Yeah Pasta!

Spaghetti anyone?  We are diving into new foods and pasta is number one on the list.  Riley loves his pasta.  He was so cute when we gave him this saying his MMMMMMs and AHHHHHHs and then shoveling more in his mouth. He couldn't get it in fast enough.  He even slurped a noodle or two and Mark and I would laugh because he is growing so fast.   It was a great moment and I will never forget it. 

 

Riley is 1

This past Friday Riley turned the big 1.  We had his party on Saturday at the Zoo in Tucson and it was a blast.  Riley was so great through the whole thing and loved the animals. He was able to eat his first cupcake and he finished the whole thing.  He loves sweats.  

Thanks to his Uncle Jed he was allowed to touch a hedge hog, a giant lizard thing and a chicken.  He loved the lizard and grabbed it's tail and wouldn't let go.  Uncle Jed took all his little friends (15 kids under 10) on a behind the scenes tour and we touched a Rhino, saw "Kobe the giant polar bear", "Cadabu the male lion" (eating his bone), and fed the Giraffes.  What a great day and there were so many people to celebrate this wonderful year with us.  Riley's Grandma and Grandpa Schleicher flew from NC and his Nanni and Papa Dodds were there with 50 others that joined us at the zoo.  

Riding with Daddy!

Mark and I really wanted something for riley to ride in when we got biking.  We both love to ride bikes and are going to try and ride in a bike-a-thon in october.  We are very excited and now that we have the bike carrier Riley is enjoying the wind and biking as well.  We can't wait for better weather so we can bike to the park and let riley play on the swings.  Stay posted for those pics.

1st Time Finger Painting

Riley was not having a great day so we thought we would cheer him up with some finger painting.  Little did we know he was going to paint everything else except what we wanted him to do.  We thought we had a controled enviroment when we baby gated him in our bathroom on the tile so if he got too messy we could pop him right in the tub.  Well he didn't get that messy but the floor was very multicolored.  Needless to say the paper we taped to the floor didn't get as much color as Riley and the floor, but he is still learning and he had a great time.