Happy 3rd Birthday Riley!!!

Today is my little man's 3rd birthday!!! I cannot believe it was 3 years ago today that I gave birth to him. He was such a great baby, so laid back (and HUGE). Casey and I have been so blessed with him. He is so smart too. Everyday, he says or does something that just takes my breath. This past year he started school for the first time and loved it. He went every Tuesday and Thursday and every time I picked him up, his teachers would just brag on him. His music career also grew a lot this year! He loves the guitar, drums and vocals. He knows more words to most songs than his daddy does. He is always telling me "turn it up mom" or "this is my song!" I think he loves Dierks Bentley more than I do, LOL! (He picked this song for the blog). Needless to say, we rock out together. He is my sweetest little guy and I hope he has a great day today!! Happy Birthday baby!!!

Fun with Nona & Uncle Kenny

Saturday, we went to Shawnda and Kenny's house to bring Elyse and Bekah home. They had stayed the week at Memaw's and we had all kinds of fun with them. Riley loves his cousins so much. We shopped, watched movies (they love scary movies like me), played and visited. I love it when they come stay at Memaw's. We enjoyed swimming and eating at Shawnda and Kenny's house on Saturday. Riley learned to throw the frisby and he was pretty good. Bentley skinny dipped and got out to enjoy a snack on her Nona's lap and got so excited she peed on her :) Sorry Nona!!

Go Astros!!

Riley went to his first Astros game on Sunday and he had a blast. We took him as part of his 3rd birthday and he did really good. He was so excited when we first walked in and he saw the players warming up. He kept yelling at them telling them to throw the ball to him. It was really cute. I only have one picture because, first of all, he wouldn't really cooperate and take them and secondly, I accidentally deleted them :(

Say Cheese!

I got a new camera this week and I LOVE IT. I don't know hardly anything about it right now, but I am trying to learn. It is so cool. I have some really good ideas in terms of photography style and such, so hopefully, I can learn to use it and put my good ideas to use. I only have a couple that were good (I have SO much to learn) and I thought I would share.

JK Wedding Entrance Dance

A friend of mine posted this on facebook and this is too cool. I love it!!!!

Bentley Ramirez

Hola! We made it back from Mexico without the swine flu and all in one piece. We had such a great time. The kids were great!!! Riley thought the airplane ride was super cool and watched his portable DVD player the whole trip. Bentley started to get a little restless toward the end of the flight, but all in all did great. Riley had a lot of beach and pool time and loved every minute. I have to say, I think his favorite part was the giant brownie he had after every meal :) The resort was beautiful and pretty much empty. We were 4 of the 28 guests, so it was like we had this resort to ourselves for the week. They had many great amenities for the kids like toys for the room and the beach, high chairs, strollers and baby monitors. For those of you who don't know, Bentley is a MAJOR momma's girl and really does not care for anyone outside of momma, daddy, and Memaw. She will usually warm up to a woman before a man, however, she LOVED the Mexican male hotel staff. She actually reached for them and let them carry her around....I WAS SHOCKED. So that is where we come up with Bentley Ramirez...she knows what she likes!!

The Difference a Year Makes

2008

I got this idea from my friend Melissa and I really think it's neat. Here are pics from last July 4th and Bentley was 10 days old and Riley was almost 2. Crazy how big they get and how much they change in a year.

2009