Weeeee!!!

Today Riley got her very first swing ride at Poppy & Nana's! SOOO CUTE!

PIGTAILS!

Like Daddy, Like Riley

Here is Riley in Daddy's old t-shirt that he wore when he was a little boy! So cute!

Riley is 4 months!

My FIRST Mother's Day

My first Mothers Day...oh I wish Mother's day was every day!!!! I felt so appreciated and loved...It was AWESOME! Our day started out great!...we woke up, and got ready to head to church, but then realized we are wayyy late...so we decided to go to breakfast first, then head to church. Marky and Riley took me to Park Bench Cafe on Goldenwest. I've always wanted to eat there, so I was really excited to go. It was great that Riley slept while we ate.

We were able to walk around the park while we waited for a table, and then the food...DELICIOUS! (Mom--I want to take you! ) Church was great, then afterwards, we headed down to Sunset Beach where they had a farmers market. I think everyone who lived in Sunset was there. It was soooo crowded! But it was so nice to just relax and be with my husband and daughter. After the market, we walked to the beach to take some fun pictures...then went and saw both our mothers.

If you're wondering why we're in a fire truck...at the farmer's market, you were able to get in the truck...so here's Riley's first fire truck. :)

4 months in 4 days

Yes, on Saturday, Riley will be 4 months old! its so crazy! She is such a sweet and healthy baby girl! Her new thing is grabbing her feet...its sooooo cute! She's even fallen asleep holding her feet. It's precious! Sometimes she thinks her toes are to be sucked on, since she sticks them in her mouth! We are definitely blessed to have a good baby.

Slacking

I know Ive been slacking on the blog lately and I appologize. I will try to do much better....I've gone back to work and by the time I get home, Riley gets all my attention. Its hard to squeeze a blog in there. :) Also, Ive been scrapbooking. Im actually in the middle of two. So if I do have a quick 20 minutes, I try to get a page or 2 done. As you can see, Scrapbooking can get very messy... :)

Long time, no blog

Update: ok, lots have happened since I've last 'blogged.' Riley is now almost 3 1/2 months old!! TIME FLIES!! She has now put herself on her own routine...she falls asleep somewhere between 9-9:30 and sleeps until 4am (weird, how every night, its exactly 4am!) and I feed her and she falls back asleep (sometimes easily, sometimes not so easily) and sleeps til about 9am. Im getting used this schedule and am actually liking it :) So here is her latest picture (taken tonight)--she sure does love to laugh!!She is now beginning to SUCK...whatever she can shove in her mouth...her thumb, fingers, fist, arm...and with the sucking, comes the DROOL! She now mostly has to wear a lame bib. I hate putting bibs on her...it totally ruins her cute outfits!!! haha...whats the point of dressing her cute, if a dumb bib covers it? hahah...so now im on the hunt for really cute bibs. :) So here's a picture of her sucking away.We got out her 'doorway jumper' out of the garage, and thought we'd try it out (even though it says 4 months and up). As you can see, she's a bit small for it. Her arms don't even come up over the padded bar that she sucks on. But do check out those nice legs!I am officially back at work...and it is tough!!! It feels that 3 months isnt nearly enough time to leave her! Its sooooo hard to say bye in the mornings!! Mommy misses her little Monkey :)

Riley survived her first REAL time away from Mommy & Daddy! We attended a wedding on a Yacht in Newport Beach, while my parents came over and watched her. For once, here's a picture of us!!

Look! Its my toes, and they wiggle!

This picture is up there with one of my favorites. Its such a special time when babies begin to really notice their hands and feet. Riley has noticed both her hands and feet for quite some time now. Everyday she seems to find her fist and it first will always hit her straight in the face while staring at it and going cross-eyed. Then she tries again, and she makes it into her mouth, which is followed by an extremely loud sucking noise. That noise always seems to make me laugh. Riley has now began to try to sit up. If she's propped up on the boppy, a pillow or even just laying down, she uses her super strong stomach muscles and tries to pull herself up to sit. Its sooo cute! As you can see in this picture, she is sitting against the boppy...i was taking her picture (as usual) and smiling like crazy. Then all of a sudden she got all serious and started just staring at her feet while she was wiggling them, spreading them, closing them, rubbing them together. It was soooo precious! I couldn't even tear her eyes away from her feet...I am so happy I captured this moment. :)

Fun in the Sun!!

After a fun afternoon taking her pictures, her Auntie Bet came over and it was such a beautiful day that we decided to take even more pictures (imagine that!) of beautiful Riley. I figured that we are sooo spoiled with such great weather each day, why not use the sunlight for some great shots...So here are some more pictures we took. Riley was such a trooper. I nursed her right before we took the pictures, so she will have a full belly and be all smiles....but it kinda backfired! We took her outside but she wouldn't give us much of a smile. I think the full milk belly relaxed her. haha. Anyway, enjoy these pictures!

Who wants to see my belly?

Today I found a new setting on my camera that gives the pictures a really cool color...so i thought I would try it out on Riley...who else? Of course she was in a happy and fun mood, so here are the pictures that I took. How can anyone NOT be in love with this girl??