3 Month Update

Unbelievable, Riley will be three months old on Tuesday. People are right the time does go by quickly. Riley will be starting daycare on Monday because mom has to go back to work. She had a trial run for a few hours this week and it went well. And mom is feeling good about where she is leaving her baby.

There have been a few small milestones in the past two weeks. Riley has rolled from her back to her side. Dad missed it but she is on her way to rolling all the way to her stomach. We will see how much longer for that. And yesterday we noticed a tooth starting to break the gum, that explains some of her fussiness. Not sure how long it takes to come all the way in but we will keep you updated.

And it has been a busy few weeks at the Achterhof house. Grandpa Smith came for a few days to visit. Also, the church we attend through a baby shower for us, which turned out wonderfully. Riley will be styling in some new clothes for awhile. It seems no one can help but buy the adorable girl clothes. I can't blame them and we love having such cute options. Afterwards the visitors didn't stop. We had Oma and Opa Achterhof come out for the day. And we were given a break to go out to the movies while they watched Riley.

And than we had a very special visit by Great Gramma Hawes, which is the reason behind Riley's middle name Jean. It was a full house for the visit Aunt Chrissy, Melissa and Sarah came down with her. And we surprised her with my mom/Grandma Block and my brother, Uncle Don coming from Illinois to visit. We aren't able to get together often and we had many laughs. Oh an I don't want to forget Cashew & Lucy who also came to visit my brothers two dogs. Like I said definitely a full house but worth every moment.

Below are a few new photos of Riley.

Weeks 8 & 9

Riley has had a busy two weeks. She went on her first big trip to Northern Michigan for the 4th of July, a family tradition. And she had a great time meeting the Hawes side of the family. And they loved meeting her. She especially loved meeting the boys, I think my cousin Rochelle needs to look out, Riley might be eying her boyfriend Nick. And Riley went to her first parade and fireworks show. She slept through both and I don't even think she needed the extra ear protection you will see in a few of the photos.

Riley also had another doctors appointment and she got a clean bill of health. She is now 11 lbs and 21 inches. She is staying in the 50th percentile for weight but her height is at the very low end of the chart at 10%, I wonder if she will take after her mom with the shorter genes. And we have noticed a big increase in her smiling and cooing. She really tries to talking to you and likes when you repeat back. She will go back to the doctor next week for a few more vaccinations that they didn't have this time. So I will see if they will weigh her for me because she won't have another appointment until she is 4 months.

Below is a slideshow of photos from Riley's trip Up North. If you click on the slideshow you can open it up and it will be larger and you can scroll through each photo.