The Baby just keeps growing

Riley has been quite an active little girl lately. That's putting it mildly! She is all over the place. It is impossible to keep up with her! We can't take our eyes off her for more than a second or else she is dumping something out, pulling something over, or emptying something that she shouldn't. She is very determined and can usually find a way to get what she wants.

Riley is now completely off of baby food and that has got to be the most challenging thing right now. Some days she is a good eater and is willing to try new things. Other days she spits everything out and/or simply throws it as far as she can. We have found a few things that she will eat at any given time and sometimes we have to just scrap whatever it is that we are trying to convince her to eat and make her some eggs. We have gotten pretty creative at finding ways to trick her into eating. Singing to her and watching Teletubbies works the best. Although, Dave isn't very fond of the singing part. He isn't willing to give that a shot. I'll pretty much do whatever it takes. All my pride is gone.

The baby can now tell you where your nose, eyes and mouth are. We are so proud of her. She is learning so much! Little heads up though, brace yourself when you ask her where your eyes are. She feels it necessary to dig her sharp nail into your eyelid. That's the only way to clearly point out where your eye is...or was.

We also just got back from visiting Grandad and Mimi (My Dad and Stepmom) in Dallas. It was great to get to spend the weekend with family. She also met her Aunt Lenzie and Uncle Curt this last weekend. She still has one more Aunt to met, Aunt Lerin, and then she'll be caught up. Thanks to Grandad and Mimi for putting us up this weekend. We were so glad Riley finally got to spend some time with them. Even though, she was quite a handful the whole time. She did discover how dog food tastes while she was there. At least we got that out of the way.