Riley Nicole at 14 months

Riley turns 14 months old today.  Another month past and tons of new tricks for Miss Riley.  Here is a glimpse into her little budding personality:

• She still loves to hug.  Hugging in Riley's head means leaning her head against you.
• Giving slobbery open mouthed kisses.  I always ask for kisses and she comes running over.  It's so cute.
• Throwing "temper tantrums."  They are hardly a tantrum, but if she doesn't get something she wants she will scrunch up her face (which is the cutest thing ever!) and start to fake cry.  It is so funny that I laugh every time.  I feel a little bad for laughing at her, but she doesn't seem to mind and usually starts smiling back and laughing.
• She can't help but touch every outlet in site - which drives Daddy and me nuts!  Every time we say "no, no" or "no touch, Riley" she stops and walks over to you and hugs your leg.  Not sure if she's apologizing or trying to "get out of trouble."  Haven't quite figured that one out yet.
• A new found obsession with PUMPKINS!  She loves pumpkins.  She carries her pumpkin bucket all around the house.  Some things you might find inside her bucket: shoes, socks, toys, milk, pacis.  She throws everything in to the bucket!
• She understands almost everything you say to her.  This amazes Brett and I so we are constantly asking her to do things just to see if she understands.  A few examples: Riley, go put mommy's shoe in the closet...Riley, go jump on your bug (her ladybug beanbag)...Riley, kick your ball...Riley, take Daddy his phone. 
• She knows most of the motions to Itsy Bitsy Spider.
• She loves to play ring around the rosy...by herself as we sing the song.  She spins and spins and spins until we make her fall down.  It's so cute.  She laughs the whole way through it.  She always starts by turning her head first...like this makes the rest of her body turn too.
• She loves to be upside down.  Help her do a somersault once and you will be somersaulting for the next 10 minutes.  She can put her head down to the ground and then needs help to flip over.
• She has 8 teeth.  Four top front, three bottom front and one molar.  She has a second molar coming in which has NOT been fun!
• She is still in size 12 month clothing.  I think she'll be in it for a while unless she surprises us with a growth spurt.
• She has decided that she doesn't like to eat as much as she used to.  She still likes the same food.  We have the best luck with green veggies.  I know, it's weird but she loves them all.  Put something green on her plate and it's the first thing to go.  She has to have a fork.  She'll point it at you until you help her get food on it.  She mostly uses it as a toy, but she's starting to get the idea!
• She shakes her head yes and no in one fast jerk.  She usually answers no to everything.
• Some words that she says....hi, bye, dada, mama, SSS (snack), cat, juice (anything liquid). There are more, but my mind is drawing a blank. She hasn't really started talking much more than last month, just seems to understand everything that is being said.
• She loves anything "pretty."  She started leaving her headbands on because I started saying "oh, you look so PRETTY!"  She loves looking pretty.  She also loves to wear bracelets...which are just all of her linking rings.
• Her hair is finally starting to grow.  She has some really long pieces in the back and it is starting to curl a little around her ears.  Yay!  It's still pretty short in the front and almost never shows up in pictures.  I keep looking at her and trying to picture what she will look like when she finally has hair.

So, as you can see she is full of personality.  She is so much fun and we love every minute with her.  Daddy is home with her today because our poor daycare provider is sick.  I don't think Daddy is complaining too much about a day home with his little girl!