Riley & Chocolate Ice Cream

Despite my disapproval, Tim decided to give Riley some chocolate ice cream. She was much more excited about it than the peas she had early in the evening. I think the damage was worse because most of the ice cream just dripped right back out of her mouth onto the chair, her clothes and the couch. You can click on the picture for a larger view. And I don't think the bouncy seat on the couch is exactly the way it is supposed to be used.

Busy Weekend

We had a workday at the church on Saturday. Tim let Riley ride on Gran's tractor in his lap while he move parking bumpers. He put the seat belt around her so she wouldn't fall out and she fell asleep. Pat Hughes noticed her little head was nodding and rescued her. She seemed to enjoy riding on the tractor. Saturday afternoon David and Paula came over to the shop and helped me get Riley's swing set off the trailer and setup. We still have to get it squared up and anchored down but I tested the slide and it works.

6 Month Checkup

Riley went for her 6 month check up this week. She weighs 14.0 pounds and is 25.5 inches long. This puts her in the 60th percentile for her height and 15th percentile for weight. I thought she might have gained more weight since we have started solid foods but she is still gaining at about the same rate she always has. She is now eating squash, sweet potatoes, bananas and avocados along with her rice cereal and she seems to like all of them.

Visiting Family

Last weekend Riley and I made a quick trip to Illinois to visit my family. We spent a little time at my grandparents too. It always seems like there is never enough time to see everyone. I always have big plans of going to visit different people while I'm there and I just seem to run out of time. I snapped some pics of Riley while I was there. The ones from my phone didn't turn out as well.

Pictures from Ike

We took these pictures of Riley on the Sunday morning when Ike moved through. We had the windows blinds open to watch the wind and trees and Riley really enjoyed looking out. The last picture is of some corn that was blown down. It is hard to see in the picture but normally you would see a lot of tassels sticking up but there are only a few here and there still sticking up.

random pictures

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Oldie but Goodie

I've posted this picture before, but sometimes you just need a laugh. This is one of my favorites. Riley makes some of the funniest faces sometimes.