Mutt Strut

Every year the Humaine Society of Indianapolis raises money by hosting the Mutt Strut at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This was our second time participating. While it benefitted a great cause, it was complete chaos for the Dunchaks. Rylie was great once she was in the wagon. While we were still at home getting ready to go, that was a different story. Macy wasn't too bad, but she'd been subjected to it before. Dakota was scared out of her mind, not to mention she hasn't had a lot leash time. Next year will be done a little differently. Most likely Rylie will be spending the day with Grandma & Grandpa while Mom & Dad take the dogs to the track.

Playing with my castle & slide...

Mom and Dad exchanged one of the wagons that I got for my birthday for a cool little castle that has a rock climbing wall and a blue slide. I love to stand up in the castle tower and pretend that I am a princess. I am not sure about the slide just yet. I have slid down it a couple of times and it scared me a bit, but I am slowly figuring it out...Thanks mom and dad!

Rylie's on the move

Rylie's on the move. She's has become so mobile these days. When we're in the kitchen, she loves to try and get into Dakota's cage and splash around in her water dish. Rylie also loves to crawl into her rocking chair and turn herself around to sit in it like a big girl. On Sunday morning, she decided that she wanted to get every toy out her toy box and when she couldn't reach all of them and started to throw a fit, we put her inside her toy box and she went to town throwing them over the side.

Helping Dad

Rylie was so excited about her new wagon that she even helped Dad put it together.

Happy Birthday!!!

We celebrated Rylie's first birthday today. We had to have the party a couple days after her actual birthday because Dad was in Chicago for work; not to mention that in order to have our family and friends over, it needed to be on the weekend. Rylie got all kinds of great gifts. She got earrings from Mom and Dad, clothes from the Thiekes, and toys from Uncle Eric and Jill as well as the Arickx's and the Townsend's. Grandma and Grandpa Watt topped it all of with a wagon since they had heard how much she enjoyed the one on the day of her surgery. (Dad also secretly bought her a wagon, so now she has two, but one will probably go back). She also has several gift cards to spend from friends and family that couldn't make it to her party.

Ear Surgery Update

Rylie had tubes put in her ears yesterday morning. She did very well and appears to be a happy baby again. She even slept through the night last night, which we hope will be become a common occurrence now that all that yucky junk has been removed from behind her ear drums. The actual procedure took all of about 15 minutes. I think we spent more time waiting to go in than anything. Luckily, they had a wagon that we could pull Rylie around in to keep her busy and keep her from crying (since it was such a hit, I think Mom and Dad are definitely going to invest in one for her this Spring when the weather gets nice).

The Life of Rylie...

Rylie is learning to drink out of a big girl cup (coming along very slowly :)) and likes to help mom with laundry eventhough she extends the time for mom to complete the chore. She is also taking a liking to the furry critter known as Elmo...