Riley's 9 month Well baby Check

well Riley seems to be growing wonderfully!!
Here's Riley's stats:
Height 30 inches (90%)
Weight 21 pounds 14 oz (75%)
Head 17inches
My mom had my 8 month measurements---weight 21 # 10oz
height 28 1/2"
So as you can see Riley has possibly inherited the Barnhard length traits--
Riley has been really chewing on apples, finger foods, I can't help but think some primary teeth are trying to erupt- we will see, Oh, i need to take more toothless grin pictures!!!

AShton Big Boy

Ashton is now a big boy!! For about a month he has been wearing underwear!! Yeah!! It has been awesome, we have not tried to master the night times, but I think he could do that as well!! But it is so nice to only have one child in diapers. He is fully aware that he gets to go to preschool in the fall and Riley does not!!

Riley is going though a cute stage of making noises with his lips and making them smack it is so cute. Another cute thing is he knows how to shake his head for "no". Which is really nice for communicating what he wants or if he is done with his food,etc.

Breanna is doing VBS this week. Breanna and Ashton seems to be playing very well together, lately.

vactioning

We got go on a vacation this summer to Montana, Yellowstone, and Grand Tetons. It was a very nice vacation. The weather was perfect. The kids traveled very well considering the long drive. WE stayed at the Tetons first for about three nights, four days. This was one of my favorites. We did a hike with ferry boat-nice--Cascade falls, David got to use his water filter/purifier, which came in handy. Everyone was so impressed with the boys because they got ride on our backs and they thought it was great that we did this with our children!! It was great encouragement because camping in a tent and bringing all the gear that goes with it is a lot a work, but good memories and times when I look back. Yellowstone was the next stop, we left Tetons very earlier on Saturday morning because we could not reserve a spot. We stayed one night but max out time both days to the fullest!! Fire Canyon drive was one stop but not as cool as I remember it. But we found a new spot Thanks to Grandma Rox (visit her blog Ma Rox--better dictation of what happened) the boiling point--great water for Riley, it was warm due the springs and then cold spots from the mountains. So it was perfect.
then w headed late Sunday for Bills and Grandma Rox's we were ready for house with running water, etc. And they welcome us like champs, unfortunately we were visiting during Bill's the busiest part of summer sessions plus all the extras he was doing too. WE appreciate all the sacrifice. ;-)
We headed for home late Friday and made it home Saturday night. Breanna really wanted to go Mahoney State park for a Girl Scout event. Very nice way to end the 10 day nice long summer trip.

Riley's first fourth of July

Riley loved the fireworks, I think he thought they were a bit loud, though. Ashton was not real fond of them. He was in tears at the Salt Dogs game we went to that had them for display which my parents and Josh got to attend. It was nice to have a group of us there.
Josh got to visit us for about a week before he left for Texas. He is a traveling man, but very good to have him around. It has been awhile. The kids really enjoy having him around as well as David and I enjoy the deep discussions and past experiences!! But it was too short. Josh is enlisting for Navy in January. This is hard one to take, but if he is happy great!

Spending the night

Breanna has the opportunity to sleep at the Aquarium at the Henry Dorley Zoo. Sounds like a lot of fun with no sleep. This will be with her girl scout troop. But she is reading a mystery book right now about being trapped in a Reptile house. She is a thinker, so of course she asked if that would happen. I hope she learns to relax a bite!! I probably made her act like that.
Another fun thing we did today was go to the corn popper. They had dancers from the YWCA for entertainment. It was a nice family event!!

Tye Dying

At the Children's Museum, the kids and I tyed dye three different items. One of David's big t-shirt, a burp clothe, an onsie. It was fun. I would love to do it again. We were crunched for time though. Breanna was rushed. I would love to do some on the vacation trip out west. I will see what we can do.

Ear Infections

Riley has his 3rd ear infection. which means third antibiotic. I hope this makes it disappear. They will evaluate in three weeks if we need to consider tubes. AHHH. Poor guy. He is not as happy. He has a runny nose, feverish, restless and puts up with us taking him where we need to go. He is amazing boy! He had his first swimming encounter at Mahoney SP. He totally loved it! He wanted to have me let him go. He did mostly everything. He does love his baths as well. So we picked up ear wax protectors so it will keep the water out.