played with her new toys. I think I enjoyed them more than she did. I started a "Christmas Eve box" tradition (as many of you have seen on Pinterest). So on Christmas Eve she opened up her adorable little PJs and Despicable Me 2. All in all, it was a really relaxing first Christmas together. :)

Here are some of the pictures we took for the Christmas card. (obvi only a few made the cut but I still thought these were adorable!) Also, a big shout out to my sister in law, Samantha for taking these photos! Since I don't have a significant other, my poor brother has to stand in for pictures. Hahahaha. He's a good sport. Love him.

 Look at Ri's tongue in this one. Hahahaha.

 

 

 

 These little monkeys have my heart.

 

 

 Cousin love.

 

Do we look alike? haha.

Now for her 9.5 month recap:


Likes: 

• Playing with Daisy and all of Daisy's dirty, smelly little babies ( I am constantly taking them from her). Playing with Daisy consists of pulling her curly little tail and giving her BIG, open-mouthed kisses and then laughing hysterically.
• Playing with her cousins, Amaya and Xavier. She LOVES to watch them. She could stare at them for hours.
• Humming/singing (it's so adorable)
• Bath time in the big girl tub
• Finding any little piece of anything on the carpet and picking it up
• Riding in the car
• Veggies & snacks
• Being upside down
• Sucking on her tongue

Dislikes:

• Going to sleep
• Being left alone (she will SCREAM at the top of her lungs if she is left alone)
• When her cousin Amaya cries-- she will start crying too even though she has no idea why she's crying. Not all the time, but she has done this a few times.
• Getting dressed or undressed. It's seriously like trying to wrestle a Grizzly Bear.
• Loud noises
• Having her nose touched. I am that mom that tries to pick every booger. My mom says I will probably be that mom trying to clean her ears and nose out before a date. Haha.

Accomplishments:

• Scooting around. She's not quite crawling yet, but she gets by.
• Opening her mouth when I feed her. Sounds silly, but for a while she would just stick her little tongue out and slurp it up.
• Eating a mixture of fruits and veggies. She still prefers veggies but she will finally eat fruit occasionally.
• Making LOTS of silly sounds. da-da-da-da-da-da constantly.
• Broadening her horizons and eating some yogurt snacks and cracker puffs.
• Spending more time on her tummy. She used to HATE it and now she will tolerate it for a while.
• Getting 2 bottom teeth! (finally)