Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Baby It's Cold Outside...

We got a couple inches of snow over the weekend, so of course I had to take some photos out in the snow. We were outside for 5 min. max because it was so cold out. Riley wasn't a big fan of the snow. When she put her hands in it, she started to cry...too cold for her! Here are some of the snow photos:












































Thursday, November 11, 2010

8 months

Riley is 8 months today. Brian had the day off so we went out to breakfast this morning. She had a blast sitting in the highchair, while talking, screaming and banging on the table. Everyone was laughing. She is so talkative in the mornings...and lately waking up bright and early at 5:45 (hasn't adjusted to the time change yet but getting there.)



Here are the latest highlights:


  • She weighs about 20lbs and is now in 12 months clothes but she has to wear 18 months in jeans because here thighs are too chubby to fit into 12m.
  • She now has 4 teeth, 2 on top and two on bottom
  • She loves to scream and make noise by banging on tables, highchairs, shaking her rattle, or banging on her xylophone and drum.
  • She is now eating more solid food (not sure it would qualify as finger foods?) She's eating puffs and mum mums which are rice puffs that dissolve easily. She loves to feed her self and seems to favor her right hand at the moment.
  • She is SO close to crawling. She crawls a few steps then falls on her tummy. Her new favorite thing is to go from her tummy to a sitting position in her crib and play in her crib rather than nap.
  • It sounds like she might be singing...or at least trying to. When music is on or when I sing, she will sometimes sing along.
  • She loves touch and feel books. Her favorite book right now is the Very Hungry Caterpillar.












  • Our living room transforms into the winter wonderland photo shoot.
















Monday, November 8, 2010

Family Photos

We took some family photos this weekend with our friends. I took their family photos and then they took ours. Riley was tired, so she wasn't super smiley for the pics. Still fun though!





















Monday, November 1, 2010

Halloween

Here's our little Ladybug! She went downtown on Saturday with Brian and all the other trick-or-treaters. I unfortunately missed it because I was very sick with Mastitis...not fun! So our actual Halloween was very quiet. Brian handed out candy while I curled up on the couch. Looking forward to the festivities with her next Halloween.