Rylee at 15 Months

I have been wanting to do a post about Rylee and all the things she can do for awhile now, but I just haven't gotten around to it. Rylee is getting to be such a big girl, which makes me a little sad, and is doing so many things! She is changing a lot lately. She is definitely turned into a toddler and has such a fiery personality! She keeps things interesting around our house. She is either so happy and silly, or really upset and has this ear piercing scream that she lets out whenever she is mad! She is the biggest CHEESE I have ever seen and LOVES to pose anytime she sees a camera! She also uses lots of things as her own little camera and holds them up to her eye and says "Cheese" and pretends to take pictures of us! She even sometimes snaps her fingers to get our attention to the camera.... I wonder where she learned that...

Rylee LOVES her big brother Logan and follows him around constantly! She has even started to say, "Brother" and "Logan" although it doesn't sound too close to the words yet. It frustrates Logan a little that she doesn't say his name right, but she is trying! He is always saying "That's not my name!" when she attempts to say "Logan" and it comes out as "Gogan". She loves to give him huge hugs and can tackle him to the ground while she is giving him loves! Rylee is definitely quite the little mimic and is always copying things we do and saying the things we say. She is really funny and loves to play Cars with brother and drives them around saying "Vroommm" and also knows "Buzz" and "Woody" and likes to play ball and ride bikes, just like Logan. No one can get Rylee laughing like Logan can! Before we moved, they were playing "Gladiators" on one of the mattresses and Rylee was laughing her head off even though Logan was knocking her over again and again!

Rylee's 2 favorite things are her baby dolls and phones! She loves to tote her babies all around the house and wrap them up and is so sweet with them. She also is obsessed with my cell phone and carries it all over the house! I have even found it in the trash can because she likes to hide things from me there. She holds the phone up to her ear and tilts her head so funny that it always makes me laugh. She says "Ello" so cute and is almost always talking to "Gandpa" She doesn't stop at just talking on the phone though - she also likes to "take Pictures" with the phone and text! She has sent several text messages and pictures to people and calls the first person in my address book quite frequently (Sorry Allison!) She has also added a HUGE list of contacts to my address book - I counted the other day and there were more than 20 that she has put in there! I have no idea how she manages to push just the right things - It is a little funny! Most of the contacts are just numbers, or a letter and number but one says "Wada" which I thought was so funny for some reason! I am a little nervous for her teenage years if we have such a phone obsession already!

Taking a picture on the cell phone - She is telling me to say cheese!

Rylee's other favorite thing is FOOD! She eats like no baby I have ever seen! She is constantly eating and most of her first words and signs have been food related. Whenever she wakes up in the morning, she points downstairs and continues pointing and grunting and signing "Banana" until we reach the kitchen and she gets her morning banana! She looks like such a monkey when she eats it too!She HAS to have one every day! The other day, I gave her one and it fell out of the peel and she had a total melt down!
She also likes to always have something in both hands when she eats! I guess it makes it faster between bites or something for her.
Whenever we go out to dinner, people are astonished at all she can put away - She will eat the entire time we are there, no matter how long dinner takes! She can even polish off a WHOLE hamburger at Wendy's or In-N-Out! She has insisted on feeding herself since she was about 10 months old or so, so eating time is always extremely messy for her, but she is doing so great with a spoon and fork by herself now - She attempted these things much earlier than Logan because she is so independent and stubborn in many ways! I have no idea how she stays so tiny with all she eats, but it is probably a good thing!
Rylee is also my little daredevil! She never stops and is always running around and LOVES to climb! She climbs EVERYTHING and then likes to jump from it. She just assumes that you will catch her if you are nearby and will jump whether you are ready for her or not. Luckily, she has not broken any bones yet, although she did fall off the little playground at our complex. Of course, she fell from the highest point, but somehow, she was OK and wanted to get right up and try the slide again!
This is how I usually find Rylee if I leave the room for even a minute - On top of our kitchen table! I have no idea what the excitement of this is, but she always manages to find her way to the top and then enjoys jumping off! I could barely get this photo before she jumped to me! She also really loves the stairs in our new place. I think that she thinks it is her own personal obstacle course and loves to climb up and down them. She has been able to go up stairs since she first attempted them at Grandma's at 8 months, but I was nervous about her going down. I thought we would need to buy a gate or something, but she mastered them the 1st day we moved in. She does great at sliding down on her belly, however she prefers to JUMP down the stairs or hold your hand and go down like a big girl instead.


This is Rylee holding a frog in Vegas before we moved. Logan has always been pretty nervous around bugs and frogs and lizards and such. He will watch them, but he does NOT want to touch them. Not Ry! She grabbed this frog and about squeezed him to death before Darren stopped her. She is always trying to pick up bugs and other things too!
Ry is also my Binky Baby! She loves it so much, she even invented her own sign for it when she was about 10 months old. She thinks she has to have it constantly and we are trying to keep it to bedtime and in the car. However, she will frequently go around the house patting her mouth saying "Binky, Binky, Binky!" We may never get it away from her!


Rylee also LOVES being outside! This is one of her favorite things about our new place is that there is a place to play. She loves our little yard and running around and going to the playground. She can make it all the way up to the top of the slide in about 30 seconds! She is always standing by the front door saying "Outside"!




Rylee swinging with her cousin Chloee at Grandma and Grandpa's - So Silly!

Rylee still only has 6 teeth - I have been trying to get a good pic, but haven't succeeded! Rylee got her first 2 bottom teeth in February and then at the beginning of May, she cut her 2 top molars and a few days later, her 2 front teeth! A little out of order, but at least she has a few teeth to chew with!


Rylee seems to be doing much better since we moved to this house in many ways, but I think the greatest thing for her is having her OWN room! She has never really slept through the night, but about a week after moving here, she started sleeping from about 8 pm - 7 am almost every night! It has been fabulous for me! I know that most babies do this much earlier, but it has always been such a battle with Rylee, so this is a big deal at our house! She is also napping so much better too! She also FINALLY gave up nursing the end of May (at 14 months). She is doing so great!


Rylee all wrapped up like a burrito! She still likes to sleep this way - I keep thinking she will outgrow it, but she LOVES it and gets very excited when I wrap her up! She is so busy that I think if I don't bundle her up, she would never hold still long enough to fall to sleep!


Rylee has also recently really started loving books! She is always toting one around and flipping (or tearing!) the pages. She doesn't really like to be read to though. She prefers to do things on her own terms and turn the pages when she wants. The only time I can really read to her is when I put her down and she is all bundled up! I guess that is just another part of her independence!Rylee reading a book in her baby stroller!

Rylee is also starting to be quite the little chatter box and can say lots of words and also does a lot of sign language to express what she wants. This is very helpful since she is not the most patient child and does not want to wait for me to figure out what she wants very often! Here is a list of words Rylee knows at 15 months:
More, Nana (Banana), Mama, Dada, Cacker (Cracker), Cookie, Bath, Eat, Please, No, Yes, Uh-Oh, Binky (This is Definately the favorite word!!!), Hi, Shoes, Bye Bye, Hello, Dog and Doggie, Boo, Go, Baby, Ganpa (Grandpa and I think it means grandma too), Nack (snack), Gogan (Logan), Yogo (Yogurt), Cheese, Outside, Poop, Up, Help, Stuck, Burger, Sip, Drink, Wee, Jump, Brother, Ank You (Thank You), Blankie, Fish, Socks, Eye, Monkey, Duck, Jesus, The End (She always says this when I close a book I am reading to her), Hat, Book, Teeth, Out, Water, Splash, Kiss, Bow, Pretty, Kitty, Peek-A-Book (She says this SO funny! It is one of my favorites!), Car, MaKeen (McQueen), Buzz, Woody, Melmo (Elmo or anything that looks like Elmo...), Walk

And here are a list of the signs that Rylee knows at 15 months: Eat, More, Finished, Banana, Cracker, Cookie, Fish, Bye, Baby, Milk, Drink, Bath, Elephant, Lion, Dog, Cow, Horse, Bear, Turtle, Shoe, Red, Orange, Please, Thank You, Go, Go, Mama (its not the right sign, she actually pats her chest, but its the one she uses...), Monkey, Giraffe, Bird, Duck, SeaLion, Ice Cream, Hat, Book, Brush Teeth, Water, Beautiful, Soft, Mickey

Rylee also can point out her body parts since she was about one and LOVES to do animal sounds! She can do "Arf", "Meow", "Moo", a horse sound, a funny fish pucker, "Teet" (bird), "Kack" (Quack), a funny elephant noise and she always does the sign with , "Roar" (lion), "Grrr" (Bear), "Ar Ar Ar" (sealion) and the silliest monkey sound ever! She is also so funny when you ask her a question - She has a very deliberate Yes, nodding her head, or No! It is pretty funny! Rylee also blows kisses so cute and makes this funny loud, smacking noise when she does it!

Rylee also loves to sing! She is always singing and she has to tilt her head from side to side as she does it, which is so funny! I always sing to her at night, and if I stop, she will pick right up where I left off, at least with the tune... there usually aren't words! She also loves to do songs with actions like "Eensy Weensy Spider", "Monkeys on the Bed", "Monkeys Swinging in the Tree", and Pat-A-Cake. Sometime I will have to post a video of her funny actions and singing - I think it is hilarious! Of course whenever we try and get her to perform for others, she doesn't usually want to! She also LOVES to play Ring-Around-The-Rosie and makes us ALL participate and she likes to do the piggy rhyme on her toes! Her favorite part is the "Wee, Wee, All they Way Home!" It is the cutest! She also always loves a good game of Peek-A-Boo!

Since we have moved back, Rylee is also starting to warm up to others, especially her grandmas, grandpas, and aunts and uncles. She has a great time playing with them and will actually let other people hold her! Rylee is such a fun little girl - We love our sweet princess!