hello, world!

so many firsts....

riley screamed thru her first engagement party and slept thru most of her first trip to wal-mart. go figure.

she wore her first bow to church this mornin, and it stayed on.

it's finally not cold anymore, so she's in the other room takin her first all-i'm-wearin-is-my-diaper nap.

she didn't much care for her first trip out to the clothes line w/me.

she has her first cousins who are younger than she is. didn't take long!

and drum roll, please........ she slept thru her first fishin trip. (and by fishin trip, i mean josh fished while i sat on the bank and let riley sleep).

our riley bear can put on quite the show these days. she either screams and generously shares her unhappiness w/all w/in earshot...or she smiles and coos and makes all sorts of funny sounds. she likes to play "this little piggy...," and she's diggin her "the very hungry caterpillar book."

other than that, our lives are probably like most everyone's else's who has a baby...the house is a wreck, we look (and feel) tired almost all of the time, and we're not as uptight as we were just a few months ago. that's really about all i know today. nothin terribly exciting....though i'm sure as soon as i click "publish post," i'll think of half a dozen stories that would have been much more entertaining.

hasta la pasta.