A year of Riley

I thought, in honor of a whole year with Riley, I'd post some of my favorite pics from this year. They go backwards chronologically, because I'm too lazy to cut and paste em all into the right order. Oh well, you don't care.


Beck-beck gave Riley a crazy mohawk. She loved it. And she is also a fan of my toothbrush.


Kisses from the crazy one. Love the onesie hanging out of her jeans!

She loved Beck-beck's belly and was so soft with the babies.


Not such a huge fan of Santa.


I caught her coloring on my door.


Smarty girl can twist off lids.


Strainer and Riley= lots of good times!


Just a cutie!


Rock Star Hair - This was taken on the night Obama was elected.


Loves her Aunt Jame.


Loves her mama.

Blue eyes!


On our birthday.


Lil' Chocoholic

Her first major league baseball game!


First concert (Tim McGraw)


Loves the washer


In San Diego- She loved the ocean!


Such a dolly!


Tram at San Diego zoo.


First time at the beach.


Gorgeous girl - pic courtesy of Joey.


Sick baby- i took this right after she came home from a night in the hospital.


Easter Sunday


Lazy days


Shades!


Loves the bathtub (takes after her mama on this one!)


First time swimming with Aunt Jame, Uncle Keith, Hallee and Lexi!


Pretty girl, adorable smile!


She loved the exersaucer (until she figured out how to climb out!)


Girl's weekend with Aunt Beck-beck.


On a flight to see Becky and Joey- she slept like an angel.


Found her feet, got her sock off, apparently pissed herself off!


After she weened herself off the binky, she still wanted one in her hand to sleep.


Trying peas for the first time. Still not a fan!

Love my bug!

Riley fell in love with one of her christmas presents, so I let her open it early. (I know, I know...mother of the year, right here!) She played with her train for over an hour!

Then she moved on to playing with my shoes. She will go into my closet, carefully select the pair she wants to play with, and take them to this exact spot. Every single time. She's so funny!


This little smirk just melts me. I can see me in this expression.

Another goofy Riley face that I'm seeing a lot these days.

Kissing on my bug. She is super-cuddly in the morning, so I take advantage!

I just adore this kid, and am so grateful to be her mama.

That weirdo kid of mine!

Riley has a TON of personality lately. She never fails to do something to amuse me, make me laugh, and amaze me at the creativity she has already.

Today, her toy of choice was a strainer. I have no idea what attracted her to it, but she played with it for about an hour.







She also LOVES my make-up, and has now mastered the art of getting the top off the lipgloss. Oh well... another Riley distraction bites the dust!


Look at the coordination...she's too little to be able to do this!


Finished look....She was NOT happy when I wiped the final results off. But it was a good color for her, no? We'll have to remember that in, oh, 16 years.


Rock-star hair!


Rock -star kid and mom.


Man, I love that crazy, adorable, super-sweet, mischevious, attitude-laden weirdo kid of mine!