Monday, October 13, 2014

Instagrams --- September

out together for our first anniversary... Riley welcoming Snickers to the family... snugly baby after bath time... a morning of editing pictures while Riley colored and Weston napped... my current favorite pillow... morning snuggles
new centerpiece -- found the cute buckets for $1 at Target... Riley giving his bear a ride on his bike... happy baby with his daddy...

Matt teaching Riley how to make cookies... Weston's favorite place to sleep... headed away for the weekend... 
 my babies playing together... Matt gave me these cute owl... Weston loves his gym...

spending time with just my baby... a little while later he was zonked... pictures from our beach trip the week before...
Weston's new onesie... Riley saw Weston sitting like this and said he was praying... my precious guys...

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

stories of Riley

So I've been meaning to post stories about Riley on here so I have somewhere I can refer back to when I can't remember these off hand.

Riley & The Locust:
When we are at the table eating, it is very common for Riley to be concerned about the fact that Weston isn't eating at the table too. He will often stick out his cup, say "milk" and offer it to Weston. He will also take his fork or spoon, filled with food, point it at Weston and say "eat". This particular morning we were eating breakfast and Riley spotted a locust on the window. He picked up his milk cup, pointed it at the locust and said "milk". He then picked up his spoon and offered the locust cereal. Apparently he is concerned about feeding all of God's creation. :)

Riley & The Bear:
Riley has this little blue teddy bear that he has grown to love and likes to sleep with. It grew from sleeping with the bear to putting the bear on his trike and pushing it around the house. Then the other day he was having the bear sit next to him while he played cars. Every time the bear fell over he would say "sit" and try to get the bear to sit. He took the bear to the window and was showing it the cat. It was cute cause he was treating the bear like a little person and wanted it to participate in everything he did, including helping me make muffins.

Riley & Kissing:
Riley is kinda' obsessed with kissing things these days and often wants to kiss our cat goodnight. While we were away this weekend he had fun driving his cars on the a/c in the hotel room and also sometimes adjusting the temperature. We were getting ready to go out one afternoon and told Riley were going to leave for a little bit. He first waved and said "bye" to the a/c, then ran back and kissed it. Apparently one kiss wasn't enough and it ended with, I think, three. :) He always has to kiss Weston at naps and night time. Sometimes once isn't enough and will ask several times until you say it's enough. I think sometimes maybe it's a way to stay up a little longer.

Monday, September 22, 2014

Weston -- three months

My little baby turned three months yesterday. I think this has been the fastest three months ever! Little man Weston loves to smile and has started laughing quite a bit now. He loves his big brother and gives him big smiles and laughs. He has discovered his hands and goes cross eyed looking at them and loves to eat them.

He was being a little serious baby for the photo shoot.



I love his big blue eyes!

So I didn't plan on dressing him in blue onesies for all of the comparison pictures but since it happened three times in a row, I guess I'll keep it up now. 


Friday, September 5, 2014

Instagrams -- August


the boys now have matching work shirts with Matt... Weston at 6 weeks old... mister chubby...
Weston checking out his big bro... my yard sale score... smiling at mommy...
 brother snuggles... Riley sweetly gave Weston his own paci and blanket... Riley loved the balloons on the ceiling for Riley's birthday...

hanging out with my little boy... Riley loved running through the puddles when I did his two yr. old pictures... happy baby... this was Matt's first time holding Weston...
enjoying a day that had some nice breezes... love this baby's face... on our way to Georgia... enjoying snuggles with my baby...

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Riley's birthday party

We celebrated Riley's second birthday with some of our family.
 
He loved that his cake had "trucks"! Although they really aren't trucks and his daddy tried to get him to say "four-wheeler" he still called them trucks.




 He wasn't scared of the candles this year and liked trying to blow them out.

 The kids had a water balloon fight. The little kids would pretty much just run to the edge of the porch and throw them on the ground but they had fun doing that.

He was so happy to get his tricycle. He discovered our hiding spot for the trike a couple days before his birthday and was very heart broken that I wouldn't let him play with it. 




He does know how to peddle a little bit but prefers to use his feet to scoot around. 

Our little boy is growing up and his vocabulary is every growing. He can repeat everything you ask him to say, although it doesn't always sound like the word. He has started singing a lot and will go around the house making up songs that I can't really understand. The other day I told him to do something and he said, "No. I don't want to."! He is learning how to count and I'm pretty sure he skips "three" and says "four" for both number. That's at least what it sounds like to me. He is becoming more gentle with Weston and is turning into a good big brother. I've caught him standing next to the baby a couple of times with his hands folded saying "pray". We are so thankful for our Riley Preston!

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Weston -- two months


 My baby is growing so fast and is two months old today!









Wednesday, August 13, 2014

my boys

A couple of weeks ago I took some pictures of Matt and the boys.


Riley loved being able to run around shirtless. :)






I haven't decided if I like this one in color or black and white...