10 months go by in a blink!

Here's my cutie pie Riley at 10mos!  Boy time flies!

Pretty Cute Snowman!

My sweet Max painted this masterpiece in his art class.  Love his pictures!

Deck the Halls

I love when we put up the tree.  Sort of.  Decorating always looks good on paper.  Reality is never all smiles and halos.  Until this year.  I had the perfect tree decorating experience, even if it only lasted 5 minutes.  The entire family was happy and participating in trimming the tree.  *BLISS*  We give the kids a new ornament every year.  This year, Riley got a teddy bear ornament which made me cry in the middle of Target.  He saw it and his little face lit up.  I was touched that he liked it, so my eyes welled up with tears.  Max picked out a big M, and Alexis chose pink birds!

The stockings were hung.

I made my littlest baby his stocking for his first Christmas just after Thanksgiving.  I wanted him to have something different, but it also needed to match his sibling's stockings.  I found the perfect blue and white chevron fabric that tied in to the theme of his nursery, and the colors of Max's and Alexis's stockings. 

Thanksgiving 2013

We had another lovely Thanksgiving day with Great Gran this year.  She met Riley for the first time, and the cousins all played so nicely together!  Lucy and Alexis were the craziest!  They had a wonderful time chasing each other and throwing themselves on the floor.  True Wackadoodles!

Black Beans...Yum!

After a morning of errands, we decided on an impromptu lunch out at Red Robin.  Since I wasn't prepared to eat out, we had to guess at something on the menu for Riley to eat.  By looking at his face, I'd say we struck gold.  The little fella devoured his black beans (and a few French fries, too!)

I'll Stand By You

Much to my surprise, we caught Riley pulling himself up to a stand at our toy piano.  As you can see by his sweet face, that boy is so proud of himself!  I am not ready for my littlest one to grow up yet!  Thankfully, soon after these pictures were taken, he decided to take a nap in my arms.