Update ...

This is strictly an update post ... no pictures! :)

Riley Arthur
Riley has learned that there is a difference between boys and girls. We hear routinely about "peanuts" (we've tried to correct the way he says it but it still comes out as peanuts) and how mommy and sister don't have one. He proudly announced this new knowledge at daycare one morning last week when we were dropping him off. He seriously is NOT this old is he?

Riley is also learning what it really means to have a little sister who puts things in his mouth. This weekend him and dad went through the toy box upstairs to take out all the toys that are too small for Paige. He seemed fine with it but we shall see what happens in the future when he wants to bring something upstairs from the toy room (where all the small stuff ended up!).

Paige Caroline
Miss Paige is a girl on the move. She's still army crawling, however she gets up on her hands and knees and acts like she's ready to take off at any moment. She's also pulling herself up to her knees and has even made all the way to a standing position a few times. I was commenting to Ryan last night that she's growing up WAY too fast. It makes me sad that my "baby" will be 9 months this week. I feel like it was yesterday that big brother Riley came up to the hospital to meet her for the first time.

She's all girl though. I pulled out a little doll that she had received as a gift and let her play with it yesterday. She sat contently and played/chewed on it for a good 15 minutes while I was prepping dinner ... and then picked it up randomly throughout the rest of the day.


Swimming
Last Friday both Ryan and I were done with work early so we took the kids swimming at a pool in Rochester. The swimming lessons we had Riley in did wonders for him as he's now just a FISH! His favorite thing to do is to jump off the side of the pool to dad who is waiting to catch him. Ryan keeps going further and further out to see how far Riley can jump ... and I must say, the kid does pretty well! Miss Paige LOVES the water as well. After being in the big pool for a while she was shivering because it had gotten cloudy so I took her out and wrapped her up in a towel. Well, she didn't want that, she wanted to be in the water!! She loves splashing (and trying to drink) the water.