9 months

to celebrate Rye Pie's 9th month i will list 9 things that have happened this month.

1. on July 4th he was baptized, more pics to come on that

2. on July 6th he said, "Da-da"

3. in the last couple weeks he has cut his first teeth. he now has a grand total of.....2

4. this month he has decided that mom is his bestest friend and she gets all the good hugs. and boy are they good hugs, i'm talking wrap his arms around my neck, lean in for tight squeeze followed by a sweet pat-pat on the shoulder. oh man oh man do i LOVE those hugs.

5. this month Rye has realized that he has dogs and they are fun to pet and pull their (insert closest body part here).

6. Rye is a big fan of drinking water but NOT of sippy cups. he can't figure them out so we end up taking the lids off and he gets big gulps of water. 1/2 of the time they are followed by an immediate spit-fountain out of his mouth, the other 1/2 a contented swallow.

7. still no crawling or pulling up yet. he will push up on his hands but this is usually short lived and followed by a face down, arms out possum-style rest which prompts such comments as "is he ok?" and "um, i think...um...what is he doing?". silly boy.

8. rye's favorite song is Old McDonald had a Farm, preferably accompanied by his "old mcdonald book/glove/finger puppet" toy.

9. Rye can count to 10 in 3 languages! Actually almost 4 but he's having a bit of a hard time with the Arabic.

Here are some pics of the little guy on his 9 month of life. Excuse the poor quality, i had to use my phone.

note: he's also learned how to wave, high-five and give kisses this month. for some reason i forgot to mention that earlier. oh well. there it is.

Fly through the air WITHOUT the greatest of ease...

that sums up the flight Rye and I took yesterday from Chattanooga to St. Pete, Florida.

Pre-flight overview:

-slept in late. check

-good breakfast. check

-late morning nap. check

in short all the stars had aligned.

the flight:

-stopped at security. check

-fussing before we take off. check

-throwing body back, inconsolable during whole flight. check

-forced to walk the aisle. check

-getting stuck up by the bathroom/cockpit by the beverage cart. check

-getting reprimanded by the stewardess for standing too close to the cockpit door. check

-changing diaper in the "bathroom". check

post flight:

-happy as soon as we land. check

-happy the rest of the day. check

-glad we made it to Florida. h-e-double hockey stick yes!

it wasn't that bad, really. course i did rely heavily on the things i've learned before. good thing i brought that lipstick, that's for sure.

ha. ok well all joking aside, i'm excited about a week in the land of the sun and family.

Momma Said...

the rule at my house was that whatever mom found in the laundry she got to keep.

good thing i did the wash today!

Taylor times 5

Trev's parents were up for a couple days last week/end and we got to spend some "grand" time together. Here's Rye with his Grandmommy and Grampa:

p.s. note to self, take off bibs before taking pictures.

One of our activities was taking Rye down to Coolidge park and going for a ride on the carousel which he was a big fan of. Here's some documentation of that:

WARNING: This picture will make you jealous. Jealous of many things.

Such as:

a. my incredibly hot husband

b. my incredibly adorable husband

c. my...ok you get the point.

Momma and Rye Pie

This is what i call my "proud momma" face.

This was an equal-opportunity carousel plenty of types of animals to chose from. Here is Rye on a frog. He also tried out a giraffe and a horse.

After the carousel Grampa took Rye over to the water fountains for some "experience something new" time.

*Please note both of their expressions in these pictures*

clearly they are loving it...

don't worry, it got better...

ha. oh well. Rye topped off the day with some sitting-on-a-stone-lion time with Dad

If you liked these pictures then stay tuned for more Taylor family fun photos after our trip to Florida in the next 2 weeks!

Today's post was brought to you by the number 5 and the letter R.

Clap de Hands

Rye's new trick:

Trying to get Rye's new trick on camera:

Obviously the first video is the one that you SHOULD post online. But, the second one is the funny one that shows, how shall i say it....reality.

enjoy!

Kaley

This baptismal aint abysmal.

look how grown up my little man is, and Rye too!