6 Months!!

It's hard to believe Holley Ryan has hit the big .5 year mark. This month's major changes include being able to sit up by herself for brief periods and almost starting to to crawl. She did not want to sit still for the monthly photo session this time so most of the pictures involved her trying to eat the sign or attack the bear. She also enjoys riding around on top of her first cousin Trenton.

5 Months!!

Holley Ryan is 5 months old today. This past month has probably seen the most changes yet. Holley Ryan began eating baby food, sprouted two teeth, and is rolling around the floor with ease. It is hard to believe how quick she is growing. She has grown out of her carrier due to her length and has moved on to a regular car seat. She also is not content to just sit beside her bear for her monthly picture. As you can see below, she tried to eat the sign and eventually knocked Mr. Bear over. We will be glad when the teething process is over. It seems to fuel the world famous Hennesy Temper.

4 months old!!

Holley Ryan is 4 months old today. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing her home from Coffee Regional Hospital. She is changing and growing so fast that it is hard to keep up with her. She has a Dr.'s appointment later this week so we can update her weight and length then. As the previous update noted, she is rolling over and she loves sitting in her jumper and playing with her toys (see pics). In her 4 month birthday pictures I was finally able to get her to smile, so the pictures are better than usual.

It's Rolling Baby!!!

Our big news today is that Holley Ryan is now rolling over! It is amazing to see her change so much every week. I guess we can no longer lay her down on the couch for second while we fix a bottle in the kitchen. I actually got some video of her rolling over with the new video camera I got Lori for Christmas but we are still trying to figure out how to download it onto the blog. I'll post some pictures next week when Holley Ryan hits the 4 month mark.

3 Months Old!!

We have been lazy with blog updates lately with the busy month of December. Holley Ryan turned 3 months old on Christmas Eve. As you can see, she is growing up fast.

Kissing Cousins

Tonight we went to my mom's for dinner with my family, aunts, uncles, cousins and Matt's family too. My cousin's little girl Raylea is super crazy about babies and more importantly loves to kiss on them. This is just the beginning of a life long friendship.

Griswald Christmas (Hennesy Style)

We don't have any pictures of Holley Ryan in this update, rather this is the story of her first Christmas tree. I got up early this morning and braved the crowds at Wal-Mart. I wasn't really shopping for any big ticket items but it was fun to watch Coffee county's finest maul each over 50 cent sheets and towels. I came home and picked up Lori and Holley Ryan and we went to Lowe's to pick out a tree (Actually, I picked out the tree because Lori said it was too cold, so her and Holley Ryan sat in the car). After a diligent search (i.e. grabbing the first tree I came upon), I got the young high school kid working the garden center to lash the tree onto the roof of the 'Vous. I told him not to kill himself latching it down since we were only going a couple of miles. Needless to say we barely made it home. We rode over half the way to the house with it nearly rolling off the back of the car, as you can see from the picture(the tree started between the luggage racks).