A gift from Papa

Yesterday we went to Irving to spend time with Gianna.  When we arrived at Grandma and Papa's house we were surprised to find BIG, adorable bears on the couch waiting for Riley and Gianna.  Sweet Papa  gave his girls a valentine gift!  

Thank you Papa!!!!

See how nice they play together!

Actually, Gianna was a little afraid of Riley.  She would scream like this whenever Riley came close.  We think she was just tired.

Aunt Bec was great at distracting her.  She made both of the girls laugh!  We had a fun day with Gianna and Papa and the bears!

Naps

Riley has never been a good napper.  Now that she is mobile it's worse.  She cries and crawls around all over her crib.  She plays in her crib.  Here is another picture of how she passed out after about 30 minutes of crawling around. Maybe we need to take the cute, comfy bumpers out. :(   I guess we should be thankful she sleeps through the night!

Water anyone?

Snow Pics and Standing

What a surprise to see the ground covered with snow this morning!  We took some better pictures of Riley in the snow.  There are also some pics of her pulling up and standing.  She is growing so quickly!

7 Months - Slow Down Riley!

Riley changed a lot at seven months.  Her first and biggest change is that she started crawling all over the place!  She also pulls up on everything, eats a variety of baby foods, and she has developed new sleeping positions.  

Just waiting for some food!

This is how she used to sleep - snug as a bug in the middle of two rolled up blankets.

This is how she sleeps now!  It's like she just crashes after crawling around all over her crib.

Then she sticks her face in between the bars to let us know she is ready to get out.

The weather has been bitter cold here in Texas.  So much so that we have had some snow and ice on the ground.  Of course we needed to let Riley experience it! Thank goodness Nala bought her a winter coat and Mama gave her a warm hat! :)

Christmas Day

On Christmas day we opened a few presents at home, then we went to Mama's house for lunch and an Ashworth (Kenten's mom's side of the family) family gift exchange.   After that we traveled to Papa and Grandma's house.  Riley really eats up all the attention!  She wanted to be with all the people so much that she didn't take a single nap the whole day!  That made for her first, and hopefully last, rough night!

The girls finally got to meet their Aunt Janelle and Uncle Joe!  They gave the girls some fun pacifiers.  Riley loved sitting on Uncle Joe's lap even though he made her look funny.

Sneaky Uncle Ryan was in the other room giving Riley cool whip!

Edna Wasn't able to come to Mama's for Christmas because she wasn't feeling well. :( Below is a picture of the cute outfit she gave Riley for Christmas.

At Grandma and Papa's Riley had a lot of fun with Gianna!

She also got the hang of opening gifts!  Thank you Aunt Leah and Uncle Ryan for the fun play table!

Grandpa K and Nala came into town that evening.  Riley enjoyed spending a week with them too!

Nala and Grandma took Riley out to lunch!

What a big girl!

Picture with Santa

We tried to get Riley's picture taken at North Park - silly idea!  Instead of giving up we took her to Santa at the Arboretum where we could take our own picture for free.  It was a bit different from North Park's set up, but we were thankful to get her picture with Santa!

Now we know Santa's drink of choice!

And there it is - a picture with Santa!

She seems more excited now that it's over!

That night we had the Waldrum family Christmas.  We ate lots of food and had a gift exchange.

Great Grandmother always does the numbers.

Great Granddad got the shaft - a gold makeup bag!

Even Gianna is eating her Rice Cereal.  What a big girl!