Riley has become quite the talker these days. his vocabulary has exploded and we can actually carry on conversations with him. I was amazed at the information he could recall from our busy day.
Earlier in the day, we were able to have a play date with some friends from school and their little ones; Annibelle, John, Katie and Laura. While I was rocking Riley that night to get him calmed down, I asked him about his day.
Me: Riley, who did you play with today?
R: John, Katie...
Me: Who else?
R: (silent)
Me: What about Annibelle and Laura?
R: Annibelle...Laura
Me: What did you do today? What did you ride on?
R: A choo choo train, ride in the tunnel...airplane
Me: Did you ride in a boat and in a little car?
R: (he said something silly that I knew he hadn't been on)
I think I am going to try to talk to him more about his day when I am getting ready to put him to bed at night. It really seemed to get his brain going. I was very impressed that he was able to remember what we did during the day. Of course, in the end, our conversation got silly, but my child is silly, soo...
Today, Riley and I ran some errands and because I was tired of the same old Target store, we went to the one on Wendover. It is close to Party City and Michael's, two stores that Riley is familiar with, but not the exact stores he is used to seeing since we were on the other side of town. Now I know my 2 year old can't read and I would never expect any toddler to be able to read, but he correctly identified the shape of the Party City store sign and the Michael's store sign so I think that's pretty good for his age.
It's also been fun to see what kinds of things interest him. At the beach, he wouldn't stop talking about the Skywheel, "upside building" (Wonderworks), fireworks, and thunderstorms. At home he is super interested in any kind of machines, the song "Wheels on the Bus", Curious George, Bob the Builder, playing with his 8,000 Hot Wheels cars, seeing friends and grandparents, and watching Ice Age. He counts to nine regularly without any help and knows the letters X, W, S, K, M, L, and A.
We have also been trying to find foods that Riley likes to eat since he is pretty picky. he will eat apple slices, any kind of berry, chicken, fries, drinkable yogurt, raisins, bread and cereal. He will drink milk for us now, which he totally refused for a while and LOVES juice.
Riley would like to type to end the blog entry:
7yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyhdhbhxb .,
Hope everyone is have a great summer,
Sarah, Riley and Josh
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Riley through the months and years...
Thought this would be kind of cool...
Month 10
Month 11
Month 17
Month 18
Month 20
Month 22
Just born...
Month 1
Month 2
Month 3
Month 4
Month 5
Month 6
Month 7
Month 8
Month 9
Month 10
Month 11
1 year old!!
Month 13
Month 14
Month 15
Month 16
Month 13
Month 14
Month 15
Month 16
Month 17
Month 18
Month 19
Month 20
Month 21
Month 22
Month 23
Just a few more weeks until I am two!! :)
Thursday, March 15, 2012
23 months
Here we are at 23 months (and one day). It's hard to believe my baby is almost 2. I had the chance to go see my teacher friend and her newborn baby at the same hospital Riley was born in yesterday and a flood of feelings and memories came back to me. Remembering how bad back labor is, how no one leaves you alone, numb legs from the epidural, the rush of those last few moments of labor and seeing and feeling Riley for the first time. I remember how warm he was and how he had the tiniest little cry. How his little lip quivered and the perfect way to rock a tiny baby right to sleep. As I held my friend's newborn boy I couldn't help to give him tiny kisses on his sweet little head. I am so glad I got the opportunity to share in her family's joy of bringing a new baby into their lives. (Thank you SO much Kristi)
Anyways, Riley has become quite the talker. He can speak in 3 and 4 word sentences such as "That's a big truck." or "I see a carwash." or " I see a birdie"
He knows how to ask to read a book, go to the science center, watch Elmo, have juice or milk, or ask for his Lovie.
He asks the cats to "come here", will tell you NO!, and wants bubbles in his bath.
He loves "the booz" (JT, our cat, who we sometimes call JT Booz...don't ask), I'd love to know what he thinks about us and our names for animals because when he goes over to my parent's house they have Boots the cat, who Riley calls "Bootsie". He calls Steve "teve" still and says "Ros-toe" for Roscoe.
He is working on the word ambulance...which he calls amadances. He thinks anyone who is on a bike is "daddy".
He is able to "sing" parts of The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Elmo's Song, If you're happy and you know it, and a few other songs.
He can count to 10, but is only able to count groups of objects of two or three things correctly. After that, he just re-counts the objects. But, hey, he's not even two yet :)
We've got a birthday party coming up so I can't wait to post pics and blog about Mr. Riley turning two!
Anyways, Riley has become quite the talker. He can speak in 3 and 4 word sentences such as "That's a big truck." or "I see a carwash." or " I see a birdie"
He knows how to ask to read a book, go to the science center, watch Elmo, have juice or milk, or ask for his Lovie.
He asks the cats to "come here", will tell you NO!, and wants bubbles in his bath.
He loves "the booz" (JT, our cat, who we sometimes call JT Booz...don't ask), I'd love to know what he thinks about us and our names for animals because when he goes over to my parent's house they have Boots the cat, who Riley calls "Bootsie". He calls Steve "teve" still and says "Ros-toe" for Roscoe.
He is working on the word ambulance...which he calls amadances. He thinks anyone who is on a bike is "daddy".
He is able to "sing" parts of The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Elmo's Song, If you're happy and you know it, and a few other songs.
He can count to 10, but is only able to count groups of objects of two or three things correctly. After that, he just re-counts the objects. But, hey, he's not even two yet :)
We've got a birthday party coming up so I can't wait to post pics and blog about Mr. Riley turning two!
Saturday, January 21, 2012
picture blog
He won't be able to fit in these forever.
Monster hat!
Roscoe decided to join in.
Coloring with a pencil.
Riley's new AquaDoodle.
Fire truck jammies. His favorite.
This is a great way to watch Elmo's world!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Little Riley Things
Mr. Riley is a mess these days and I would hate to forget all of the little things he has done lately.
For instance, Riley LOVES M&Ms. One day, he found one near his toy containers in the den. He peeked over at it several times, laughing each time. Josh said Riley was saying, "Oooh an M&M in it's natural environment!"
I don't ever want to forget how Riley says different words either. Here are some of the words and phrases Riley can say:
Milk = mik (I think it's so cute the way he says that)
Marbles = marmuls
Steve = teeeeve
Swings = wing
Lovies = wuwies
Ohh was dat? (oh what's that?)
big truck = beeee tuck
He sings "Old Mac Donald" by saying "duck, duck E-I-O"
He will walk around the house saying, "no, no, no, no" in a sing-song voice.
He likes the theme music to different shows such as The Office, CSI Miami, Hawaii Five-O, Always Sunny in Philadelphia,
He was asking "why?" at my parent's house the other day...I'm not ready for the why? why? why? of the 2 and 3 year old yet LOL
He picked up the word "sorry" over Christmas break!
He can count to 2 :)
He also says juice, door (of course), garage door, back door, bus, Eli, nana, daddy, mommy, ride, Lost (Josh's favorite show, they watch it together), bubbles, slide, flag, and is working on saying his name.
He is into throwing remotes (a big no, no), still bites out of excitement and laughs at his grandpa whenever he sees him. He loves to run, swing and slide. He loves animals, trucks and cars. He loves taking bubble baths as of lately as well. A few weeks ago he learned that he could "swim" on his tummy in the bathtub, so that's usually how he wants to be when he is in the tub. He is snuggly at times, but other times wants to move around non-stop. I should have known he would be like that as much as he moved around inside of me!
More to come later :) Hope everyone is having a great new year.
For instance, Riley LOVES M&Ms. One day, he found one near his toy containers in the den. He peeked over at it several times, laughing each time. Josh said Riley was saying, "Oooh an M&M in it's natural environment!"
I don't ever want to forget how Riley says different words either. Here are some of the words and phrases Riley can say:
Milk = mik (I think it's so cute the way he says that)
Marbles = marmuls
Steve = teeeeve
Swings = wing
Lovies = wuwies
Ohh was dat? (oh what's that?)
big truck = beeee tuck
He sings "Old Mac Donald" by saying "duck, duck E-I-O"
He will walk around the house saying, "no, no, no, no" in a sing-song voice.
He likes the theme music to different shows such as The Office, CSI Miami, Hawaii Five-O, Always Sunny in Philadelphia,
He was asking "why?" at my parent's house the other day...I'm not ready for the why? why? why? of the 2 and 3 year old yet LOL
He picked up the word "sorry" over Christmas break!
He can count to 2 :)
He also says juice, door (of course), garage door, back door, bus, Eli, nana, daddy, mommy, ride, Lost (Josh's favorite show, they watch it together), bubbles, slide, flag, and is working on saying his name.
He is into throwing remotes (a big no, no), still bites out of excitement and laughs at his grandpa whenever he sees him. He loves to run, swing and slide. He loves animals, trucks and cars. He loves taking bubble baths as of lately as well. A few weeks ago he learned that he could "swim" on his tummy in the bathtub, so that's usually how he wants to be when he is in the tub. He is snuggly at times, but other times wants to move around non-stop. I should have known he would be like that as much as he moved around inside of me!
More to come later :) Hope everyone is having a great new year.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Mr. Talker Man!
Time is flying by! I can't believe Riley is almost 19 months old. He is really working hard on forming words. Here are some of the words he can say:
wa-wa (water)
door
flag
Teeve (Steve the cat)
Ju (juice)
dada
daddy
mama
mommy
dog
moon
I felt so bad for him one day when he pinched his thumb in our closet door. (Note that he loves the word door, so he has to play with any door he can) Anyways, after he pinched it he immediately started crying and repeatedly saying "door, door, door door" It was like he knew the door had done something to him but he just didn't know the words to tell me what happened.
He also has an unknown word. "ba-bwee". We aren't quite sure what he is trying to say with that one. Hopefully we will find out. I've noticed this week that he "talks" to anyone non-stop in his own little gibberish language. It's positively adorable. He has also found out how fun it is to roll cars on the floor, play with stuffed animals and throw toys!
My picky eater has disappeared too. He eats everything! Especially chicken nuggets and fruit. (Blueberries, dried cherries, mandarin oranges, apples and grapes are the fave) There are times when he has eaten dinner and we will come home only for him to go straight to the refrigerator and pulls out a yogurt cup. He still enjoys raisins and pancakes. I think he is going to end up like me and just eat and eat and burn off the calories quickly. As of now he is in the 50th percentile for weight and 98th for height. My baby is getting so big!
wa-wa (water)
door
flag
Teeve (Steve the cat)
Ju (juice)
dada
daddy
mama
mommy
dog
moon
I felt so bad for him one day when he pinched his thumb in our closet door. (Note that he loves the word door, so he has to play with any door he can) Anyways, after he pinched it he immediately started crying and repeatedly saying "door, door, door door" It was like he knew the door had done something to him but he just didn't know the words to tell me what happened.
He also has an unknown word. "ba-bwee". We aren't quite sure what he is trying to say with that one. Hopefully we will find out. I've noticed this week that he "talks" to anyone non-stop in his own little gibberish language. It's positively adorable. He has also found out how fun it is to roll cars on the floor, play with stuffed animals and throw toys!
My picky eater has disappeared too. He eats everything! Especially chicken nuggets and fruit. (Blueberries, dried cherries, mandarin oranges, apples and grapes are the fave) There are times when he has eaten dinner and we will come home only for him to go straight to the refrigerator and pulls out a yogurt cup. He still enjoys raisins and pancakes. I think he is going to end up like me and just eat and eat and burn off the calories quickly. As of now he is in the 50th percentile for weight and 98th for height. My baby is getting so big!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
School's in...and other stuff
RCS kids went back to school a few weeks ago meaning I am back to work and no longer a stay at home mom. I am so excited to be teaching again at one of the best kept secrets in Rockingham County.
Under no circumstances do I post pictures of my students on Facebook or on my blog, so you won't find anything like that here. :)
So what else?? Riley is busy playing at Nana's house (Josh's mom) or Grandma's house (my mom) getting into everything and having a blast I'm sure. He probably doesn't even think about me, but I think about him and wonder what he is up to when I'm at work.
Riley was baptised at my parent's church on August 13th. Here is a pic of him in his cute little outfit I ordered online and prayed hard that it would fit him. (It did) He did very well through the baptism and let the minister carry him around the church for everyone to see him.
Grandpa has been coming over in the evenings again to hang out with Riley so I can get some work done. Here they are playing with Riley's zoom racer!
Here are a few pics of my room:
So what else?? Riley is busy playing at Nana's house (Josh's mom) or Grandma's house (my mom) getting into everything and having a blast I'm sure. He probably doesn't even think about me, but I think about him and wonder what he is up to when I'm at work.
Riley was baptised at my parent's church on August 13th. Here is a pic of him in his cute little outfit I ordered online and prayed hard that it would fit him. (It did) He did very well through the baptism and let the minister carry him around the church for everyone to see him.
Grandpa has been coming over in the evenings again to hang out with Riley so I can get some work done. Here they are playing with Riley's zoom racer!
Hurricane Irene came and went, with some humidity to spare for a warm afternoon at the pool. I wasn't really in the mood for a swim, but Josh and Riley had a blast in the pool at our exclusive Cates family hurricane party!
Something else new we tried - Sunday Evening in the Park! The music was great and Riley had a blast running around everywhere. We finally managed to get him to sit down for about 5 seconds before he was off again. Josh, myself and Josh's mom took turns running after him for the other hour and a half that we were there!
Here is a picture of Riley at our neighbor's birthday party at The Little Gym. He's already a pro at walking across the balance beam thanks to his nana and Miss Carolyn at Tumblebees this summer! Being a Tumblebees girl myself, it was neat to see another gym. I even snuck in a cartwheel, handstand and a backhandspring. We are so thankful that Greyson and his mommy invited us to his party.
Fall is upon us so we will see what new adventures we will get into.
Love,
Sarah, Josh and Riley
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