Fun at the Fair!

The San Diego county fair comes to town in June.  I usually curse the fair every year, because of traffic.  But this year, Rylee and I braved the traffic and crowds and went to the fair 5 times!  We had a great time visiting the animals and eating cinnamon rolls.  Maybe next year, we will go on some rides.

Turkey leg

 

Lemonade

 

Feeding goats

 

 

 

And cows

 

The cinnamon roll was a favorite

 

Palomar Mountain Camping

Father's Day weekend fun...This was Rylee's second time camping and she's becoming a pro!

Our site

 

Helping start a fire

 

Ready to hike

 Observatory Trail

 

Keeping Cool

 

S'mores!

 

Happy Father's Day!

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Torrey Pines Hiking

Rylee has been getting her fair share of hiking in at Torrey Pines.  On this last hike, we walked a little over 3 miles and she didn't fuss one bit.  She just put her head down and fell asleep while in the Bjorn.

 

Rylee's Blog

Rylee is getting her own blog since I've maxed out the photo capacity on this blog a long time ago.  Starting with a new blog will allow me to post from my iPhone.  Having a blog for her will also keep all my photo posts to a minimum on facebook.  I just can't help myself sometimes!!  So, if you are interested in following bookmark her page:  blundellorama.blogspot.com.  

One Month Old

Wow, I can't believe it's been one month since Rylee was born.  We are slowly finding a little rhythm and routine to our days.  Mike will be leaving the house to go back to work next week, so I will be flying solo the next 7 weeks until I go back to work.  This last month has been pretty exciting.  We have discovered that Rylee loves books and we try to read to her every evening.

She also loves bath time.  She will scoot herself down to the level of the water in her tub and try to drink the water.  She gets a little upset when it's time to get out.  She has fake sneezes that are hilarious and we have not been able to get on video yet, because...well...you can't predict when sneezes are coming.  She makes a lot of sounds when she sleeps at night.  At first I would wonder if she was still breathing if I couldn't hear her making any grunts.  Now I'm used to her noises and they don't keep me awake as much.  We take her on beach walks pretty often and she sleeps in her carrier the whole time.  As soon as she gets in the carrier, she crashes out. 

 

She enjoyed all the excitement from March Madness and the company that was over watching all the games. 

 And her favorite place to sleep is on one of our chests.

 Looking forward to learning more about our little Rylee.  Remember to check out her photo album.

Hospital Photos - One Day Old

These photos were taken in our hospital room when Rylee was a day old:

My mom gave me this blanket as it's the one I was brought home in as a baby.

 

 

 Daddy's hand

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Rylee Briann

After 27 hours of labor, Rylee was born on March 5 at 10:02am. My due date was March 14, but I knew all along she would be about a week early.  One of these days I'll get together a summary of my labor.  Overall, it was a great experience with a little bit of stalling once I got to 8cm.  Mike has been a tremendous partner through everything and we all are enjoying our time together bonding!  She is such a sweetheart...

Love at first sight!

 

Right after the nurses swaddled and put in her eye ointment.

 

She weighed 6 lbs 8oz and was 18.6 inches long

 One day old in the hospital with Daddy