We were bad on this trip. We did a lot of hanging out and relaxing, so we didn't take as many photos as we usually do.
Wednesday: Ryleigh and I went shopping. We visited a new Super Target in a newer area of town. We found Ryleigh's jellies in
PURPLE. We wanted pink, but purple was a good 2nd choice. We also found this adorable newsgirl hat. Ryleigh loves it! Later that night, Ryleigh stayed home with Gramma and Grampa, while I went to dinner with my line sister, Heather. I haven't seen her since Ryleigh was 2 months old!! So needless to say we had A LOT to catch up on! Then I went to pick Chris up from the airport. Then late that night, my brother, Cory, came up from Tucson to visit.
Thursday: Chris and Ryleigh got to hang out together while I went off to get my hair cut. I also went out to Midwestern University to say hi to my teachers. When my mom got home from work, we went shopping! I had some coupons to use and thank goodness I found my favorite LOFT dress in a different color to wear to my reunion, because the coral colored one would have looked awful with my wonderful sunburn I got Friday.
Playing with her babies wearing mommy's shoes!
Showing off her cute new newsgirl hat.
Friday: Chris, Ryleigh and I went out to McCormick Train Park and met up with a Corie and her mom Jamie. I cheered with Corie in high school. We needed to get some 18 month (yeah we're a month late) photos of Ryleigh and we needed a new family photo, so Jamie took some for us. We are excited to see how they turned out! We had a great time at the train park (despite the 100 degree weather - where the sunburn was obtained). It was Ryleigh's first time riding "rides". She went on the carousel and the train around the park and LOVED it! Ryleigh couldn't stop talking about the trains the whole way home. Since we were already on the East side of town, we decided to go look at some houses over in that area. We mostly wanted to see just how far away they were. They are really far out there!
On our way to get photos taken. Guess she was in a daze all day. Here she's bouncing her hand to the beat of the music.
After we got home she needed a swim. She somehow picked up this funky run where she'd put her arm up and lead with her shoulder whenever she was running somewhere.
Saturday: My mom had to go to urgent care in the morning. She got bit by some bug on her shoulder that got really infected. A huge swollen/red area was moving onto her side, so she had to get it looked at. So Grampa took Ryleigh to see Great Grandma Steele, since Gramma was out of commission. I went and got a mani/pedicure and relaxed before my reunion. It's been 10 years since I graduated high school!!! Doesn't seem like that much time has passed, but I guess I have accomplished a lot in 10 years. We had our reunion at Dave & Busters. It was a nice environment to have it in, but I was disappointed more people didn't come. It was weird the people that came back though. The ones I thought for sure would come were no shows, and several I never though would care to come, showed up. It was great to see people (in person!) and catch up on life. Afterwards, Chris and I played skee-ball for over an hour trying to beat each other's scores. Ryleigh got to stay home with Gramma, Grampa, and Cory while Chris and I went out. Looks like she had tons of fun! It was a great day.
"Tweet tweets"
"hugs"
"I don't know where are they?"
"they're over there!"
Instructing someone to "sit"
Amazing the difference a month makes. She can now climb up by herself...
And slide down by herself!
And you can see she's very impressed with herself!
And the only photo I took at my reunion. Krista, Me and Amber.
Sunday: Today we drove back to reality. We were happy to leave behind the 110 degrees and welcomed the 60 degrees we came back to. It was nice being warm for a week, but the cool weather was a nice reprieve. Overall it was a great, relaxing trip!
