Sleeping Through the Night

Well, I think it is safe to say that Riley is sleeping through the night. I put him down around 9pm and he doesn't wake up till 5am. I am so thankful although part of this miracle is due to Riley finding his hand. I walk into his room in the morning to him sucking on his hand. Not quite his thumb, but his hand. Well, it was inevitable. Mike and I both sucked our thumbs and Kayla does. I just hope he only sucks on his hand when he is sleepy. I'm still trying to figure out when to work on Kayla's thumb-sucking. I guess its better than a pacifier.

4th of July

After the busy weekends we have been having, we thought a nice quiet 4th of July weekend was in order. So, Mike marinated his steaks and we ate steaks with broccoli for dinner. The past couple years, Kayla wanted nothing to do with fireworks so we decided we would try next year. But, Mike took Kayla outside and watched all the illegal fireworks. She loved it and asked why we weren't doing fireworks ourselves. So, next year fireworks.

You be the judge

We always ask people, "Who do you think she/he looks like?"

We get a variety of responses.

"She looks just like Mike."
"He looks like Mike."
"I'm not sure who he looks like."
"I think he looks like both of you."

Mike and I both have the same opinion that Kayla and Riley don't really look like either one of us. But, we both do agree that Kayla and Riley look exactly like each other. Above is a picture of both Riley and Kayla at about the same age. They could be the same child. We sent these pictures to Mike's parents and they thought we were emailing two pictures of Riley.

Mike: "I guess the two of us equal this..."

What do you think?

You only have two hands right

Kayla has a way to crack me up when she says the funniest things. Yesterday, Riley started crying while I was making a bottle.

I responded with "Ok, ok, baby Riley I'll be right there."

Kayla responded, "You only have two hands, right mommy."

I asked, "Who says that?"

Kayla replied, "All my teachers at school."

She's a smart one.