k, I'm doing this!

I'm determined to keep this blog up to date (like a twice-a-month thing at least). Tyler started a sports blog and posts more than I do (http://grayarea.sportsblognet.com/)... I'm going to have to set a reminder on my phone. Everything is about the same as when I posted back in February but Riley has changed so much! It's not noticeable when you see her everyday but I'm comparing her to the photos from my last post and can't believe how much she's grown! She'll be 21 months on August 8th! Her hair still hasn't darkened up like everyone keeps telling me it will :( But I've decided she has gorgeous light brown hair anyway.


It's goal month for me. I want to start up all those things that I did for like a day and then gave up. Like the 'new recipe once a week' thing, painting, and exercising (okay that last one is probably not going to happen... let's be honest). I also got on this sewing kick for a while. I made Riley this Easter dress and LOVED it so I want to start that back up. Also in search of some new music. I've recently been through my ipod and it's pretty sad. It's full of some weird stuff I picked up off of mytunes redux in the BYU library, and other various terrible albums that have found their way into my recycling bin. My ipod needs a revamp! I've just discovered Florence and the Machine and Pheonix so if you have any other suggestions for me let me know!

It Goes So Fast

I finally loaded the pictures from our camera to our computer. We still had pictures from when Riley was 6 months old! I didn't notice it because I see her everyday but she has changed SO MUCH! There's a video we have of Riley when she was about 2 months old and it almost made Tyler and I cry because she's grown up so fast. Compared to the videos we have of her now... I just want to time to stop! Not only does it make me feel old but super nostalgic and the nostalgia leads to weepiness. I never considered myself over emotional but ever since I had Riley, I am a weeper. I was 4 months pregnant and cried my eyes out during Finding Nemo.

Riley just turned 15 months old on Monday! She's such a little girl in every way and the 'cutest thing alive' according to Tyler. She steals my make up and brushes and walks around the house pretending to put on make up. She HATES messes. For her first birthday I made cupcakes and I stripped her down expecting her to dive in. She just looked at me. I put frosting on her face and hands for tradition's sake and she looked at her hands and then at me like, 'why in the world would you do that to me?'. After eating she always reaches for a napkin to wipe off her mouth. She still eats and sleeps like a crazy person (like daddy, like daughter). I think she has a hollow leg or something. That girl can EAT! She could spend hours in her room just looking at books. She loves to put away her toys as much as she does to play with them. Tyler and I have a hard time keeping up with her because she's freakily smart. She managed to get out of her bouncer the other day! A feat we still cannot quite figure out. She's just a little thinker and we are so blessed.

At Long Last

This blog has been 2 weeks in the making. It's so hard to pick background colors, font styles, witty blog titles (thus my generic one), personalized headers, etc. I've finally decided to just start posting and edit as I go.

Those of you who are parents know what I'm talking about when I say there are just too many darling pictures of your kids to display in one household, keep in your wallet, or to e-mail to all your friends and family so this whole blog thing is the perfect solution. I feel so old and out-of-date because it's taken me so long but I promise to post often and include pictures of our family and, of course, our beautiful baby girl.