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...