McKay Corner

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.

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 =)

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.

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.

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.