There may or may not be a tooth......

It does appear that we are very close to getting a tooth. Riley's two bottom teeth are dangerously close to poking through. You can see the outline in her gums. The final word is that we don't actually have a tooth that has broken ground yet. These teeth better be amazing after all the time they took to make an appearance! As you can see Cousin Taylor is missing a few teeth. She has now lost 4 teeth! Her goal is to make Riley not feel so alone and loose all her teeth too.

Is Riley the most photogenic baby or is it just me? This child does not take a bad picture! Look at her posing.

BREAKING NEWS!!!!! We may have a TOOTH!!!

This just in......Grandma says she thinks a tooth broke today!!! I have not witnessed this yet and will not believe it until I see it. This could just be a vicious trick that Grandma and Papa are playing on Daddy and I. I'll keep you posted and let you know if we truly have joined the world of "babies with teeth"!

No teeth........but trying to crawl

Ok, so there's still no teeth. The low fever Riley ran was a dirty trick. She still refuses to grow teeth. I am even having dreams now that she has teeth. Another dirty trick my mind insists on playing. I guess we'll just hope and pray that someday, somehow Riley will join the rest of the 8 month old babies and have a tooth.

However, we are learning to crawl! Right now it's more of a lunge forward and flop on our face then flip over move, but it's a start. She whacked her face pretty good last night and got her first boo boo. She milked that for all it was worth. Her cry is so cute! Don't worry, people, I didn't let her sit and cry. Mommy kissed it and made it all better. It's going to be a whole new world once she is mobile. It's hard right now to let her sit alone because she will NOT sit still. She wants every toy that is just out of her reach. She stares the toy down for a second and goes for it. I spend a majority of the time sitting her back up so she can try again.

Riley is also experimenting with sounds. She cracks us up with all the sounds she makes. She does this funny laugh that I can't even begin to describe. You have to hear it to believe it. Still no mama or dada, but we keep our fingers crossed that it will happen any day.

People....this is BIG news!

Holy cow it happened! Riley finally rolled over. It actually happen a few weeks ago, but I held out on writing about it just in case it was a fluke. She fell forward trying to get a toy and after laying there for a minute waiting for Mommy or Daddy to pick her up she just flipped over. It happened so fast. Dave and I were shocked. We sat there for a minute stunned and then erupted in applause and congrats. We were so excited that it scared Riley and she began to cry. We waited until she calmed down and tried again. Nothing. She did her usual bury her head in the carpet and cry. Later that night she did it again. Then we went several days with no effort on her part at all. However, now she will almost always roll over if she's on her tummy. She has made it very clear that this is not to be preformed for entertainment purposes. It is simply a strategy used to get off our belly when we flop forward. We are not allowed to place the baby on her tummy to show friends and family our new trick. That results in arms flying and legs kicking while pressing her face into the carpet.

On another topic.......I have been asked by a few people (who are expecting) why parents always use the term "we" and "our" when talking about the baby. All I can say is you will do it too once you have a baby. You figure out that every accomplishment that the baby makes is actually your accomplishment for the time being. Yes, it's selfish, but who cares. Once Riley is old enough to tell her own stories we will make every effort to refer to her as "her" and "she". Until then, it will be "we rolled over" and "we are sleepy" or "we need new clothes"....you get the point.