I know there's been a lot of radio silence over the past few months here. Having a very active 1 year old and being super busy at work has kind of made it so I haven't wanted to update this blog.
Riley is now almost 13 1/2 months old. She is quite the handful! She never stops! Her mind is going a mile a minute every minute she's awake (and probably while she's asleep too but I wouldn't know). She has 12 teeth and looks like she's getting another one. She is a very good eater, especially if she has meat. She's been introduced to animal crackers and pretzels and that's all she wants if they're around-not too thrilled about that. She loves the water and is so cute when she gets it in her face! We've been to the splash pad and the pool and she loves her baths. Even more than that she loves the sink! She's walking and climbing on everything. She gives high fives, kisses and hugs (when she deems necessary). She also tries to tickle or scratch. She loves her water bottle. She drinks out of a sippy cup really well but if you give her a water bottle she'll drink a TON more water. She's finally getting back to sleeping through the night and I LOVE IT!! She absolutely LOVES the movie and music Frozen. It's the one thing I know for a fact will calm her down if she's upset and will make her sit still for at least a minute. It's almost a daily thing around our house. She'll dance and just get so excited when it's on!
I think I'm going to wean her this weekend (we're going to do it cold turkey because she won't really drink milk or anything if there's the option for breast milk). I have mixed feelings about it. I'm going to miss the sweet quiet moments and the fact that I can nurse her to sleep. But I am looking forward to not having to plan our dates and nights around her bedtime and she can just get put to bed by someone else if we want to go on a date. We'll see how it goes.
We bought a house! It's a beautiful brand new home with incredible views. No neighbors yet which we're loving. It's 3 bedroom 2 bath, 2 car garage. We'll have to save up to do the back yard and that will be a lot of work, but we're loving it! It's so nice having space for Riley and a space we can do what we want with it! I'm looking forward to having all of our stuff unpacked and organized.
