A Ryanne Lexicon

Just in case you want to speak her language...

muh - milk (formula), usually accompanied by sign language and/or banging on the refrigerator
mo - more, accompanied by pointing, usually at my food
get down - scolding herself, most often when she is climbing on something she knows she shouldn't be
all done - when she is finished eating, bathing, showing off (for instance, if I ask her one too many times where her nose is or what the kitty says, she will tell me "all done" and refuse to answer)
deuce - juice, usually said while holding her cup of delicious juice high in the air
puppy - her aptly named stuffed dog
ball - a ball
mommy, mama - she never calls me this, but she will say it if I tell her to
dada - dad, accompanied by pointing at the computer screen where he always appears
up - pick me up, put me down, help me climb on this
woof woof woof - what the doggy says
me-aw - what the kitty says
kitty - the kitties
hi, bye - obvious
no - nose. Accompanied by pointing at her nose. Oddly, she hasn't actually learned the word "no" as in, I will not do that, although sometimes she shakes her head if I ask her to do something and she doesn't want to
teeth - her teeth (puts finger in mouth)
toe - her toes
p.u. - what she says after I smell her feet
waffle - what can I say, the girl loves her eggos with strawberry syrup
uh-oh - typically said with attitude, as in 'I just threw that on the ground but I am going to pretend it was an accident'
shooo - the things that go on feet
nummy nummy nummy nummy - said quickly and repeatedly, if she likes something she's eating, like my grilled cheese sandwich this evening
cheese - cheese
bo - any one of Stanley's bones or chew toys
mine - sigh. I don't know who taught her this one.

Right now I love it when she learns new words. I'm sure by the time she is a teenager, Mark and I will be wondering why, oh why, we thought it was necessary to teach her to talk.

Here are some recent pictures of Ryanne being cute. I haven't been very good at taking pictures OR posting recently.

Ryanne's new favorite "naughtiness" is to climb on something she shouldn't be on (coffee table, small wooden chair) and repeat to herself "get DOWN, get DOWN, get DOWN" as she does this thing she knows she shouldn't.
Trying on Grandpa's hat

Laughing with Grandma.

We went to our family reunion Saturday, where Ryanne got to meet all of her wonderful relatives. Then it was on to Rachel and Balmiki's wedding for a night of fun! Congratulations to our newlywed friends.

I was lucky enough to be invited to Kristin and Alan's wedding on Saturday night

where I ran into my old friend Mindy, who was there with her wonderful husband Chris. It was so great to see you guys!
the first dance for the beautiful bride and lucky groom...

K and me back in our law school days...other than being skinny and tan (then), I look the same, right?

This Weekend

Laura, Matt, Avery, Bean the lab and Peanut the shepard came to visit this weekend - it was a full house! That's how we like it. We went to the zoo, we went to the park, and we got to eat ice cream with our friends Phil, Tana, Breckin and Taigen.
Here are a few shots from the weekend:

I really really love...

POPSICLES!!!

Painting a Picture with Pigtails

This was the only shot I could get of her in her sunglasses.

It was hot this weekend, so Ryanne spent the days outside, naked (don't worry, we used sunscreen) playing in the hose and the water table.