I just haven't been able to find time to do it lately!! So much going on, and with it being summer it just seems like we're always doing something during the time I would normally blog!
I don't even remember the last time I blogged! That's how bad it is!! Initially it was due to my travel schedule in April and May, but once I lost my normal time slot - I've just been struggling to get back to it! I do still walk around thinking I need to blog this or that, or just I need to blog PERIOD! What can you do?! I can't always be firing on all cylinders!!
Riley is quickly becoming more and more of a "toddler" than my little baby! :( Although he'll always be my little baby!! And my little man! And my Smoochie! He does still have his rubber band wrists and cheeks though! The cheeks just aren't as full as they used to be! And he's quickly having spouts of toddler defiance and frustration! Wowzer! Kelly and I have coined it bipolar toddler years!
He's going to school now at The Sloan School, which is a Christian school in Irving that we LOVE!! It's a long story about how we ended up there. It was always at the top of my list, but I thought he was too young to go there right now. Let's just say divine intervention was at play there, and I'm very thankful!! We ended up having 2 first weeks in daycare due to how BADLY the first place and week went! It was HORRIBLE!! It ended with Mom having a 3 hour crying session after dropping him off on Wednesday morning. Then Kelly admitted that place wasn't working for him either, so we never took Riley back.
Riley's favorite things are still basketball and dancing! And jabbering on and on! If we only knew what he was saying!! Sometimes I think he's letting me have it, but how would I know?! Oh yeah, and swimming and splash parks. My friend Darcy and I took him to an AWESOME one yesterday near her house after we went for a run with him. I'll have to upload some pictures from my phone later to share. Oh yeah and "siding" = Sliding at the playground. He can spot a 'side' from a mile AWAY!
We went on a camping trip (in a luxury cabin) for Memorial Day again. This is the same trip we went on last Labor Day too. Angie and I got to see one of my best high school friends in town fro Denver last Sunday - it's amazing. We all left Grand Saline as quickly as we could after graduation and went our separate ways. And now we all have little boys aged 3, 2 and 1! Funny how life works out that way sometimes! It was great to see Amanda! Now we're planning a girls' trip! It's a little difficult to really catch up when you're chasing wild toddlers around!
We also took a trip to see Kelly's family in Maryland back in April. Riley did so good on the plane, drive and in the hotel! It was a really good trip! It's so important to know your extended family and where you came from so I'm glad we're able to go back so Riley can spend time with them. He's still a little young to really get it, but it still matters! The highlight was probably one night at Kelly's parents house where Riley got into his 'zone' and performed all his repertoire of tricks for them! We were all laughing so hard our stomachs and cheeks hurt! And all I could think when I reflected back on that was this is the joy a child is supposed to bring into people's lives! And Riley does that on a daily basis!
I'm already feverishly planning birthday party #2 too! We're having it at Pump It Up and the theme is ......drum roll.....BASKETBALL! Imagine that!! My Mom is coming this weekend to help me figure out the final touches, so we should be all set soon! And Kelly's parents and Riley's Great Aunt Shireen are coming down from Maryland for his birthday too. So it should be a good time for all!!
Okay...I have to get some sleep now! More sooner rather than later hopefully! :)
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