Big girl bed!

I know, I know. It's been way too long since I've posted anything. I'm sorry! However, we had a big event today, so I thought I better post some pics. Riley moved into her big girl bed tonight. She's so excited. She's actually been in there for about 45 minutes now and it's not even bed time. She's just playing on her bed. At some point I'm going to have to peel her away for a bath!
She's such a talker these days and she lets us know what's on her mind. She loves to sing, count and dance- usually all at once! We just finished another session of gymnastics and of course, she was fabulous. Her favorite songs are her ABC's, Jesus loves me, and Take me out to the ballgame.
Next week we start potty training...oh joy!

Finally...

Sorry it's been so long, but here are some updates! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Making Christmas cookies...



Birthday dinner...



Birthday party...









And finally, Christmas!

Halloween

Miss Riley was a very adorable bumblebee for Halloween. She played her part up well, buzzing around while trick or treating. We had a very fun night! My grandparents are in town, so they got to see her all dressed up. Also, my cousin's kiddos were over. They were teletubbies. Pretty cute...

Oh Riley...

My girl is starting to get some sass to her. Well, she's always had the sass, but now she has the vocabulary to back it up. She was jumping on the couch the other day and I told her that she needed to stop. After another warning, I was ready to send her to her corner (oh yes, it is definitely a designated, well used corner) when she got down on her knees. I thought the issue had passed when she began bouncing up and down on her knees. I said to her, "Riley, I told you no jumping on the couch." She calmly pointed out to me, "Mommy, I'm not jumping, I'm bouncing!" What could I say to that?
She did so great at her gym class this morning. I love to watch what a good time she has in there. She's so confident and totally fearless. She loves to do flips over the bars- she's always the first one in line. I'm such a proud mama.
My grandparents should be out here some time this week, so we are very excited about their visit.
Enjoy the pics!
Grandma and Riley at the pumpkin patch

Playing around:




Aunt Beth and her friend Andy

Sitting on a pumpkin

Her nose is so ready because it was a little chilly that day and she was suffering from a minor cold

ugh...

Riley decided 5 am on this fine Saturday morning was a great time to get up. Oh joy. Anyway, I'm much too tired to type too much, but I thought I'd at least post some pics. We had Ty's birthday last week, so that's what some of the pics are. I don't know what other ones I have loaded- probably just Riley being Riley. By the way, those are just stick on tatoos that Riley and I have. :)