Ribers

Riley has surpassed any of my expectations of her developmentally. Back when I had planned on teaching her sign language around a year old, she started talking, so I didn't bother. She says so many things it astounds me. Right now she's at the point where she attempts to copy 3-4 new words a day that she hears us say. The other day while watching a dvd she said "tigger and pooh" as clear as day. She says she wants to get up, down, out, etc...and uses simple sentences to express this. She refers to her toothbrush as "Ahhh" since you have to go "ahhh" to put it in your mouth and so now she calls toothpaste "Ahhhpay" :) I thought that was clever. She says banana better than Cailen even does currently which is kinda funny. She has taken on our family tradition of calling each other our names ending in "o", Riley-o, Mommy-o, Daddy-o, kitty-o and doggy-o. (the pet ones are new to us-her own creativity at work). The one thing I marvel at is that she really doesn't seem to have a name for Cailen yet. At times she's referred to her as baby, so my curiosity is killing me because I want to know what she will someday refer to her hero as. :) She calls cars "wooooahw" due to the noise they make. Yesterday Cailen was flapping her arms and said she was a bird "tweet." Riley said "too-weet." Then Cailen said, "let's march!" Riley started to march and even said "march." She tried to say Cinderalls repeatedly the other day "Ahrella."

When she gets really excited about something she will almost roar the word related to it like if she sees baby Ben she might roar "Baaaaaby!!!" At other times her excitement will cause her voice to get really high pitched and she repeats what she wants you to know, if you don't respond enough, she will put her face sideways right in front of your face and excitedly tell you one more time. It is one of my favorite things about her personality. (Having her little face craned in front of mine and lit up with the love of something.)

She loves her kitty cat, brushing her teeth, pretending to eat or feed people, pretending to sleep as Cailen tucks her in, reading books, dancing and she also sings. Most of her songs are oddly enough, to the tune of "Are you sleeping brother john?" She freestyles the topics she sings about. She loves her belly which se calls "da beddy." She's finally warming up to daddy in a major way. She's a lover, a snuggler and a total goof ball like her sister. I can't imagine life without either of my sweet girls. :)