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!