9 Month Appointment

 Reading with daddy! So cute

Wow, at the next appointment she will be a year.  Naw that can't be right. Well anyway her appointment went well and she is right on track for her age. They gave her a new touch and feel book so that almost made up for having to get a shot. Then we went around to visit friends that work at the hospital and she got to wave at everyone. She is very proud of knowing how to do this.

Height: 26 1/2 inches and in the 14th %
Weight: 18lb 4 oz and in 36th %

The Burgies party this Saturday was fun. The pork tacos and decadent chocolate dessert were a hit and it was fun to see everyone and catch up. Debra brought those pretty daisies.

Trying to pet Dante

Playdate

Dawn and I have been doing playdates for the last 2 Fridays and Riley really seems to enjoy them.  Its nice to have a friend in the area that also has kids around her age. Today we went for a quick walk. It was nice but I am sure we are going to take a whole lot more once it warms up. 

The troublesome trio Peter, Riley and Walter

Walter posing

 After much consideration I ordered a new carseat for Riley because she is just getting too big for the other one and I was afraid she wouldn't be safe in it anymore. I settled on the Diono RXT model because of its slim design and the steel frame sounded great too. Who knew it was so hard to choose. I am really excited to get her safe new seat installed tomorrow with Keenan's help of course. She has her 9 month appointment on Monday so I will know how much she weighs. It feels like it has been forever since we have been in.

I am getting really excited because tomorrow I am having some Burgies friends over. Its not often that I get to see some of them.  We all got so close working together that its been hard to not see them everyday anymore. I am going to be making pork tacos and spanish rice and my friend Esther is coming over early to help me and to get a scrumptious dessert put together. Yay!

Full Steam Ahead!

I love lazy Saturday mornings.  The kind where you lay in bed for a while and chat about the week then make a wonderful breakfast that might as well be lunch too. Perfection.  Riley has been changing so fast. Its really amazing to see the little changes each week. Lately she has started waving when we do, saying mama and dada, crawling all over and trying to climb on things.  She has even been pulling herself up on things and then gets really giggly. Well...when is Riley not giggly?

Keenan and I don't go a lot of places and I guess we don't really mind. We are both homebodies. He watched the Superbowl this weekend and I worked on my sewing skills and mastering the perfect low fat brownie. There is a recipe out there and I will find it. Too bad Keenan is going to have to eat so many brownies to help me find it. This time I tried one that had a good amount of chocolate in it and had sweet potato to sub out some of the butter.  Pretty good!

 Stop action of Riley standing

 Ta Da!