The Nutt House: 2012 Catch Up...

Wow... another extended period of bloggers block! I've got to get better at fighting this off. Thinking there are too many things to write about and not enough time, or too many distractions...that is what keeps me from it at times. My fear of failure. I guess, in the literary biographic sense. At least I know what the enemy is and I can strive to defeat it.

To catch you up on 2012...Rylie is growing so fast every day. She is almost 21 months old and it seems like she is so eager to learn and do everything she is exposed to. She gets frustrated when she doesn't understand or she thinks I dont understand what she wants. She also gets frustrated when she doesn't get her way. I am working on my technique in handling this... her tantrums, that is. We'll see who comes out the victor when she get's through the terrible two's growth period. She is so damn cute though, it's hard not to laugh at every emotion she expresses, regardless of tone.

Here are a few cute pics from this weekend.

She loves walking around carrying mommy's camera bag. I wonder how she feel's about living with a mommy papparazi?

She helps mommy put away laundry, but she likes to play dress-up while we're doing it. She likes putting on mommy's shirts.

I took Rylie to the home and garden show Saturday. I was great! I am absolutely obsessed with making over my backyard this spring. I've worked a lot in the yard these past few years, and this spring it's really going to rock! I cannot WAIT for flowers, decorative paving stones, and colorful garden accent lighting!! But I digress. Below is a pic of the mommy/daughter matching aprons I bought at the garden show. So freaking cute!!! I'd love to have our names embroidered on them. I'm thinking about buying a sewing/embroidery machine so that I can have it for cool projects with Rylie. Brian's cousin Sara has one and she makes the coolest things. I'm hoping I can find a "starter" machine for pretty cheap, since I don't know how long this "interest" will last, if it even starts. I have a lot of ambitious hobby/project ideas that I'd love to follow through with. (I remind myself that I also want a table saw so that I can build things with wood. Yes, I want to build a built in bookcase in Rylie's room. It will happen.)

And this is the other evening when we were running her bath water. She's showing off her teeth and saying cheese, waiting for daddy to get her bath toys out.

Okay, let's go back in time a bit more so I can feel good about catching you up and starting with current events on my next blog entry. You know, the ones i'm going to start creating more often.

2012 has gone by so fast so far. Let's look back quickly....

Eating cantelope with daddy.

Mommy cutting Rylie's fingernails. She does very good with this. I sit her up on the washing machine out in the garage and she sits there calmly while I talk to her about keeping her nails looking pretty. Daddy decided to take pictures this night, so she was cheesing it up. Daddy got some great shots of her precious little face. Thanks daddy!

Our nightly cuddling before bed. She must have her nightly cuddling...and so must mommy!

Our trip to the Aquarium... She loved watching the fish and the shark tank. But her favorite part was the stingray pool. She wanted to touch them so bad!

This is Grammie showing Rylie the stingrays this year. Reminds me of the first time we took Rylie to the aquarium when she was 5 months old, back in November of 2010. Grammie lifted her over the edge to see the stingrays back then too. My how much she has grown!