The Osburns: 1 year... where did the time go?

Every person I talked to who had kids told me the same things,

" The time goes by so fast! "

" Enjoy every second with them, cause it somehow just flies by."

" Hold them and love them at first cause they grow up so fast."

I guess I just figured that those were there kids, and that my little girl would stay little FOREVER! That she would always want to be rocked to sleep. That she would just lay on me and cuddle with me until she was 18! I guess I should have listened to everyone!

Has it really already been a year?

I have asked Chasey that question probably 500 times this past weekend. I just cant believe that a year has passed since little miss Rylee Jean was born! It has hands down been the most rewarding and stressful and amazing year of my life. I know I have siad that before, but it has. I cant imagine life without this little bug. She is just the most PERFECT little girl ever, and I cant even begin to describe how much I love her!

Whats new at a year?

Rylee is a walking machine!! She finally got the hang of it, and looks so cute walking around everywhere.

Pushing her doll stroller is her fav thing to do. The stroller has to have a doll in it though. She hasnt quite figured out how to turn it, so when she hits a wall or my flower bed she just sits there and yells until you get her back on track!

She finally has enough hair to put in a teeny tiny pony on her head. It looks about ridiculous though!

Aunt Katie did her first haircut. Over the tops of her ears and in the back her hair was so long. Too bad it wont grow anywhere else like that!

Saying she is a bookworm would be an understatement. Books are her thing, and our lifesaver! It keeps her quiet during church, busy in the car, easy to put her to bed with a book, and such good times reading them to her while she sits on our laps! She loves the books that she can touch and feel.

She still covers her mouth when she coughs. I do not know where she picked that one up from, but its stinkin' cute.

She yells dad all the time. Daaaaaaaad! Its pretty cute!

She is still our little dancing queen. We took her to my neices dance recital and she was shaking it the whole time, and in awe of the girls up there dancing.

We have quite the rambler on our hands. She "talks" all day long!!

Im still the parent of choice these days. I told Chase he will be when she is 16 and wants a car!

She loves babies, well dolls. She hugs them and carries them around all day.

She is a great eater, and loves breakfast bars, corn, pasta, ritz crackers, and the number one item on the menu is Mac and Cheese.

We showed her potato bugs the other night. Now she loves when we put them on her, and let them crawl up her arm. We have to be careful or she tries to eat them!

She is still more Osburn then Larsen, but dang cute none the less!!!

She got one more tooth on the top this week, so a total of 5 teeth. She likes to bite things too... ust ask Chase. She will bite him and then look at me and laugh!

I just cant get over the fact that she ONE!!!

I love her more then I ever thought I would, and am so thankful that she is ours! Its hard to imagine that a year ago I was so nervous to take care of this little baby. I would pass her off to Chasey when she would do something that I wasnt used to. I dont know how I would have done it without Chasey by my side. He was/is always so good to get up with her when I was totally sleep deprived, even if it meant he worked a 12 hour day on 3 hours of sleep! I have loved watching Rylee grow and learn new things. It amazes me how much they do in the first year. Im so thankful I was able to be home for it all!!!

Rylee we love you so much, and couldnt ask for a more perfect daughter. We arent having anymore kids cause they will always hear, " Why cant you be more like Rylee?!" Thats how wonderful you are! Thank you for teaching us so much, and making our lives amazing!

Love, Mom and Dad!