Check me out I'm a biped

That's right looky here.

Daddy was really slacking

Yes I am really slacking, but there's a lot to do around here.
Apparently Riley has decided to do most of her maturing in her 11th month. Here's a list of what she has accomplished.
-(early in the month) started crawling regularly on her hands and knees
-walks while holding onto furniture
-points at everything that interest her
-can wave good bye when you leave
-plays "Pop Goes the Weasel" by raising her hands over her head at the end of the song
-claps when we clap, then clapped on her own, then claps when you ask her to.
-definitely says Ma Ma and Da Da, and in general is much more vocal.
-can identify different people in pictures by pointing at them when you say there name.
-when asked what the following animals say she replies: cow= mummmm, horse= nay (high pitched wining), rooster= can't really describe the sound but tries extremely hard to mimic me.
-gives kisses when she's in the mood (makes the kissing sound until she gets to your face, then she pretty much just licks you)
-I'm sure I'm leaving stuff out but the mother of all her accomplishments this month has been WALKING ON HER OWN.

The walking started with the furniture holding which came almost at the same time as knee/ hand crawling. Occasionally she would let go of stuff and stand on her own. Then when she wasn't thinking she would let go of one piece of furniture and take some unassisted steps to another piece. When we saw her do that Erica and I would sit on the ground and have her walk back and forth between us. At some point she decided I'm a walker and goes everywhere now. She even stands up on her own from a sitting position in the middle of a room with nothing to hold onto. The 11th month was really an eventful one and this month she turns 1 year old.

You have to watch this video with the sound on.

Our friend Will comes for a visit

Thanks for coming over Susan, Will and Bill. Hope to see you guys again very soon.

Random 11 month pictures

peek-a-boo

Family Vacation.....

The gang before Mommy and Daddy arrived 3 days later

Daddy, Riley and the rainbow

Really excited about her first bus ride

Riley loved to watch the skaters at the local roller skating joint and dance to the music.

Luray Caverns

Heading out for her first swim

July 4th at the Farm Museum

Small video test....

Not positive if this is going to work, but here is a small video clip of Riley at breakfast this morning.

Riley going on Vacation? And random ramblings

Mommy gives Riley a big hug Sunday morning before Lola and Lolo take her on vacation to Virginia......without us. Erica and I are going to meet them Tuesday night, which means we'll be without Riley for 2 whole days. That's definitely a first and we both have mixed feelings about it. Yes we have 2 nights too catch a movie or go out to eat alone (which we haven't done in oh, about 10 months). But I have a feeling we won't be able to fully enjoy the time alone. Don't worry Buggs Mommy and Daddy will be there soon.

Here's Riley with her first hair accessories, and certainly not her last.

Wow look at those chubby cheeks. The following photos are some recent ones mixed with some older ones. I'm not too sure how old she was but one of the pics is date stamped 1/22.....about 5 months old, in the new pics she's almost exactly 5 months older.

Big difference in her sleeping position preference.



And facial expressions.



And abundance of hair. She's still a little behind in that category

10 months old!! And a visit from friends

Happy Birthday Riley......10 months old and very excited to be. Pretty soon we'll only be celebrating the yearly birthdays.

Who is this? It's Bella, Auntie Page and Unky Mike's daughter.

Mommy and Page pose for the picture but Bella and Riles continue introductions. The last time Riley was around Bella she was about 4 months old and not very social (not that she's extremely social now).

It was a great visit and we hope to see Page and Bella a lot more over the years. Bella is about 5 months older then Riley and it's amazing how much she can do. She walks everywhere and is so smart and curious. We can't wait to see the strides Riley makes in the next 5 months. We'll see you guys soon

What happened to Mother's Day

Oh my god, we missed posting our Mother's Day experience and now Father's Day is here.

Mommy, Daddy and me at O'Lordans, the new Irish restaurant in Westminster, on Daddy's first Father's Day.

And here's the whole gang.

Riley in her pretty dress drinking water from Mommy's straw.


Earlier on Father's Day we got to take Riley to her first Filipino picnic. She definitely had a good time watching the older kids play and even experienced walking bare foot on the grass for the first time, which was much better than falling on her face in public for the first time at cousin Devin's graduation party last weekend. (sorry Riley, but it probably won't be the last time, love Daddy)

A Shot in The Arm

Riley had her first experience with needles today and she did great. She was very PO-ed with everyone holding her down but once the needle actually went in she became quiet and just watched what was going on.

In non-Riley related news I got to take a rare day off from work and head out to Bill's annual golf tournament yesterday. Thanks Bill for a really fun day and happy anniversary.

Carni number 2

Yes carnival number 2 Nothing too exciting, no rides, we did play skee-ball and eat a ton of Carnival food in which Riley took part. This time we were in Mt. Airy not Westminster and it was about 60 degrees instead of 90.