Recent Happenings

Mia has become a couch potato.

Riley likes to dunk his face in the bathwater and drink it.
We now find this sight all over the house pulled up on everything. Just when we thought he couldn't get cuter!
Yes, Riley is in there. We recently had a fun trip to Florida and Riley had lots of fun with cousins.

Skeleton Jammies.
Trying on a Halloween costume.
He's alot happier in his car seat lately...I can't figure it out.
LSU vs Florida


Grandma Laura and Grandpa George
Apparently I have a thing for Gator boys!

Gotta stay hydrated.
It was SOOOOOO fun to be in Gainesville and see our friends!! I miss them so much!
Sometimes Riley crawls into closets, laundry baskets, etc to find a quiet place.
We also went to Louisiana to visit Grandparents a few weeks ago.

Yesterday Craig had the day off so he went golfing with our friend Todd and Abby and I took the boys to the zoo in Fort Worth.
Caleb and Riley are just 2 months apart, aren't they too cute? Caleb has major surgery coming up this Wednesday so remember him in your prayers!! He's the sweetest little boy.
Laura- white Tiger.

Oh look Laura- another Tiger. :)
The lions were really pretty!
Riley's favorite part was this giant bird cage. There were tons of birds that you could feed and he loved that they got so close. He was constantly jumping out of my arms trying to touch them.


Tanner with the Iguana, I had no idea they were this big!

Watching Daddy and Uncle Cameron play softball.

Help! (and) We're going down!

I'm sucking up my pride and asking for HELP. Riley turned 8 months September 29th. He still gets up twice a night during the 12 hours he's in bed for a bottle. I want my nights back! After 8 months, I am becoming very exhausted. Most people tell me that I need to let him cry it out, but I just don't know if I can. Not if there's another way. We've recently changed his bed time, which is working great, but it threw what little nap schedule he had off so that's a battle too.
Someone should have mentioned that when you are pregnant you should read the pregnancy books AND the after pregnancy books because you aren't going to have time to read them after the baby comes.
That's why I need yalls advice. How did you get your babies to sleep through the night and take naps? I know they say don't rock them, let them fall asleep on you, with a bottle...blah blah blah. So let's start with I do ALL of those things. Why is rocking so bad? Isn't that how we were all put to sleep? And why does every baby store sell rockers and gliders if you aren't supposed to use them? I dunno...obviously my child isn't sleeping through the night so what do I know? I'm sure you all have different experiences and opinions so SHARE, maybe someone will have something that I feel like I can do and will work for us!

On a side note, Riley's big 8 monthish mile stone happened last night. I told Craig about a week ago we should lower Riley's crib before he starts pulling up because I think it's going to happen soon. Craig usually gets home after Riley's already in bed though so it hadn't happened and I've been so worried about it. Last night I had put him down and was on the phone with Craig complaining about my failures as a parent and Riley not sleeping and I could hear him whining in the background so I said I'd better go. (Cause as you've learned I don't let him cry!) I walked into his room and he was standing in his crib leaned over the side, I about had a heart attack. It was one of those moments where I wanted to yell at him (which would have been pointless) and cry at the same time. I'm sure babies have fallen out of cribs, but that's quite a fall and it would have been very traumatic for at least me if not him. Needless to say he got to stay up late last night until Craig got home and we got it adjusted.

Sometimes I look at this kid and I just want to say SLOW DOWN, he's just growing up too fast.

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?!