Teeth or No Teeth

Ryleigh doesn't have any teeth yet, but we expect any day now! She is over 8 1/2 months and still no sign of a pearly white. This last week she has been chewing on her hands more and drooling like crazy, plus being fussy! Although we love her gummy smile, I'm sure a little tooth will be just as cute!
She loves her cold teething toys. The other day she had one in her mouth and would leave it there while she went about her business. In one of the pictures, the teething toy made it look like she had a full mouth of teeth and fangs! Kind of scary looking...haha!

Memorial Day

We tested the pool waters again on Memorial Day, but the temps weren't much better. But we did manage to get a little more pool time with Ryleigh. Once the water warms up, we think she is going to love it.
Here are some pics and video from Monday.

Kicking Off Swimming Season...Sort of

We kicked off swimming season this afternoon at Jarred's parents pool...well, sort of. The water was soo cold that we weren't in the pool for very long at all! Ryleigh got all suited up in her pink polka dot bathing suit with matching hat, had her sunscreen on, and her turtle floaty ready to go. Unfortunately the weather has not been picture perfect for their pool, but we gave it a go anyway. The water was a chilling 75 degrees...pretty much like swimming in ice water! We attempted for Ryleigh to get in her turtle floaty for a few minutes, but she wasn't up for the cold water either. Maybe tomorrow the water will be a little warmer since it was a pretty afternoon. If not, we'll try again next weekend! More pictures to come after we get a better day of swimming in.

Swingin'

What a task we had last weekend! Toys R Us had a swing set on sale a few weeks ago that we couldn't pass up for Ryleigh's birthday (yea, a little early, we know...). Bossier Toys R Us didn't have it, but Monroe had several in stock. My parents were nice enough to jet off to Monroe for us on the last day of the sale to get it...what won't grandparents do for their granddaughter?! :-) So my parents, Jarred's parents, MeMaw and us went in to get it for her. My parents came over to help as well as Jarred's dad. It took ALL day last Saturday. We started about 9am, took a short break for lunch, and didn't stop until after 7pm! And still didn't finish! We were missing 3 boards, but luckily they didn't prevent us from having to wait on them to continue on. We did all we could until we were all beat. There was a 60% chance of rain and thank goodness it didn't sprinkle until the very end of the day.
Jarred and I finished up the canopy after the boards came in on Thursday and finished up the picnic table part of the set we hadn't finished last Saturday.
After all said and done, Ryleigh loves swinging in her bucket swing and will hopefully get a lot of use out of it...one day.

Smart Baby

Ryleigh surprises us every day! She has caught on that if she is holding her bumbo tray and she lets go, that it will make a loud noise. Right before she lets go, she prepares herself for the loud noise. It's just too funny!

That Tickles Daddy

Ryleigh giggles and giggles when anyone tickles her belly. Her laugh just cracks us up and would make anyone smile!

Splish Splash, I Was Takin’ A Bath

Ryleigh loves taking baths, especially now that she has learned to splash in the water! She loves to pat her hands and kick her feet in the water...she gets a really good workout once she gets them going. The videos don't do it justice...she gets water everywhere! We think she is going to love the pool at Bear & Boo's in a few weeks!