He's all growns up!

We've been busy...school has been nuts (pre-Spring Break is chock full of extra-curricular teachers and as non-tenured teacher, I pretty much am "forced" to be a chaperone) and Riley has been a nutball, but he's doing great! He's now on an allergy medication that he takes daily and seems to have helped a great deal with his respiratory issues. He had a weird virus a few weeks ago, "weird" b/c he didn't have any fever or hieney issues but he was a vomit machine...anyway, that and his excessive thirst led our pediatrician to run a few tests, which was nerve-racking, to say the least. So far, he seems to be a-ok, his blood sugar was good (our doc was mainly concerned about diabetes) and all seems to be well otherwise.

Riley has been a word-learning animal- he know points to everything and wants to know what it is. This morning, he slept until 7am (hallelujah), he poked my belly button for a good 5 minutes, trying to say belly. It was coming out "baby" and I was thinking he knew something we didn't, but oh no, there's no baby in this belly! During his breakfast, he finally got the "ll" sound rolling and he can now say "belly"! Now, we have to work on the "button" part so he doesn't offend anyone by pointing at them and saying "belly". ha ha He also loves to sing- he can sing a few unintelligible lines of he favorite tunes: Twinkle Twinkle, Sweet Caroline, and Old MacRiley (Our version of Old MacDonald).

This Monday, Riley moves up to the big boy room in daycare! The infant room is just that as all of his "friends" have moved on to the 18 month and older set. The caregiver in the infant room feels he is bored since he mostly interacts with a few girls who are much younger than him so he's on his way to the big leagues!

Hmmm, not much else is too new and exciting- although we did spend the day in Philly yesterday with Uncle Woobs. We had a long day, but it was great since we went to see the Star Wars exhibit at the Franklin Institute and got to go out to eat at a great Vietnamese restaurant in Chinatown (Greg lives right across the street from The Troc for those who know Philly). Anyway, some recent pics below! (More to be uploaded later today, if the weather holds out and we make it to the Point's Easter Egg Hunt this afternoon)

Welcome Abram David (Erika and Mark's new little guy!)


Riley and Jim at their first briss


Michelle, me, Abram and Riley



More pics to follow as Sir Riley has just beckoned to be removed from his throne (the swing) as he is done cavorting with his television friends (Elmo & Cookie Monster)!