Riley

A lot like Tony I don't know where to start with Miss Diva. I guess the big news in her life is she is officially a big girl now. Back in December we moved her out of her crib and into Tony's old twin size bed with NO issues at all. Every once in a while she gets out of bed but usually only when she is overly tired. She is also potty trained! We started back in October and was pretty successful but then we all got sick and it went down hill from there. I got tired of buying pull ups and fighting with her over them or underwear. So I didn't give her a choice and we went to big girl underwear and haven't looked back since. She is fond of going potty outside or other inappropriate places (Daddy's shoes) but I as crazy as she is, it really doesn't surprise me all that much :)

Riley loves her friends. We started going to a play group with our church and she LOVES it. A lot of the same kids are in her room at church so she is really learning how to associate names with kids and personalities. At the park she calls everyone kid, which is quite interesting to hear her yell "kid" as she is chasing someone. She has lots of "best friends" but her real best friend is her Tony. She LOVES him so much. He has been gone for a month now and she talks about him everyday. Of course we talk to him on the phone a lot and he is the one person she will really talk to on the phone, usually she is just being silly. Before he left she would always get so excited when she would see the school bus drive by. If I wasn't careful she would go running out the front door to meet him, thank goodness for locks! They play great together and she loves playing with all of Tony's friends too. It is so fun to see how they respond to her, most of them love her too. She is going to have plenty of big brothers around when she is older! Tony is already very protective of her. Sometime I have to get him to back off because he smothers her and won't let her do things because he is afraid she will get hurt.

Riley personality is really starting to develop. She is so much like me that it is scary. She is stubborn beyond belief, strong willed, impatient, can con you out of anything, and knows how to throw a fit, yep she got all my bad traits :) But, she can also adapt to any situation, she is a comedian (she gets that from Tony), she has such a huge heart, very polite, loves life, and loves to learn, and loves to help. I honestly can't ask for anything else from her, well except those time she is on the floor kicking as screaming!

Riley can be such a tomboy and a girly girl at the same time. I honestly don't know how she can be both extremes sometimes. She HATES any kind of bug especially spiders, those get the loudest screams and cries. Yet she can come across a frog and want to keep it. She loves to dress up and she loves to play in the dirt. I have a feeling as she gets older we are going to have our hands full! She is the light of my life and can't imagine her any other way!

Three posts in three days, aren't you proud?