NO NEMO NO!!!

As previously mentioned, 'Finding Nemo' is Riley's FAVORITE movie...he'd watch it all day everday if we'd let him. He has a favorite line from the movie as well, "Nemo No! No Nemo No!" which is said by Marlin when Nemo is taken away by P. Sherman. He says it when he wakes up, he says it all day long, he says it when he goes to bed! His Nana bought him a Nemo toy cell phone last weekend and he'll open it up, put it to his ear and proceed to warn Nemo "No Nemo No!". It's absolutely adorable! I really need to get it on video.


Hug & Kiss. I really have the sweetest little boy around! He will ask for hugs and kisses. He'll be running around playing and just come up and give me a hug, then say 'kiss'...because as you well know, hugs and kisses are just better together. And if someone else is around, he'll run straight to them, because he doesn't want to leave them out. Adorable! In the grocery store, I sometimes have trouble steering the cart because he just leans over and hugs me so much! He'll keep saying, "more...more" as we travel through the store. Am I lucky or what?!?!

Boy does he love Christmas lights too! We were driving home from dinner Friday night and he saw his first decorated house and couldn't take his eyes off it! When we passed it he says 'More!', so we drive around looking for more and as soon as we pass the house with lights he's back there saying 'Lights! More!'. So far, we always oblige. It's so amazing to see his face light up. This holiday season is going to be MAGICAL!



Speaking of...I put up some Cmas decorations yesterday during Riley's nap, so when he got up, there was a bit of a change. He LOVED the change! I've got a wall Cmas tree up and he just stopped, stared, and said "Kissmiss Tee"...Very Good Riley! I was only able to get 2 of my animated 'guys' out (a dancing snowman and a moving Tigger), but he carried those around all night! Just loves pushing the buttons. I didn't know how he would react, I know some kids are afraid of animated decorations like that, but he loves them so far! Like I said, it's going to be MAGICAL!

Riley's learned who 'Santa' is through pictures...got him some Santa books at the library and had a couple of last year...watching movies, etc. We are trying to get him 'acquainted' with him in hopes that there will be no crying when we take him next weekend. He did perfect last year...they told me to just sit Riley on Santa's lap facing outward, to not let him see Santa BEFORE the picture (he was 9 months, but so brave, I didn't think there would be a problem, but even Santa said it was better safe than sorry). We got a great picture, then Santa turned Riley around, and Riley was just fascinated with his beard! It was so cute! Santa told us how cute he was and just kept holding him as long as he could...he said he doesn't have a chance to hold the younger kids much cuz they are usually so afraid of him! Hope it's the same this year!

Riley is just so darn precious, and growing so fast, I can't possibly remember everything new and adorable he's doing now! lol OH! One more thing: He's putting 'sentences' together...or at least trying...saying things like 'Daddy's...work' 'Nana's house' 'Bear's bed', etc. Yesterday he actually said 'Can I see that?' when we were at the bookstore! He can also count to 20...sort of...most of the time it's by every other number...or sometimes he'll go off and say 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and then you say 10, 11, and he'll continue with 12, 13, 14, 15...pretty amazing!!! This whole parenting thing is just pretty amazing!!! I LOVE IT!


I've been absolutely horrible at taking pictures (didn't even take a single one at Thanksgiving because we were too busy chasing Riley around other people's houses), so I have none to accompany this post. Sad. :-( Just wait until after Christmas though...I'm gonna need a back-up battery for all the pictures of Riley and his cousins, presents, family...I can't wait! But, that's another post!