This past weekend...

Michael was out of town for Blair's bachelor party, which involved a lot of college football and an air raid siren to signal jaeger shots...and one phone call at two in the morning to say they were unsuccessful at catching a shark, so the night fishing was coming to an end and they were going to bed. He had a great time meeting all of Blairs friends, and while he was gone, my parents and my sister came to Montgomery. We cooked at the house Friday night and tried to talk about Elizabeths wedding plans, and then Saturday we ran a few errands and went to Number Sixteen for dinner. It was so nice to have some help with Riley this weekend and great to get some things done for Elizabeths wedding. (I got a new camera this weekend...so here are the pictures)

Doesn't Riley look like a little bioy in this picture with my Dad? Isn't it crazy how much he has grown?

And here we have a picture of my living room floor. Toys are taking over my house.

Here is a picture of Michael reading "Curious George" to Riley...he is obsessed with it. It is probably the 14th time it was read to him that day. I know that my Mom, my Dad, and my sister had all read it to him at least twice.
And I had to put this picture on here because i thought it was so darn cute. My Mom helped me go through his closet and organize his clothes by size, so we pulled out the snow suit she made him last year, he wore it in March when it snowed, and he wore it home from the hospital. She made it in a newborn size, but it fits him perfectly now.

How did this happen??

One day he is just sitting up playing, then he starts pulling up and now he is cruising. I am so scared he is going to be walking in no time!

Just because I like to see video of my baby when I am at work...the perfect 2 minute break in my opinion!

Shhhh...he's sleeping!!

So I just took this video a little less than an hour ago...and Michael and I thought it was so darn cute/hilarious I had to share it immediately! Who sleeps like that?

I have one word for you...

MASTITIS! I have been so fortunate, but now I have mastitis, and let me just tell you it hurts real bad. Not only does it hurt but it also gives you chills, fever, and body aches, it make you feel like you have the flu. I am miserable, but too busy to stop. The best thing that I read about this miserable little infection is that you really aren't likely to get it after the baby is 6 months...gotta love being an anomaly.

What will happen this weekend??

So if you read my last couple of post you know that Riley learned how to crawl on his knees, and clap last weekend, but he also started pulling himself up in the crib to a standing position. All of that happened in one weekend! He is changing so fast it is hard to keep up with. Yesterday I went to pick him up for his 9 month appointment and while I was signing him out at daycare he babelled something from across the room. Then Ms Stephanie (his favorite), who had been feeding him, asked if he says Mama yet. I said he has been babeling "mamamamama and dadadada" since June, but not in a way where we feel he is actually directing it at us. (BTW when he did start making those consenant sounds he started with mama!) Anyway Ms Stephanie went on to say that she could have sworn Riley just said, "Mama" while I was checking him out. I said well I will take it and I will make sure to tell Michael that is exactly what happened!

And since you come to the blog for pictures of Riley here is one of our favorites from last weekend.

PS. For those of you who have not met Riley in person and been afraid to ask (sorry I always forget to mention it on the blog) his right arm has a birth mark on it. It has been their since he was born, it got darker in color until he was around 6 months old and now it is fading a bit. I know htat some of ya'll must have been wondering!

9 Month Photo Shoot

Riley is very mobile now, and he officially moved up from the army crawl to the regular crawl during the middle of his 9 Month photo shoot. I was so busy snapping shots and trying to get a good one that I did not even notice the change in his crawl till my Mom pointed it out. Apparently he found the camera so intriguing it was worth a real crawl.

His real crawl made it very hard to get any still shots, but as soon as he got what he wanted he was thrilled to sit and play for a few pictures.