Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Birthday Morning
Yesterday, on Riley's birthday we gave her a new necklace. For Christmas Santa brought her a little necklace and she would wear it all the time so Matt really wanted to get her a little cross necklace. It is so cute!!
Happy 2nd Birthday!
Riley's cake.
Awaiting the time to blow out the candles.
Enjoying cake with friends.
Digging into presents.
Very cute birthday card...it turns into a hat!
We had Riley's birthday party over the weekend and it was lots of fun. At first I think it was a bit overwhelming, but she soon warmed up and had so much fun. As you can see the theme was Elmo, her favorite. She even got an Elmo blanket (Nana made it for her), but I have not gotten a picture yet...I will work on that. I only think about it when I want to post it on the blog, which is during nap time or bed time and since the blanket is on her bed that is a little difficult. The most impressive part of the day, she was able to blow her candles out all by herself!!
It is so hard to believe that our little girl is now two!! Next week she will be starting a preschool program for 2 year olds. She will go to "school" on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:30 to 11:00 am. We keep talking about it and she seems excited, but we shall see when the time comes. She is just growing up so fast.
Monday, January 18, 2010
New Playhouse
Mimi and Papa got Riley this fun new playhouse for her birthday! As you can see she loves it!!
Friday, January 1, 2010
An Update
I thought I would give a little update on the kiddos...
Keegan is growing like crazy, it is hard to believe that he is coming up on 4 months. I have to say that one of the things I love the most about him is that he laughs at me when I get him dressed. Most kids get upset when the shirt gets stuck on their head or you cannot get their pants up easily, not Keegan, he thinks it is really funny. He can be crabby, but he will still laugh when you change him. The other thing I love is that whenever I change his diaper he laughs when you wipe his little bum. He is so silly! He is starting to do a little better with his sleeping, but we still have some work to do. He is too cute and we are so blessed to have him in our family!
Riley is going great! She is talking more and more everyday and she is putting more and more words together, it is so cute. Now it is very apparent how good her memory is...it is just amazing; you can tell her something once and she will tell it back to you later and then over and over again. She loves pretending and being outside. She has been having a hard time with her sleep lately, I guess we have been pretty lucky to make it this far with her with no problems. I am hoping it is a phase and will pass, but it has been challenging. It is really hard to believe that we are coming up on her 2nd birthday! After she turns 2 she is going to start "school", it is a little 2 year old preschool class at a nearby church. I am so excited! I think she will love it (at least I hope so). She loves to be and play with other kids so I think it will be great...I will let you know.
Keegan is growing like crazy, it is hard to believe that he is coming up on 4 months. I have to say that one of the things I love the most about him is that he laughs at me when I get him dressed. Most kids get upset when the shirt gets stuck on their head or you cannot get their pants up easily, not Keegan, he thinks it is really funny. He can be crabby, but he will still laugh when you change him. The other thing I love is that whenever I change his diaper he laughs when you wipe his little bum. He is so silly! He is starting to do a little better with his sleeping, but we still have some work to do. He is too cute and we are so blessed to have him in our family!
Riley is going great! She is talking more and more everyday and she is putting more and more words together, it is so cute. Now it is very apparent how good her memory is...it is just amazing; you can tell her something once and she will tell it back to you later and then over and over again. She loves pretending and being outside. She has been having a hard time with her sleep lately, I guess we have been pretty lucky to make it this far with her with no problems. I am hoping it is a phase and will pass, but it has been challenging. It is really hard to believe that we are coming up on her 2nd birthday! After she turns 2 she is going to start "school", it is a little 2 year old preschool class at a nearby church. I am so excited! I think she will love it (at least I hope so). She loves to be and play with other kids so I think it will be great...I will let you know.
Christmas Day
We had a wonderful Christmas this year, kids sure do make Christmas more fun! We spent the day with family and got to relax a bit. Santa did very well...he brought Riley a kitchen, a tea set, a ride on little 4-wheeler, and pink nail polish (that we have not used yet). Santa brought Keegan a Bumbo seat, a bear noise maker (to hopefully help him sleep better), and a couple little toys.
Here he is in his new Bumbo seat.
Riley and her kitchen, which she LOVES!
Riley trying out Keegan's Bumbo seat.
Daddy helping Keegan open his present.
Riley with her new purse from Mimi and Papa - it came complete with sunglasses, a phone, perfume, keys, and nail polish.
Here he is in his new Bumbo seat.
Riley and her kitchen, which she LOVES!
Riley trying out Keegan's Bumbo seat.
Daddy helping Keegan open his present.
Riley with her new purse from Mimi and Papa - it came complete with sunglasses, a phone, perfume, keys, and nail polish.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Christmas Eve
Riley and I making cookies for Santa.
The guys hanging out while the girls made the cookies.
Family shot!
The best picture of the kids we could get in front of the tree. (Riley cannot hold Keegan for too long, nor does she really want to...we had to be quick.)
Santa's cookies by the Christmas tree - time for bed.
Decorating Cookies
Our friends had us over to decorate Christmas cookies a couple of weeks ago and we had lots of fun. Riley had fun making cookies for dad, but we managed to bring one cookie home for Santa.
Gingerbread House
This year making the gingerbread house was lots of fun with Riley. It held her interest for a bit, but she really just wanted to eat the icing and candy.
Next year Keegan can get in on all the fun!
Working hard...
The finished product, so pretty!!
Next year Keegan can get in on all the fun!
Working hard...
The finished product, so pretty!!
Friday, December 18, 2009
Breakfast with Santa
Our church did breakfast with Santa last weekend...if you look at the first picture you can see how that went. Riley was excited and happy to see Santa until it was her turn to sit on his lap. We had talked about it hoping she would be okay with it, but there is always next year. Although if you ask her what Santa says she will say "Ho, Ho!" and if you ask her what Santa is going to bring her she will tell you pink polish for her toes, it is very cute.
This is not going well at all, but Keegan seemed quite content.
At least the screaming stopped!
Happy it is over and happy about the candy cane Santa gave her. At this point if you ask her if she had fun with Santa her response is "Yes!" (It does not seem as though she had fun, but if she thinks she did that is great.)
This is not going well at all, but Keegan seemed quite content.
At least the screaming stopped!
Happy it is over and happy about the candy cane Santa gave her. At this point if you ask her if she had fun with Santa her response is "Yes!" (It does not seem as though she had fun, but if she thinks she did that is great.)
Riley and Ella
Here is Riley and her friend Ella, it is very difficult to get two little girls that are almost 2 to look at the camera at the same time and smile; I guess I should say it is impossible. It is okay, they are so cute together. Ella is our friends Jeff and Jodie's little girl, she is 5 days younger than Riley. They also have a little boy who is about 2 1/2 weeks older than Keegan - we could not have planned this if we tried, but it is great having friends with kids the same age.
Keegan's Baptism
We had Keegan's baptism last weekend and it was great. Matt's grandpa performed the baptism which made it even more special. We decided to go a little non-traditional for the outfit, but I thought he looked super handsome!! Keegan surprised me and did not cry one bit, and yes, he was awake the entire time.
My cute little man in his VERY cute outfit (a funny face, but you take what you can get).
This is us and Keegan's godparents, Jeff and Jodie.
A special moment.
We enjoyed a nice lunch afterwards, with dessert of course.
My cute little man in his VERY cute outfit (a funny face, but you take what you can get).
This is us and Keegan's godparents, Jeff and Jodie.
A special moment.
We enjoyed a nice lunch afterwards, with dessert of course.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas
We also did our inside Christmas decorating and I am so happy! I love Christmas and I love having the tree and decorations up. This year we had to get a little creative because we do not have a fireplace or any type of ledge to hang our stockings, but we got it figured out.
Riley had fun telling us where to put the ornaments.
Riley had fun telling us where to put the ornaments.
Christmas Lights
Last weekend we started getting ready for Christmas! Matt worked hard on Friday getting our Christmas lights put up on the house and they look great!
Here he is hard at work!
Keegan slept in the front carrier on me and we watched Matt work.
Once up from her nap Riley had fun outside while Matt put up lights - she liked sitting on the bottom of the ladder. (Now when you ask her to smile you never know what kind of face you will get...so exciting.)
So pretty!!
Here he is hard at work!
Keegan slept in the front carrier on me and we watched Matt work.
Once up from her nap Riley had fun outside while Matt put up lights - she liked sitting on the bottom of the ladder. (Now when you ask her to smile you never know what kind of face you will get...so exciting.)
So pretty!!
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