Caelan's quotes

"I have a big rock in my leg!" (referring to his knee cap)

When asked if he was a big boy or a little boy he said, "I'm just a dude"

He handed Nathan a frisbee and told him to sleep on it and when Nathan followed his directions Caelan laughed at him and said, "That's a frisbee, Crazy!"

Whenever I tell him not to do something he almost always responds, "But I have to mom."

He was playing at Grace's house the other day and in the middle of playing he closed his eyes and said, "Thank you God for Grace's house. Amen." and went about playing

I should be doing this at the end of every day because he has so many sweet things. He is such a sweet smart boy and I love him!

started saying "yes"

Usually when I am at the grocery store and they ask if I need help out I say "no thanks". But I just started saying "YES!" It has been amazing. Now by the time I have both kids in the car the groceries are in to. It's so wonderful. I don't know why I never accepted before. All moms should get help out to the car. It's amazing!

Please Remember

There are times throughout the day that I catch myself praying these words, "God, please let me remember this moment!" Today it was because Caelan was reading to Adelaide. He asked me to make her sit up and he sat down next to her and said, "Look baby Adelaide, Pig. Pig says, Oink" All of that was in an extremely high voice. Adelaide looked at the pig and caelan was a little upset that she didn't say oink. I just know that I will forget their little voices and all these little moments that you just don't have time to go get the camera and put it on tape. Caelan loves Adelaide and can't wait for her to play with him. He is always sharing his toys with her and giving her hugs and kisses. It just warms my heart! I love being a mom.

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The Rileys

We had a great time at the DOX Marriage Seminar this weekend!  Gave Nathan and I a lot of stuff to talk about!  Here is my hubby back in the day.  Such a sexy man!  This was on our one year anniversary, I took him to that place up in Newberg I think with all the planes.  He thought it was cool, I was bored.

It's sad but I looked through our pictures to get a picture of us together..... I couldn't find one.  There was this picture of him almost three years ago and then tons of pictures of him with the kids.  What happened to those years before I was pregnant?  I should find those and we should take more shots together.

Fun in the Sun!

This morning was GREAT!  Caelan slept in until 7:15 which he hasn't done in a few days!  Then we just woke up slow and hung around until about 11:00 and headed to my sister's pool.  (One of the benefits to living in an apartment!)  It was so nice!  I love summer time!  Caelan wasn't really acting himself though he was snuggling me the whole time and didn't really care if he is in the water.  I really hope he isn't getting sick again.  Hopefully he will wake up from his nap feeling great!

Ewww stinky Daddy feet!

Snuggles for Daddy

I'm all ready to swim, Mom!

Big Boy Bed

We had to make the switch to a "big boy bed" since Caelan figured out how to climb out of his crib.  Right now it's just his mattress on the floor until we can go to home depot to find all the right screws for his toddler bed.  I was really worried about the transition and how he would do with all the freedom.  First go around was a nap and he did great!  He didn't get off the mattress at all and talked/played for about 15 minutes before falling asleep!  I was so happy!  Then that night he screamed and cried and wouldn't stay in his bed.  We had guests over so Nathan went up there to help him fall asleep fast.... I went up after our guests left to wake Nathan up.  Today for nap time though he did great again.  Didn't even attempt to get off the mattress.  We will see how tonight goes....  I'm sure it's much harder when there is people over though.  I wouldn't want to go to sleep either.