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Riley reading on the way to school today!
Still waiting on teeth but we do have a few more steps, especially when it means going to mommy...haha! School starts tomorrow for me. Wow! New school (Charter)/ New grade (1st)... little girl turning 1 in less than a month...time...where does it go?

-Randi

She's on the MOVEE!!

Watch out world....as of Riley's 11 month birthday! She is officially on the move! She is standing with no help and walking at least 10 steps across her bedroom to her daddy from me! I'm so proud of her!!! Yipeeee!!!!

-Randi

Teething Sucks!!!

So I hear some people go through teething with no trouble at all...

FYI...Riley is not one of those!! haha! She threw up all night last night and guess what? This is the week where I am here alone at nights because of Jordan being at meetings. Ugh! So it's just me and her! But, we made it through. Tonight she fussed but I sang church hymns to her and she loved this little light of mine.

When I finished a verse and got tired of singing the song, she said "mommy, I love God!" I thought she was going to say I love you because we have been saying that alot but "I love God!" is much better!

I love that little girl!

-Randi

Duck Pond

Yesterday after church Miss Riley woke up from her afternoon nap to a little swimming pool full of ducks at her Nana's and Papi's house. She loved it! It was adorable. I'm glad she is such a happy baby. It makes me feel as if I am doing something right!

Still no teeth...haha...but someone asked me the other day what words she is saying...wow! I have no idea if I could even imagine counting them all. I will list her favorites below...

mama, daddy, nana, no, papi and granddaddy now, map, dora, dog!!!!, duck, thank you, uh oh (so funny because it stops at uhhhhhh), mine, all the animals on her baby can read cards and she can copy about any word that you say (elephant is a little hard for her but she attempts it).

What a smart girl we have! I love her so much!

-Randi

Catching Up...

I've ALMOST got all the clothes washed, house cleaned, and errands run from all the time away the McMillen family has had lately! Now, it is home sweet home for a while! Invitations are addressed and sealed. Time to send those out soon for Riley's first birthday! I'm sooo excited! I can't wait for good friends and close family to share this special day with us! Well Riley is about to wake up from an unexpected nap she is taking from her ride home from school. Then, we are off to carry the Newton family and baby Parker some dinner.

-Randi

Looooooong Road Trip

Just got back from PA late last night. WOW- what a trip with tons of traffic on the way there and back. It was a looooooooooooot of work for a teething child who does not like to be confined for 6 hours straight. We tried to stop after about an hour and a half at a cute petting zoo in maryland. However, she got really upset that she could not actually get in the cages with the monkeys and jump in the pond with the ducks and fish. So, then we were back on the road in bumper to bumper traffic for 6 hours straight after that. Thank God for my parents having her favorite two foods on the table when we got there....blackberries and string beans! That was a relief and she was one happy and purple little girl! Now, time to clean the house, wash clothes, and get some errands run! Hopefully this is the last road trip for a while. Home sweet home!

-Randi