Riley Eating Spaghetti

She always has her feet crossed...such a little lady :0)

Last night we had spaghetti for dinner and Riley kept licking her lips, opening her mouth and looking at whoever was eating before she was. It was so cute. She LOVED spaghetti.

Riley & the Vacuum & Swing

As I was vacuuming Riley was following after the vacuum, she kept pulling the cord back.

I would look back at her and she just put her hands up like "What? I didn't do anything!"

"I got it" :0)

"YEAH!"

James goes to play basketball every Thursday after work with his work buddies and we go watch him & play at the park. Riley really likes the swings.

Riley 9 Months

Riley is 9 months old. I can't believe how fast the months go by. She is such a happy baby. She is so smart and a BUSY body. She is constantly on the move! Here are some facts about Riley:

Weight: 17.94
Height: 28.25

-She has her own unique crawl...one leg up and one dragging...it kind of looks like the girl that crawls out of the TV on the movie "The Grudge"

-She pulls herself up on everything and everyone. And walks along furniture.

-She is very smart...when you say "Hi, hey, wave, bye" she waves. When you say "Arms up," she raises her arms. When you say "kisses" she leans in and kisses you. She can clap when you say "clap," or when you sing. She knows her name and is a really good listener when she wants to be. In her walker she can stop, turn, backup, and lift it up whenever she wants. She will chase you in it. And she plays peek-a-boo..it's so cute.

-She has the cutest laugh you have ever heard, she loves little kids Ayden makes her laugh the hardest...he can just look at her and she cracks up.

-She LOVES being outside and LOVES laptops, cell phones, remotes (anything that she "can't" have).

-She loves looking at herself in the mirror. She loves to sing and be sung to and loves to talk.


I can't believe that she is going to be a YEAR old in 3 months. Time just goes by so fast. I really treasure the moments that we have together, I am so blessed to be a stay at home Mom. I love James so much and am so grateful for everything he has done for our family.

****Some exciting to news to come....*****(and NO I am NOT pregnant!)

Easter

These are out of order but I am not going to redo it.

This Easter was so much fun! My siblings were able to come back with their families and it was so much fun! Yes, loud, but fun! We were sad to see them go, but will treasure the times we shared together. We went to North Myrtle Beach and Riley got to get her egg at the North Myrtle Beach egg hunt.

Read the Scriptures Website

So, my visiting teacher is amazing. Yes, I have always adorn Sister Fuller. She is full of ideas and is a great homemaker, mother, teacher, and lady. She is great, not only do I get great recipes from her, but now she has shared an awesome website with me while she was VT me this week. It is called read the scriptures. It's a website that lets you set up a schedule to help you meet your goals to read the scriptures. You pick everything...the timeline, which scriptures you want to read and it email you every day your assignment and you have to click the complete button at the bottom to tell them you read it and then they send you your next assignment. So since she taught me about learning to love the scriptures and make them a priority in my life, I have set up an account and have challenged myself to follow through with it! So, I challenge anyone and everyone to do the same! Thanks Sister Fuller for the AMAZING Easter eggs you made me...they were delicious and for the message this month. You are an inspiration to me!


The website is www.readthescriptures.com

Riley Cruisin' while I am doing some crafts

I am sorry that this video is sideways...I don't know if I can or how to turn it and I didn't want to wait till my computer savy Hubby gets off work! :0) This is what Riley was doing while I was doing some crafts. She is really quick and sneaky in that thing. And she can turn whatever way she wants in it and pick it off the carpet when she gets stuck...she's a quick one.

Cheerleading is NOT an option!

Today Riley was just watching James play his flying game while holding her leg up in the air, like so. She did this for like 5 minutes straight. James and I have already determined that cheer leading is OUT of the question. :0)

Somethings that Riley does right now:

-When she wakes up, she starts kicking her feet high and making a thumping noise on the mattress.

-Rolls all over her crib and gets caught up in the corner and starts fussing.

- Reaching for everything, she is very quick and sneaky. (I think we underestimate her sneakiness :0)

-RUNS everywhere in her walker and can completely control where she goes. Has to touch every knob on the cabinets as she passes them. And open and close them also.

-Laughs all the time and it sounds like Woody Woodpecker.

-Still doesn't completely trust or like strangers, but smiles and interacts all day with the people she recognizes.
-Going through a phase where she doesn't want ANYTHING on her head, headbands, bows, hats, nothing! It is so frustrating because she has so many cute things that Andrea made her. (Sometimes she doesn't mind, this just starting this week.)

-STILL has to know where I am at all times.