Riley Elizabeth Bouch: November 2010

It is almost December and we are growing so fast. Not only is Riley growing fast but our family is too. We are expecting our second kiddo on June 1st!! We are all very excited. I don't think Riley knows what is going on, but she sure pretends to know! She is 2 and 8 months!! Full conversations, understands everything we say, and is a complete and total mommy's girl. She tells me all the time that I am her best friend, but will quickly take that privilege away when she gets mad or in trouble. She is a wonderful little girl and really does not like to be in trouble. She is very independent and constantly tells us, "I will do it myself." This includes getting undressed, dressed, potty, getting milk or juice, and doing stuff around the house. We can not ask if she needs help, it has to be her idea to ask for help.

She is fully potty trained. It took only a week - we went with the no pull-up method. (only for sleeping). She even hates to pee in the pull up and will occasionally wake up in the middle of the night to have us change it or to take her to the potty. So proud of her! She loves to inform me of her friends at school who have accidents. There were 3 of them that we all being potty trained at the same time, she has only had 1 accident at school, and she loves to let me know when the other kids have them.

We are still really lucky with her sleeping. She is still great about going to bed around 7:30/8:00 and sleeping on the weekends until 8ish. Then one of us will go get her from her bed, hit the potty, get undies on and climb into bed again. Joe and I will continue to sleep and she lays in between us and watches toons. A great little system!! Finally around 9ish we all get up and head down for breakfast. FNT is still in effect - we try for Saturdays and Sundays. Riley still naps for 2+ hours. The girl plays hard and sleeps hard.

She thinks she is trying out for American Idol and will sing her heart out all day long. She loves to lay in bed and sing until she falls asleep. For a while she was singing until 10pm! She would finally fall asleep mid song. Too funny!

Riley is very happy and honestly a really well behaved little girl. Occasionally a little sassy - but not a fan of getting into trouble, so one look from Joe or I and she will stop, or if we start to count to 3 she usually will stop after 1. We could not ask for a better little girl!! Here are some updated pictures of her: