Vampire Chicken

as a follow up to Monday's post, people are not the only victims of Chompers McGee

Chompers McGee

Every day, we get a little log of Riley's day at daycare- usually, they jokingly make fun of his predilection for being shoeless, sockless, and pantless. (*he is quite the little Chippendale at daycare, although he almost always keeps his pants on at home) Any good guesses on his future stage name?

Anyway, he's been interested in (read: biting the living crap out of Jim and I) testing out his teeth lately, especially NOW since he's cutting all four molars at ONCE! Today's comment made both Jim and I laugh (of course, with embarrassment):

"Riley seemed very happy to be back, however, he did make several attempts to bite his friends today!".

Great, we have THAT kid. ha ha ha ha

Happy Birthday Dylan!

So, October, is a BIG month for our friends, family and their babies! So, we had (yet another) birthday party to attend yesterday! It was awesome (thanks for inviting us Dylan!) as it was at a farm in PA and we got to pick pumpkins, go on a hayride, meet a 3 week old calf, and eat the most delicious homemade ice cream we've had in a long time!

Anyway, here's a few pics from the day yesterday (of course, 3 year olds are pretty elusive so for some reason, we have no actual pics of the birthday boy, poop!):

Fun with Poppy

So, My family does this thing where they bang their index fingers on a table to make this crazy loud tapppity tappity tappity tappity sound. I believe it all started when we used to play cards (SCAT, for any of you who have heard of it) and to "annoy" my grandmother, everyone would do this on the table. Well, poppy is getting Riley started early...and they both LOVE every minute of it.

Another day, another earache

Yup, Riley's had another tough week/weekend. He has been awfully sick again with an earache. Luckily, this time I was the only recipient of a lap full of puke. Poor little dude. He does seem to be on the mend this morning though, since he was fever free for the last 12 hours, actually wanted to eat something and even shot us a few smiles/giggles! Wooo hooooo!

Anyway, as promised, here's a few of our favorite shots from Riley's birthday bash last weekend!


Birthday hats are for suckers!


Pinata TIME!!



Dinosaur Friends!


Mmmmm, CAKE!





It was a great day...although, both Jim and I felt like we barely saw/talked with anyone!

Houston, we have walking!

Well, the Bday weekend went well- pics of the party to be posted soon! However, Riley hit upon a major milestone this afternoon (mind you, this was after an exhausting, but fun morning in Avon walking for the juvenile diabetes foundation!)...he took his first steps! That's right people, he's on the move and he's taking charge! The greatest part of it all was that my Mom (Grandma Jan) was here to see it as well as his Uncle Woobs (Greg)...I guess he couldn't bear them going back home (Grandma to FL and Unc to Philly) without a proper send-off.

Happy Birthday!

11 months in the life of riley...


Brings us to a happy one year birthday!



And what 1 year old's birthday would be complete without chocolate cake?

And when I wake up, I'll be 1!

One year goes fast. Good night buddy.