Hello! Well, we've already had a very busy summer, with more to come. Riley has started attending a gym class called, "Movers and Shakers." It's so cute! She has a really great time and if I may brag (and really, it's my blog so I can if I want) she's super talented! She is completely fearless and never cries over anything. Last week she walked across all the different levels of the balance beams, did flips over a bar and climbed across the parallel bars. Was she receiving some assistance? Of course, but some kids wouldn't even try it. The instructor she has all the traits of a great gymnast! Okay- bragging somewhat finished. Oh wait- she's also counting to three now. It's too cute.
I'm attaching pictures of gym class (I took lots of video and very few photos), playing with her cousin, and swimming at great-aunt Janet's house on Father's Day. I think Ty did have a nice Father's Day. Riley and I got up early and made him breakfast. Then he went back to bed for awhile before we joined his parents for church. After that, we went back to their house for lunch and then swimming. We also went and visited Riley's great-grandparents, so that we could give Great-Grandpa Roy a card and a hug. Unfortunately, Riley slept through all of that. She was pretty worn out after all the other activities of the day.
Let's see...other updates:
She counts to three
Her favorite phrase is "What's this?"
2nd favorite: "MINE!"
Brushes her teeth like a pro
Can do a forward roll
Jumps
Marches
Brightens my world every day!!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Good times...
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Summer fun...
And so, here we are at the beginning of summer. So many things to do, to see and to try. Riley has started a class called Movers and Shakers. It's a tumble class for toddlers. I couldn't go to her first class (I had volunteered to do something else before I knew the start date of her class) and Ty only took video, so I will get pics of her at class next week. For now, enjoy the photos of her trying out her first s'more, her first time standing in the corner (so sad!) and playing with her cousin in the jumping castle.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
What a week!
It's been quite a week at our house. Last Saturday night Riley started getting a fever and it just got worse. It didn't help matters that she refused to drink anything. By Sunday morning, we were off to the pediatric ER where we were told she just had a virus and to wait it out. My poor girl just laid in my arms all die and moaned. She sounded so horrible- totally congested. On Monday, we visited her pediatrician, where again we were told it was just a virus. (I also had my wisdom teeth removed on Monday. Oh joy.) By Thursday, she still had a fever, sounded horrible and was now constantly throwing up. So, off to the ER again. This time they actually listened to my poor baby and her poor parents and decided to do chest x-rays. Turns out, she has pneumonia! Fortunately, it isn't too bad of a case. They gave her something to stop the vomiting, got her rehydrated and gave us some antibiotics and sent us on our way. She's doing much better today- practically back to her old rambunctious self! I am so happy to see her doing well again. It's miserable when your baby is sick. They can't tell you where they hurt and you can't explain why the doctors are doing all these tests and trying to stick you with an IV.
Anyway, we are all doing great now and looking forward to the Memorial Day weekend.
Riley is talking up a storm now. Her favorite phrase is, "What's that?" She's a wiz at flash cards. We line up three at a time and I ask her to point to one of them. For instance, "Where's the turtle?" And she does it! She's just so darn smart! She cleans up after herself and likes to sing the "Clean up! Clean up! Everybody clean up!" while she does it. I love it!
Anyway, the pictures are some of her at church, some of her hanging out at the house in her Baxter (the mascot for the AZ Diamond backs) t-shirt and some of her driving her daddy's mutt.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Nightly ritual
We've started a new nightly ritual. Before Riley goes to bed, she tucks in her baby doll. She's a pretty good little mommy. Incidentally, the cradle that she's putting her baby in (and deciding to crawl in herself) is one that my grandpa made for me when I was little. Too cool.
Oh Riley!
Okay, so I'm a terrible blogger, but I'm sure you all already figured that one out. However, this time I have an excuse for at least the last couple of weeks - computer issues.
Riley gets more incredible every day. She's talking up a storm, sometimes we completely understand her and other times we're completely lost. But, as long as she knows what she's talking about, I guess that's what matters! She's so smart- she does really well with flash cards and her books. She can jump and she loves the water. I think she might end up being a swimmer. I'm always impressed with how much she understands when we ask her to do something. It makes me wonder if other times she's just pretending NOT to understand. Hmmmm....
Well, I've got so many pictures to post and I'm not sure what they're all from, but I'm definitely going to put some on there from the Phoenix Zoo. We went up there with my cousin Andy, his wife Krysta and their two kids, Ethan and baby Kaelyn. My Aunt Judy and Uncle Terry also joined us. It was a great day! Riley really loved the animals, even though a sheep knocked her down at the petting zoo. She didn't know what to think of that one. She also tried her hardest to pet the stingrays, but her little arms just weren't long enough.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
I forgot
She can also tell you what the dog, cat, chicken and monkey all say. She's brilliant! I wish I knew how to add a sound file!
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