Our Baby Girl is ONE!!

It is so hard to believe that Riley has turned the big ONE. She has gone through so many changes in just a year, it is so amazing. We are truly blessed to have her in our lives and she is making everyday more and more exciting. She is learning so many new things by the day it is hard to keep up with her. Here's to the next year (leading up to the terrible two's)!!

Riley's birthday cake (yes, I made it).


Riley's own cake to dig into.

Birthday morning...Riley seeing her presents from us. We got her a little table and chairs.

A cake made just for the birthday girl...


I was hoping that Riley would just dig in and have cake everywhere, but the opposite took place. We could barely get her to take some and she just took little pieces. It's okay, it was a lot less messy that way.

Playing on her new slide.




Opening her computer toy.


Kissing the kitten.


A fun new toy to ride on.


Riley had a lot of fun at her party. She REALLY enjoyed all her new presents and had fun playing with everyone. Thanks to everyone who was able to share in this special day!!

Miss Independent

One evening last week Matt had taken Riley's clothes and shoes off because it was bath time...well, she was not too happy that her shoes where off. She was determined to get them back on. I tried to help her, but she got mad at me. She tried for at least 15 minutes to get the shoes on. It was too funny to watch:

How do these things work?

I can get this on my foot.

Ooops!! I tipped right over.

Moving and Unpacking

Well, we finally got into our new house and are about 98% settled...we still have a few boxes to go through and some organizing to do. It is a lot of work to unpack and organize a house. Riley has been such a big help through the process. We are very happy with our new house and the space it provides us!!

Riley has really enjoyed playing with Matt's watch over the past months and now she enjoys chewing on it. I think the cold metal feels good on her gums since she is trying to get more teeth.

Quick Update

This picture shows the response Riley gives when you ask her most questions, "I don't know!?!"

I wanted to write a quick update this morning...We have been really, really busy lately. We finally got the keys to our house Dec. 29th so we have been trying to get it ready for move in (which is tomorrow). We have painted almost the entire house, just the bathrooms are left, and yes, we did have help. The new flooring has been put in so now we are ready. Riley is doing great! She is starting to get a tooth on the top now, that will make 3! She is always busy, busy, busy...it is amazing the amount of energy these little people have. She is starting to use some of the sign language we have taught her and she follows simple directions. It is so hard to believe that she will be 1 in just a little over a week, time sure flies.