The Life of Riley: Week 16 in The Life of Riley

Hmm, so this week was a low key week for us. I think I knew it was my last full normal week at home with Riley so I wanted to relish every moment, smile, giggle, etc! This coming week we have his 4 month checkup, then Thanksgiving so I won't be able to just stay in my pj's all day and hang out with Riley! Oops...did I just admit that publicly?! Yes! There are still days when I stay in my pj's and we just hang out ALL day! And I LOVE them! Kelly gets home from work, and we're like Hey! We've been having fun all day! No time to bother with getting dressed! Haven't I said this before - I STILL don't know how I'm going to go to work!!

One of our big treats this week was having my friend Doug come over to take some at home photos of Riley! He's taken up photography as a hobby, so he wanted to do it as practice and of course - I can never have enough pics of my boy! I swear my picture folder on my pc is 15GB! I keep saying I need to back them up to an external hard drive because I will FREAK if I lose all my pics!!

Anyway, I couldn't be more happy with the shots Doug captured! OMG! It was a Mother's dream! I feel like he totally captured the Riley I spend every day with! Those cheeks and that drool and those funny looks! I know...things only a mother could love! But that's the thing you miss with studio portraits - it's hard to capture the essence of who Riley really is in that setting. But at home, Doug could take pictures during his nap then when he woke up again so we got an entire feed, wake, sleep cycle of a day in the life of Riley! It was AWESOME! I just keep looking at them over and over again! Here's a couple of my favorites!

Riley & Dad talking and laughing like they do every day!

OMG! Those CHEEKS!! See why I can't stop kissing them?!

And how do you know you're a 1st child?? When your Mom has pictures of you getting your picture made! I couldn't resist!

Doug taking Riley's picture

Kelly's 35th birthday was Thursday, so Riley and I did take a trip to Central Market to get a birthday cake and nice dinner for his birthday. Then GiGi came Saturday and babysat so we could go out with friends and celebrate Kelly's birthday. And I only text messaged home ONCE!! It was a record!! Mainly because my Mom said he was already asleep, so there was no need for me to text again! We had a great time out with friends, but let's just say we both felt 35 the next day! We're WAY out of practice!!