family date

the other day we had a family date :) well....i was exhausted...and needed a nap reeeallly bad. So i lay down in my bed. All I can hear is Riley being fussy in the living room with Marky. How am I supposed to sleep??? So he takes her and puts her in the crib...(downfall of a one bedroom apartment. no quiet places.) crib is in our bedroom. so shes in her crib playing, which doesnt make much sense to me...again, how am i supposed to sleep?? by this time im getting grumpy cause i need my nap! I never ever get to nap and with Marky home it was my one and only chance. FAILED. so I decided to get up since I was not going to sleep. Marky felt bad (finally.) and said he's taking Riley on a date...a walk up to main street. Walk? a walk? but i wanna go! So my grumpy attitude towards not being able to sleep was turned around for a beautiful walk as a family. Here are some pictures.

marky decided to pose...

It was such a nice night. perfect weather. dinner at dukes. our little family.

blanket

this is how i found her asleep.... she does this sooo often...!!

check out her toes through the blanket. when shes sleeping she pulls her blanket so her toes do that...its every single time she lays with her blanket.
Looks like this is her favorite blanket....Thanks Aunt Janet :)

i love foooood!

mmm....bananas.....

oops...Riley is 6 months!

i thought i already did a post on Riley's 6 month mark...but i just checked my blog, and i never posted it...:( so, here it is, a week late.

Riley is 6 months old...she is so so so close to crawling. she gets on all 4's, rocks, lunges, face plants, its almost there. within a week or so she'll be all over the place!...YIKES!

anyway, check out some cute pictures I took of her on her 6th month mark. :) Such a beauty!

this one i actually took a few weeks ago...but i couldnt NOT post it :)

i found this super cute tu-tu at babies r us!!!! i just HAD to buy it!

she kept touching and playing with it

gotta show off the booty! :)

six months :)

i spelled out MONTHS too, but Riley got her hands on those, and I wasnt quick enough to snap a photo...so i just got SIX...you get the point.

i love overalls on babies and kids...so I just had to put Riley in overalls! :)

fresh out of the pool

applesauce & bananas

This week was a big week in our house...Riley had her first taste of applesauce and then bananas!! Applesauce was a little too bit sour for her, but she did soooo good eating the bananas!! here are some pictures of one of her many milestones...SOLID FOOD!

applesauce:

bananas:


She got the concept of swallowing it...even though she spit out half of it. its a work in progress...once we tried the bananas, she wanted to hold on to the spoon...so cute! :)

jeffrey

and 2 days ago, Jeff celebrated his 20th birthday! we love you and are so very proud of you!

what the heck ref...

eddie

eddie turned 29 yesterday!!! happy birthday uncle eddie!!

we love you so much!

you are an incredible brother.

i have endless wonderful memories together.

thank you for being that person i look up to.

i will never forget how you would dance in the kitchen.

or your bed head.

thank you for singing at my wedding. i will never forget that feeling i felt watching you sing at my wedding.

the day you pansed me on picture day...i forgive you.

i always wanted to be like you...i even wore your clothes and put my bangs in the wave cause thats how you wore your hair.

you are an amazing husband, father, pastor, brother...i love you!

Reflections & Happy 4th!

I still cant believe today is the 4th of July. This past year has flown by extremely fast! Last 4th of July was spent biking downtown on Main Street with some friends, watching fireworks on the roof of HSS, and wondering what next year will bring, since Riley was a tiny little peanut in my belly. So to catch you up to this year, my belly grew, and grew, and grew, pushed out little Riley in 3 pushes, she screamed. shes healthy. she smiled. she rolled over. she laughed. she grabs. she sits up. she's 5 1/2 months old and today is the 4th of July.

Marky worked today, so me and Riley went bowling with some friends. It was empty! Perfect time to go to the bowling alley...a holiday. Here's some cute pictures of Riley on the lanes....

I sat her outside this afternoon to get some outside shots of her...with and without a shirt :) I looked and looked for a cute 4th of July outfit for her but nothing out there was cute! so this is her one and only red shirt.

Hope everyone has/had a fun and safe 4th of July!

water baby

Riley had her first experience in a pool, and LOVED it. She is such a water baby! She enjoyed it more when someone was holding her, rather than her swim device. She kept trying to grab the bubbles! SO cute!

bikini baby

Check out Riley's new bikini!

Pot Bath

It was a HOT day and Riley was sticky...so Marky thought it would be funny to put her in a pot. Yes, a pot. We put a little too much water in it, so it did overflow, and on the carpet. oops. But she loved it!

cousins...