Riley and the Mobile

Riley has a new past time...staring at her mobile! Gary put up a mobile in her room, now that she is regularly taking naps in her big baby bed, and she is mesmerized! She is still sleeping in the bassinet at night...8-10 hours the past 3 nights! Whoo hoo!

We are still having trouble getting her to take a bottle, but we have been assured that she will eventually do it. I hope so!

Riley has been a little social butterfly this week, but of course Mom forgot to take pictures! She got to play with Auntie Meghan and cousin Drew, Aunt Laurie, Darcie and Mrs. Jordening, and Laura and Everett's for a party. Wow, quite a packed social calendar for a 9 week old...she loved it!

2 Months Old!

We can't believe that Riley is 2 months old already! Hope everyone enjoys the pictures of Riley on her 2month birthday! She is more smiley that ever and is now batting at her toys in her overhead activity mat. She even has conversations with the stuffed octopus hanging from her playmat and then gives him hit with her hand...so funny! I wonder what they are talking about? :)

We have been working on a couple of things this week in preparation for Kim going back to work in the next 3 weeks or so. We are trying to get her used to taking a bottle and also transitioning her to her crib. Both have been hard sells to Riley and we have had slow progress. We have always said that Riley has very strong opinions on what she wants!

Other big news is Riley got her immunizations and we are now cleared to go out in public for short trips at non busy times... whoo ooh! Our first outing was to Patrizio's for lunch on Saturday, and it was moderately successful and we will call it a learning experience. We ended up eating in shifts! The second outing was to the shops by our house for a walk and Blue Goose for a late lunch / early dinner which went very well, even with the loudish music at the resturaunt. Yeah!

Smiley Riley Captured!

Riley is smiling more than ever, and we are loving it! We can't wait for everyone to see it in person. It is only a matter of days before we get that squeal of delight we have been eagerly anticipating! Good times!

Riley goes swimming and takes a bottle!

Riley likes the water, so why not take her in the big tub, right? Gary put his swim trunks on and they went swimming...she loved it and can even float with a little help!

We also decided to start giving her a bottle once a day. So, Gary fed her at the last feeding before bed last night. She ate it in a few minutes and wanted more, typical! :)

Welcome to our family blog!

We have realized that things with Riley will change fast and don't want to miss a thing, so we decided to create our own family blog to keep everyone up to date on our excitement!

The exciting news this past week is Riley learned how to smile! Either that, or she knew all this time and we just weren't that entertaining! :) We haven't captured a really good smiley picture yet, but you can catch a glimpse in the one of Gary giving her a bath. I have also posted some of her favorite things to do, bath time with Daddy and going to a walk in the stroller. She also loves her activity mat, but pictures do not do it justice... her arms and legs get going and she makes little noises of excitement, I am trying to get some video for that...so stay posted!