Rya is 9 months old!

We can't believe Rya is already 9 months old! We heard time flies by, but now we're actually experiencing it. She isn't saying any "real" words yet, but she sure is talking! Rya has also decided that crawling is not for her and has started working on walking. She can pull herself up and "cruise" around on furniture. She also walks when guided with help from us. We haven't really put her in shoes much, so now that she's trying to walk we have been putting shoes on her to get used to them. Rya doesn't like the shoes. She stares down at her feet and tries to kick them off. She recently started clapping and is no longer scared of the parachute at Gymboree!

I am off for a few weeks in between school years. We plan to hang out at home and enjoy being a family. We're also looking forward to spending some time in the water. Rya went to a few swim lessons, but there was very little instruction so we opted out of the class and plan to just play in the water on our own or with friends.

Rya loves her pink soccer ball. She rolls it around and sometimes just likes to hold it. She looks adorable in this outfit from Auntie Shannon!
Grandma Linda gave Rya some cute outfits from Gymboree. She loves them and looks super cute in all of them! They are in the pictures below. Rya is also fond of Curious George who was Jason's childhood buddy. He's old, but he's hanging in there- hernia and all.
We bought Rya this Cookie Monster plush toy. She loves Cookie Monster. She gets so excited when she sees him on her diaper or on Sesame Street. We bought some strawberries at Costco that had a picture of Sesame Street characters on the package. She squealed in excitement and we got a lot of strange looks.
We read to Rya every night before bedtime. She likes to look at books, but her attention span is too short to make it through books unless she's tired. She's also learned to drink out of her sippy cup all on her own.
Our friends, Alexis and Kennedy, came over for dinner and we took the girls to the park to swing. Ryan was sick and couldn't join us. :( Rya looks a bit scared in this photo, but she loves to swing.
Rya and Kennedy playing together!
Rya loves toys!
Once a month we have been going to Vacaville for a family lunch. Uncle Brian and Aunt Jenny are so much fun! Grandpa is on the left- Rya really likes him (and his glasses).
Rya is so excited about breadsticks! Her hair was doing something crazy after her nap that day. I tried to wet it and that didn't work. Oh, well!

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June has been a crazy month! We've been so busy with graduation parties (congratulations to all of you!), races, and all sorts of other things.

Rya LOVES going to the park and swinging. More than swinging, Rya loves animals she sees at the park (because you know she isn't seeing any at our house!). She gets super excited when she sees the ducks- she tries to grab them! She also has a love for dogs. Cats don't seem to impress her much. We're so surprised that she doesn't seem to be more afraid of the dogs.

Rya loves to swing!
Check out the Nike onesie!
Rya loves to smile for the camera! What a ham!
She chewed on this party favor for days!
Nike 5k. 7:36/min miles! It's about time.
A friendly dog Rya was petting at the park.