Already Lovin the Shoes!

Taken with Peter's phone camera. Too cute, yeah?

First Time in the Garden & Other Pics

I took Ry in the backyard to play (It was finally clean enough!) and I watered all the plants which I'm trying to nurse back to health LOL.

What's Cookin??

Adventures in a Purple Onesie

Happy V-Day from Ry!

Here's Ryenne crawling into our room last night - it was pretty dark and the light from the living room was hitting her just right so I grabbed the camera as fast as I could!

Okay... totally switching subjects here...

It seems like the universe is out to get us. Not only are we struggling financially to stay afloat, but today Peter got rear ended in his Subaru (which we're trying to sell) and the dude that hit him tried to get away! The police didn't even write the guy a ticket for trying to flee the scene. Gosh that's so stupid. I just hope that we can get things squared away with the rental car company that he had rented from to buy Peter a new bumper.

I feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders - not only dealing with my own weight issues LOL - but just the fact that I feel I'm doing my very best to keep us afloat and it just doesn't seem good enough. I'm trying to be positive and I see the light at the end of the tunnel, I just can't get there fast enough. And it's frustrating for me and such a vicious cycle because when I'm stressed the first thing I reach for is something to put in my mouth and I know that's not really the way to handle anything at all.

We're getting ready to put the condo on the market and I've cleaned both the bathrooms and our bedroom, and I haven't quite gotten to everything else yet. This shouldnt' stress me out, but it does. I just need to buck up and get through this. I WILL get through this and everything will be fine!

Prettiest Princess Ever!

Ryenne had on a cute yellow outfit today and our sheets on the be were also yellow so I hung them over the headboard and made myself a nice little backdrop!

These are a couple of my favorites from the session.... but there are other great ones as well. I'm so lucky I have such a photogenic baby!!

We went to lunch with Leizl today and Ry fussed the entire time. I had to get a to-go box and eat in the car on the way home... ah well, what can ya do, right??

The hunt is still on for a great place for us to move too. I'm not sure North Carolina is the best place for my gorgeous brown man. It's sad that there's still prejudices in our world. We're all the same color on the insides!

Ry-Ry's 8 Month Birthday

Well all of these were actually taken over the past 3 days... but my oh my has my little one grown. She is so smart and it's amazing to watch her eyes grow wide as she learns new things. Yesterday she learned how to climb up on the stool and scoot it across the living room floor! She was actually trying to push it out the sliding door into the back yard. It was pretty funny!

Enjoy...


"I'm in the laundry basket... can you find me?"


"My laughter lights up my mama's life!"


"Laughing so hard I'm falling over!"


"All I need are my shoes and something to chew on!"


"I really want to eat this apple..."


"But it's tiring work trying to bite it!"


"I'll give the apple raspberries!"


"Maybe my fingers taste better!"


"Mama, why'd you make me try to eat an apple?"

Having fun in the walker