Some photos . . .

Hanging out (or napping) with Auntie Sunnie and Uncle Sam

Hanging out (napping again) with Uncle Matt

At the luncheon after Riley's blessing

Showing off Riley's tux tails

Cutie Riley in his white blessing tux that we borrowed from Vicki. It fit him perfectly!

Chatting with his cousin Anya. She is so cute!

Sitting up like a big boy in the Bumbo!

Hanging out with Daddy!

On the plane with Daddy. Riley was wonderful, made hardly a peep. What a relief!

New Happenings . . .

For some reason I haven't been feeling really motivated to post, sorry! We have been doing stuff and Riley is getting bigger every day, so I thought I would take a moment to tell you a bit about what we have been up to.

Riley's baby blessing was wonderful. It was fun to fly instead of drive into town! Riley was great on the plane and hardly made a noise. What a relief! We were able to catch up with a bunch of our friends and show off our cutie baby. The actual blessing was so sweet! Gary did a terrific job even though I know he was a bit nervous. Good job sweetheart! And thanks to all those friends and family who participated. The pot luck afterwards was nice too, we just wish we had more time to visit with everyone. Luckily we will be coming back for Thanksgiving and Christmas, so it gives us more of a chance to chat with everyone.

Last weekend we went to a Baby Swap meet. It was awesome! Thanks to Kaci Bronson for telling us about it. We picked up an Exersaucer, a mini swing, a couple of outfits, a little Fisher-Price singing tool bag, a ball with shapes cut out, and one of those toys that you lay the baby on the floor and they kick at it and it sings and lights up. All this for less than $75! What a steal! The next one is in April and we can't wait!

I attended the first meeting of our new Book Club! Our first book is Hunger Games and our next meeting is November 10th. It is going to be great!

I will try to post some pictures this weekend, so check back again soon!

3 Months. . .

Riley is 3 months old today. It is funny to think that he has only been with us for such a short time. It feels like he has always been in our lives.

Love you Riley-guy!

Baby Blessing . . .

For anyone who hasn't yet heard here are the final plans for our trip into town this weekend and for Riley's baby blessing on Sunday.

We are flying into town on Friday. Riley's baby blessing is scheduled for Sunday, September 27th. The meeting starts at 12:50 and is at Gary's parents' ward. The address is 3650 W. Dimrall (about 5600 South). After the meeting we are having a potluck get together at the Stake Rec Property, which is located at 4040 West 5215 South. If anyone plans on coming to the potluck please bring either a dessert or salad (enough to serve 12). Our flight back to San Diego leaves on Monday morning at 10:00 am.

We love you all and are looking forward to seeing you!

Night on the Town . . .

The person who enjoyed a night on the town in this post was me! It was the first time Riley was left with a non-relative baby sitter, Woohoo! Gary went on an overnight camp out with the Young Men, and some friends of mine invited me out for a "Girls Night" movie. I called our Relief Society President, Delma, to see if she could come over and hang out with the munchkin for a few hours. She was more than happy to help out. She has been asking if she could baby sit since he was born. She is one of those people that can't get enough of newborns and babies! My friends and I went to see Julie & Julia, which was a really sweet movie. Riley was pretty good for Delma, but she said that he seemed to be a bit concerned at times that he had been left with a stranger, and she said that she will have to watch him a lot more so that he gets more familiar with her. I think we will be able to work that out!

Well, I survived being without him and the best part was that I didn't feel like I needed to call and check in while I was out. Probably because I knew I had left him in very capable hands! I would say it was a very successful First Night Out.

More Baby Pics . . .

Here are some pics of Gary and Riley enjoying a book and some bonding time together. It is fun to see Riley concentrate on the different pictures. He gets really quiet and just looks and looks . . . I love it!

Here are some pictures of Jack and Riley playing with Jack's rooster squeaky toy. Jack is learning to like Riley more and more. He always runs to him when Riley starts to cry and whenever we come home Jack check on Riley in his car seat and sometimes gives him some little kisses. It is so sweet!

Here are some more pictures of Riley. In these ones you can see his cute little Michelin-Man rolls. He has discovered the joys of sucking on his little fists so his hands are often in his mouth and he makes little sucking sounds.

Some cute pics of my boys sleeping. I love these little striped footie jammies!

Happy 30th Gary . . .

So Gary turned the big 3-0 on the 15th!! We had a little get together with some friends, had a yummy barbeque, and played Guitar Hero World Tour. He got GH for his birthday and it was fun to have enough people to play all the parts. I created a cute little cake made entirely of homemade oreos (these are sinfully delicious and entirely too easy to make, I have posted the recipe below . . . make sure you ramp up your workout routine after you make your first back because you will be hooked!!). Here are a few pictures, unfortunately the red eye was turned off on the camera, but you can still see that everyone was having a blast!

Happy Birthday sweetheart! I hope that your birthday wishes all come true!

Homemade Oreos

Ingredients:

1 cake mix of any flavor (for Oreo-type cookies, Devil's Food is best)

2 eggs

1/2 c. oil

frosting

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees

Mix cake mix, eggs, and oil

drop onto cookie sheet and cook in pre-heated oven for 8-10 minutes

let cookies cool for 10 minutes

take two cookies, load some frosting onto one cookie and place the other cookie on top, making a sandwich

try NOT to eat all of them yourself!!