One is fun pictures

Water Park and Flying a kite

One is Fun

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.

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.