We Hire Her Out!

Seriously, we do! So if you need help in your kitchen, don't hesitate to call me and I'll send Rian your way!

Here is a picture of Rian helping Auntie Lauren make her very yummy, 100% homemade, green bean casserole! I love how she is holding the handle of the pan while stirring so the pan doesn't move. Is she a natural or what?! And the dish tasted wonderful!

This age is so much fun, don't you think!

PS Lauren, I want that recipe...email me it :)

dress up

rian loves to play dress up. she especially loves her clip-on earrings, bracelets, tiaras, and necklaces. we play with them everyday! when she recently received a package from grandma lois, she was so excited to see more dress up clothes, she could hardly contain herself! she especially loved the shoes! she wore those things the entire day, i swear!

i've never seen rian as a girlie girl until now. it's so fun and cute to watch. she even puts her bracelets on her ankles to make anklets. i sure didn't teach her that!

i feel like she looks so teenage-like with her earrings on too; like it's a glance into the future. call me crazy, but when she is wearing them, she looks so grown up and not like my little girl

Last Week with Daddy

This was Matt's last week here, so we decided to spend the time as a family, enjoying one another, and the beautiful city we live in!

On Monday, we decided to have a picnic at La Jolla Cove. We picked up some sandwiches, laid down a blanket, and enjoyed the sun and ocean! We played some frisbee and chased Rian around on the grass. It was the best day ever!!!

On Tuesday, we headed to Sea World for the day. They just opened up Sesame Play so we met some characters, which Rian did not enjoy, and rode on some new rides, which she did enjoy! Then we saw the Sesame Street 4-D show. Rian really liked it, even though she did not want to wear her glasses.

On Wednesday, we hung out at home and played some 'Rock Band'. If you haven't tried playing it yet, you should try, it's tons of fun! Then we enjoyed one last date night while Grandma Lois babysat. We ate at Benihana which was our always our restaurant of choice while we were dating, so that was a lot fun!

On Thursday, we had our niece and nephew, Aurora and Logan, over to swim. It was such a hot day, so the water was perfect. Rian even showed her cousins some of her tricks she learned at her swim lessons! And Rian went down half the waterslide for the first time! We were so proud of her!

On Friday, Matt packed in the morning. Then we just spend the day playing together and trying to stay cool in the 100 degree weather. We ended the night with a nice mexican dinner (Matt's choice of course) with my parents and Matt's dad (his mom was working). Then we came back home and Matt played with Rian a little more before he had to say good-bye to her and put her to bed.

It was such a fun week and we were so lucky to have the time to spend it as a family.

Monkey See, Monkey Do

While I was packing up our home in Logan, Rian kept herself busy by playing on the computer :)

Pee Pee on the Pot-tee!

Yay, Rian went pee on the potty for the first time tonight! We have been putting her on the potty before each time we give her a bath for the last month or so. But tonight was a little different. It wasn't bath time yet, but we were in the bathroom cleaning up. She grabbed her little seat and kept saying 'pee pee, pee pee', so I decided to put her on it. I knew the first time she would actually go, it would just be a good timing thing, and I guess tonight was the night! Too bad Matt is at the priesthood session and missed this momentous occasion. The best part was the look on her face while she was peeing. She was so proud of herself! So of course afterwards we had to do the "pee pee on the pot-tee" dance (for those of you who know what I am talking about)! Kudos to Rian!!!

PS Sorry if this was a little too much info for some of you....it's just a big thing for us :)

Caught Ya

We were snacking on chips salsa the other day and Rian starting sticking her little hand in the chips....I guess she was hungry too! I thought it was so cute especially since the bag was practically as big as she!

The funny thing is that she didn't eat the chips right away...she had to get Daddy's approval. What a good little girl!

Mohawk

This is what Rian's hair looks like the morning after she wears it in a ponytail. Matt love the look and made me get out the camera!


Side View


Front View. I love the look on her face...she's like "what the?"!

Rian and Kaiya

I just thought this picture was so cute, so I felt like I needed to share it. We put a gate up at the bottom of the stairs for two reasons: 1. To keep Rian from climbing up them and 2. To keep Kaiya upstairs while Rian is playing. Recently Kaiya has decided that she wants to be downstairs with us also, so she will sit right by the gate waiting for us to open it. So last night Rian went over to the stairs and started talking to Kaiya. Rian was even putting her arm up towards Kaiya, but I didn't get the camera fast enough to catch that (oh well)!

I'm Walking....Well Sort Of

So Rian took her very first steps on my birthday, August 26th. It was the absolute best birthday present ever! We are so proud of her! We love watching her learn and grow each and every day!


Walking to Mommy!


Walking to Daddy!


She is so proud of herself!

Fun with Family

We love being in San Diego because we are with our family (well, most of them that is). We're lucky to have this opportunity to spend so much time with them and especially have Rian really get to know everyone!

Rian and Grandma Lois. Cute, huh? This is the face Rian makes whenever we first get our camera out. It usually takes a few pictures to get a real smile, not a silly one.

Rian and her Auntie Andrea. They had a lot of fun playing together and reading books.

I Love My Daddy

Rian always has so much fun when she gets to spend time with her Daddy.

Bed Head

Rian woke up this morning with the worst bed head. Her hair is so blonde and thin, so this is the best picture I could get. I didn't know that even 9 month olds can have bad hair days! Did you?

Just Hanging Out

Rian left this headband on all day! Isn't it cute!

My friends always say that we don't have enough pictures of Rian and Mommy, so I am trying to be better at that.

Fun with Kaiya

Rian loves to give Kaiya kisses....

And Kaiya loves to give kisses back!

Do you know how hard it was to get both of them to look at the camera at the same time. This is like take 14! Matt told me....what do you expect, it's a dog and an eight-month old. True!

Play Date

Playing with my friend, Kaitlyn

It's so fun to see the two of them interact with one another. I'm watching Kaitlyn twice a week for this month so they are really getting to know each other. And on the plus side, Rian loves having another baby here!

Reading the Paper

So we just got the mail and I was sitting with Rian on the floor so I could go through it. After a minute or two, I look over at Rian and I guess that she decided that she wanted to read the paper. We thought it was so funny, I had to get a picture!

Rian's New Favorite Pastime

The Mirror. She loves looking at herself. So we put one in her crib to keep her entertained (for a few minutes at least). It's so cute.

Our Family

We haven't had a recent family picture taken, but I wanted one for the blog. So this is one of those 'everyone squish together while Matt holds the camera in front of us' type picture. Lovely huh? Rian thought it would be funny to stick out her tongue out too, cute huh?

Look at Me

Okay, I'll be honest. I totally posed Rian. But she can completely support herself (at least for a minute or two) once I get her in a standing position. She's growing up so quickly! Where does the time go?

Chillin with Daddy

Thanks to Daddy's support, I can stand!