Back Blog 123...?

During my first year with Eli, I worked full time and didn't get a chance to blog a lot.  Know I have some free time and so I back-blogged a bit today.  See below for some of them.

Eli and His Adoring Fans!
Thumb Sucker
Hats Off to Eli!
Cabbage-Patch Face
Family Photo
First Word
Daddy's Helper
Lil Punk

Lil Lantern 2

Riley wanted a turn with the Green Lantern Mask and since Eli had his fun as seen in the post Lil Lantern.  Alex, his cousin, wanted a turn too.  He also tried on Eli's costume of Superman.  It is too small and I asked Eli what we should do about it.  He said, "I know, we could give it to Alex."  I am so glad Eli came to that decision on his own! Alex was glad too.  He doesn't know who Superman is yet, but I am sure he will have a great time finding out.

What a Little Artist!

This is Riley's first art work.  She was so proud, that we had to hang it on the fridge.  I didn't want to save the paper, because I am sure that it will be first of many, so we took a picture of it with the darling artist instead.

Funny Faces

Jason, my brother was famous for making funny faces and I just felt that Eli needed to learn a few. He did such a good job that he felt Riley needed to learn as well.

Her Own Chair

During Church, while at the Koyle's, Riley was acting like a usual one-year old full of wiggles, noise and giggles. We decided to take a walk to get away. She wandered into a classroom full of chairs just her size. I put her on the chair to sit and she sat down as happy as a lark. She sat down for quite a while and so I took the chair into Relief Society Room and she sat down in it for nearly the whole lesson.

Fall Asleep Anywhere

When Riley woke up, Daddy went and got her and brought her to bed with us. I fed her and it was early enough that I put her on the floor and told her to go up to Grandma. She started to and then stopped and fell asleep in the hallway. Jared woke up to get ready for work and tripped over her on the way to the bathroom.

Riley's Attitude

My Mother-in-Law asked me how I was doing and I told her honestly how I was doing. Riley is starting to get an attitude. She has given me tons of scowls and I feel guilty when she does it because she looks like her daddy. My favorite solution is to kiss her brow and it goes away.
The other problem I have is that she puts her feet on her table and won't take them off. I know she know that she is doing something wrong, but I think she tests her limits because she continues to do it. It's a good thing she is so cute.

A few days later we found ourselves in Tremonton. Alexa, Eli and Riley's cousin, gave Eli a scowl, similar to the one seen above. I told him to kiss her brow and he did. She turned to him and smiled.