Family Time

Dear Riley,

Hey sweetie! Your uncles, Johnathan and Jacob, are here this weekend. You get so much attention when they are here, you have a blast! Also we get a lot of spills because they forget that they can't leave their drinks everywhere. Plus I didn't feel well today and they help out a lot with watching you. They brought a box of toys over for you from Grandma Trina and you pulled everything out of the box and had so much fun. I said, "Riley are you excited?" and you said, "Yes!". You've only answered me a few times so its still a little surprising when you do. It was so cute and funny. We went to Great Grandma Karen's house to do laundry today and while we were there you swept and mopped like you always do. Then you chased the dogs around with the broom :-) And you were so tired you got cranky and only wanted Uncle Jacob so you climbed into his lap and fell asleep! Then Great Grandma made pizzas and Uncle John and you sat at the kitchen table together and he helped you eat your pizza with a fork. You love when you get to do things that we do. You are a little copycat lately. You pretend you are playing video games when Daddy plays them. You even throw your hands up and cheer when he does because he won. Today we played a version of peek-a-boo. I hid behind a door and you were on the other side and would open it and peek at me. I said "Rawr!" when you peeked so then you laughed and said "Rawr!" right back! You also took your shoes off and got your feet dirty so I had to clean them and I said "Eww." when I did and then you said it right after me. You have quite the vocabulary lately. I'm going to have to write them all down in a list so that we can remember how many words you knew before you were 1 1/2. I will try to do that tomorrow and post it as soon as I can.

I love you, Mommy