Excersaucer

m So according to the directions for the Excersaucer, your child should be able to sit up on their own...but we just couldn't wait! Gie Gie, knowing how much Riley loves to stand thought Riley had to have an Excersaucer...and she was right. It is so much fun to watch him interact with it. For those of you who do not have new babies this video may not seem so exciting...but it is just so much fun to watch them become more and more interactive every single day! This video shows how much he loves the Excersaucer, even if we have to prop him up with one of the pillows from our sofa (they are all covered in spit up anyway, might as well).

I am so sorry it is on it's side again. It is the right way in Picasa and after I have waited 45 minutes for it to upload I can't bear to try again! I will get it eventually.

Got the photographer lined up just need Riley to pop the question...

Cook's Images did another fabulous job on Chappell's baby potraits. Below is the link to their blog and her pictures. And below that is what they wrote about her photos and her future with Riley!

Baby Portraits @ Cook Images Loft :) Chappell Williams

"How cute! or How Cute??? you may ask….well 2 cute :) Holland brought her in this past week… Two years since we shot Holland & Reed’s wedding, and now they’re full time makin’ babies, well, not really, but Chappell is super sweet!! BTW .. Chappelle & Riley (down a few post’s, the cute guy with the flirty stance ) are planned to be wed in 20 years & have already booked us to shoot the wedding."

4 Month Doctor's Appointment

So I realize that I never posted about Riley's 4 month appointment, so here we go. He had his shots: HIB/Hepatitis B, DTaP, & Polio along with Rota virus which he swallowed. He got upset right when they gave him the shots, but he calmed down as soon as they were over. He was so good. I think the shots are more painful to me then they are to him. Have I mentioned lately how much I love him? Anyway, more on his appointment...he weighed 13 lbs. and was 25 1/4 inch long. These numbers put him in the 65th percentile for height, but the 15th percentile for weight.

Riley's 1st Easter

Here Riley and I are checking out his Easter Basket. I know he looks a bit confused, I think he is trying to figure out how the Easter Bunny broke into our house and put his basket in his crib. After he got past his confusion he went through it all. He remembered the basket that Mrs. Switzer had generously brought him to his Gie Gie's "Sip & See", but he was overwhelmed by all of the goodies he got. Below you can see him in a little sun hat with a sailboat on one side, and a monogram of his name on the other...a monogram that looks an awful lot like something his Gie Gie would do, but he just figures that the Easter Bunny has the same sewing machine. He also was quite please with one of the onsies that was monogrammed with a "o1" and said "Mini Athletic Department"...what a clever little bunny! Aside from the sun hat he also got some blue sunglasses and sunscreen just in time for our upcoming beach trips.

He is ready for the sun!

The picture above and the one below are both of Riley modeling his Easter outfit before we headed to church...and yes that is his Momma in the background in black...on Easter Sunday...can you believe the even let me in the church door in that? The post partum body wears what in can and in my defense it is linen!

And here we have Riley with his Grandfather Irvin, who also showered Riley with a swing...we discovered Riley loves to swing!

And here is one more picture of Riley in his bunny ears with his Easter basket.

Good Friday

Last Friday, Good Friday, ECDC was closed for the holiday. Well, I work for a hotel...we are open 24/7 and though the coutny courts have a lot of holidays, Good Friday is not one of them. Lucky for Michael and I, Aunt Kim, was availible and happy to keep Riley while we worked. Here they are below.

Kim is married to Thomas who seems to allude the camera most of the time. Thomas is Riley's godfather, and Michael's best friend since birth. Thomas was so sweet to drive down to Montgomery the day Riley was born and come to the hospital to meet him, and Aunt Kim has been dying to get her hands on him for a while. Below you can see Thomas with his nephews, John and George, last Friday.
Riley also got to meet John and George and their brother William and their mother Mary. Here are the pictures from their introduction.

Michael and his sisters grew up with all the Gross children, and I am sure Riley and Mary's boys will all be good friends too. We had a wonderful time getting a visit in.

Video

Sorry the video below is on it's side and it is probably not very interesting to all three of you who check this blog, but since Riley's grandmother's are in France this week I thought I would post a video for them. His Grandfather Godwin also happens to be in France but he does not use computers, and his Aunt Liz and Uncle John are there as well, but they are not going through Riley withdrawals...so this is for Etta and Gie Gie, who may not even have time to check it, but just in case. And Gie Gie and Etta I hope you know Riley is going through grandmother withdrawal too.

We took this video on Sunday afternoon after Riley had spit up for the 100th time that weekend (all over his precious Easter outfit). Michael thought I was trying to take a still shot so he kept pausing, but Riley loves the mirror. The book I read says it will be a few more months before Riley knows that he is seeing himself in the mirror, but he enjoys looking at this baby nonetheless. He also loves the swinging motion, so that is what Michael is doing with him. And lucky little Riley was given a swing by his Grandfather Irvin this weekend, so he is one happy little man.

And one more piece of good news, I put Riley down last night at 7:15 and he did not get up until 7:00 am this morning!! Yea! Michael said he got a bit fussy at 2:10 am and that he had to put his paci in his mouth a couple of time, but he went back to sleep by 10 till 3 and best of all I slept through it all! Thanks Michael!

Feet

So this week Riley has started to play with his feet. He is quite intrigued by them and seems to realize that they belong to him. He is a big fan of the game where his Mommy and Daddy try to eat his feet, but now he can grab them himself and he spends alot of time everyday doing so. I have no doubt that he will get his feet in his mouth very soon, as that is where everything he can get his hands on goes eventually!