Dancing Nancies

So Riley has learned a new skill this past week..... Crawling! Is it good or bad? She can now get where she wants, but that means she goes where we don't want. We have to keep an eye on her now cause she'll get into anything and everything.

Here's the end result of crawling. Like I said, I'm not sure if we are excited or anxious.

Three faces of Halloween

Since mom and dad went to bed early, I thought I'd give you an update on how Halloween went. Basically all you need to know is 3 things: dad ate all my candy, I hated all 3 (YES 3!) Halloween costumes, and dad ate all my candy. Bet you can guess how much I love this holiday.

You are also probably asking why I had 3 different costumes. Well my mom is in charge of the Halloween event for the Children's Museum of Denver. It is a 3 day event called Trick or Treat Street. (Which was a huge success by the way!) Since it took her so much planning and she was at the museum all day for 3 days, dad thought it would be a good idea for me to wear a different outfit each day. Here's a peek of what I went through.

Here I am in my favorite pink bear outfit. You may remember this one from before. As you can tell by the look on my face I'm excited to be here.

I was so excited that I dropped the candy from my first house on the floor.

Day 2 brought on the lady bug outfit that was hiding in a box in the closet. It could have kept hiding as far as I was concerned.

Finally here is my spider outfit that I borrowed from my friend Spencer. I'm actually smiling because I don't have to wear these things for a whole year. This was taken shortly before I found out that dad ate all my candy. When that news came the smile quickly disappeared.

Maybe next year won't be so bad if I get to go trick or treating by myself so dad won't eat my candy.

Snow Schmo

For those of you who have never been to Denver let me explain something. When it snows, it snows a lot. I mean a lot. For example, over the last 24 hours we have gotten about 1 1/2 feet of snow. Normally this is a major drag, but since many things shut down, including school, it makes it an official snow day! I went all through elementary - high school with no cancelled days. I went through 4 years of college and no snow days. Now that I'm in grad school I have had at least one snow day for the second year in a row. The best part is that it will be melted by Monday.

Here you can see the depth of the snow on the neighbors powerwheels truck.

Here you can see the gloomy day from our porch this morning... ie halfway through the storm.

The best part of a snow day is staying home with the Cutie Pie!

Check me out!

We got excited when Riley learned to sit up on her own. However, I think it is Riley who gets the most excited. The first time she did this we clapped and cheered. She got so excited she fell over backwards.

Riley's new tooth!

Today, Riley's first tooth broke through! It's a sharp little thing! It's one of her bottom front teeth. Our friend Ashley, who watches Riley while I'm at work, first discovered it and helped it to come through her gums by applying a little pressure. Ashley is so good with Riley and is good at finding out what's bothering her. She gave her little tablets to help with the pain and recommended some baby Tylenol.

Also this week, Riley went to the doctors on Wednesday. She is now 16 pounds and 6 ounces (78th percentile), 24 and 3/4 inches long (36 percentile), and her head circ. is 16 inches (16th percentile).

We sure do love our little girl!