So much to say, so much to say...

So I have been a bad mommyblogger and havent written much. Things have been a little crazy around here with my new job, Riley starting daycare and Nick back at work...plus the holidays...ahhhh.

Anywho...Riley has reached some pretty big milestones after his big roll over in November.

On December 1st he started sitting up on his own. Dec 2nd was the first night he sat up on his own and grabbed a toy that was sitting in front of him...only to put it right in his mouth, but hey, he still grabbed it. Since then he has learned to sit up and play with toys for long periods of time. Its amazing to watch and awesome for us cause we can set him down, put some toys in front of him and go take care of stuff around the house. He can keep himself occupied for up to 30 minutes sometimes. Who would have known that his being able to sit up would change our lives so drastically. Now we dont have any excuses to not do chores anymore...thats the down side :) hahahha

On December 17th Riley was "vampiring" my hand as he usually does when he is getting hungry and OUCH, something almost cut me. After about 10 minutes of trying to push his tongue aside I saw the culpret...his first tooth :) It is on the bottom right side and has now broken all the way through. Its pretty cute :) That would explain his massive drooling problem, his occassional fevers and recent sleepless nights...ahhh the wonders of teething. AWESOME :)

On December 21st Santa brought Riley an early xmas present...a high chair and some rice cereal. Since about mid December he started showing a huge interest in our food and drinks so we thought it would be a good time to see if he had any interest in eating his own food. And he did. On Dec 21 we fed him rice cereal for the 1st time and he literally screamed when I took the bowl to the sink to clean it out after he had finished his whole tablespoon of cereal. He was crying and reaching out as if to say..."gimme that back! Please. I need it!!!" Yea, like he needs anymore food. That kid is weighing at least 21 lbs now :) hahaha. Since then we have been feeding him cereal once a day. This week we are thinking of starting him on vegetables...YUM!

So...those are the big things in the past month. Pretty amazing to watch him grow. He's really turning into a little buddy too. So cute and social. Always great at parties and with people. We are very fortunate and thankful to have such a great baby :) More pictures to come soon...