Who is the Happiest Girl you know?

I can't say enough about how great Ryan is! She is a little breath of fresh air!! Today when I put her in the tub she just couldn't stop smiling! She is so happy all the time! She just radiates! Here are some of the many great photos I got! She is such a ham!!

These boots were made for walkin'

So Ryan is walking now! If you count walking with the walker, like in the video, she has been walking for a long time. However, she just started to walk without any help at 10 months! The record is 7 steps! Here is a video of her walking and waving to hold you over until I can capture a good video of her walking.

Christmas and New Year

Meet the busy zoo! It was a great gift idea! Thanks Nana!

she loves her new car seat! She just has to wait another month to use it!

These I don't know why we share because it is all about Ryan not us!


Christmas was so fun for all of us. Ryan didn't really understand the gifts, but she sure liked them once they were unwrapped! She is no longer a baby! The other night she was walking between Jared and I! I can't stop it, she is just getting so big so fast!!

We also had a great New Year!! Jared and I celebrated our 3rd year together on December 30! I think the time flew by, but if you asked him I am sure he would say it felt like much longer than just three short years! The new year also came for us... as it does everyone! We have been so blessed this past year! The number one blessing we would have to say is Ryan! If this year is as good as last we will be so fortunate!!

There is a Santa!

Our friends, the Kailings, invited us to go and see Santa at the Dickens festivle. Santa was great, but Ryan wasn't so sure she liked him. Maybe it was just too much facial hair? It was so fun to watch her react to him--cry really. So for all of you who doubt there is a real Santa, here is your proof... the real santa is out there and he was in St. George last week!!

How did I forget Halloween?!

So We didn't really do much for Halloween. We did go to a ward party. Other than that we just hung out at home. Even though we just were home alone, we still had some fun. Ryan was a lady bug, and I was my sisters boyfriend--AKA a Michael Jordan fan! It started as a joke and it ended as the best family joke ever! I think that the beard freaked Ryan out a little though!

Updates

Ryan not only began crawling some time ago, but she also got two teeth! As I am sure you saw in our last post we were able to seal her and bless her a little bit ago. We also lived through our first flu with Ryan! I didn't think that it would be that hard to care for a sick baby, but I was wrong! I was just glad that she was so sick on a Saturday night and Jared was able to help me care for her through the night.

Here are some of the pictures of Ryan at 7 months old in her blessing dress.

FINALLY FOREVER!!

We finally made it to the temple with Ryan on Friday Sept. 26th! Even though Ryan cried the whole time it was so neat!!!