Sunday, August 28, 2011

"Cool dude"

The self proclaimed 'cool dude' ;)


Saturday, August 27, 2011

Sea world

The day started with a lot of commotion, some breakfast, and lots of energized adorable kiddos.
























































Almost 10 hours later, the day ended like this....






Thursday, August 25, 2011

Swinging in San Diego!

Our first day in SD and the kids are loving the community park. Already gone three time in 24 hours :) Check them out on the swings!!

Who's having fun in SD?

I don't think there was ever a happier more content person than me.

My family is my light, my joy, my life...






Sunday, August 21, 2011

Countin' thier monies

Here are all my boys 'coutin' their monies'!

[too bad their monies are easily counted with just a change sorting machine ;)]

As my mom was moving this weekend, she uncovered this little change sorting machine that I LOVED when I was little. There was something about watching the way the weight of the coins turned each dial in the right direction to lead the coin into the correct column that could mesmerize me.

Apparently the apple doesn't fall far!

Friday, August 19, 2011

Bouncing Gavin!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Gavin and Odette

My great aunt Odette is in town from France and Gavin is soaking up all the French.
Here he is watching Odette sing one of my family's favorites...





Sunday, August 14, 2011

Lazy Sunday

For the boys at least.....

What you can't see here is that J was passed out next to him.

Also, they were both awake when I left the room to go get Gavin who had just woken up from his morning nap....only to come back to this :)

Although there are countless women out there saying, 'tell me about it', it still never ceases to amaze me how there really is no rest for mommy.

But if was sleeping, I would have missed this adorable picture.


Thursday, August 4, 2011

6 months!! And bigger IS better....

Gavin is officially 6 mos old.   Oh, oh my...where has the time gone.  If I thought it went fast with Ayden....we are on hyper-speed with Gavin.  Perhaps because he is the definition of 'dream baby', life is just flying by with giggles and smiles.

Gavin had his wellness apt last week and (drum roll please) his stats are:

50% Weight
75% Height
97% Head Circumference (the dr as she was reading them off to me said "...and of course, 97% head". She clearly expects the Riley kids to have huge noggins =)

On that note...though we were already convinced of this....check out this article (thanks Susan!) that states there is evidence that a large head (prior to age one) IS IN FACT an indicator of intelligence later in life. [Take that uncle michael!]

http://www.facebook.com/l/JAQD3nS3GAQDN6bWPqnIfMYgbBz3W9r5YM7iRC_PVWspTqw/www.aboutintelligence.co.uk/effects-of-infant-growth-on-intelligence.html

Here is Gavin's new trick.....sitting up!





I've also attached some vidoes of Ayden when he was 6mos.  I don't even remember him at this age!!