First Date

if you can make a girl laugh - you can make her do anything~Marilyn Monroe

2009 Year in Review Coming Soon!!!

One of my favorites from Christmas 2009

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale"

Riley Addison~1 Year Later

How amazing you're already OneWhat a precious person you've become

My baby girl is 1 today....its sooo surreal! I remember the day she was born like it was yesterday, and I cant imagine her not being here! She has filled this last year for our family with joy and laughter, and being able to see the things through an eye of a little one again! Riley is a strong little girl already, she knows what she wants, she picks up on things in no time, and she just loves to be loved! She is walking, starting to talk, is interested in whatever the grown ups are doing, and drinking milk! I just cant even put into words how much I love this little girl, and how truly blessed we are for our healthy 1 year old! I cant wait to see what the year brings for us!

Mommy and Daddy love you sooooo much Riley Roo, we hope you have a great 1st birthday celebration!

Thankful Thursday

I am thankful this Thursday for....

All of the great hand me down toys and clothes everyone sends up!!! Riley loves them all, and we are soo blessed to have such generous friends and family!! Thanks Shannon, Cousin Jennifer and everyone else who sends things Riley's way!

and my cute baby girl...that loves bubble bath and good smelly soap just like her mom!

Riley's 9 Month Milestones

Since Ive been a bad blogger, I want to make sure I get to Rileys 9 month update before we enter her tenth month. It seems these days she keeps me soooo busy, the months are just flying by!

Our little girl has grown from a newborn to baby, to now almost a toddler in front of our eyes. She is quiet defiant and had her very own opinionated personality!! I think we are going to be in trouble with this one! Here are a few new pics and a list of what she is up to!

~Crawling like CRAZY and into everything that isnt toy or baby related, such as the outlets, dog dishes, computer stand, vacuum cleaner, VCR until Daddy put tape over it!
~Starting to eat "people" food. She has tried waffles, pancakes, cheese, jello, french fries..she is a great eater, and we are still plugging away with homemade baby food! This time of year has been nice because she is getting fresh, homegrown veggies from every ones gardens!
~Has her own Baby language, and loves to talk!
~Is growing like a weed, some outfits are 12 months already!
~After crawling gets boring, she pulls herself up on whatever is near and she can get her paws on. She can go down the couch all the way, and pretty much get anywhere she wants if there is something she can hang onto. We have even caught her standing with no hands for a few seconds!
~Still only has 2 bottom teeth, but the top 2 are visable and ready to come through!

Its truly amazing watching this little baby that was growing in my belly last summer, become this little girl. We are sooo blessed, and I thank god every night when I lay her down to sleep for such a happy and healthy baby girl!

Enjoying a popsicle on a HOT summer day!

Mommys atempt at trying to get Riley to sit still for a photo shoot! It doesnt work!

She already had wheels under her...and knows how to use them!

Loves the pool!

Known as the bull dog face...this really cracks us up!

Moving on Up...Out with the Old!

Riley is offically not a baby-baby anymore...or atleast she is now out of her infant carrier. Although I think she likes the big car seat better, its weird carrying her into all the stores and such. There will be days that I will miss that carrier, but days that I wont miss lugging it around, because 25 pounds on my arm was getting pretty heavy! She of course was very curius of her new seat, she seems to really like it! It just seems weird putting the carrier away because its been such a part of out daily lives, but it will be nice to put another big baby thing away! How time flies!

Enjoying her new digs!

Rileys 1st doctors appointment, less than a week old...look at all the room she had in there!

Today, saying good bye! Yeah, Mom is kinda lame because she is documenting this with pictures and sad to see it go!

Happy Birthday Shannon!!!

I just want to send birthday wishes out to my oldest best friend Shannon. Now that we are both into our mid twenties, and have families we are not faced with birthdays that are always special, but less over the top like we were when we were kids. But our birthdays dont go by without us thinking of the memories that we made sharing our birthdays together!! So today, Riley, Grandma and I went to Sylvan Beach, and we shared Canoli Ice Cream just for Aunt Shannon! I couldnt ask for a better best friend and god mother for Riley!! Even though we are 150 miles apart, we still manage to keep in contact and be part of each other daily lives!! I just wish we could spend more of these birthdays together doing fun stuff with our kids!!


So HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT SHANNON!! WE LOVE YOU AND WE HOPE YOUR HAVING AN AMAZING DAY! And...thanks for sharing the Canoli ice cream with us!!



Riley is enjoying her new favorite outfit from Shannon too!