Riley jumping

Rileys crawl

Riley's trying to start crawling normal so I had to capture a little video of how he's been getting around. Sorry Amy still no pants.

Riley in his walker

Just some more Riley

Has it really been a whole month since I blogged? My mother in law called and chastised me today...so my goal this weekend is to film some high quality video of our Riley boy. So much has been going on, I've neglected the blog- I'll try to catch up at some point. In the meantime, here are some pictures of Riley over the last month or so. Craig calls me daily and asks me to send pictures of what Riley's doing RIGHT then. So these are all cell phone pics.

(Laura, this was taken when I told you about things being a little out of control)

Chubby legs!

Me?!

Del and Rachel make me happy

So...they haven't posted it on their blog, but...THEY MOVED TO TEXAS! I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am they are here. Del got here yesterday and Rachel arrived tonight. For those of you who don't know them, we became great friends in Dental School and parted ways after graduation- not knowing when we'd ever see each other again. Us to Texas, them to New York. Del was in a residency there, but wasn't loving it so we helped convince them Texas was the place to be and they came. Their cool like that, they just do crazy stuff! We're so happy we get to continue having adventures with them and making memories together.

over the years...

Reflection on Marriage #6

I haven't done one of these in a very long time, not because I haven't had AHA moments with my dear husband, we've just been busy.

Last night, I put my sleeping little boy in his own crib in his own bedroom for the first time. Yes, he is almost 7 months old, but with the move, ordering a crib, teething, blah blah I've just never done it. He started his life in a pack n play bassinet next to my bed in Gainesville, Florida. As we were somewhat of nomads staying with parents and friends as we prepared to move he moved to a pack n play or crib at the foot of the bed and by the time we got to Texas he was sleeping all the way across the room from me!

It was time.

I sat on the couch not wanting to go to bed and leave him across the house (it's not THAT big of a house) all alone. Finally, I climbed into bed next to my husband who was playing a game of scrabble on his iPhone.

I began sobbing.
He looked at me perplexed and questioning.
Through my tears, "I don't want him so far away!" I stared at his empty pack n play and sobbed harder.
Craig, "Are you serious?" He then turns his attention back to his game. A few moments pass and again he looks up, "Are you serious? He didn't leave for college." Back to scrabble.
I try to put things into perspective.
Craig, "What's a word that ends in x?"

I'm not sure there was a lesson learned here from my wisdom rich husband. Perhaps, ignore crazy people and eventually they'll stop being crazy? Just a reflection...

6 Months

July 29th was Riley's Half Birthday. My mom came to visit from Louisiana (now that we are only 5 hours away!). Riley got lots of new clothes, because he has outgrown everything, and a big boy high chair. I don't have his 6 months stats, what with moving I haven't found him a new doctor yet :(...I know, I've got to get on that.

All about Riley:
- he's such a happy boy, he returns anyone's smile and loves attention (as if he doesn't get enough)
- he can't quite sit up, but thinks it's funny when he topples over
- he's started to spastically squirm across the floor. I'm not sure it's a crawl, but he's definitely mobile and gets where he wants to go..i'll have to get a video of that
- he has a walker with wheels and flies around the house in it. Most of the house is wood floors so he has a blast
- he LOVES our cat Mia. He chases her everywhere and always laughs when she looks at him. Sometimes she's nice and lets him get close enough for a quick touch, which just makes his day
- Mia secretly loves Riley. She pretends he bugs her, but whenever he cries she's the first one to his side. It's so cute.
- everything goes to his mouth, especially paper
- he says da-da-da-da all the time, but doesn't really know what it means
- his first tooth has broken skin, and is the cutest little tooth nub i've ever seen (although it's been a hellish week to get it here!)
- he is full of energy and hasn't stopped moving since i was about 20 weeks pregnant. the kid NEVER stops. I'm excited to see his cute little self walking around, but i know i'll never be able to keep up with him. he already is into anything and everything before i even notice.

He's my guy. We go everywhere together and I love him more than I ever knew I would. It sounds cliche, but I do. I honestly don't know that I could live without him now. He's just so stinkin' adorable. I love that kid.