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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Because parenting takes lots of time, we decided to have Riley dress herself while I made breakfast and Viv got ready for work.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Because parenting takes lots of time, we decided to have Riley dress herself while I made breakfast and Viv got ready for work.
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
So Mike usually updates our blog, but he has been super swamped with school. However, the end is near! He graduates in May and we have a fun time imagining what life after school will be like. But for now, we are in the process of adjusting to life after a fun 2 week vacation to Utah to visit friends and family (Wow, I am realizing how hard it is to organize your thoughts on paper when the last time you wrote an essay, or anything for that matter, was back in college.) While we were in Utah we decided to go camping. It was our first camping trip with Riley and it went better than I expected. We played a lot of games and "swam" in a nearby pond. The backpack and jogging stroller that we brought were lifesavers! The last photo is of Riley and her cousin Calvin. Every night before bed, Mike would take them on a jog to put them to sleep.
That's all I have for now. This blogging thing takes me forever!
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Sunday, April 4, 2010
I decided to take over postings from now on since my parents never give any updates. Yesterday was my mom's big event at the Children's Museum. She's in charge of all the events there so Dad always brings me to visit. Bunny Trail was great because I was big enough to explore a bit on my own.
There was a bubble machine which I didn't understand at first. I thought you were suppose to eat the bubbles. They didn't taste good.
Then I sat on the Easter Bunny's lap. My serious facial expression is because I was contemplating how he gets eggs to all the kids in the world in one night. My dad just looks creepy.
The best part of the event was the Radio Disney performers. I think I was the only one dancing.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Riley is learning stuff all the time. Its crazy. She never ceases to amaze us with new talents. It seems like she learns by paying attention to everything we do.... even how we hold the phone.
Sometimes she does things on her own without seeing us do it first. I promise I don't do this. Can't say the same for Viv though =)
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Monday, March 8, 2010
Riley began walking officially a few weeks ago and we still aren't sure if we should be excited or fearful. Now she is able to find the end of the isle at church and tries to make a break for it. She has a taller reach which means nothing is safe on the end of the kitchen table anymore. The good news is she will soon be able to get me a soda out of the fridge.
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
After much deliberation, we decided to spend the last part of my school break in Dallas with Viv's sister Sarah and her family. We always enjoy going down there, but we had done quite a bit of traveling for Christmas and it was going to be a 16 hour drive with Riley. AHHHHH!!!! Luckily we had some ideas to make the trip easier for everyone involved.
First we acquired a free portable DVD player through some mail-in offer. After purchasing a $5 Blues Clues DVD we had part of the trip covered. She watched intently, except for a moment to pose, and when Blue would pause for Riley to guess his next clue she would smack the DVD player with irritation. We still need to work on her patience.
On the trip back Riley was very good for the first 4 hours of the trip. She slept and played with her toys without crying once. As a reward, we let her drive.
Here she is backing out of the gas station.
She is quite the driver and we may utilize her skillz more in the future.
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
We successfully (success is a relative word) completed our 2 week trip to California and Utah where Riley was able to hang out with family and friends. The two people she seems to get along best with was Emma, her cousin, and McKay, her life long best friend. As Riley is the oldest she felt entitled to ALL the toys; especially the ones that Emma and McKay were holding.
About the only thing Riley shared in California was her Grandpa Sturgis' lap. As Riley is 2 months older than Emma she took this opportunity to mentor her.
Riley and McKay spent the first few minutes just catching up on the last few months.
If you are so lucky as join her posse, DON'T tell her about the importance of applesauce in a diet.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
In preparation for T-day Viv went to Walmart to pick up essentials. I'm not sure what kind of food isn't essential tomorrow and everyone else seems to feel the same as the crowds were crazy big. As a result the bananas were gone early on and the ones used to restock were way too green for fruit salad. Then Viv found these little gems. They taste like normal bananas, but are much smaller. Our proudest monkey seemed to like them quit a bit.... until she bit into the bitter peel.
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
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.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
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!
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
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.
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Monday, September 14, 2009
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!
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
While we were in Utah, my mom and I couldn't help but go to a few of our favorite places.
1. Macy's
2. Robert's Arts and Crafts and
3. Kneaders (yum!)
After Macy's, we wandered into University Mall where we found a great deal on Utah baby headbands. We are talking Big Fat Utah headbands. They were on sale for a dollar so we got one of every color--nine in total. Then, we went to Robert's to pick out some ribbon so Grandma could make some bows to stick on Riley's new Big Fat Utah headbands. Now, I wanted Grandma to make Riley's bows for two reasons.
1. Big Fat Utah bows are not cheap! and
2. Big Fat Utah bows are just that...BIG and FAT.
Although I think the big fat bows are cute, they are a little too big for my taste, especially since Riley has a little head. (Last doctor's appointment we found out that Riley's head circumfrence was in the 36th percentile).
The bows that Grandma made turned out so cute that I even stole one to wear to work last week. :)
So anyway, here are a few pictures of Riley wearing her new yellow headband and bow. (Note that the headband is so fat that I folded it in half...she'll grow into it someday!)
P.S. Thanks to Tenille for Riley's cute little green shoes!
More headband and bow pictures to come...as I said we have one of every color! (She wore the pink one yesterday and even Mike had to admit that it was adorable!)
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Riley has a new discovery. Who would have guessed? A girl who likes to look in the mirror?
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Monday, August 17, 2009
My name is Riley. Believe it or not I am the actual reason for this whole blog thing so I figured I would make a post of my own while my parents are sleeping. What they don't know won't hurt them... right? This is a good opportunity for me to rant about a few things.
1. My pink bear jumpsuit.
- You may think that this looks cute on me. My parents sure do. We went to Rocky Mtn. National Park last weekend, which was cold and windy, and they decide to put this on me instead of my hoodie and a pair of sweatpants. While it does keep me warm, it is big, bulky, and doesn't make riding in my carseat very fun. Not to mention the oversized hood makes it difficult for me to see anything when I turn my head left and right. Cute or not, this thing has got to go, but with winter around the corner I think you will be seeing me sport this a lot more.
2. This Backpack thingy that I have to ride in. - During our weekend we did some hiking. Just because I can't walk yet, it seemed like a good idea to my dad to stick me, in my bearsuit of course, in this backpack thing facing him instead of where we were going. I admit it is a very comfortable ride, but come on dad, I would like to see where I'm going for once. After getting slightly motion sick it just seemed like a better idea to go to sleep.... which I did.
3. It sucks to be little.
3. It sucks to be little. - This wasn't much of a hike to this lookout point, but due to the altitude (over 2 miles) it was very cold and windy and I was forced to stay in the car with my aunt Mary. You can see Grandma, Grandpa, and some random dude in a green shirt looking down into the valley below. Had I not been so small I probably would have gotten a first hand look instead of this picture.
4. Hooked on Phonics didn't work for my dad.
-Here he is, OFF THE TRAIL, on the tundra which, as I informed him later, there was a sign specifically instructing him not to go off the trail. I perhaps could have pointed this out earlier, but...... you guessed it, I was in the car.
Again here we are feeding the animals when we were not suppose to. Great example for me. I suppose I don't really care too much because potato chips hurt my gums. The squirls can have them.
5. Tourists -- Enough said.
- The windy roads through the canyon means that you need to drive slow because you don't know what's around the corner.... LIKE TOURISTS WHO PRACTICALLY PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD TO TAKE A PICTURE!!! Yes people parked on both sides of the road and walked back and forth to take pictures of a Ram. Now it is understandable that you have never seen a ram in the wild, but when people are coming around a corner at 40-45 mph you probably don't want to be standing in the road taking a picture.
I just want to point out that I'm in the middle of a walking trail, while I observe nature.... not a road.
That's all for now and until next time enjoy the view.
Oh and I want to say Happy Birthday to my friend McKay who turns four months in a few days. Eat a piece of puree cake for me =)
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Friday, August 7, 2009
On Tuesday Riley hit the big 4 mo. mark. Not a usual milestone for celebration, but we figured we bombard a post with pics from her last four months anyway.
Her birthday! (actual birthday)
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2 months
3 months
4 months
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
As part of our trip back to Utah for the break we decided to actually get away by staying at the Zermatt Resort in Midway. I know what you're thinking. "Midway huh?...... Nice getaway." Well this place was pretty sweet.
This was the view from our balcony...
And this is a view of our balcony.
Even going for a walk was really nice with a stream, pond, and mountains in the background.
There were lots of delicious looking things in the bakery. I wish I could tell you how good, but we forgot to buy something before we left. We did try the gelato though. mmmmm
The only thing I wondered about was the goats. In the evening they seemed to become possessed.
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