April

The snow has finally melted, yahhhh. Ridlee loves to be outside.
Ridlee now pulls an "O" face and she says "where did it go" It's hilarious. She will throw something then look and you and say "where did it go?"



She had a sleep over with her cousins. She pretty much hogged all the popcorn.

Talking up a storm

So Ridlee is talking in 2 and 3 word sentences. It really cute. She will say "I want mommy" (even though she is reaching for daddy sometimes). She will point to anything and say "What's that?" She loves cheese and when you give it to her she says "It's cheese!" When we take her to the doctor she will look and him and say "No" and then "good bye". It's pretty funny. She recently fell in love with dogs. When she sees one she gets all excited and says "It's a doggy." We watched Bolt the other night and she pointed and said doggy a million times. She hates the grass. She would not walk on it. We had to bribe her by holding chocolate in the middle of the lawn. Then she would slowly walk on the squishy grass to the chocolate, then walk strait back to pavement. She also is fascinated by airplanes. When were outside 3 planes took off. She pointed and started jabbering excitedly. Then she said airplane. She amazes me.

March

Watching an airplane

Running around outside

Ridlee loves to brush her teeth. She thinks it's funny to spit in the sink. She even likes to rinse off her toothbrush.

I need to be better about blogging. Well we just got back from a week in Arizona. Travis's company opened a new office and we went down for the grand opening. My job was to decorate the office. I had fun decorating. We also were able to hang out with one of Travis's old college buddies from BSU. Matt took us to some cool places. Coming back to the snow made me realize how much I want to move somewhere warm. I hate the cold. Ridlee was very upset with us when we got back. Thank you to Justin and Tangi for watching her while we were gone (and Mom). Ridlee would not let us out of her sight. She would scream and cry if we tried to leave the room. Poor thing. Next time we will take her with us. Bye for now.

Randomness

Here are just some random pictures I thought would be fun to share. Travis shot and Elk and Deer this season. We had fun butchering the animals with Travis's Dad. We now have meat to last us a long time. Ridlee also got to walk in the snow for the first time. She didn't know what to think but she was happy.

Dancing Kids

The kids were so cute and just couldn't stop dancing at TGIF.

Happy New Year

I hope 2009 brings great things to everyone. I can't believe that another year has already come and gone. 2008 was great watching my baby grow. She is such a chatter box. I can't wait to see all the things she learns in this coming year. And in 2009 Travis hopes the Panthers win the Super Bowl (don't you love our matching jerserys).

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Ridlee did good opening her presents this year. She loved all of her new toys. She even got to meet Santa. She didn't really like Santa at first. Ridlee loves to run around the house now. It's quite adorable. She loves to say: mom, dad, no, go, bye-bye, more, uh oh, wow, yummy, thanks, grandma, papa, etc. She also picked up on sign language. She signs more and eat (she loves to eat!). She loves to give hugs and kisses. She is a complete ham and we love every minute of it.

Family Photos

Computer Crash

Ok, so today is the first day that I have had internet in a week. Our laptop crashed on us. I was not a happy camper. I felt very lost without internet. We had family pictures taken a few weeks ago. They turned out really good. The kids did great even though it was really cold.I can't believe that it is already Thanksgiving. It snuck up on me this year. I am not prepared for the Holiday season.

Ridlee in her monkey costume. She is a little monkey.

Boo at the Zoo

Our little monkey had fun at the zoo. She couldn't take her eyes off all the kids in their costumes. She loved the tiger, too. She enjoyed getting nerds and dots because she loved the sound they made when she shook them uncontrollably.

The Walk

Ridlee loves to run when she is holding on to toys that move. Yes that right RUN not walk. For the past week Ridlee has been walking/running back and forth between me and Travis. At first she would take 2 steps then fall forward. Now she can walk ten feet before she falls. She has learned to slow down and not run. She hates to fall and if we don't catch her she gets discouraged and stops walking for the night. She is so cute when she walks. She giggles and sways. She has great balance when she is standing. She has been standing for a few months and she dances. I thought since she was standing and dancing that it wouldn't be a big stretch to walk, but to her it is. She doesn't want to walk unless she can do it perfectly. It won't be long now until she starts running all over the house.

Ridlee's 1st Birthday Party

She did pretty good opening her presents. Of course her cousins had to help and took over some of the time. She loved all her presents and played with them for hours afterwards. She dug right into the cake. She loved it. When she's eating somthing that she really likes she does touchdown. She did touchdown quite a few times. She didn't even mind being put into the sink to wash off afterwards. It was a lot of fun. Thanks to everyone who came and helped celebrate with us!

New York

End of Summer Days

She loves mirrors

Digging to get her snacks

At the fair

She loves to be thrown in to the air

Ridlee first horse ride

The Mirror

Ridlee loves looking at herself in the mirror. This day was particularly funny.
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Ridlee Crawling

Our Crawling Baby

Ridlee started crawling in July. She is all over the place. It is so cute. She loves to get into mommy and daddy stuff. Her toys are not good enough. Her favorite things are the tv remote and the phones. She has her own cell phone but it's not as fun as mom's cell phone. She loves to clap and shake her head no.

Ridlee loved the fireworks. She actually stayed awake to watch them. The loud noises never scared her. She really enjoyed watching all the people at the parade.
We went to Lagoon with the family. She laughed when she rode the carosel. I think she is going to love riding the rides in a few years.