10 Months Old WOW!

I can't believe my baby girl is 10 months old already! I am working to plan her birthday party now! Riana is getting so big and so independent.  She still loves to eat but has now started wanting to eat on her own, she wants to feed herself so I try to find things that she cna eat on her own.  Some of her favorites are grilled cheese, waffles, mini vanilla wafers, animal crackers, ham and pretty much anything else she tries.  I am glad she likes to eat, lately she has tried a few new things, spinach, zucchini and broccoli (I probably didnt spell those right). Time is just flying by and Riana is not going to be a baby any more.  She is still walking a few steps at a time on her own, tonight she took 5! I wish she would figure out that she needs to slow down and then I really think she would be walking all over the place! Today when I got home from work she was sticking out her tounge, not really sure where that came from!

Shopping Day!!!

Today we went shopping! Riana was a trooper she stuck it out the whole time and was sooo good! She is so funny because she actually goes through the clothes like she knows what she is doing and how to shop! They were having some pretty good sales so I got to spend some of my Christmas money! I took some pictures of Riana and will post them soon!

I am in the process of planning her birthday party...trying to decide if I want to do a Minnie Mouse theme or just colors. Suggestions?

CHRISTMAS!!!

Lots of catching up to do, it has been a very busy few weeks! Riana had her first Christmas, her top two teeth have come through and she took her first steps on her own the day after Christmas and now of course it is 2012 and she will be one VERY soon I can't believe it!

 Beautiful Christmas Dress from Grannie and Cric

 I was very proud of how Riana handled Christmas, each celebration or gathering with friends and family we had she did such a good job opening presents and really appreciated and enjoyed her toys! She got a car from pawpaw Ray and she LOVES sitting in it and blowing the horn, soon she can reach the peddle! Granna got her a play kitchen and picnic basket and Nana and Teddy got her some ride on and walking toys! Grannie, Cric, Tom and Dennis got her some pretty cool toys (and adorable outfits) too she loved playing with the stacking ring and sorting blocks the best. Mimi got her a rocking horse she will be able to use when she gets bigger too!

Santa came to our house and left her some pretty cool things too, she got a toy box, a bike she can use now and as she grows, a stroller to push her Minnie Mouse from Amanda around in and some other pretty cool things too!

She had a lot of fun spending time with Macy when we went to visit for Christmas, the girls had a picnic and opened presents, no one got into a fight this time!!! Amber and Macy got her some great books and fun toys she has been using in the bathtub, she has had a good time!  Riana got some cute new outfits for Christmas from some of moms friends (Amanda, Laura and Lauren)!

I am sure I missed lots of things but with so much happening and being so busy it is hard to get it all down at once! Last night we celebrated New Years Eve with a fire at our house, Riana joined in but only lasted until 9:30!

Sign Language....

Riana LOVES watching Mickey Mouse Club House and Baby Enstien on tv.  She has been watching "My Frist Signs" for some time now and yesterday I walked in and she was sitting in front of the tv looking up at the video and doing some of the signs that the lady on the video was doing. It was really cute.  Well for a few weeks now she has been doing this weird thing when she nurses and I thought she was playing BUT today after we got home I was doing laundry and she was watching her sign language video and I looked up and started watching it for a minute only to realize when she has been playing while she eats she is really doing the sign for milk! It made me proud to know she made the connection :)

Sick baby and some other stuff....

Riana started throwing up in her sleep last night :(

It was absolutely awful, her whole entire body was covered as well as the bed, blanket and bumper.  She continued to throw up after she woke up until we were able to get her in the bath tub.  While she was in the tub she seemed happy as usual.  She played, splashed and smiled so I thought maybe it was just something she ate but unfortunantly after she got out and dressed here came the throw up again.  This went on for a couple of hours and finally around midnight she went to sleep.  She slept until 5:45 in the morning and acted hungry so I fed her and it stayed down for about 30 minutes so I thought she was fine and went to work leaving her with "Granna".  Not 20 minutes after I left she text saying she was sick again.  I went to work for half a day and then came home at lunch.  Riana got sick a few more times but then started to act like she was hungry so I told mama to feed her some oatmeal and she kept it down.  When I got home she was ecstatic to see me and seems to be on the upside of things.  She nursed and ate some bananas and is playing but I hope this doesnt happen again anytime soon and the rest of us do not get it.

On a different note she is now saying more words...she of course says mama, dada and hey but now she has added cat "tat", out and eat.  I havent heard her say eat yet but Ms. Alisa said she was saying it at her house and did sign language for more.

She is 9 months old today and I cant believe it!  We got our first Christmas tree last weekend and so far she has not decided to try to destroy it! Riana LOVES to stand up and walk around while holding or pushing things.  Her favorite thing is the little red rocking chair that was mine when I was little she will push it around and walk around the whole living room.  She is standing on her own for short periods of time and walking around all of the furniture while holding on. I can not believe how much she is growing up and so quickly I think she will be walking before we know it, Christmas would be nice! She had a pretty nasty cold in November but I think we are getting rid of it, it was causing her to wake up once during the night but luckily she went right back to sleep when she ate but now she is back to sleeping like normal and I hope this stays noraml for her as she gets older! The one thing I wish she did was sleep later on Saturday mornings but it is not her fauly she has to get up early all week :)

On Friday's in December she gets to stay at home with "Granna" and they have fun! Today she learned how to cut the light off in the bathroom.

 9 months old today

Pictures!

Thanksgiving!

Tomorrow will be Riana's first Thanksgiving! We are excited about spending time with family and eating good food! It is cool that she is old enough to taste some of the things we will be eating.  I will post some pictures tomorrow of her in her Thanksgiving outfit and let you know how she liked some of the Thanksgiving food :)


A few side notes, Riana is getting really good at waving and doing it at the appropriate times.  She has also started pointing at things and says mama and dada at the right people.  She also talks and squeals constantly! It is so cute! I can tell when she is excited aobut something, her favorite show is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and when it comes on she loves to stand up and dance around it is very evident she likes it! We have a little red rocking chair in the living room for her and she loves to stand up and push it around, she is really good at walking while holding on to something and it makes her feel so big and in charge.  She enjoys using her walker too but would really just rather be able to walk on her own! I cant wait for her to figure it out, she is able to stand on her own without holding on now for short periods of time, it is so fun to watch her learn new skills! At the mall this week with me, my mom and nana we put her in a little ride and she knew what to do, she put her hands on the steering wheel and turned it and everything, as soon as the ride ended she grabbed the steering wheel and stood up like she knew it was over and time to go!