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So, for the first time, I haven’t posted because not much has been going on. Not much until this last week or so— since then there have been a few noteworthy events. ** WARNING: This post will contain a wide variety of elements, including, but not limited to potty references, home maintenance, and random pics.**

 

Potty Talk

Okay, so let’s get the “potty-talk” out  of the way first. I think I am way more excited about this than anyone, but felt the need to include it as a way of preserving Rya history.  Rya used the potty for the first time last Sunday.  Without going into too many details (and don’t worry, no pictures will be included in this section), but she used it to its fullest extent. Who knew such bodily functions could bring such excitement and celebration. She has the general idea down, but we are still working on it. Hopefully, she is well on her way to getting out of her diapers. To all those who read this far, thank you for appeasing my motherly excitement!

Home Maintenance

Taking the example from my female family members and the many amazing women in our ward (church), I have started taking home projects on myself. Cody works so hard, and doesn’t always have the time to finish all the house projects we want to do; so I have been trying to see how many items on the honey-do list I can transfer to the honey- I do list. It has been fun, and a new challenge each week. Lately, I have been doing a bit of electrical work (purely amateur stuff). I have put in new light fixtures in the laundry room, hallway, and spare bedroom. I also hung a new chandelier in the kitchen. And, my latest venture was taking all the outside lighting and giving them updated coloring. I was pleased with the outcome.  (fyi…the one on the left is the before pic)

  

   

Random Pictures

So because it has been so long since we have had a camera- I thought I would post some fun pictures of Rya. Some of you may not even recognize her for all the growing up she is doing. Enjoy!

 
What a doll, huh? My sister was down visiting. She has a little boy so she had a real blast playing dress up and doing hair on a little girl. Check out Rya posing for the camera.  

These next ones are of Rya just waking up—I felt like the paparazzi snapping unwanted pictures. But aren’t they fun—look at that bedhead!

And, last but not least…Left: watch out because eating at our house is a full contact sport (or so it would appear). Right: With Rya, there is most always a tongue picture, but somehow she manages to pull it off.

  

Rya is most definitely the cutest thing in our house, it would be a shame not to want to show her off. I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I do.