Left Handed?

She's fascinated with Rocky! That's what she's laughing at in this picture. He was off to the side.

Me and Mommy getting ready for the Olive Garden!

Look at that big belly!!!

Yummy Peaches!!! She has to "assist" me when I'm feeding her which is how she gets so messy!

So, we've recently discovered that Rylee reaches for everything with her left hand! I thought it was too early to tell whether she'd be right or left handed, but Chris and I are pretty sure she's going to be left handed.

This weekend started off kinda crazy bc Chris and I found a house online that we fell in love with and it just so happened the price was right. This was definitely our dream house. . . completely secluded way out in the country with a little pond. Big beautiful wide open kitchen! So as we started looking into we found out that it wasn't completely finished and was now bank owned. So that led to the type of loan that we could get. There were two types of loans we were looking into that allowed you to put down less money. Well turns out those two loans have VERY strict guidelines and wouldn't approve a house that wasn't all the way finished. So then it was a scramble to figure out what the next step would be if any at all. Plus to add to the chaos we found out that someone had already made an offer on our "dream home" and it had been accepted, but they were willing to take the "best offer". So our realtor got the key and we rounded up our "favorite carpenter (Chris's stepdad)" and asked him to take a look and see what he thought. All of this was rush, rush, rush because there had already been an offer made and also bc there were still other people wanting to look at the property. Well after all that we decided to turn it down. Turns out it wasn't as kid friendly as we would've liked it to be. It had a pond on one side and the river on the other. Along with lots of rocks and hardly any flat land. So it's back to the drawing board. Although we're not in any huge hurry since Chris doesn't get out till 2011. So we'll wait and pray and see what God has in store for us. The one thing i'm not good at is waiting!!

Bauer Family Happenings

This has to be the most adorable picture! She looks so cute in her little beach hat!

Wow! I look at this picture and can't believe how big she looks here! This is the new "bouncy" seat that replaced her old one. This is her big girl chair!

"Sportin my new shades!"

"Chillin in my jammies!"

Wow! It's been a long time since i've posted anything and so much has happened in that time. Rylee is now 4 months old and growing faster than Chris or I ever imagined!! She's the size of a 6 month old. . . weighing in at 17lbs 26in long. She holds her head up all on her own now and is so close to sitting up. She hates anything that makes her feel as if she's lying down. In fact she even gave up her bouncy seat! Trust me that was a huge deal! We didn't think she was ever going to get tired of that thing even though she was way too big for it. Her butt dragged the ground when she was in it, but she didn't seem to care. We even went and bought her a new one that was more her size and should follow her till she's a toddler, but she hated it! The one we bought wasn't as entertaining. It didn't light up and play music continiously so she didn't want anything to do with it. So for a month or more it just sat here. Then about 2 weeks before she turned 4mo she decided she wanted to sit up. So anytime you buckled her into her carseat you could see her straining to lift herself up. Same w her bouncy seat. The old one kept her in a reclining position and she wasn't having any of that. She even enjoys sitting in her highchair watching me clean the kitchen. About the same time she started tryin to sit up her sleeping habits changed. She was napping after every bottle so she was taking 2 naps in the am and 2 in the pm and then sleeping 8 hours through the night. But now she almost refuses to take a nap during the day! She also started eating off a spoon for the first time. And let me tell you you better watch your hand if you're the one feeding her bc she's like a pirhana when she sees that spoon coming towards her! She's at such a fun stage right now. Chris and I are having a blast w her. She talks more than ever and laughs and squeals when you talk to her. She's starting to get to that point where you can actually play w her.

It's been a busy couple of months here. I started back to work in July, so Rylee has been going to a sitter's M-F while Chris and I are at work. The days just fly by. They start around 5am when Chris and I get up to start the process of getting ready for work and end when we go to bed around 8 or 9 that night. I really enjoy being back at work. I didn't think I would, but once I started I realized how much I missed interacting w other adults. Rylee does great at the sitters and the sitter is great w her so it makes it easier to leave her and go to work. About the same time we started leaving her at the sitters we started feeling better about taking her to the nursery at church and dropping her off while we attended the service. They do a good job w her too. And of course she loves it bc someone holds her nonstop while she's there!