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!