15 Months

Another month has come and gone!  Here is what Maisy is up to at 15 Months:

• She still only has 4 teeth…I can see the next 2 on top trying to poke through, hopefully they will soon!
• Her size hasn’t changed at all, still in 12-18 month clothes, size 3 shoe, and size 4 diapers.
• She eats very well, we have yet to feed her something she doesn’t like.  She has started to “ask” for things when she catches a glimpse of them in the fridge or in a cabinet like watermelon or cereal.  She points and “eh eh eh eh” until you figure out what she’s asking for, then she gets all excited and does a little dance.
• She has started shaking her head yes, cutest thing ever!
• She has a new word this month, the next cutest thing ever.  When you tickle her now she says “tickle, tickle, tickle”!
• She is very animated and makes the funniest faces, you can always tell what’s going through her little mind.
• She loves animals of all kinds, she gets equally as excited about seeing a huge elephant on tv or a little ant on our porch!
• Ryder has been teaching her things this month, he loves that he can show her something and she’s starting to repeat it.  So far he has taught her how to jump and how to give a high 5!  I know she will learn lots from him growing up :)
• She loves to dance! She has quite the moves too, I’ve got to get a video of her to post soon. 
• She’s definitely still a Daddy’s girl, I can’t imagine that ever changing, those 2 can’t get enough of each other!

That’s it for this month!  Happy 15 Months baby girl :)

Attack Daddy!

Too cute not to share!

Ryder Funnies & An Interview

My little country boy has been SO into the radio lately, when we’re driving in the car he always tells us to turn it up and will sing every song that comes on, whether he knows it or not, by the end of the song he’s singing it.  Who knew he was actually retaining the lyrics, some funny convo’s we’ve had lately:

Ryder: Mud Diggers are 40 inches from the ground, aren’t they mom?

Me: Ummm, I guess if that’s what Daddy told you then it must be true.

Ryder: Daddy didn’t tell me that!

Me: Well who told you that then?

Ryder: Colt Ford!

I just googled it to see if any of the Colt Ford songs said this…sure enough there is a song called Mud Diggers that says “Big truck tall suspension 40 inches from the ground, Mud Diggers!”

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We were sitting outside letting the kids play and I put the tailgate down to sit on it…

Ryder: If you put your tailgate down, that means you’re on a turn road.

Me: What does that mean?

Ryder: I don’t know, that’s just what Jason Aldean says. 

I just googled “Jason Aldean tailgate down” and sure enough, part of the song “Take a Little Ride” lyrics are “drop the tailgate down on a turn road”.

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I decided to do a little interview with him today, he wanted it to be very professional and asked me to say “excuse me sir, it’s time for your interview”…so here goes:

Okay, slight intermission ******** Take 2

A little glimpse of life around here these days!

Company Picnic

If you would have asked me 5 years ago if I ever saw Alan attending a company picnic, I might have laughed!  Awkward social events are not really his “thing”.  But his company has been so good to him and he has met some really good people, so this year when we got the invitation to their annual company picnic I was so excited that he agreed to go.  Social Events = Totally my thing!  And…definitely Ryder’s thing.  He woke up Saturday morning, ran into our room and said “Is it the BFPE Company Picnic day??”  I’m telling you, he doesn’t forget a thing.  It was a pretty far drive considering the headquarters is in Baltimore, so we dropped Maisy off to spend the day with Paw-Paw (she’s never been a fan of long car rides!) and headed on our road trip.  Minus Alan trying to convince me of all the cool places we could go on the way, instead of the picnic, we made it…and I think my jaw dropped as soon as we reached the parking lot.  I’ve never seen a company put so much into their picnic before.  There were bouncy houses, huge slides, carousel rides, train rides, pony rides, fire trucks with real fire men demonstrations, snow cones, DJ, caterer, SO MUCH FOOD, I mean they had set this park up basically like a little carnival.  It was really neat and Ryder definitely enjoyed his time there!

Ryder even found a mo-hawked friend to enjoy the festivities with.

Probably the coolest part was when they called all the kids out into the field where they had rows and rows of toys laid out and told them to walk through and find one!  His company is woman owned and she puts a big emphasis on putting family first, that’s really refreshing these days! 

You can tell this woman loves her company and takes great care of her employees.  Alan comes home every day with something new that says BFPE on it.  Pens, folders, chapstick, flashlights, first aid kits, magnetic clips, screwdrivers…nothing is off limit.  Here I am rocking my BFPE sunglasses:

What can I say…I heart BFPE.  And their company picnics :)  I’m going back next year, whether Alan comes or not! 

Going on a Treasure Hunt

When Ryder had his cast on we went over to my Aunt Annie’s house and she told Ryder that she’d have a party for him to celebrate getting his cast off.  Well we were invited back over there for Labor Day and Ryder informed me on our way that it was HIS celebration!  I’m telling you, this child doesn’t forget a thing! 

Although the party wasn’t for Ryder, Aunt Annie had set up a really cool treasure hunt just for him!

He got his own treasure map!

Which led him around the house to various different clues…

And finally to a box full of treasure! 

That was such a fun little treat for him, I wanted to make sure to blog about it!!