Bye, Bye Summer

Riley has had so much fun playing outside in the sunshine this summer and has especially loved being in Gigi and Popdaddy's pool. With our warm weather about to vanish we decided to take advantage of the 80 degree temperature today and hop into the pool one last time this year.

Blowing Bubbles

Rapunzel

Okay, so Rapunzel might be a bit of an exaggeration, but Riley's hair has really been growing fast lately. With the growth spurt, I decided to try a new hairstyle on little Miss today and was really excited when I could get her hair into 2 full pigtails. Needless to say, it was a good hair day!

Pinocchio

Riley has really started to expand her vocabulary and it so much fun to hear her repeat words that she hears us say. This also means that we've had to start being pretty careful about our language around her little ears. We are so impressed with how well she can pronounce some pretty tough words and it's really cool that she is now putting words together to communicate her wants and needs to us. Gigi and Bop just got back from their European cruise and brought back a very cool Pinocchio marionette for Miss R. When we introduced her to her new puppet she actually repeated his name. She loves her new toy and it is the cutest thing to listen to her as she says "Pinocchio".

Maine

Last week, Riley and I got to take a trip up to Maine for my good friend Jada's wedding. Jada and I met my first year up at CSU when were paired together as roomates and what evolved from there was a really great friendship. I was really honored when Jada asked me to be in her wedding and also really excited to visit Maine, a first both me and Riley. It was a long plane ride up there, but it was so beautiful once we got there! As usual, Riley did amazing well with all of the travel and new places and people.

We got to stay at Jada and Jeremy's house on the lake and also spent a day our relaxing on the boat.

Eating breakfast in Jack's Bumbo seat

Jada and baby Jack

Riley really liked Jack's swing on the party barge.

The wedding was at a beautiful spot on another lake...there was alot of water up there. The day before the wedding we went to help set up for the reception and Riley had fun exploring, which meant that I was pretty much no help to Jada as I spent my day chasing after her.

Bear Hugs!

For the rehearsal dinner, they had a lobster boil with lobsters fresh off the boat, yum!

Riley didn't get to enjoy the lobster, but she did sport a plastic bib like the rest of us while she ate her dinner.

The wedding was beautiful and we had so much fun with Jada, Jeremy and Jack!