December weeks 2 and 3!

Well, December is going by pretty fast so far! A lot has happened in the last two weeks.

Riley had a playdate with his 'girlfriend', Kaylee!

He loves to soak himself with the water bottle sprayer...silly boy.


We saw Santa! He was not a hit. The only way I could get a picture is if Daddy was in it too.



Riley loves our tree, and really loves to look at the ornaments of baby Jesus (it makes my heart so happy!)

Riley continues to enjoy munching on frozen blueberries

Matt got a new tattoo on the back of his left arm!!

We had Christmas #1 in the Springs with my family. While down there, Riley got a lot of practice drinking out of a big boy cup!

He played santa...(Kaylee, you can see the new track lighting in the kitchen in this picture!)

Kaylee, in this picture Riley is very excited and pointing to a picture of 'Kay!!!'

He was excited to get some blocks....

....but even MORE excited to get a remote controlled train!


Leaning into those turns :)


Building towers!


Oh, this is a big one!

CRASH!

'I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus'

Riley also got some great ab and tricep work in with the balancing he kept doing!



I got to see my BFF, Julie, on this trip too! It was a nice and unexpected treat! She is 19 weeks pregnant, and I LOVED seeing the belly!!! HURRAY!



What Riley does when you tell him to smile. I LOVE THIS!



Daddy's hat


Watching Sesame Street (These days, anytime his hands aren't busy, his fingers are up his nose. Ah, how nice....)


Dilemma
I would really appreciate people's opinions on this. There is a beautiful angel tree topper that we have had in the family for a long time. Since there is my sister and myself who are interested in this tree topper, I have been trying to find another one that I am over the moon about so that we don't have to share the old one, or something like that. I found one at Hallmark this year that is pretty, but I don't know if it's 'the one'. What do you guys think of this one? (The big thing that I like about her, is that the Bethlehem scene is on her dress. You can't see it too well in the pictures, but it's pretty neat! Her wings, the Bethlehem scene, and the star are all lit.....well, I find myself liking it more and more as I write!)

Old:


New: