ODU Football is back!

Princess Riley has decided she no longer likes riding in the car (or being set down on the ground or having you walk out of the room), so it was a risky move when we decided to travel to UMUC this past weekend to take her to her first ODU football game. Although there was some screaming as expected, she still did pretty well on the 3 1/2 hour drive. Once she arrived at the hotel the fun began as she met up with a bunch of her good friends: Davy, Michelle, Maisy, Rob, Jenny, Bill and Leigh. She had a lot of fun playing with them before and after the game. At dinner she got to sit at the head of the table and share some snacks with her buddy Maisy. The return trip went about the same, and after some playtime at home, she headed out to Nene and Papa's to watch the Steelers game with her aunts and cousins. After that she suited up to help Mom cheer on the Packers.

Riles is still practicing crawling - we like to say she's a pro at the "pretend crawl". She gets onto all fours from a sitting position and even moves an arm or leg forward, but then always changes her mind and sits back onto her butt again. Eventually she'll figure out that it will help her get where she wants to go; in the meantime, what she would really rather do is practice standing up. She loves to hold onto your hands and pull herself up to a standing position, and is so proud of herself when she does! Riley is still eager to try new foods, and she has gotten very good at picking up pieces and getting them to her mouth. She has also started to show a little bit of preference for certain foods over others. She has started eating the fruits and veggies from the cafeteria at daycare. Today was pears and mixed veggies, and her teachers all said how she was raking it all into her mouth with both hands and was finished practically as soon as they sat her at the table! I guess we have an eater on our hands :-)