OBX 2009

Pictures of Riley's first vacation in August to the Outer Banks in North Carolina. Thanks gma beth, gpa alan, and ggma fay....we had a blast!

New (and some old) Pics

The little one is doing great and is growing like a weed. She's nine months old now and is crawling and starting to learn her first words, she is more and ore fun each day

Some Quality Time with Gma Wends

R Bear got to hang out with Gma Wends this past week...she got some new clothes she'll have to show everyone...new bathing suits, summer hats, a whole bunch of goodies - As you can see from one of the pictures....she's determined to walk on her own soon enough!!!

I Think I Can.....

We are trying really hard to chew on a celery stalk and eat a puff at the same time....

Our First Trip to the Pool

We had our first trip to the pool this past weekend...besides trying to drink most of the pool water...I think she enjoyed pool time

Our Trip to the Georgia Aquarium

We had a lovely time at the Georgia Aquarium, will definitely be heading back again as she gets older!

6 month check up

We had R Bear's 6 month check up today - she's weighing in at a whopping 17.10lbs and is 26 inches long - according to the doctor and charts, she's a big little girl for her age :) The two bottom teeth are all the way through now, and she's working on the other two in the back. Her hair is slowly but surely coming in faster by the day.

6 months already....where does the time go

R Bear has two front teeth that came through and she's working on two more in the back - She has been handling this whole teething business extremely well - not much crankiness, low grade fever sometimes at night, and we have had maybe two bad nights where she would just wake up every once in a while and be a little grouchy...but other than that...she's wonderful! We found a new teething comfort for her, she LOVES chewing on cold celery stalks to help ease the pain, makes for good pictures as well! Her next appointment, the 6 month check up, is on the 26th - we'll give everyone an update of the weight, length, etc. Also, notice she has more hair coming in...somewhat in patches...but it's coming in...and so far...it's not red...momma is not so happy about this :(

WE HAVE TEETH!!!!

Say it's not so...R Bear has two bottom teeth coming in already...she's growing up too fast!!! Just this week, after biting down on mom's finger...we realized that her teeth have started to come through the gums. She's the best baby ever, she had none of the usual teething signs/symptoms, she was drooling a little more than usual last week, but other than that...she's one tough cookie and has a high tolerance for pain I guess. Here are some recent pictures, her next appointment for her 6 month check up is at the end of this month, we'll keep you all posted on the growth updates! We also have some adorably funny video to post soon of R Bear jumping like crazy in her exersaucer, riding around in her car, and trying some semi solid foods (hilarious) for the first time!

We are officially 5 months!!!

As of 4/24/09 R Bear is now 5 months old and happy as ever, weighing in at a whopping 16lbs. We are enjoying baby food 3 times a day, sleeping through the night (most of the time), just about to rollover, loves her exersaucer and got a new jumper/walker this past weekend...we'll have to get pictures of that posted...just wait...it's too cute for words...I'll just say this...She got her first car this past weekend... :)

Cutest Baby Ever???

Thank you Gma Wendy for her Pinkaboo (her new favorite toy) - and Thank you Aunt Pola for her favorite hand knitted hat!

Starting to eat solids...sort of....

This is our first attempt at eating with a spoon and not using a bottle. We had a lovely mix of rice cereal, formula, and sweet potatoes...yum yum! R Bear did an amazing job, she didn't fuss too much, she ate the whole little bowl we made her and seemed to enjoy eating with a spoon...she was a little messy of course, which is to be expected! The chi chi's were hoping for more of a mess I think...they were circling under her high chair like a couple of little sharks!