This weekend we took a quick trip to California to see Grandma and Grandpa. We had a great time. We did not do to much, but we got a lot of play time with cousins and Grandma and Grandpa. Nolan and Grandpa looked too handsome before church to not get a picture of them together.
While Nolan was in Texas, Grandma was working on teaching him lots of new tricks, and this was one of them. He makes his fish face whenever you do it at him or whenever he gives kisses. Some of his other new tricks that I can never get him to do on camera are: saying Uh-Oh (very clear and in context like when he drops something), saying Da-Da, clapping, and waving bye-bye.
Thursday was our best friend Maddi's birthday party. The party was at Chuck-E-Cheese and we had a blast. Rylee was so excited to carry Maddi's present in she stopped, posed and told me, "Mommy, take a picture!" She did a really well playing the games and her favorite part was pulling the tickets out after she won. She absolutely loved her cupcake and her face was stained hot pink the rest of the day, but hey at least she enjoyed it.
Carrying Maddi's Present
Best Friends
Rylee eating her cupcake
Maddi enjoying her cupcake
Only the beginning of the messy faceRylee was really proud of her necklace that she made at preschool the other day, so she called Grandma to tell her about it. Grandma asked me to take a picture and put it on the blog, so sorry Mom that is took me three days to post but here is the cute girl and her necklace.
The other day when Jeff and Lisa came by Rylee was really sick with the flu, and slept most of the time on the couch. In the four and a half hours they were here I don't think she said more than ten words, but tonight was a different story. Uncle Jeff came back over this evening and he and Rylee had a great time together playing blocks. Rylee also entertained him with all her silly antics. She was a much happier, sillier little girl this evening.
It is so crazy to think that Nolan is 10 1/2 months old and he and Aunt Lisa just met the other day. We were lucky to get to visit with her and Uncle Jeff all afternoon Friday, and Nolan got to get all of the attention because Rylee was asleep on the couch with the flu. Nolan had fun showing off all of his new tricks: clapping, waving, standing, and playing "so big!" Lisa had a fun time watching him and playing with him. Luckily it will not be another 10 months until we get to see her again, they can play again at Christmas! 
While at Church on Sunday Daddy and Nolan starting practicing standing on his own, and now he mastered it. Every time he stands up he lets go and balances unsupported, and then giggles while he is doing it because he is so proud.
I could not hold the camera and get him to stand at the same time, so I set it on the couch. You can't see his feet but you get the idea.
Daylight Savings threw all of us for a loop today, so this morning before Church Daddy and Rylee snuggled and watched Mary Poppins together.
Rylee was running around in her underpants for a few minutes this morning, so Daddy made her a new dress. Daddy is so creative and Rylee thought her new dress was pretty cool.
We had a Tony Romo sighting in our house today, except this Tony Romo was much cuter than the real one! Aunt Erica and Family got Nolan a Cowboys jersey to sport for the season, and he had it on this morning for the game. Must have brought them luck, because they won big today.
Last year we had A Tinkerbell Timeout, and unfortunately we had to have a Cinderella Timeout this year. Rylee was doing a great job helping me hand out candy, but while we were waiting for more trick-or-treaters she was playing with our candy bowl (after she had been told not to a few times) and broke it. She ended up in timeout and again it was too cute to not take a picture of.
Wednesday morning Daddy went golfing with Uncle Travis, Grandma and Grandpa, and Rylee and Mommy went to Magic Kingdom with Uncle Jason, Aunt Heather, Kami and Wyatt. Before 1:00 we had gone on 15 or more rides, thanks to Uncle Jason. I know for sure we hit Dumbo, Snow White twice, Peter Pan twice, Winnie the Pooh twice, It's a Small World twice, The Goofy Coaster, Aladdin's Magic Carpets, Pirates, and a few I can't remember.
One of the funniest things that Rylee said this trip was on Small World. While we were riding the ride once she started leaning out of the boat and touching the water. I quickly snatched her up and pulled her back to the middle of the boat and asked her what she was doing. She looked at me and very seriously told me, "She was trying to get all the money out!" On the ride people throw money into the water and make wishes, so there is a lot of change in the water, and my smart kiddo was going to get it all out!!
Dinner on Wednesday was at Epcot at The Coral Reef Restaurant. For those of you who ever watched Full House, it is the restaurant the Jesse and Joey were scuba diving in while Danny had dinner with his girlfriend, yes I know I am a nerd! The restaurant is built around an aquarium and we had front row seats to the aquarium. We saw a huge sea turtle, sharks and lots of other fish, even the fish that Daddy ate for dinner was swimming in the tank.
After dinner we headed back over to Magic Kingdom with Rylee and she got to go on a lot more rides and watch the fireworks show before we called it a night.
Rylee on Small World
Rylee and Papa at dinnerTuesday morning started bright and early so we could go to Breakfast with Mickey. Breakfast did not start until 8:30, so normally that is not too early, but we were up late and still trying to adjust to the time change so it felt early (check out Rylee's yawn in the group picture). Rylee still did not like the characters at breakfast, so while they were visiting the table Daddy took her on a walk. The cousins loved the characters and got to see Mickey, Pluto, Lilo and Stitch while we were at breakfast. After breakfast we went to Magic Kingdom with all the cousins. Rylee did three or four rides that morning before it was time to head back for a much needed nap.
After we woke up from nap time, Matt and I thought it would be fun to go shopping at Downtown Disney for the afternoon. There are some really fun stores that Rylee got to play Mr. Potato Head, My Little Ponies, Legos, and just look at all the fun Disney stuff, but she informed us when we were done that she did not have fun. Matt and I asked her if she had a fun afternoon and she looked at us completely serious and said, "No, I had to go to stores!" I asked her what she wanted to do and she said, "Go on rides," so on Wednesday we did as many rides as we could in that one day.
Family Picture at Breakfast with Mickey
Grandma, Grandpa, Bryson, Trevor, Kami and Alyssa
Daddy and Rylee
Grandma and Rylee at Magic Kingdom
