Erin's wedding

We made it back from Rockport for Erin's wedding and we're trying to all get over jet lag. Riley was up at 5:00 this morning, apparently she's still on east coast time. Everything turned out beautiful, including the weather (it downpoured for about an hour during Erin's lobster bake for the rehearsal dinner the night before). The day of the wedding was blue skies and in the 80s. Despite Erin's worries about everything, it all went perfect. Riley's role as flower girl was the entertainment portion of the ceremony. When we told her to drop her flower petals she did exactly that, but poured them out in one step. Everyone laughed and clapped for her, so she was pretty excited and told me when she got to the end of the aisle, "Mama, I dropped my flowers down there!" Poor Jarom had to watch over her most of the time and missed the vows, sand ceremony, and a few other moments since Riley needed a potty break right in the middle. Riley danced the night away... I have no idea where she got the energy, but she was up until the band stopped playing. Anyway, we had a great time out on Erin and Sean's boat, going to the beach, and watching Jarom go tubing. CONGRATULATIONS little sister!!

Riding her first bike

We were at Babies R' Us the other day looking around at things we might have to get for the new baby. Meanwhile, Riley found a bike in one of the aisles and just started whizzing around the store. It was fun to see her finally learning how to pedal, but it was a nightmare trying to get her out of that store. So here she is with the bike Aunt Erin & Uncle Sean got her last fall out on our deck.

Riley's Big Girl Bed

So I was completely bored yesterday and thought, "Let's convert Riley's crib into a bed finally." So I did and she was so excited to sleep in her new bed that night. I was afraid that this might lead to countless nights of fighting with her to stay in bed, but when Jarom put her down she fell fast asleep. And as I'm writing she's taking a nice long nap! I should've thought of this sooner ;)