Wow! I am sorry it has been so long, but we have really busy with every little turn Riley makes. Ok so I think my last blog was in February and a lot has happened since then. Riley has been one busy little bee. I will stark with our trip to the Westgate mall which has a great little water feature for kids to play in. This was Riley's first adventure with water shooting out of the ground. Most of the time he only sees it in the tub. None the less he loved it. He played with the other kids and fast walked through the water. It should be fun the next time we take his because he will know what to expect. We also took Riley to the park to fly his kite and he loved it. He wanted to hold the handle and run after the the kite. We think he thought it was a real bird since that was the shape of it, but either way he had a great time. He picked the grass and it was a fun afternoon at the park. It is really nice to have a park right across the street. We are over there a lot. Riley love the outside.
Recently he has taken up racking. Now the pictures you see are not of our backyard since we have not had to time to finish that, but it is Papa and Nani's backyard and they garden every weekend and so Riley has now joined in. Nani was not getting much done because Riley wanted the rake, so she bought him his own but he insisted on having the larger rake. He is not independent at all.
For my spring break my mom and I decided to go to NY to visit cousins and my aunt who was not able to make it to Tucson this year due to kimo. We took Riley and despite his 104 temp and cutting six teeth he had a great time. It was his first time in NY and he enjoyed all his cousins, especially Lucinda and baby Carter. We thought since he was such a good boy the whole week we would take him to FAO Swartz in the city so he could play with all the great toys. What an experience. He loved the piano and all the toys they had out for display. We spent two hours in there and then he fell asleep. It was a great trip.
This past weekend we were down in Tucson and we had another mile stone. Riley got his first real hair cut. We took him to a barber shop and he was such a big boy. He had so much hair that he got antsy towards the end, but he has a cute little boy hair cut and he looks so much older. My little boy is growing up too fast.
It was a great first year and he is only 13 months and already so many experiences. We look forward to more wonderful times with him. This weekend is the big Easter Egg Hunt at the Zoo so we are headed to that with 500 other kids. UUUGGGGG!!!!! I hope it is not too hectic. I will try to write more often. Sorry this was a novel, but that isn't even the half of it. I didn't even mention how Riley got bit in the face at daycare. That is a whole other blog. Now the picts.
