Monday, November 14, 2011

Ryann Eliza-One Year Later


My precious 1 year old


Our New Baby-1 year ago

Today is your birthday. I'm not quite sure how I really feel about that. This last year went by way too fast. I know that everyone told me it would, but I guess I never really wanted to believe that would be true.

You have learned so much this past year:
1. How to roll, crawl, pull yourself up on furniture, and walk holding on to things.
2. How to stick up for yourself when Reiny wants what you have.
3. How to say "Yes, No-no, Uh-Oh, Wow, Kitty, Mom, Dad-dad, E-I-E-I-O, tickle" and a few others that sometimes sound right...
4. What a cow says "Mmmmoo"

You started off such a difficult little girl. You had your days and nights mixed up for about 6-8 weeks, which made for a very tired mommy. You never liked to nurse very much, always distracted by the cool things around you, and were grateful to give it up at 6 months when Mommy got sick and had to go on antibiotics. Mommy was the one that struggled with quiting far more than you did! She still has a twinge of guilt...not gonna lie! But, despite this difficult start to our relationship, you have become the reason I get up in the morning (mostly cus you get REALLY mad when I don't!).

You snuggle with me (as long as we have your blanky), give the best open-mouth kisses, and have the cutest laugh I've ever heard! You love to be naked (just like your Daddy:) ), and will crawl as fast as you can to escape my grasp after bathtime.

Your sister is your best friend, and your daddy is your hero. You light up everytime one of them enters the room.

You never fussed when you cut your 6 teeth this year, which makes me love you even more! You prefer to feed yourself, but humor mommy when she doesn't want to make a mess (which is most of the time).

You're delightfully unpredictable, and go with the flow in this crazy, hectic life we have together. There's a million other things you are, but most of all YOU ARE MY BABY, and always will be. I love you, Ryann Eliza.

Baptism Year

This has really been the year for baptisms! In June, my nephew in Utah was baptised; then in the beginning of October, Jordan's nephew was baptised, and then just last week, our niece was baptised. Also, next Spring, my niece in Utah will take the plunge. Wow! What a year for it!

I really love baptisms, but this last one was really special. G-bomb asked me to give the baptismal talk at her baptism, which totally blew me away! I got searching through my own memorabilia from my baptism and then realized that G was getting baptised the exact same day as me, 20 years apart (now you all know how old I am!). It was a wonderful surprise, and something the two of us can always share.

I wanted to get a picture of all the cousins from the Whittaker side of the family, but getting all those little ones together is slightly more difficult than herding cats! Oh, well! Maybe next time!



Halloween 2011

The Carving of the Pumpkins:









The Outfits:





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