He Makes Our Day!

I was so excited about being home with Riley on Monday! Since I had the day off, I thought we should do something fun. I decided to take him to see Julie and Connors at The Matrix because I thought Riley would just love getting out of the house and playing with all of the cool toys there. It was fun seeing him play with the kitchenette and big blocks. But wouldn't you know that out of all of the toys there his favorite thing to play with was the kid sized chair! ;-) I guess we will have to get him one of his own!

Riley and Connors playing with in the Chair!


Chef Parker at work!


Riley does something new to make us smile every day! He kept reaching for the spoon the other night so I gave it to him and he started feeding himself! It isn't neat, but it sure is cute!


Riley took a nap yesterday and when I went to get him and this is what he looked like! I don't know how he did it, but the one shoulder look made our day! How did he know the 80's are back?

Long Time, No Blog

Wow...how time flies! I looked back to see when the last time I had posted and asked myself why had it been so long? Then I realized that at around the same time I stopped blogging, Riley started walking! I guess it has been so much fun that I have not had time to post! I have lots and videos and pictures to share though so sit back relax and enjoy Riley's latest favorites.

Playing with the pots and pans...


Reading with mom...


Playing like Mr. fix it with dad...


Eating whip cream...


Playing peak a boo...


Going to the UAH game with his cousins...



I also wanted to include some holiday photo traditions we are trying to start! We have this plan to take a picture as a family in front of the tree every year so we can track Riley's growth. Here is the 2008 edition.


So you can see the difference...here is the 2007 edition! Yes, I am in my pajama's! He was 2 months old! ;-)



I also want to take a picture of Riley with his stocking every year. This year, he was thrilled!


He was much more cooperative as a 2 month old. ;-)



I was trying to add some videos of Riley walking and dancing, but for some reason they are taking forever so I will post them next time. ;-) It will give you something to look forward to and I promise that I won't take so long this time! Happy 2009!