On May 3rd, 2021 Riley turned 9! Riley is a kind and thoughtful child who loves to make art, read books, watch the birds in our yard, write and hide kind notes for people, and make new friends. She loves to climb the monkey tree (the only climbable tree in our yard, which is actually just an overgrown bush) and can often be found there with her neighborhood friend Ava. She loves to help with the garden and bought her own plant to add to the front garden this year. She now knows every dog owner and dog that walks by our house! She is exceptional at learning their names and details about them on the first meeting. It amazes me! She is proud of being a junior park ranger and often wears her badge that she got in Colorado. She is also helping me to write this birthday blog post! It will be fun to look back at years from now. We love you Riley and can't wait to see what you do in the next year.
Oh! We just had her well check today and she grew 3 inches since last year!!! When she was diagnosed with Celiac Disease she had stopped growing and it has taken years but now she is growing again!
Riley loves carrot cake so I made one for her birthday, decorated it with carrots like she wanted, and wrote her name in cursive because she thinks it is much fancier!
Now for some baby picture flashbacks
Here are some pictures taken by some good friends shortly after Riley came home from the hospital! She is so tiny!
I miss the pup that is in this picture.
She took her shoe off to play with it in her first Christmas picture.
Thank you for reminiscing with me. I found a lot of silly Riley pictures and ones of her helping in the kitchen.
