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Riley's first tooth is FINALLY poking through!

who needs a swimming pool?

new talent

father's day weekend recap.

brody was back to work this weekend laying carpet tiles.  he and kurt eventually got the shelving added to riley's closet too!  it is absolutely necessary to have your combine close by when 'orking hard' and pants are optional.

 riley is fearless at times.  he forgets that he can't walk yet and has a teeny tiny black eye and bruised elbows to show for his dare devil antics!

 i made the happiest cake i have ever seen for mike storm's birthday. 

 it was really dense though, so i guess i better whip out the butter and try some different white cake recipes before riley's birthday party.

 finally, we celebrated all the father's.  kurt got lots of his favorites all in one day...scones, homemade potato salad, grape salad and katy's cream cheese dip with teddy grahams.  the whole household took a nap too! 

who knew a lawn mower could be so fun?

happy father's day...just a day late!

saturday night

this is what happens when grammy tries to go to bed before dark...

the life of riley...

sunday afternoon, riley took full advantage of the perfect weather and just lounged in a chair for awhile.  he prefers for his feet to not touch the grass so he sat with his ankles crossed practically the whole time he was in the chair. 

 not to be left out, brody has a chair as well.  he doesn't sit and ponder the world around him near as long as riley, but i do think my chairs were hit and not a waste of $$ like a certain someone thought.  so there kurtie!

of course, shortly after this brody took off with aunt helen to do something.  i missed a great video opportunity as they both skipped, galloped and ran across the yard.

Steph and Billy's Wedding

 congratulations steph and billy.  hope you have a great time on your honeymoon!

another family picture ruined by my squinty eyes...



we have a crawler

copycat

This is what we woke up to yesterday morning.  He likes to copy what others do around him...like trying to jump in his crib!

summertime fun.

we are saving $$...

we won't change his diaper until it's bulging, and he waddles when he walks.

or maybe we forgot a swim diaper over the weekend?

titty twister!

crawling or bear walking?

Riley started crawling this weekend.  It takes some situating on his part to get that body all flopped around and ready to crawl, but he can do it.  We caught him pulling up to his crib rails as well.  I picked up a walker for him to use outside and he is quite pleased with himself when he gets to zipping around the driveway in it.  He doesn't really care for the shoes I make him wear though!

He still has not cut a single tooth.  It looks like they are right there and ready, but still no teeth.  He's probably going to get half of them all at once!  I am starting to transition him to table food regardless of the no tooth thing.  I get some pretty good faces out of him at times...he wasn't a fan of steamed carrots tonight.  For that matter, neither was Brody. 

Memorial Day Weekend - the recap

Busy weekend. 
We had a picnic at one lake and visited another lake, we had a wiener roast, took bike rides, played in the sandbox, played in the water and Brody took a dip in Merna and Papa Jerry's hot tub.  We lots of pictures to share, but these will have to do for today.

If only every weekend in the summer were a 3 day weekend...

Memorial Day Weekend

The weekend isn't over yet, but we have been having fun so far!

Allison R!

Thursday night, we had extra special company....Allison R! 

Allison, Allison and I all lived at 4-H House together 10 years ago.  Has it really been that long ago?  She gets down our way on occassion for work and it's always nice to catch up with her when she does.

Thanks for stopping Allison and come back soon!

some random i-phone goodness.

in the video, brody sings 'happy birthday to you' followed by him blowing out the candles and then he feeds riley some pretend birthday cake and says 'yummy, yummy!'

brittney's baby shower.

 (my sisters and yakey cousins)

we celebrated this morning, with the help of a lovevly spread of brunch type foods.  there are a lot of excited people, including grandma myrna kay, waiting to welcome baby into the world.  only 8 more weeks...