We finally made our way to Illinois to visit family and friends. We had perfect weather and an amazing time. My mom spent as much time as she could in a 24 hour period loving on Rylee, and Rylee loved every minute of it! We took Ry to the park, the same park I grew up playing at. How cool is it that! I know have pictures of the both of us around the same age playing at that park, though the equipment has been upgraded some.
Grandma also made sure Rylee had lots of fun stuff to keep her busy. So she got to vacuum, blow bubbles, color with chalk, push her lawnmower & wheelbarrow, and ride a new bike. Did I miss something, was it all of a sudden December 25th??? Nope, it was in the 70's, that could never happen in Illinois in December. One of Rylee's favorite things was the baby birds. There was a bird's nest in my mom's fence that had 3 baby birds in it. Rylee was completly fascinated with them. Everytime we were outside or looking out the kitchen window she would say "baby boo baby boo" and we'd have to go check on them. The little ones flew away by the time we left. Just another reminder how babies grow so quickly! Besides missing family and friends I miss certain food from back home. One thing I miss is the smiley face cookies from Riverside Bakery. My mom suprised me with them and Rylee got to have her first smiley face cookie. She LOVED it of course! Another fun thing we got to do was hang out with Kelly and Zoey. We had the cutest little play/lunch date. They are so adorable, the pictures of them just make me smile! The girls were a little shy at first but then started having fun. We also went over to Kristen & Nick's and got to play in the sprinkler and she got to go down a slide so woohoo! Then my 3 friends with our 4 kids decided we would get some pictures taken of all the kids and us. It was quite an experience trying to keep the little one's content during all that. Luckily Shari's son Kai is amazing and kept all the little one's pretty happy. I was a little nervous about the pictures considering it was kinda crazy but they turned out amazing. I am currently in the process of trying to pick and will post them probably a month or so after getting them knowing how I am. So we were real real busy. It was just so great spending time with my parents and having them be able to spend some quality time with Rylee. And of course it was so great to see my girls again and their kids, I need to talk them into coming down here to visit soon!
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| Grandma & Ry looking at pictures. |
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| Ry & Zo giving each other BIG hugs |
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| My dad, me, & Ry :) |
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| Ry after eating her smiley face cooking, waiting for more! |
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| SLIDE! |
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| Baby Boo |
We finally made our way to Illinois to visit family and friends. We had perfect weather and an amazing time. My mom spent as much time as she could in a 24 hour period loving on Rylee, and Rylee loved every minute of it! We took Ry to the park, the same park I grew up playing at. How cool is it that! I know have pictures of the both of us around the same age playing at that park, though the equipment has been upgraded some. 
Grandma also made sure Rylee had lots of fun stuff to keep her busy. So she got to vacuum, blow bubbles, color with chalk, push her lawnmower & wheelbarrow, and ride a new bike. Did I miss something, was it all of a sudden December 25th??? Nope, it was in the 70's, that could never happen in Illinois in December. One of Rylee's favorite things was the baby birds. There was a bird's nest in my mom's fence that had 3 baby birds in it. Rylee was completly fascinated with them. Everytime we were outside or looking out the kitchen window she would say "baby boo baby boo" and we'd have to go check on them. The little ones flew away by the time we left. Just another reminder how babies grow so quickly! Besides missing family and friends I miss certain food from back home. One thing I miss is the smiley face cookies from Riverside Bakery. My mom suprised me with them and Rylee got to have her first smiley face cookie. She LOVED it of course! Another fun thing we got to do was hang out with Kelly and Zoey. We had the cutest little play/lunch date. They are so adorable, the pictures of them just make me smile! The girls were a little shy at first but then started having fun. We also went over to Kristen & Nick's and got to play in the sprinkler and she got to go down a slide so woohoo! Then my 3 friends with our 4 kids decided we would get some pictures taken of all the kids and us. It was quite an experience trying to keep the little one's content during all that. Luckily Shari's son Kai is amazing and kept all the little one's pretty happy. I was a little nervous about the pictures considering it was kinda crazy but they turned out amazing. I am currently in the process of trying to pick and will post them probably a month or so after getting them knowing how I am. So we were real real busy. It was just so great spending time with my parents and having them be able to spend some quality time with Rylee. And of course it was so great to see my girls again and their kids, I need to talk them into coming down here to visit soon! 
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