Riley in Ringgold

Last weekend, we went to Ringgold, GA to visit Edmond's family.  We were not able to make the trip at Christmas, so decided to go our first long weekend!  We had a blast!  While there, we were able to visit some of Edmond's friends and had good quality time with his parents and sister's family.  This was Riley's first time to meet his Carpenter cousins....Noah, Reese and Kayleigh.  They were so good with him!  I think he may be called "Baby Riley" for the rest of his life!!!  Hope you enjoy the pics!!!

Our Posner Friends

On January 11th, Riley and I drove to Baton Rouge for my friend Michelle's baby shower (was so much fun, but I didn't get a chance to take any pics...sorry!).  We really wanted to see the Posner family so we left bright and early Sunday morning so that we could have some hang out time with them.  When I lived in Baton Rouge, the Posners's house was my home away from home!  I first met them when I needed a language sample from a 3 year-old for a project in one of my speech therapy classes (Ok, Linda Posner might say our first meeting was right after she gave birth to her second child, Aaron. I could be wrong!!).  My friend Roos saved the day when she introduced me to the Posners.  After that, I loved them so much that they couldn't get rid of me!  Here they are with Riley...Joshua, Aaron, and Rachel!  They are so special to me!

Christmas with Friends and Family

On our way back to Pensacola, we stopped in Baton Rouge so that Riley could meet some of our dearest friends (Amy...holding him, Michelle, Jared, Mrs. Cathy, Angel, Mollie and Laurel)!  We had fun visiting at Jason's Deli!  Riley pretty much slept through the whole thing!  Oh well!

We celebrated Edmond's birthday while we were in Pineville (and again in Pensacola)!  Here Riley's Fontenot cousins help Edmond with the candles on his cake.  Edmond turned 28 this year...just a baby himself!

Potts and Riley had some good bonding time!  Here they were "talking" about those LSU Tigers....are they going to win their bowl game!  We are a little nervous!

Here is Riley on Christmas Day!  He was enjoying all of the hustle and bustle at Mimi and Potts' house!  He really had a great first Christmas!

We have a tradition in our family....on Christmas Eve morning, we go to McDonalds for breakfast and the kids get to play in the play area.  This year, Karleigh, Clark, and Brody (Riley's Fontenot cousins) surprised him with early Christmas gifts (Curious George, a stuffed bunny, and a Bible).  They went "shopping" for him in their rooms and then wrapped the gifts for him to open.  They had alot of fun and insisted that he take them home!

On our way home to Pineville for Christmas, we stopped in Covington for a short visit with Julie and Aiden.  They seemed to enjoy getting to know each other.  We wish that we lived closer to them, but these short visits will have to do for now!

Santa Baby

We had just returned from our Christmas service at church when Edmond and I couldn't resist taking some pictures of our little man!  After taking 4 or 5, we finally had one that was "good enough".  While Edmond was looking at the pictures...he erased it!! I was a little frustrated!! So, he decided to take one more and all of a sudden Riley gave us the biggest grin!  We like to say that he was dreaming of Santa Claus, but of course, I'm sure it was gas!

Favorite Pics and Visit with Mimi

Well, Mimi just couldn't take it!  She couldn't stand being away from her newest grandson any longer!  We had such a good time during her visit, although Riley has been a bit more fussy the past day or so than usual!  Hopefully he is just going through a growth spurt (eating every 2 hours again) as our friend Ms. Julie told us!  Anyway, despite the tears, the visit was good.  We will get to see her again in 10 days and Riley already told me how excited he was!  The other 2 pictures are just 2 of my favorites.  The one in the white gown was taken just yesterday, while the other one was taken a week or so ago.  Hope everyone is having a good week!

End of November/Beginning of December

Hello Friends!  We have had some fun times over the last few weeks!  A few days before Thanksgiving, Edmond's sisters and niece came to meet Riley!  We had so much fun with them!  It meant alot for them to travel so far to see us.  Then Edmond's parents came to see us for Thanksgiving.  I think Riley was able to be held just about the whole time!  He was spoiled rotten.  A few days later, we celebrated Riley's one month birthday.  He was really excited about it....can you tell? And then we had some fun with bath time.  He is just so precious!!  I guess I am a little biased though!

New Pics of Riley

Well, alot has happened since our last post!  Riley had his first bottle (we let dad do the honors), Mimi went back to Louisiana, and Aunt Kristin came for a visit!  All is going well!  He is really a good baby...we are so blessed!!