Life with Ruthie

In no particular order, I give you: Life with Ruthie, the May Edition!

Here she is, "swimming" with her Sunukjian cousins at my parents' house on Memorial Day. She is screaming; not sure if that comes across in the photo. She really didn't like the cold water. Oh well. We'll try again in a big pool soon, when we can both go in there with her. Maybe she'll like that better.

We just got a bike trailer off Craig's list, and since we're first time parents (and one of us is named Ian McCurry), we got a helmet for Ruthie. Isn't that just about the cutest thing you've ever seen? Safety first, you know.

Here she is in the bike trailer. As you can probably see, she isn't wearing the helmet. We're introducing it slowly, and staying on non-busy streets in the meantime. =) Thankfully, we live very close to the LA Riverbed Trail, which is perfect for biking. Ian, Ruthie and I took a family ride this past Saturday and it was super fun.

On Memorial Day, before we went to my parents' house, we stopped by Ian's uncle's house, since Ian's grandfather was in town. Ruthie got to meet her Great Grandfather McCurry, which was very special.

One of the best things Ruthie is doing right now (and there are many) is open-mouthed kisses. She gives them, and gives them generously. She even moves her little tongue around. It is pretty awesome. Here's Ian getting a good, slobbery one.

I put Ruthie in shoes for the first time, not too long ago. They came out of a box from my oldest niece, Sophie. She's almost 12 now, but somehow the shoes are in amazing condition. And Ruthie was very interested in them.

Here she is, standing up in the shoes. How is it something as simple as shoes ages a child? She looks so big and grown up in these!!

One of Ruthie's favorite pastimes is "reading." As you can see from the papertrail around her, she's a very aggressive magazine reader. Be sure you're finished reading it before you let her borrow it. =)

This was actually the first picture we took of her in her swimsuit. It's a super cute little two piece.

We are really looking forward to summer and taking her to Mexico, the pool and Huntington Beach. Hurry up, summer!