Rainbow

Last night, after our torrential rain shower was a beautiful rainbow right over our house. It was so nice. Katie loved seeing it. It may be the first one she has seen that clear and bright! (even though it's not so bright in the picture)

New Phase

We've entered a new phase in our household with the crawling!

Rylie starts heading fast towards whatever Katie may be playing with and Katie starts guarding it and yelling "No Rylie, it might choke you!" Of course since we've had talks with Katie about leaving small toys out, and they may choke Rylie, she uses it to her own advantage to dictate what she can or cannot play with.

But at the end of the day, they are the most lovable, sweet, precious little girls in the whole world!! (No offense to all the other precious little girls out there)

Update on Amber and Presley

I just wanted to post an update on Amber and Presley. Amber is doing good and Presley as well!! We thank you for your prayers. Presley is coming home from the hospital today. The swelling has already started going down, and she is acting great! She plays, laughs, talks, and lets us know what she wants!! We are so happy and thank God!

Prayer Needed for Amber and Presley

Amber (Presley's Mom) and our 2 yr old niece, Presley were in a car wreck involving and 18 wheeler in Canton yesterday evening. It was bad and Presley was care-flighted to Children's Medical Center in Dallas. She is now in stable condition, but does have a two inch fracture on her skull and has blood on the brain. It is no longer bleeding, but is very swollen. She had stiches put in her baby toe. There are no other bodily injuries. Amber was pretty banged up and has a sprained knee and her toe is cut pretty badly.

I am asking everyone to pray for them both to recover quickly and completely, and Justin (Presley's Dad and Ryan's brother) for support!!

The Deck

We've been wanting a deck at the back of our house for a while now, well ever since we've moved in and it is now underway!! Paul (Ryan's Dad) helped set the posts a few months ago... And the past few days, Ryan has been hard at work!

Katie, of course has to be in on the action, and loves to help her Daddy!!

Rylie just thought she would sit back, chill, and eat a popsicle while they did all the work!!

Just about Finished!! Didn't Ryan do a good job!

Rylie Can Crawl

Last night, Rylie finally took her first Crawling Steps!! She has been getting on all fours for about a week and a half rocking back and forth, and last night she did it. It is just amazing to watch them grow and learn new things.

Sweet Little Story

Well, on Wednesday Ryan was leaving to go on a trip to Marble Falls for a Boat Races Event with the Concession Trailer, and Rylie was the sweetest! He was about to leave and I was holding Rylie, and he looked at her and said "I will miss you," and right then she looked at him patted his chest and said "dada" and reached for him. He took her and she gave him the tightest little hug with both arms around his neck and her head pressed to his shoulder and neck and then sat back up, and reached for me. Needless to say, Ryan was touched!!

Library Day and Playing In The Rain

We went to the Library for the first time, well Katie and Rylie's first time, of course - I have been before! Katie thought it was pretty fun and can't wait to go back and get more books. They have a big rug and a cute table and chairs where you can sit and read. She is an expert on how it all works now, you know. "You don't get to keep the books, you check them out and go home and read them, then take them back and go get some more", she says.

And of course, it seems like it rains just about everyday and Katie loves to play in it. So, here is a couple of pics of that!

Day at the Pool

These past few days Ryan went fishing with some buddies in Port O'Connor, but poor Ryan got rained on the whole time and didn't get much fishing in and didn't get to bring home any. But, meanwhile Mom, the girls, and I went to Sunny's apartment. Of course we got to swim in the pool and we had a ball. This was Rylie's first time to swim, and she loved it. She splashed and played just about the whole time, but then she got a little sleepy, we kind of thought she could fall asleep in the float - it was so sweet. Katie really loved it, we don't swim much in a big pool, so I thought she may be a little reserved. But, she got right in her float and paddled herself around, and would jump off the side to us (mainly she wanted MamaJan though)--and once she went all the way under, it startled her, but she got over it pretty quick--way to go big girl!

Going On Recently

Starting off with our goofy kid...Katie is often dressing up with her purple hair that MamaJan (Windy's Mom) got her. She loves it because it is long and she can feel it on her back. And she can priss even more tossing it around from shoulder to shoulder. A few days after she first got it, she was brushing her real hair and starting pouting like she was real upset, and I said "What's wrong?" She said, "I just want my hair to grow and be longer"I said "It just takes time"she said "It needs to hurry up."

Now for Baby Rylie who is growing up too fast. First and most importantly - She said MAMA - Yeah!! Yes we can (or I can), pretend she knows what she is saying. She is sitting up real well. She can sit for about 10 minutes and play and lean over and get toys and sit back up. She had her first big girl bath with her sister recently. She loved that! And the girl can eat some baby food. We started baby food last week, and she LOVES it! We haven't found a flavor she hates. She even gets mad and starts to hyperventilate when your not shoveling it in fast enough. We wonder where she gets those "thunder thighs."

Well, we've just started the blog and I'm trying to figure it out. So, it may take a while for it to get good. I thought I would like to share our stories and photos with you this way!