Family Pictures

It is rare that we actually get pictures with all three of us in it.  Thankfully our friends were able to take some pictures of us together.  Jeff and Melanie found a nice bridge near the golf course and thought is would be great if we took turns taking family pictures of each other.

This is one of Rylee's favorite things to do--stand on dad's hand.  She sticks her arms out and is so proud of herself for balancing.  She also loves to put on a show for others.  And Kenny loves to scare all the older ladies in the ward with this trick.  The more people freak out, the bigger her smile gets:)

Rylee at 4 months

Rylee still loves bath time.  Sometimes she splashes like crazy and other times she just quietly talks.

Rylee's lovely pajamas:)  You can't see the ears on top of the hat...You will just have to use your imagination.

Rylee is also learning to sit.  And she loves the Bumbo!  It has been a lifesaver.  We can set her on the table while we eat and she feels like she is a part of mealtime.  Of course we have to give her something she can put in her mouth also.  (And her toys won't do.)  At breakfast she loves the cereal bags!  Here she is eating Cheerios.

 Don't worry the stove isn't on:)

 If it was, she wouldn't be this happy!  And don't you love the headband with its matching socks!  Thank you mom!

The Woombie

When Rylee was a newborn she didn't like to be swaddled.  Sounds crazy right!  She would just keep fighting it.  And she couldn't sleep very well without being swaddled because she kept startling herself.    It was a difficult situation...  

We had a friend let us borrow a Woombie to see if that would help.  She hated it initially but after a few weeks we tried it again and she stopped fighting it and fell in love with it.  Now she can't have a descent nap without it.  Weaning her from it might be a pain but I will cross that bridge when it comes:)  

She looks so funny in it :)

She is so happy!

My favorite part is watching her stretch once you take her out of it;)

Thank you Sami for introducing us to the Woombie!

McAllister Family Pictures

While we were in Hawaii we decided to take advantage of the whole family (minus 1) being together.   We decided we would try to photoshop Sean in...since that probably wont work we might just have to go back to Hawaii to take some more :)

And of course we had to have a deep in thought picture!

We finally got Rylee to smile!  However, we were unable to get Skye to smile at the same time.  I guess you take what you can get:)

I wish we had a picture of what Ashley was doing to get Rylee to laugh!

The guys weren't able to entertain Rylee as well as Ashley did.

Hawaii 2012 Part 2

Rylee was a champion sleeper in Hawaii.  She was sleeping good before Hawaii but got even better while we were out there.  Coming back was a different story...

Family Picture! (Keeping Rylee warm after another dip in the ocean)

We took some pictures for a Christie to enter into a Yukalele picture contest:)  Taking a picture with these two girls seemed like it would be an easy task.  Skye did great, but since Rylee wasn't to the point where she could sit up, it was a little difficult.  We finally decided to prop her up on the Yukalele.  She decided to eat it instead.  We might not have gotten the pictures we thought we would have but I think we still got some keepers!

I think you forget how uncomfortable and hard it is to breath with you are buried in the sand...or at least we did (and we will probably do it again next time we go)

On the way back from Hawaii we had another non-stop flight.  This one, however, was a red-eye.  I was a little worried how this would go with Rylee since she didn't sleep too long with us holding her.  Diane had a genius idea of making a bed on the floor in between our feet.  She slept 6 hours!!  And then I fed her and she slept some more!  It couldn't have gone any better...until we were getting our luggage and found out that they left our car seat in Hawaii.  Luckily they have spares:)  It was a really long trip home, but it was worth it!

Hawaii 2012 Part 1

In the middle of August we went to Hawaii with my family.  We were able to take a non-stop flight from DC to Honolulu.  We were excited for it to be non-stop, but it was still 10 1/2 hours.  I was worried about how Rylee would do.  As she has gotten older she has become more and more alert, so the odds of her sleeping most of the time weren't very good.  But she still did awesome!  She didn't take very long naps but she allowed us to entertain her and keep her from driving our neighbors crazy :)

Rylee's first time in the sand.  She liked it until she tried rubbing her feet together.

Rylee feeling the water for the first time.

It didn't take long before Kenny had her really experience the ocean:)  And she did awesome!  I was sure she would feel cold but she did great!

Here is Rylee with her awesome sunglasses.

They're twinners!  Well sort of... :)

Rylee is a drooling queen!

This is out in front of the house.  Rylee was using her hands and mouth to grab onto Kenny's hair.  (Don't worry, he still had a hand on her...you just can't see it in the picture)

Rylee and Kenny took lots of naps together:)

Rylee with her cousin Skye.  I thought the water was a little cold, but Rylee did pretty well.  I guess she takes after her dad on that one:)

And of course Kenny and Christie had to build a huge trench.  It is definitely their biggest one yet!

Rylee's Blessing

While we were in Utah we decided to have a double baby blessing with Rylee and her cousin Bennett.

With all the wild fires going on, the sky was red and ash was falling from the sky.  It was crazy!  After Rylee was blessed there were little specks of ash on her face.  We tried to get a picture of it but you still can't see it.  

She isn't so sure about Lindsey...

It was so awesome to have so much of our family able to attend.  Check out the crowds!