MA visit

We celebrated an early Christmas with Brian's family in MA. We had a great time! Enjoy the pictures!


MA December 2009

Thanksgiving 2009 and...

Happy Birthday to Mama!

We had a great time on Thanksgiving. Lots of fun with good friends.

Mom, we hope you have a great day. Lots of love!!!

Thanksgiving 2009

Mama and Pop Visit

My parents were out for a long weekend. We had a great time and MaryRyan had so much fun with them. We can't wait to see them again in December!

Mama and Pop Visit pics

15 months

MaryRyan had her 15 month check up today. Stats: 22lbs, 30.5in. She is beginning to start to walk. It seemed like right on Nov. 4 (15 month bday) she decided it was time to start walking.

The pictures above are from our trip to the KC zoo last Sunday. MaryRyan really wasn't too interested in the zoo. There were 4 enourmous elefants in front of her and she was more interested in the fence! Good photo op though.

Have a great weekend.

Happy Halloween!

We headed over to the Kirk's today to celebrate Halloween. MaryRyan had a ball hanging out with Tim and a new friend Lucy. They all looked sooooooooo cute.

Halloween 2009

it's been awhile

Below are pictures from the month. She is becoming more confident with her walking every day!

Stay tuned over the weekend for some halloween shots. We put her costume on her last night for a test run and I thought we might be putting her to bed in it. She was NOT happy when we tried to take it off. It was pretty funny...and very cute.

OCTOBER 2009 PICTURES

brrrr

goodbye summer. it's only been in the 60's but it feels soooo cold. We went out and got MR a hat to prep for the cold weather. She never will keep a hat on more than 5 seconds but for some reason she could have cared less that this thing was on her head. In fact she kept it on for the entire time we were at Target.

Tommy and Jill visit

Tommy and Jill came out this past weekend. It was great to have them out and as always, we had a blast. Lots of laughs. MaryRyan had a ball as well. She has learned to blow and give kisses. You'll see from the pics she gave Tommy and Jill lots of kisses this weekend.

Check out the link below for some more pictures from the weekend.

Tommy and Jill visit

how big is maryryan?

so big!

over and over again, she loves the 'how big is maryryan?' game.

her own place

take a look at maryryan's cool house. my mom gave it to her for her birthday and she absolutely loves it.

i promise pictures to come.

I have been so bad about not taking pictures so i promise to get some up this weekend. but i wanted to give you all an update on MaryRyan (this is she baby book so i need to document).

Brian and I were in San Francisco over the weekend..sans MR! Nana and Papa O came out to watch MaryRyan. What a treat! MaryRyan is a lucky little lady to have such fab grandparents. And a very funny story i must share with you from their time with her. Nana, Papa and MaryRyan were on a walk and they kept hearing some sounds from the carriage. They looked in and MR had a hummning bird in her hands (YES A REAL BIRD) and the poor bird was screaming to be released. I WISH i could of witnessed this.

MaryRyan has been talking away lately. She says, or tries to say, bird. but it sounds like 'Bir'. We have pictures of birds in her room so she is always pointing to them and saying 'bir bir' (Imagine how excited she was when she actually caught one!!!!!). She also says 'Hi', 'Bye' and i think she is trying to say 'flower' but it comes out as 'ower'. She is not walking yet, BUT, she stands by herself for a reeeeallly long time. Well over a minute so i think that's pretty long right? Yesterday when I was playing on the ground with her, I had my hands out and she took a step..but quickly fell. She did that a couple of times.

That's all for now. Happy September.

more beach pics

I finally downloaded the pictures we took with our camera so i've updated the album. Take a look!

Beach pics!

stats

MaryRyan had her 12 month check up today.
20.9 lbs
29.5 height

Beach 2009

We had a great time at the beach. I've been going to Rehoboth Beach for over 30 years now and I hope to continue the tradition with MaryRyan. It was fun to see her interact with her cousins. They were so cute with her and I miss them so much! We were lucky enough to see a lot of friends too. Katie, Tom and their son James spent a couple of days on the beach with us. MaryRyan was a bit of a diva with James though. James, the sweet boy he is, took it like a champ.

Here is the link to some pictures from our trip. enjoy!

Beach pics!

Happy Birthday to MaryRyan!

We had a great day yesterday celebrating her 1st birthday. She slept in (girl after my own heart). We then headed to lunch with Erica (her nanny) who has the same birthday as MaryRyan. MR had her first ice cream sundae and she proceeded to get it all over herself and the waitress (who was in all white). We hung out for the afternoon and then met Brian for pizza. She was in the best mood all day. All smiles and laughs. I really do believe she knew it was her birthday. Or maybe it was just because I was screaming it every 5 seconds.

It is so hard to believe it's already been a year. But hands down the best year of my life!

MaryRyan's 1st Birthday Party!

MaryRyan had her first birthday party yesterday. It was so much fun! She has found her new love..for cake.

I hope you are enjoying these pictures as much as I am. Thankfully my friends Lynn and Lisa (Tim's mom) had a camera too and were snapping away. I added some of Lynn's to my slideshow. Check out Tim's Blog for some more pictures!

pool time

a couple of things to point out here.

1. This is the pool i've been talking about. great for babies/kids.

2. Notice that she is getting more hair. and what color does it look like? i really can't answer that. some days it looks strawberry blond (my dad and aimee). some days brown (me). some days dirty blond (brian).

mary!

Brian's aunt MaryBeth and her friend Mary were out in KC and came by to visit MaryRyan.  Wow, that is a mouth full.  

sweetness, cuteness and all of the above

this is one of her new favorite sleeping positions. not sure how comfortable that can be but man is it cute!

thank you!

I worked from home yesterday and I found out in a moment's notice that I was needed on a call. As much as I think MaryRyan is adorable when she babbles, I'm not sure if those on the other end of the phone call would feel the same way. So MaryRyan and I headed over to Lisa and Tim's house so they could hang out while I was on the call. A BIG thank you to Lisa and Tim.

Check out Tim's Blog for some cute pics from yesterday's visit.

the ride

check out ms. fancy pants in her new ride. she is so darn proud of this thing.

no more dog food for you!

The 'going immediately to the dog bowl' got old real fast. Brian and I put up a gate so now she is blocked. But as soon as we finish baby proofing one thing, it's on to the next. Today I caught her almost at the top of the stairs. What the heck? This girl just started crawling. So back to the store for another gate..

Happy July 4!

MaryRyan is 11 months old today! Hard to believe isn't it? And it's also Ferdinand's Birthday! Hope everyone out there had a great holiday!

the incident

so pretty much every time brian is away something happens. most of the time the dogs run away, tornadoes decide to appear, i get sick. fun times. so today I was trying to work from home and take care of MaryRyan. I have now proven you cannot do both of these things at the same time. I was busy at the computer thinking MaryRyan was at my feet and when i looked down and didn't see her, I went into the kitchen to find her sitting by bella's food bowl watching her eat. Then I see that she is chewing something. Yes, she was eating her food. It's organic dog food..does that make it any better?

p.s. happy to report she is feeling much better today. hooray for meds!

sunday

the heat wave has finally broken and the weather has been gorgeous. We decided to forget everything we had to do and head to the park on sunday.

i'm sorry to report that maryryan has gotten her first ear infection. i guess that explains the fever and disrupted sleep last week. she is a tough cookie though. her spirits have been relatively good considering the bum ear. she's been on some meds since yesterday and I can already tell a difference today. i think the 13 hours of sleep she had last night helped. God love her and her love of sleep!

it's been an interesting week.

MaryRyan is all over the place this week. She's had a runny RUNNY nose and slight fever every day this week. It might be because it's a thousand degrees outside. Or maybe teeth? Who knows. As I mentioned before, she has learned how to pull herself up. All good except she loves to stand up and jump in her crib which means she has had trouble settling down for bed. And for those who know how I advocate for sleep, I don't really tolerate it all that well. So I just let her do her thing as long as it takes. I'm hoping the novelty of this wears off soon. She also has started crawling like a normal person this week! Just when I thought I was getting jipped, she started. I'm very excited about it. I know everyone says 'be careful what you wish for',but I still think babies crawling is very cute. I love it. I love it. And she just loves to clap which is the greatest. I came home from a long day at work, Brian was traveling, and I walk in to her clapping when she saw me. It's an instant mood lifter!

new trick

MaryRyan has started pulling herself up..onto anything she can get her hands on.

boston visit

Nana and Pat

Paul!

bath time in Nana and Papa's sink

We were in Boston last weekend for our friend Kelly and Walt's wedding. It was a quick trip but maryryan got to spend some quality time with her nana and papa. We enjoyed a night of lobsters (and bud lights) with the family and our favorite pembroke neighbors, pat and paul.

Happy 10 months!

Well we know she likes to eat and we know she likes to sleep. Yesterday when I was feeding her dinner, she fell asleep on me! This is the second time it's happened. It is soooo funny to watch.

This is one of the quirky traits she has inherited from me..My parents, sister and Katie Lucey Hines will recall that when I was younger I used to do the same thing. Katie used to dread going out to dinner with me and my family because I would fall asleep right at the table.

some more tim/mary ryan pics

My friend Lisa posted some pictures and videos on her blog from the pool date with Tim. The video just cracks me up.

http://www.leksketchbook.blogspot.com/

p.s. We joined a community pool over the weekend. Mary Ryan could of stayed in the pool all day if I let her. This place is great! I'll make sure to bring the camera next time.

the bully and the pool

Mary Ryan and I went over to Tim's house yesterday to play in his new pool. Mary Ryan absolutely loved it. But I'm sorry to report that she is a bit of a bully. Every toy Tim had she would grab out of his hand or mouth. Tim got so frustrated with her he needed to get out. She had no problem taking over the pool. In fact, she was loving the solo show! Tim, the gentleman that he is, never got upset with Mary Ryan either. I think I'm in for it.

visit to Maryland and Delaware

We spent the majority of the last two weeks visiting my family in Maryland and Delaware. It was a last minute trip and was a ton of fun. I think we need to make this a tradition for Memorial Day weekend. After spending some time in Maryland with my parents we headed down to Rehoboth Beach, DE where my sister has a beach house. The weather was great and Mary Ryan got to experience her first visit to the beach. She enjoyed eating lots of sand. The water was a little too cold to go in so we'll just have to wait until we go back in August to take her in. Our friends Kelly and Walt came down for a couple of nights which was another last minute call but it so much fun to see them!! We ended the trip back in Maryland at my parents and my mom topped off the visit with her famous crab cakes.

Mary Ryan began to crawl when we were down at my parents house. It's a combination of scooting, dragging and crawling all in one motion. It's quite interesting. She is so advanced :) She also started clapping which is really really really cute to watch.

Nana and Papa visit

Nana and Papa O'Sullivan came out for a visit a couple of weeks ago. It was such a fun time. Mary Ryan was very spoiled that weekend!

sippy cup

i can't believe it! she has figured out how to drink from a sippy cup!!

i have a confession though. she has been playing with a sippy cup for months now. i never could figure out why she couldn't get the water out. well i come to find out i never took the plastic plug out of the area where the water comes out of. oops.

she swings

mary ryan and i hung out at the neighborhood park today and she took a ride on the swing for a bit.

if you look closely you can see her two bottom teeth!

9 months

Today Mary Ryan is 9 months old! She had her check up and the stats are:
17lbs, 28 inches long.

She is almost crawling (as you can see from the picture) but hasn't mastered the art yet. {Brian if you are reading this, the shelves need to be secured into the wall asap).

She is eating lots of different foods and there hasn't been one thing to date that she doesn't like. She got really excited when she had a grilled cheese for the first time so that might be up there with the favorites. Lots of fun new sounds. Brian and I are convinced her first word will be 'Bella' since we are always yelling at Bella. The dogs are absolutely loving all the food that gets dropped on the floor. Mary Ryan has learned that if she puts her hand down, they will come. And she thinks it's really funny to do that. GREAT.

Sometimes she gets really annoyed with me taking so many pictures (as you can see from these posted). She actually closes her eyes anticipating the flash. I had to post them because they made me laugh.