Sneak Peek - 1 Year Photos

Go to http://victorialeighphotoblog.com/blog/ to see a few pictures from Riley's one-year photo shoot at Old Salem that were uploaded today. You have to scroll down a little bit.

For anyone in need of a photographer, Vickie is wonderful!!!

Notice Anything Different About Me?

That's right, I'm a big boy now! I get to face forward in the car. Yay (clap clap clap)!!!!

Summer Flowers

I know this is totally unrelated to Riley, but since they make me happy and are technically relevant to the Otis Family, thought I'd post a photo of our hydrangeas. I wish they were always in season. Totally remind me of my wedding flowers and the gorgeous hydrangeas all over Nantucket where we spent our honeymoon. Would kill for a trip to Nantucket right about now...

A Day at the Park

Riley loves the park. The baby swing used to be his favorite, but now he thinks he is way too cool for that and prefers the tunnels. He especially likes to look out of the holes.

Poor guy, you will notice in this photo that his forehead is a favorite spot for mosquitos.

Giggle giggle

Not quite sure how it started or why it happened, but for the past two nights as I've been sitting with Riley while he drinks his bedtime sippy cup full of milk, he has just started giggling. It, of course, makes me giggle, which makes him giggle more. 10 minutes later we are both out of breath from laughing over absolutely nothing. Has got to be one of my favorite things he's done to date.

P.S. According to his teachers, he took his first step today.

So Big

Today when I picked Riley up from school, there were a bunch of teachers and kids in the lobby when I arrived. I saw Riley's teachers, but glanced around and only saw older kids and found myself wondering where Riley was. I walked all the way through the lobby and started to walk down the hall to Riley's classroom before I realized that he WAS one of those older kids.

To people with older children, he still no doubt looks like a baby. But to us, he looks like anything but.

Goofball

When I used to come home from work, Casey would have Riley in his highchair right in front of the back door so that Riley and the dogs would be the first thing I'd see when I got out of my car. The dogs would wag their tails, Riley would start wiggling and smiling and flailing his arms and legs. I thought that was comical.

But now, instead of Riley greeting me from his highchair, he is now standing at the back door. And instead of smiling and flailing his arms and legs in excitement, he now pounds on the glass with his hands and puts his mouth on the glass and licks it. The dogs are right next to him trying to knock him out of the way

I'm not sure which method of greeting I prefer, but either way, what a welcome sight after a long day.