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meltdown

it's official, Rye has his first all out temper tantrum today. Luckily my friend Heather and her daughter Alana were here to witness it which was great because temper tantrums are the sort of thing that you like to share with your friends (ahem). I should have stopped and taken a picture of him but i was a little caught in the moment, so to speak.

The blessed event stemmed from my spiteful cruelty in taking away his teething biscuit so that he might actually eat some of his lunch. Mind you this was done with malice in my heart. Rye so thoughtfully expressed the error of my way by throwing his head back, flailing his arms and screaming at the top of his lungs. He even manged a couple of giant crocodile tears as further evidence to the extent of his pain and heartache. Heartache indeed. Its'interesting during such um, shall i say, learning experiences?, to take note of the thoughts that run through one's mind. Here were some of mine:

-oh please stop, this is embarassing

-he's not stopping

-oh there are tears

-ok, he's going to stop now

-nope, still not stopping

-what should I do?

-ok take the puffs of the tray before he throws....

-too late

-ok express to him (in various methods) that this is not ok

-yea, ok THAT worked (sarcasm intended)

-i can't believe he hasn't stopped

-he's never acted this bad before

-oh gosh (this sums up dread for the inevitable future)

-ok try to feed the spinach again maybe that will distract him

-nope

-ok try ignoring him until he's done

-still continuing....

-wow i wish Trev was here to see this

-ok he seems to be calming down lets try the food again

-nope, oh great here we go again.....

and so on and so forth. I"m sure all of you veteran moms are smiling and nodding right now and a good bunch of you are thinking "just you wait". That's the problem, i have an idea of what's to come and honestly prefer my little pumpkin of 'whatever is fine' love to this hellion that landed at my dining room table. sigh....and the joys of parenting continue.

for the record though his 'fake cry' face (which shared equal airtime with 'authentically very upset' face) is adorable. ok, well my little angel is awakening from his blissful slumber so i bid you ado...

Rye: Crawling

As some of you facebook followers know, I ran out to Target the other day for dogfood. I was gone a whopping 45minutes, i come back and look who decided to start crawling....

I like how he doesn't realize it's an accomplishment until Trev praises him. Silly boy.

Silly boy crawling during the brief window when Mom isn't there. grrrrrrrrr

10 pictures to celebrate 10 months

hope you weren't counting because that was definitely more than 10. that's the good thing about having your own blogs, you don't have to follow the rules, even if they are your own! come on though, with all these amazing pictures, could i really have limited myself to just 10? no way!

hope you enjoyed these 1/10th as much as Trev and I do.

p.s. Becky, notice the book?

10 months: the details

Ok, here's the stuff we'll want to remember about Rye so for posterity, here we go....

Skills Rye has acquired:

-high fives

-waving

-sign language for "all done" and "more"---although he only does them when HE wants to (please no comments on who he gets that from ;)

-saying "mama" and "dada" again, only when he's in the mood

-head bonk, which his Mimi taught him

-sitting up from laying down

-scooting around the room

-he LOVES watching Diego, he gets super excited when he hears the theme song and it really holds his attention

-he's best buds with Zoe and developing a relationship with Mia

-he has an affinity for anything that's not a kids toy, including but not limited to: cell phones, computers (top favs), cords, kitchen utensils, etc

- he's not too sure about "big people" food, unless of course Mom or Dad is eating it but refuses to feed himself. (it's the king in him)

-also refuses to use a sippy cup, or any cup for that matter, we can occasionally get him to drink out of a "big person" glass but again, only when the fancy strikes him

-still loves to snuggle and read books, his favorites are the ones that you can touch and I Can Fly, which was my favorite growing up too

-thankfully still taking 2 naps a day and sleeping about 11 hours at night (sleep, oh sleep, how i have missed thee!)

i'm sure there's more i'm forgetting but that's a good overview of our 10 month old little Rye Pie.

10 month shoot: the money shot

this is my other favorite, not second favorite, but other favorite because they are equally awesome.

10 month photoshoot

Our brilliant friend Heather did this wonderful photoshoot with our family on Monday to commemorate Rye's 10th month. Since she is as wonderfully impatient as i am she edited all the photos and got them to us today! A girl after my own heart, for sure.

I will pick out more later to share with you all but wanted to post my favorite because, as previously stated, I am impatient. I just can't believe that adorable sweetheart is MY baby. Oh I am the luckiest mom ever.

Ok all of you Rye Pie fans......eat....your.....heart out.

Thank you, thank you my dear sweet Heather for sharing your wonderful ability with us. We are so appreciative.