A wonderful week!

Hello Everyone! Riley's great-grandparents, on my side, came to see us this week. We had such an awesome time with them! We hung out at my aunt's house every night swimming, eating, visiting, eating...did I mention my aunt is an amazing cook? We also took my grandpa to the circus with us, which was so incredibly fun and special. I know Riley will never remember it, but I will ALWAYS remember it. He had such a good time, and Riley put on quite the little how herself! She laughed and clapped and played right along almost the whole time. However, since the circus didn't even start until 7:30 (her bedtime) we did lose her to her sweet dreams about 45 minutes before the show was over. But, it was still so fun to see her clap and dance and sing along with everything. She pointed out things that she liked and was generally impressed overall.
On the fourth of July, we went to the mountain with her Grandma and Papa to see the little parade up there. First of all, it was great simply because it was about 30 degrees cooler up there than it is down here- so nice! Second, it was good to hang out with Ty's parents for awhile and give her some time with them. We had fun and she really enjoyed throwing rocks into the pond. That afternoon, we went back to my aunt's house for more swimming and had a bbq there. We saw some fireworks last night, but the big show we were supposed to see was delayed for nearly an hour and it just got too late (and hot) to be waiting, so we all headed home. On the way back to our house, they finally started and Ty and I pulled off to the side of the road and watched them. Not great seats, but not terrible. There was a lot of cloud coverage anyway that made it slightly difficult. (Riley missed the fireworks completely- this is one worn out little girl!)
Today, my grandparents left to go home and I declared Ty, Roz and Riley day, since I felt we hadn't seen much of each other, just the three of us, lately. We went to the Children's Museum this morning. I think Riley enjoyed it. It was okay, but I'm looking for a bigger and better one to go to. Then we went and grabbed some lunch. Of course, she was OUT by the time we got home and nearly 3 hours later, she still is. I can't blame her though, I just woke up from a pretty decent 2 hour nap myself, and Ty's still sleeping. I guess we are all really worn out.
So you can imaging, that I have tons of pics coming. I still haven't figured out how to get my text in between pics. Janae- I know you told me but I think I need written instructions, so if you get a chance...
Thanks everyone and I hope you're all having a fabulous weekend!

Good times...

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!!

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.

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.