Weekend with Cousin Lucas

I can't believe how time just flies by when you add a baby to the picture! Life seems to be just whirring by. Ryan got to make the annual trek down to Terre Haute on Friday to celebrate the first day of Colts' training camp at Rose Hulman. He got autographs from Bob Sanders, Dallas Clark and Tony Dungy, just to name a few, so it was a productive day! But because he was away, we spent a lot of time with YiaYia and Auntie Kate.

Then we found out that our nephew Lucas was in town visiting grandparents and were so excited that Phoebe was going to get some one-on-one time with her only cousin. We played putt putt, went out to eat and ran a few errands. We ran home for a quick nap and Phoebe ended up sleeping three hours straight - she couldn't take her eyes off Lucas. She kept talking to him and smiling at him. I think Lucas liked all the attention she was giving him!

Of course we had to make time for a little video game action. I believe it was a lot of ATV racing where Ryan showed off stunts "no one had ever seen before!" (trust me, you had to be there) and then an Indiana Jones game that involved Legos that kept them up till midnight on Sunday! Needless to say, Ryan was late to work and still left before Lucas woke up!

Three Month Pictures

Just wanted to share a few pictures with you of the last week. It's hard to believe she's three months old already! Since we've started daycare, we're working on getting into a better routine. The days I've been off she's been getting up to eat and then going back to sleep til somewhere between 9:30 and 10:30. So this morning, she got up at 7:00 and wasn't able to go back to sleep since we were on our way to work. Needless to say she was pretty pooped - she was in bed at 7:45 - passed out cold. That's a first! We're going to try a "dream feed" around 10:00 - hopefully she'll sleep through it - it could end up being a real long night...

She's begun to slobber like crazy and putting EVERYTHING she can get her hands on into her mouth! I can certainly wait till she begins to crawl and discovers Pita's food! She's been working on sitting up for the last month and now won't sit in her swing unless we have it in its upright position. But as you can see, it makes her happy!

Ryan's pretty fascinated that she's grabbing and holding on to things so well. His big project is getting her to hold her own bottle. We've got a long way to go before that happens (don't we?!) but it's never to young to start!

Saturday was a sad day for the Wallis family. We turned in the Titan as the lease is up this month. What a fast 39 months! It was a great vehicle but we're not sorry to see those lease payments say goodbye! He drove home in a 2000 Excursion (thank the Lord we don't pay for gas on his vehicle!) which will serve as his new work truck. It's got almost 170,000 miles on it so who knows how long it'll last, but Ryan is already envisioning family vacations in it! Agh!

She's 12 weeks old!

It is SO hard to believe she's 12 weeks old already! I'll probably say it every time, but it's crazy how fast time goes! The 4th of July was pretty uneventful - we had dinner with YiaYia and Papou and since fireworks don't begin till practically 10:00 here, we stayed close to home since Phoebe should be well asleep by that time (but we're working on that still...) Here's a picture of Phoebe with YiaYia in her red, white & blue! We're also working on looking at the camera...I'm sure she'll be a ham in no time.




Here's how we spend a lot of time, Phoebe and me. This time however, the bugs only held her interest for so long and she conked out! Sundays usually throw her off her schedule since I like to get out and run errands with Ryan after church- two sets of hands are always better than one!

Tuesday was my first official day back to work and it plain sucked! I had no make up on by the time I left the office at 5:00. Here's Phoebe at 7:15 Tuesday morning - she wasn't sure about waking so early and leaving the house.

Today was a much better day - especially for Mommy! The church she's going to daycare at is only a block from my office so I've been walking over on my lunch hour to nurse her. God is good! Another girl started daycare today who is three months old and seemed SO tiny compared to Phoebe. She doesn't go back to the doctor till mid-August so I'm anxious to hear her measurements. She just seems like a giant - honestly, where did she come from!?

Hello all, tonight it is my pleasure to do the "Life with Ryan Wallis" blog spot. This is my first attempt and I have been assured that Rose will have to check my spelling before it gets posted.

Here is our beautiful Phoebe. We love looking at her smile as well as watching her grow everyday. Tonight we are trying to get her into a better sleeping pattern. This is Rose's last week home before returning to work and we are hoping to get Phoebe to bed earlier in the evening.









The picture below is from Wednesday night where we are celebrating 11 weeks. Pheobe is filling out and becoming interactive everyday.