Monday, July 20, 2009




Riley had a pretty relaxing week last week- nothing huge to report! She is getting bigger and growing everyday, the last few days I have sworn she looks completely different to me. Ken doesn't think so, but I think she does! She is starting to figure things out- today she was sucking her thumb for the first time! She can definitely use her hands, but I'm not entirely sure that she is aware that she can use them and how she can use them. She grabs onto the toys on her bouncy seat now, but she doesn't seem to realize that she is the one making them move and make noise. It's pretty cute! Ken has been working on our closet building, and that's about all the exciting news from around here! Tessa is putting her crib on loan to Riley, so we are kind of excited to see how she does in a big girl bed rather than the pack and play or the little bed we've had her sleeping in. She seems to sleep better being closer to us, but hopefully we can teach her to sleep by herself!

Monday, July 13, 2009

Big Weekend!

All 3 of us at Rocky Mtn. National Park Love the overalls and love the barefeet and love the hat!

This kid is amazing.

Sunday at Grandma Sharon's!





Riley had a big weekend! Ken's best friend from college, Kristine came into visit, so Friday afternoon we headed off to Denver to pick her up and didn't come home till late. Riley was perfect- she loved looking at everything and everybody in the airport, and she should have been starving when she woke up, but she just looked around at everything and was so distracted she went about 4 hours without eating. I was needless to say, very impressed. She does really well in car rides, so going from home to Denver isn't a big deal for her. Saturday we headed for Rocky Mountain National Park, which was actually her second visit there. She was about as interested as she was the first time she was there. We headed into Grand Lake, which is the cutest little town, and checked out the brewery. Ken and I had picked up a sampler pack of their beers a few weeks ago and we were anxious to try everything they had. It is a pretty small operation, they don't even have separate mens and women's bathrooms! So we hung out there for awhile, and then headed back home and just hung out for the rest of the night. Sunday we had brunch at Red Mountain Grill, where they were running a bottomless mimosa special. Yummy. Then we headed to Denver to drop Kristine off at the airport, while leaving Riley with Grandma Sharon whom she hadn't really seen in awhile and was thrilled at the prospect of hanging out with the girl. We went to Home Depot in Denver on the way back- how is it that the Denver Home Depot can have so much more stuff than the one in Avon? So silly. Ken was in heaven and got a mitre saw so we can finish the bedroom and for future projects, and I was playing with my new phone, the Blackberry Storm. We came back, got Riley, and as soon as she went to bed, so did I. I was uploading pictures this morning from the camera and noticed that someone snuck a pic of me sleeping. I got the best call ever this morning, we finally get to take her off the oxygen!!! Heather, the nurse from Dr. Morano's office said she passed with flying colors. I can't wait to call Alpinaire and have them come get the dang tanks out of our house!! We are both (actually probably all three of us) pretty stoked about this!! Finally.






Thursday, July 9, 2009

Yay! Riley's First Blog

So, after the askings of several friends and family, we finally decided to pull the trigger and here it is....(waiting for drumroll) Riley's blog! Woohoo. Since so many people are far away and some don't even have Facebook ;), here is another way to keep up on the life of Riley!
As of today we are at the 10 week mark, and as Ken and I keep saying, we haven't broken her yet! She had her 2 month appointment and her shots and it all went really well. She wasn't too bad after the shots, a little fussy that night but after that she was great. She even managed to survive her first trip to Ohio where she had the priviledge of meeting so many people, friends and family, got to experience Bob Evans and Steak N Shake, and see her first B10 Campus. (She's destined to be a buckeye now!) She has started sleeping longer at night, usually goes about 6 hours or longer before she needs to eat. The DR said she is growing great- she's 10 lbs, 4 oz, and 23 inches long. Her weight puts her right in the 50% but everyone continues to comment on how little she is. Safe to say Ken and I are still not convinced she's really going to grow up. She smiles all the time now, at the most random things. It's pretty cute. Anyways, this is more than enough for the first post...enjoy!