Riley's 1st Halloween!!

Riles and Momma:

Riley's bag from Boo @ the Zoo

Riley with her 'fav' cousin Melodeigh (they all say they're her favorite!):

Momma's little lamb:

Riley with Cousin Gabi... It looks like Riley is trying to tell Gabi "it's okay!"

Halloween with Riles was totally fun! On the 25th we took her to Boo @ the Zoo all dressed up in her little lamb costume, we got SOOOOO many comments on how cute she was. I honestly couldn't count the number of "awww's" and "ooh look at the little lamb's" I heard that day. Riley wasn't too interested in the animals but the bag they handed her was awesome!

On Halloween I picked her up from Diana's and took her 'trick or treating' to my favorite teachers house, her Papa Dave's and Smoochies (followed by two neighbors that I just had to show her off to). She actually really enjoyed her costume and slept really good after all her adventures!

Enjoy the photos!!

Getting Ready for Halloween!

Mommy's Pumpkin Cutie!
Punkin' Cutie Pie, anyone?
Riley's GQ pose in the pumpkin:

She was such a good sport for Momma! At first she was quite confused, and then she decided she liked the taste. When I took her out she threw the biggest fit we have seen yet, she truly wanted back in her pumpkin! We think she wanted to be Cinderella... lil' princess!

Riley has really been developing her personality lately, she has the biggest smile and loves to laugh. Her favorite song is Old McDonald and 'peek a boo' is no longer a mystery. She's still trying really hard to crawl, she's actually been moving herself backwards rather than forwards which is really frustrating for her! Standing seems to be the ultimate thing and she loves to just look at everything.

I made homemade applesauce and homemade carrots for her last week. The applesauce seemed to be made with apples that were more tart that sweet so watching the faces she makes has become quite ammusing, lol. Now we mix it with her rice cereal and she seems to really enjoy it. The carrots, well, that's a different story... Just like her daddy with her dislike for veggies (so far!).

Photographers photo:

Creeping up on 5 months...

Riles gettin' kisses
Layin' on Charlie
Eating Charlie....

She's gettin so big!
Riley with her cousin Gabi (Riley 5 months, Gabi 1 year)

So this last couple weeks has been pretty big for us, Riley has stopped cosleeping with Mommy and Daddy and now sleeps alone in her crib. She also is able to fall asleep in there without having to be rocked to sleep first (it is a work in progress, but none the less better than it has been!). We had her photos taken by an awesome photographer about a month ago who did a GREAT job however our service was aweful and we ended up getting 3 CDs of the wrong children when they were supposed to be Riley so we ended up just taking them all back. I did scan one of our wallets so I'll post it, everyone seems to love it! Next month we'll have 6 month photos taken of her so we can send them with Christmas cards (that makes Christmas sound SO CLOSE!).

Riley's attempt at crawling is getting better everyday. She's able to pull her legs up under her but doesn't understand the concept of keeping herself supported by her arms so she just kind of face plants - it really is gettin better though!

Hope you all are well and enjoy the photos!

Clash of the NFL

Riley's attack mode:
Riles & Smoochie
Broncos or Raiders? I'm so confused!

So last week we posted a photo of Riles in her Broncos chearleader outfit, this week is a little different. This week she's rooting for Daddy's team!

Big Steps!
Riley and Daddy (the look on her face cracks me up!) Riley trying to eat the camera

Big Girl Riley sleeping on Daddy

4 months

I'm so glad that many of you have been checkin up on Miss Riley through this blog! I know that it's irritating to have to create an account in order to post a comment so feel free to check out my MySpace page (www.myspace.com/itstufbnsunshine) where there are more photos or you can e-mail us at KimmieJarrett@msn.com.

So Riley is creaping up on 4.5 months and is growing like crazy! She LOVES to play on the floor and roll over and tries so hard to crawl, I'm pretty sure it's not going to take too much longer before she succeeds. She gets so excited when you let her 'walk' and takes these HUGE steps (you'll see in a posted photo before this blog), sometimes she forgets to switch legs and trips herself up but thinks it's the funniest thing ever. She has started blowing raspberries and giggles so big when they're blown on her cheek or tummy.

She's back to sleeping through the night (that got messed up while I was in the hospital) so thankfully David and I are getting bigger chunks of sleep now! We were supposed to have her most recent photos by Friday but they haven't called us yet, be sure to check back though and I'll post some here and all on my MySpace.

Hope things are well with you all!