We are doing MUCH better. We are finishing up the antibiotics and the neb treatments and Riley has made a wonderful recovery. Thanks for all the love!! We had a wonderful LONG weekend together and we spent some great time perfecting our crawling and standing. I picked her up early on Wednesday and we cam home to enjoy a nap together. Then Thursday we headed over to Joe's parents house for Thanksgiving. We had a great time and everyone loved on Riley all day long.
On Friday we headed out for a little Black Friday shopping. It was actually not as bad as we thought it would be and we got a lot done. We are almost done with all the shopping for the holidays!!
Saturday was spent by running more errands and then on Saturday night Joe and I went out for Matt's surprise birthday dinner. Aunt Kerry and Uncle Brian were in charge and Riley learned to pull herself to the standing position on their clock!! She spent all day today practicing that and her crawling. Joe and I will never relax again!!
We made a little play pen out of tables, bins and car-seats and she enjoyed herself with all her toys while we enjoyed watching her. We also had another big outing....to see SANTA!! Riley loved him!! She sat on his lap and just stared at him....then broke out into her usual huge smile!! She kept looking at Joe and I to smile at us, then would look right back at him. It was really cute!!
A few of her new tricks are:
* Crawling....EVERYWHERE!!
* Pulling herself from laying down the sitting
* Pulling herself up to a standing position
* Saying RaRaRaRa, GaGaGa, DDDDDD (not dada, just the D)
* Making a blow fish face. She blows her cheeks out, curls her bottom lip down and sticks her tongue out.....so stinkin' cute!!
* Feeds herself. Riley loves to eat her Gerber finger foods, but she also enjoys using a spoon to "feed herself". Although we are smart enough to not put food on the spoon. While feeding her, Riley enjoys having her own spoon to "feed herself" in between real bites from us.
* We are now slowly starting her on stage 3 foods.
* We are in 9 month clothes....and those are slowly getting small. When standing upright she comes to Joe's mid thigh!! We have a tall one on our hands!!
* She also got her first pair of REAL shoes. We are in size 3, wides!!
* Riley also loves to climb all over us. She likes to lay on our bed and crawls over me and over Joe. She thinks it is hilarious to try to get to the edge of the bed....she is dangerous already.
We are also teaching her the word "no". She doesn't quite know what it means, but she is learning that it is not good and that she should not do it. However, she will try a few times and then finally moves on. We find ourselves using "NO" most with Busters food and water bowls. Riley knows that she is not allowed near it, but thinks it is a fun game to try to get over there. Buster could careless if she goes over there, even while he is eating. But she thinks it is great fun!!
She is also in love with the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show. Specifically the Hot Dog song!! She will become mesmerized with it!! It is wonderful for during her nebulizer treatments!!
Ok, enjoy the pics and video. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
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