Still sleepy

Riley only woke up once in the middle of the night. But I am still tired. :(

Daddy's Day Off

Michael had the day off from work, and after much debate he decided to keep Riley home from daycare. He was glad he did, because he would have never heard the end of it from me, and I was glad he did not only because I did not have to nag him for abandoning his child to daycare, but also because he came away with a new appreciation of what it takes to care for Riley all day. When I left they were snoozing away in our bed. At 10 am when I called to check on them, Michael said, "I haven't even had a chance to make my coffee yet." Then when I came home for lunch he fessed up, that while I was on maternity leave he had not understood why dishes that were in the sink when he went to work were still in the sink when he got home. He said now he got it. But I think they had a good day.

Riley practiced holding his bottle himself.

And he gained an interest in his toy dog. Good times for everyone.

So sleepy...

Riley was such a good sleeper for the first 3.5 months of his life. But now he is up and fussy atleast once a night if not more. And I am tired! Michael used to say he was tired when Riley was first born and I used to correct him and Riley started sleeping 6 hour stretches at a week old...we were not tired then. But now I am giving him the go ahead to say we are TIRED! Last night after we had been asleep for about an hour he got fussy, and then he really woke up at 3:20 am and then even though I got him back to sleep I couldn't go back to sleep...I want a nap.

Family Friendly Weekend (long but lots of pics)

For those of you who check Holland's blog, you know I stole her post title...but we are refering to the same weekend! And that is what the boys started refering to this weekend in their emails last week. It is really funny to be at this point in life where you are planing around where you can go with a stroller and bed time! We had thoughts early on about going out to dinner, but since Riley is in bed at 7:30 and Chappell and Charlie are in bed at 8:30... we cooked. We also spent a lot of time talking about schedules, bottles, formula, pumping, and pooping...but just so you won't think we are too lame we were drinking beer while having these conversations...and at one point we even entertained the idea of beer pong. Friday night after we got all the babies to bed we had a low country boil that Reed cooked for everyone and then we just visited until about 1 am, which may seem early to some but that equates to a college all nighter at this point in our lives...Riley let me get a full 2 hours of sleep before he woke up and then Saturday we were up as always at 10 till 6. Meanwhile, Chappell, being a show off, slept until 8:15. By the time Reed came downstairs to feed Chappell, the Godwin and the Hill families had been up visiting (with a large pot of coffee) for an hour or more. Anyone without kids, enjoy sleeping in while you can. Sunday, Jamie and I both followed Holland's lead and after the babies got up we sent them out with their Dad's while we slept.

Below is a picture of Jamie and Trey Hill from dinner Friday night. This is when the beer drinking and baby talking got started, then Anna Belle and Stewart stopped by and while the boys played pool (Stewart and Michael now think they could be pool sharks), Jamie, Holland and I probably frightened Anna Belle out of ever having children...she heard all of the ins and outs of pregnancy from three different points of view.


Saturday after I got Riley down for his first morning nap, I made a fabulous baked french toast recipe, while Trey braved fishing with Michael and Reed fed Chappell. I recommend the casserole, unless of course you care about your health! It is by Paula Deen and full of butter and cream and really yummy! After that I am not sure how I managed to move but I got it together and Riley and I went to San Destin for a brief visit with Gie Gie and Aunt Izzy and Daddy and Blair. They were staying on the boat so Riley sported his new sun hat and sunglasses. After our quick visit to the boat we got back to the house to find that all the babies were awake and happy at the same time. Michael is the one who realized this and insisted on pictures, Jamie, Holland and I were all pleased he did. Here are pictures from our baby photo shoot below:

I think here they are just intrigued to see another baby, but it did not take long for Charlie and Riley to worm up to each other....

Perhaps they will go to Camp Alpine together someday, that is where there fathers met.

Riley is smiling happy to have made a new friend. Hopefully, Riley will learn how to say his name without using a English accent, which I am not sure his father and I can do after seeing this You Tube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM

Below you will see we added Chappell into the mix and this when Riley got jealous, because Charlie (say it with an accent) was hogging Chappell. Below you will see that I think I really caught a moment between the two of them!

Above Riley is trying to get in on the action...and leaning forward as he did almost led to him tumbbling off. Charlie is the only one who can actually sit up on his own. Maybe that is why Chappell was so interested in him.

After the photo shoot and another change of clothes (Riley is a spitting up machine) we headed to the Red Bar.

We did a little baby parade through the bar only to realize they were not serving anything but bar food, so the baby parade continued out the door and up the street to Hurricane Oyster Bar.

At Hurricane Oyster Bar, Anna Belle and Stuart again met up with us and again managed to allude my camera. But I did snap a picture of Holland with her pearl. She went in for a raw oyster and discovered a pearl...how often does that happen? After our oyster adventure the boys decided to go fishing so Riley and I headed to the beach with them, while the "big kids", Charlie and Chappell, had there first foods (rice cereal and peas). They are both more advanced than RIley, who I cannot seem to interest in anything that comes from a spoon. Below you can see the picture I took of the boys fishing. If you look closely you can see them in there. While they fished Riley and I sat on a towel on the beach, he was fine until the wind picked up and then he lost his mind! Thankfully Reed left his shirt behind and I was able to semi swaddle Riley up and he fell fast asleep...when he woke up he was in a much better humor as you can see in the pictures below that we took after the others joined us to see the sunset.

Jake and Riley get to meet...

Well atleast they were in the same room on the same sofa. Riley was not so interested in Jake because Jake was asleep and so Riley was more interested in the adults in the room. And Jake he was only interested in sleeping. And when Carolyn saw RIley she said,"Shouldn't he be walking and talking by now, he is so big." And though Riley is in the 15th percentile for weight he is over doable little Jakes size and therefore looks like he could eat him!

Brooke & Phelps sitting in a tree...

The pictures below are from Mommy and Daddy's night out. Aunt Mary was super sweet to keep Riley Saturday night while Michael and I headed to Union Springs for Brooke and Phelps wedding. It was such a fantastic wedding and we got to see som many good friends that we had not seen in a while. And I drank bourbon which I had also not seen in awhile. Brooke looked gorgeous in her Grandmother's gown, redone and I think the cows that were watching the festivities would agree. There was a gospel choir singing, "This Little Light of Mine" and "Jesus Loves Me", and the bride walked down the aisle to "Surely the Presence of the Lord is in this Place". It was a perfect evening and Michael and I were thrilled to be a part of the celebration.

Here I am in all my postpartum beauty with skinny little Lindsay, who really looks beautiful and her son is a month younger than mine. Aren't those types of stripes suppossed to make you looki skinnier?

Here is Michael with Thomas, Reed, and Wheeler.

This blur above is Reed strutting his stuff on the dance floor, He was just movin way to fast!

**Note: Please know that whenever I post pictures on the blog I am doing it because it is my way of scrapbooking...I am under NO delusion that I look cute in the pictures I post. But someday the postpartum body will go away and I will look back and think...did I ever really look like that?

Riley & Chappell sitting in a tree...

Well, although Riley and Chappell have not actually met yet, Holland and I feel they are certain to adore each other and if they are not in love by age two they are certain to be life long friends. Anyway, Michael and I think Riley might be in love. See our evidence below.

I know these aren't the best pictures, but trust me, Riley was drooling all over the Boppy he was propped up on. And he sat their and studied her face for quite sometime. Anyway, they will be meeting this weekend, so we will see if they are as smitten as we think they will be!

On another note...I swear my son has a fine wardrobe and he does wear clothes!