Teething!

Oh my goodness!! I have heard the stories of teething babies.. but you never listen until its your baby. Rylea just bust into tears for no reason, then she is drooling like crazy, and spitting up, and running a little bit of a fever and she looks like she wants to eat everything that is near her.. Atleast we are still in town and we have a lot of help..

but that is going to end on Thursday when we make our journey back to Palmer.. Please pray for us, that we don't loose our mind on the 3 1/2 hour car ride..

Rylea's First Christmas!

This has been a very exciting Christmas, it was Rylea's first and although she had no idea what was going on... it seemed like she was really excited about all the presents she got..

Our first Christmas together..Rylea doesn't like to look at the camera

Rylea got a Bumbo for Christmas.. I don't know if she likes it or not..

Our first Christmas party was on the Sunday before, at my Grandma Mitchell's house.. Rylea got to meet all of her cousins, aunts and uncles.. it was very exciting.. and she got lots and lots of gifts!



Rylea and her cousins, Charrissa, Hunter and Charlie


Four Generations of the Mitchell Family

We always spend Christmas Eve with my family , then we go to the Ryan's family for Christmas, so those two days were jam packed with opening Rylea's gifts.. she was so tired by Christmas Day, she stayed in her pj's all day.. we didn't get to wear our pretty Christmas dress. Rylea got lots of clothes and toys for christmas a lot of she won't be able to use for a couple of months or so...

While we home also.. Rylea got to meet her new friends Bryant and Parker..

I think Parker was a little smitten.. he kept on trying to touch Rylea..

Rylea also went to her first birthday party, her friend Caden turned one. She was so tired she slept the whole time...

We still have a week left of our break.. Ryan and I are so blessed to have this time off, to spend with Rylea and our family and friends. We don't realize how much we miss everyone until we come home.. A lot of things have changed, but a lot are still the same.

Christmas Card

I am so excited about our Christmas Card this year! Especially since its our baby girls first Christmas! We put up our Christmas tree last night, we have one up in our formal, but I put the big one in our living room lastnight.. Rylea just stares at the lights.. its so cute!

Thanksgiving Weekend

This weekend was the first weekend we have all been home since Rylea was born.. We had a lot of fun, and it also wore us out.. It was so good to see our family, and some of our friends.. we wish we could of seen everyone.. But we will be home for 2 weeks during the Christmas break..

We had some family pictures taken while we were home...
We are wearing our Palmer Football shirts.. Go Bulldogs!

Rylea started to fuss, so in went the soothie.. What would we do without those!

Rylea with her Grandma and Pops... she has so much fun at their house!

Rylea is now 3 months old! we went to Dr. Strength's office because Rylea came down with a bad cold.. and she is now 12 pounds 8 ounces.. she is getting so big! The cold has sort of gone away.. but with all the weather change.. her nose will probably be stuffy for a while.

It's Thanksgiving!!

No pictures with this blog yet... We just wanted to tell everyone Happy Thanksgiving, and tell you somethings the Roecker Family is thankful for!

First we are so thankful, that we have a beautiful baby girl, who is 3 months today!
We are thankful for our health, our love for each other, and our wonderful family and friends.
We are thankful, for our jobs, and the roof over our head.
We are thankful for Gracie and June, for making our lives a little exciting at times, when they run through the house barking..
We have so much to be thankful for....

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

Pictures of Rylea

My Aunt Jill, likes taking pictures, she came to visit me this weekend and she took lots of pictures! I don't really like people moving me around, so they took most of my pictures while I was sleeping!

my little bitty foot, I have such cute shoes in my closet but they are all too big!I can't wait until I can wear them.. especially the cool Nike Shocks my Pop's got me.

I am such a sleepy girl.. I love to take my afternoon nap and get my beauty sleep. I have such a hard life.

Taking pictures makes me soo tired! When are we going to be done!

Our Favorite Things....

After reading Remica's and Kristin's blog on their favorite things, I decided to share my favorite things!

• My Caden Lane Messanger Diaper Bag~ Thank you to Ryan for getting it for me, it has been worth every penny!




• The Mommy Boppy~ My parents got this for me when I was pregnant, its awesome! I actually still sleep with it and it helps also when I am feeding Rylea.




• Baby Week by Week~ This book is great! I had a hard time reading What to Expect the First Year, with the format and everything. This book lets me know what toys Rylea should be playing with, what she should be doing, etc..




• Keurig Gourmet Coffee Maker~ it is the best invention ever! it makes a single cup of coffee and you can use one hand!




• My short hair cut~ it doesn't take very long to fix it in the mornings so I can sleep in a little, well if Rylea lets me




• Lastly, Ryan and My mom!~ Without them I think I would loose my mind sometimes...

Rylea's Favorite Things...

• Newborn Boppy Lounger... gosh I wish I was the person who invented the boppy.. its amazing!


• Pampers Swaddlers.. That is the best diaper out there! and it fits her little bottom great!


• Similac Sensitive~ we used the Simiac Advanced and it gave her gas, we switched to the Sensitive and its awesome!


• Aveno Baby lotion~ it cleared her face up and got rid of her dry skin on her head..


• Changing Table~ for somereason when Rylea gets upset, we go lay her on her changing table and she stops!


• Fisher Price Bouncer~ Rylea hates every swing that she has, but loves her bouncer. I think she has figured out that if she moves her arms, then she bounces.

Rylea Adah Roecker

Rylea Adah Roecker was born August 27, 2008 at 2:05 a.m. She was 6lbs 6oz and 19inches long.

She was a suprise, since she wasn't supposed to be here until Sept. 27th! I was kind of upset when I found out I was going to have her that day, because I had my materinaty leave all figured out.. but I guess everyone is right... Rylea rules my world now.

I stayed home with her for 6 weeks, it was the most amazing time, I wish I could go back and spend it with her again. Although during this time our lives had changed for the better. Not only did we have Rylea, I had applied for an Advising job at Navarro College at the Waxahachie Campus before I had Rylea. During my leave I had two interviews and got the job! LIFE IS GREAT!

So I am back at work now, and my mom is coming up to Palmer every week and watching Rylea. We are so very blessed to have her do that. Although I think she likes it, because she is getting to see her granddaughter get bigger everyday.

Ryan's football season is almost over, unless Palmer makes the playoff's. Its been a tough season, a lot of change... but its nothing that Ryan can't handle. I took Rylea to a couple of football games, she slept through the whole game! I wish I could sleep like that..

until next time...