UPDATE!

This year, for Christmas, I was super excited to see the reaction on Riley's face. He really didn't know what was going on. All he like was the wrapping paper, boxes, and the shiny lights. We had fun though.




Next, Case and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary on January 4th I cant believe it has been 3 years. Now, we have a little cute family. I enjoy being a wife and a mom.

Riley is 11 months!
He has learned so much within a month.
He is walking all over the place.
He knows more sign language. He know's Grandma and hot. It's so amazing to me that little kids can pick up stuff so quickly.
He still gets into everything.
He is so much more cuddly. Whenever he sees a blanket, pillow, or someone, he will lay his head on it and give it a hug.
He has learned to dance a little when he hears the music.
Today, we were watching The Cat in the Hat, and when the cat did something funny, Riley giggled at the TV. He thought he was pretty cool.

I cant believe he will be 1 in a month!




First Haircut!
Last night, Aunt Mal cut his hair.
We were all worried he would freak out, but actually he did AWESOME.
We think he enjoyed it.
He doesn't look like a baby anymore, He is looks like a little boy now.

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After

10 Months!

Another month has flown by again. Riley is 10 months and still growing!

He still is into everything! You turn your head for 1 second and he is either in another room or crawling up the stairs at grandma's house.

We have been teaching him some more sign language. He know's HI, BYE BYE, Blow's Kisses, and Aunt Mal's favorite Pewy. When ever he stinks we say, he stinks and he waves his arm side to side meaning PEWY. He is a smart little boy.

He now says MOMMA! And knows what it means. If he is sad he will crawl over to me and say MOMMA. Daddy is working on teaching him DADA.

He has learned to walk around the furinture with only one hand. He can balance by himself, and he will take a few steps by himself. Maybe, by next month he will be walking.

He now has 4 teeth on top and still 2 on the bottom.

Riley LOVES table food. If I try givig him baby food he will shake his head NO. We have been just mashing up our food and making sure his bites and tiny.

Latley he has been liking to play/read books. Hopefully, this will stick with him through out his life liking to read boooks.

He sure loves his family. He is starting to recognize more of each side of family. It might take him a mintute or too, to warm up to you, but he will play with you.

See you next month!

9 MONTHS

9 months?? Really? Time has gone by so fast. I cant beleive it.

Riley has a new adventure every day.
He is into EVERYTHING!
He loves cords that are plugged into the wall, he will crawl up to them and start shaking them. He is also curious about everything.. He will pull down the bathroom garabage to look for something. I have now had to put the garabage can on our shelf. He also like to play with the toilet paper, roll it all the way on the floor. He knows what he is doing, because when I tell him no no, he gets a big grin on his face. He thnks he is pretty sneaky. The other day the toilet seat was up, and he decided he was going to play in it. It was pretty funny, but disgusting. (His dad needs to remember to put the seat down. Ha Ha)

He loves cartoons. I have been renting different kinds of cartoon movies and he will just sit in my arms and watch it. We dont get through all of it, but he loves it.

He as learned to walk around the furniture. He is getting brave, and startig to walk with only one hand or take a tiny step. We all think he will be walking soon. Then he really will be everywhere.

We have been teaching him sign language and he knows bye-bye, Dad/Grandpa. And he is making so much noise. He makes the mmmmmmm noise, and once in awhile it will come out momma. I dont think he knows what he is sayin, but it sure is cute when he does.
Also, I have been teaching him to smile.. When I say cheese, he makes the cutest cheezy smile. Ha ha

He still doesnt like baby food.I think he is getting tired of the same stuff. He wants what we are eating, so we have been trying "real food" in small amounts and he love it.

And the best part of Riley being 9 months... Is he is FINALLY sleeping through the night. Mommy is getting so much rest.

Riley is so fun at this age! We love him so much!

Helping Aunt Mallory blow out her birthday candles!


His cheesy smile

Just being cute!

Halloween!

I know I'm a week late, but I thought some people would like to see Riley's costume.

The night before we went to Case's brothers house for a party (a costume party). If everyone knows me, I'm not a big fan of Halloween. I dont like dressing up, but for some reason this year I decieded to dress up for this party. So, I asked my mom for any costume ideas and she said either a witch or a cave woman. I said ok, I'll be a witch. But, later on my mom told me she had a costume for a "devil's egg" It's pretty funny. And Case was some kind of "scary" doctor and Riley was a monkey.

At the party Riley won "cutest" costume and I won "creative" costume. We had a good time. And Uncle Gage and Aunt Heidi won "cutest couple"

On Halloween, I took Riley to all the grandmas to show him off. It was pretty fun. One grandma gave him a sucker for his treat, and he loved it. He was one sticky boy after.

Maybe next year we will have a theme for our family.

MOAB

Last weekend Case and of a couple of his work friends ran a half marathon in Moab.
It was a nice weekend getway. We left Riley with my parents for the weekend (they were pretty brave for doing this for us, knowing they wouldn't get much sleep and that Riley is all over the place, But they said it would be fine.)
The race wasn't until Sunday morning, so while we were down there we decided to go camping for a few nights and explore the town.
Friday night we just set up camp and hung out with our friends. Saturday mornnig we had to go get the runner's packet with everything they needed and what to do the day of the race and then we went to go hike Arches. It was so nice down there, the weather was perfect
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Sunday morning the runners got up bright and early and headed up to the race so they could be ready by 8:30 AM and the rest of us slept in and met them up there.
There were so many people up in the canyon, we were hoping we would be able to see everyone cross the finsih line. As our shuttle bus was driving up to the race, I could see Case running, we rolled down the windows of the shuttle and cheered Case on to the finish line. As soon as the bus stopped, I ran so I could get some pictures and see him cross the finish line. He finished the race in 1 hour and 50 mins. I was so excited for him. I couldn't do that. 13.1 miles. That is crazy, but he loves to run. Good Job Case!


It was a fun weekend with Case's friends.

Riley Boy is 8 Months!

Riley is growing so fast! Just with in a month he has learned so much.

He has learned how to climb up stairs at grandma's house, pull him self up on furniture, and making all kind of new noises. He loves to play in the tub and tries to grab the water when it is coming out of the faucet. His new favorite toy is behind the door, he plays with the door stopper. He likes the noise it makes when you move it. He likes to play peek-a-boo. He has a new face he makes, whenever he is being shy he puts his face down or if he has his blanket he will put his face in the blanket. He loves to have the attention on him.

Also, he likes to pull your hair. Today my hair was down and he used my hair to pull himself up. OUCH! It hurt. I always tell myself to pull it up, but I never do.

He doesn't like his diaper changed at all, he squirms all over and throws a fit, it is the same way when I try to dress him, he would just rather run around naked.
Just recently he has discovered his "boy part" whenever I change his diaper he always reaches down and grabs "it." He thinks its pretty funny. When he takes a bath, he plays with "it" and gets the biggest smile.

He is learning to eat more "real food". Whenever we eat, he opens his mouth to see if we will give him some food. (Just like a little bird) His favorite is ice cream. Ever since his grandpa gave him a taste, he has loved it since. The other day I gave him a taste of some ice cream, and he took the whole thing and started eating the ice cream cone.

Riley is such a sweet boy! He is starting to cuddle with you, when you hold him. We love him so much. He brings such joy in our family. He makes us laugh all the time.

7 Months!

I cant believe Riley is 7 months already. I just keep thinking I just barely had him and how small he was.

He is growing so fast. He is a smart little boy. He is crawilng all over the place. He loves to play with his toys. He loves to makes noises. He has two bottom teeth. He can shake his head NO (he learned this on his own) give high fives, and he is starting to clapp his hands. He is starting to eat big people food in little amounts. He is starting to reach for you, when you put your arms down to pick him up. I cant believe how much he has learned in the just a few weeks.

I have had to "Riley" proof my house. He is curious about everything. If he finds a cord, he starts to pull and shake it. He dumps all his toys all over. He follows you all over the house, if your not in the same room. He has learned how to make a whiney voice to let you know he is annoyed when you leave him, or when he doesnt get his way.

I love being able to stay home with Riley and play with him. When I'm at work, I always wonder what he is doing or learning. I know he is good hands with his grandparents. He loves spending time with them as well. He seems to bring a smile to everyone he sees. It's just those big blue eyes and his red hair. He is just too cute.

The only way he can fall asleep, is if he has his favorite blanket and his binkie in his mouth. He is getting better about almost sleeping through the night. He will get it one day.









He is becoming such a little boy now.