Riley Speaks for Himself

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You lookin' at me? You lookin' at me? You lookin' at me?
Then who the heck else are you lookin' at?
You lookin' at me?
Well I'm the only one here.
Who do you think you're lookin' at?
Oh yeah? Huh? Ok.

And in this corner...

Me vs. the Toe Animals
Yep - I WIN!

Me vs. My Teething Ring
I WIN!

Me vs. My Lion.
I WIN!

Me vs. My Fingers
This one usually ends in a tie...
HEY MOM - WHEN'S LUNCH????

Hangin With Daddy

I love flying with Daddy!
He makes me fly through the air with the greatest of ease!

Finally!
I finally get to be taller than Daddy!

You sure can see a lot from all the way up here.
I'm glad I'm not scared of heights!

He makes me laugh and laugh when he tickles my belly!
I sure do love my Daddy!

Back to the Grind...

Monday morning again and here I sit in my big boy chair waiting patiently while Mom makes breakfast for Daddy.

WAIT A MINUTE!
There's something on my cute baby toes!!!
Why I oughta....

After wrestling with those animals on my toes, it was time for a nap in the big bed.
I wonder what else the week will have in store!

My Weekend of Fun

Friday night, Memaw and Grandad loaded me up so I could go play and play at their house.
Mom and Dad had a very important meeting with some very important people.

I think they called the meeting something like "Happy Hour."
But they couldn't have been THAT happy since I wasn't there.
I'm sure they're just smiling for the camera
or maybe it was from something called martinis.....

The next morning my Aunt Steph came over so she and Mom and Memaw could go shopping and then have something called Starbucks...

I wish cousin Gus could have come to play!
But I had lots and lots of fun playing with Daddy while Mom was out.

Then my Memaw and Grandad came to see me again.
They just can't stand not seeing me for a minute!
Grandad says that every morning there is a trainer and trainee...
And they are GREAT trainees!

Wait....
What do you mean it's almost time for a bath and then bedtime?

My favorite part of my bathtime ritual is getting my hair blown dry after I'm done in the tub!

YAY!
All clean and ready to play!!

Oh, forgot about the bed time part...

The next day Mom and I went to church and then ran errands all over town.
We saw Aunt Elece and Aunt Steph too! But I was NO MOOD for pictures.
Can you believe Mom made me go to a PURSE PARTY?!
Well, I let her and everyone there know how I felt about that!
But after that we went home and I had a special visit from Grandma Joyce.
I showed her how my new activity center worked.

Bedtime AGAIN?

Whew!
After my weekend of fun, a good night's sleep is just what I needed!

My New Activity Center

My New Activity Center
Mom put this together for me and only broke two fingernails!

It has lots of fun things to keep me busy!

Can't talk now, Mom.
I've gotta figure this thing out....

Hmm... and this goes here.... and that goes there...

It's hard work to play and play!
Time for a nap in the big bed!

From the archives

Me, Mom and Daddy when I was only four days old!
Hmm... why don't they have any socks on me?!
Must be the new parent thing... but they're getting better at this by the day!

Taking a snooze on mom that same day.
Look how tiny I was!

My six week portraits

I was nakee butt on Mom for this picture.
She had to change shirts after this!

Easter Fun with Memaw and Grandad

Easter Brunch with Memaw and Grandad

Happy Easter!!!

Love you, Grandad!!

Hangin with Memaw and Grandad...

One of my favorite games is flying on Mom's knees.
Thanks for my Easter Hat, Aunt Debbie!

Happy Easter!!

Mom and Daddy stayed up late and dyed Easter eggs for my 1st Easter Basket.
Can't wait til I can help!

Mom and Daddy get pretty goofy when they don't have any sleep!
They're still dying Easter eggs but took a minute to do a self portrait.

YAY!!
Happy Easter!!
My basket was filled with all sorts of chocolate goodies for Daddy...
hmmm... wait a minute....
this hardly seems fair.....
But I did get a fluffy bunny to play with!

This is the basket my Great Aunt Debbie sent me all the way from the Gulf Coast!

Mom and Memaw thought putting me in my big Easter basket was a better idea than I did.

Family Fun Night

Mom and Daddy and WAIT...
Where am I????

Okay - that's better....
Me, Mom and Daddy at Family Fun Night on Easter Eve...
There's just too much going on for me to sit still for a picture!

Daddy with my Uncle Steve

Me and Uncle Steve

Me and Grandma D

Sitting with cousin McKena on Aunt Elece's lap.

I let Cousin Gus borrow Mom for a picture.
I do want her back though....

Me, Mom and Grandma D

And a good time was had by all!