2 Months old - Where has the time gone

It is unbelievable to think that Riley is now 8 weeks old. She is changing everyday, this morning was the day that I realized how much bigger she has gotten. It hadn't really hit us yet. At her last doctors appointment about 2-3 weeks ago she hit the 9 lb mark. And we think she might even be approaching 10 lbs already. We will find out after the 4th of July the updated weight. She is definitely more alert with cooing and even a lot of smiles. She especially likes staring at her daddy when he holds her. Riley has been busy with visitors the past month. Many new ones and many others who have already visited. She has seen all of the grandparents again. They can't seem to get enough of her. We have taken pictures with most of the newly introduced family members. She met mom's old college roommate "aunt" Rae Anne, also the rest of Drew's extended family members, Uncle Blake, Aunt Val and their little ones Dylan & Lennon. Also, very excited Uncle Doug, Aunt Gail and Sara & Rachel, while we were Uncle Russ' & Aunt Liz's house in Tinley Park for there sons 8th grade graduation party.

There was also a stop at our house by Uncle Don on his way to a 24 hour bicycle ride. And she met his cheering squad Randy (old colleague) and our cousin Brian. And we are proud to say he biked 205 miles in 24 hours. What a huge accomplishment!

We also had our first try at cloth diapers and so far it has been successful. We are getting ready to stock up and switch over. There is pic of Riley in her first cloth diaper.

We are happy to say that we are starting to get more sleep at night. Riley is finally starting to be big enough that she can start sleeping more without us waking her up for feeding. Last night she slept 7 hours before waking up. We will see if it keeps up.

And Riley has a big adventure coming up for a trip to Northern Michigan for a mini-vacation. We will see how well she travels. She definitely needs to be a traveler in this family.

Enjoy the new photos!

Finally, Riley's 3 & 4 Week Update

The family has been doing well the past few weeks, just a little behind in things. So I am finally updating with some new pictures. There haven't been any big milestones in the past few weeks. The big change is the bath has changed from a sponge bath to the bathtub. She wasn't real thrilled the first time but is starting to like it more and more. She seems to love when her hair is being soaped.

Also, we have started to notice a change in her eye color. It was a very dark slate blue/dark grayish. And you can now start to see more of the real blue coming thru we will see in the next year what color they turn out. And we are still taking bets on if her hair will change to blonde, we will be very surprised if it stays brown.

There have been quite a few visitors lately, Grandma & Grandpa Smith, Oma & Opa Achterhof and even meeting Uncle Kyle for the first time. And the month of June is filled with more visitors. It will be a busy month.

Click on the photo below and it will take you to the new photos. And there will be another update this week once she has her 1 month check up. We will see how she has grown in the last two weeks.

Three & Four Week Photos of Riley