Celebrating one month with Rhylan

We have now had our precious baby girl for one month!!! In many ways it seems we have had her for longer and in some ways the time has went by so quickly. She makes life fun and exhausting at times too. She has now started fighting sleep because she is afraid she will miss out in the action...so we have had to let her cry herself to sleep, which thankfully she goes to sleep rather quickly because it is SO HARD for me!!! She loves the dishwasher and the vacuum ha!! She also loves to help with laundry by pulling out the clothes no matter wet or dry. She is getting better while we do school but loves to "destroy or empty" everything in sight. She still enjoys to eat but is getting slightly pickier, she does not like applesauce ( unusual for a baby??) She enjoys her sister's room ( all the dolls) and loves to play hot wheels with her brothers. She ALWAYS wants to keep up with her siblings and I even captured a cute picture of her playing swords with Braden! She continues to be a precious gift to us!!

Four tired kids in Hong Kong

Am I cute or what?

The many faces of Rhylan

Many Firsts

Rhylan has been making big progress in walking!!! She is now taking several unassisted steps and loves the attention!! She loves hearing us cheer her on and boy she is the center of Attention! She delights herself and will clap her hands and then fall on her butt!!! I had forgotten how delightful baby accomplishments are!! She is also now totally at home, which means she gets into EVERYTHING, especially during school time. You can follow the Rhylan path because she leaves nothing untouched!! Ugh!!! Big sigh!! Today she pulled out the movies, went thru the flash cards, and need I mention more? She has also been trying a variety of foods. She had a cucumber today that she wasn't to sure about but ate it because it's food... And she plain loves food!! She loves the little pull along doggy in the pictures. Madisyn tied it to the walker and she thought that was great. She blows kisses and loves to make cute clinking noises with her mouth. She also really just noticed our dog, Carly. She squeals and points when she sees her outside the window.  She also thinks the snow is great and will hold her hand out to touch it as it falls down (very cute). She is getting very good at making her squeaky shoes squeak! Ha!! Oh well as you can tell she  continues to be a delight and we love and adore her more each day!!! Enjoy the pictures, she is always moving and it's hard to catch a shot!!!

First Sunday at Church

We have had a wonderful, busy weekend with family and friends! The Cooks had a welcome home Rhylan party and the kids had a great time sledding down their huge hill. It was fun to introduce Rhylan and see her interact with children her age. We also took her to church this Sunday for the first time. She was welcomed into our church family with open arms and SO much love, we are thankful for this wonderful church family that we have!!!
She continues to do well and we are so glad to have her home with us! Love to all!!

Rhylan all ready for church