Riley and Sambo

I think that Sam (the cat) is finally coming around. Ever since we brought Riley home he hasn't been interested in getting to know her AT ALL! Luckily we haven't had to worry about him hurting her...he just doesn't want to be near her. This all changed yesterday morning. Riley hasn't been feeling the greatest and has been pretty whiny the last couple of days - especially yesterday morning. Riley woke up very congested and her eye was still bothering her. Brett was rocking her as I sat on the ottoman trying to calm her down, but she just wouldn't settle down. After a minute or two Sam came into her room to see what was going on. When she still didn't quit crying he started meowing over and over. Then he took it a step further. He jumped up on my lap and started sniffing Riley. She started to calm down a bit and then he took it even further! He jumped up on Brett's lap and put his butt right on Riley's legs. She calmed down and just stared right at him. She even reached out to touch him.

Brett thinks he was just doing it because the crying was driving him crazy. Today you would never have guessed that Sam came that close to Riley. He's back to his "too cool for Riley" gig!

Here are a few pics of the two:

UPDATE: Eye Goobers

I took Riley to see Dr. Fred today because her eye wasn't getting any better. Poor thing. Last night was horrible for both Riley and Mom and Dad! She was whiny, stuffed up, had a constant stream of tears and yellow gunk coming from her eye, and a swollen and bloodshot eye. Needless to say, she didn't sleep from 12am-3am. Who can blame her though, really. Anyway, Dr. Fred decided to change her medication to an eye drop, as well as start an oral antibiotic. He thought that she might be starting to get an ear infection since they are common with this type of eye problem. I'm glad that we took her in and hopefully these new medications will do the trick. Maybe she'll even sleep tonight!

She weighed in at 12 lb 14 oz - over a 2 lb gain in one month! She also was 23 1/4 inches long.

A look back on 1/13/08

This very day one year ago Brett and I found out that we were expecting! I remember laying on the couch browsing the internet. For some reason I went to two different baby websites and felt the urge to take a pregnancy test. Sure enough it was positive! We were both in shock, but super excited. I remember going to Cary and Ali's house to visit Carter who had just come home from the hospital. It was really hard to hide our excitement.

It's crazy to think that was a whole year ago and now we have a beautiful baby girl!

Eye Goobers!

Saturday morning Riley woke up with an eye matted shut with some yucky green stuff. It was not a pretty sight! Right away I thought that it was pink eye. After cleaning the eye out we called Dr. Fred who called a prescription in for us. We started noticing that her eye ball wasn't red, but the inner corner of her eye was. She was also tearing up from that eye. We could really tell that she wasn't feeling the greatest because she was up every hour or two at night.

On Sunday, Riley woke up with some more green stuff in her eye. We called Dr. Fred again since it didn't appear that she was getting any better. Turns out that she had an infected tear duct. I guess a pink eye scare is a good way to get the house clean. I had most of her toys, bedding, and clothing washed and disinfected by Saturday! Today Riley woke up with less matter and was smiling and talking as usual.


Riley with her swollen eye:

She didn't let it get in the way of playing!:

Finally...Smiles Caught on Camera!

I've been trying desperately to get some photos of Riley smiling. As soon as she sees my camera she stares blankly. I would too if a strange metal things with a red light was looking back at me! So, for the last week Brett and I have been sneaking the camera out to get some smiles. Here are a couple that we managed to get:

Notice how the only two pictures that I have are from bath time!

Look Mommy, One-Handed

Lately, Riley has loved standing up. I think it might be her favorite thing to do these days. She has really become a diva with this whole sitting up and standing thing. She thinks that these are way more important than working on tummy time and rolling over. Brett and I have her do tummy time at least twice a day for about 10 minutes. She has been protesting by laying there and doing nothing, scooting herself in circles, or using her fake cry. What a diva! We even tried naked tummy time. This was a little better, but still she played the lazy act!

Protesting and scooting. She started on the blanket and scooted herself around:

Naked tummy time. Still a lazy baby, but look at her pretty blue eyes in this picture:Look Mommy, one-handed! This is more like it. Happy to be standing tall:

Riley the Super Baby

My Dad's cousin, Leah, sent Riley a very special gift...a Superman onsie! She and her family (My late Grandma Lois' family) are from Brookport, IL - just minutes from Metropolis, the home of Superman. I forgot to put Riley's headband on her so these just might be her first 'tomboy' pictures! Once again, they are too cute not to share: