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.