Riley and Darrell - Go Red Sox!!

It is such a nice day today here in Abilene. Darrell and Riley dressed up in their Boston Red Sox shirts and we went outside and took pictures. Don't they look cute. We are obviously big fans of the Boston Red Sox. We hope to take Riley to game at Fenway park when he get's older.

Adoption Finalization

This past weekend we went to Ft. Worth for Riley's adoption finalization. On Friday we spent the night with some friends of ours, Marcus and Cassandra Lopez and there two kids, Gabby and Gavin. We had a great time catching up with them. On Sunday we had lunch with some good friends of ours that used to live in Abilene and now live in Denton. They have a sweet baby boy, Sawyer who is one month older than Riley. They had a great time getting to know each other. On Monday we went to downtown Ft. Worth to the Family Law Court and had Riley's adoption finalization ceremony. It is so great to have everything finalized and know that we are a forever family. Below are some pictures of our weekend.

Riley is growing, growing, growing

Riley is now 7 months and is cuter than ever. He is doing new things all the time and is really enjoying a variety of baby food. I feel so blessed every day that God gave us Riley. I am reminded constantly of the unselfish love of his birthmother and am so grateful to her that she chose us to raise Riley. Adoption is such a wonderful thing. I wish more people were able to experience it.

Riley loves to get a bath and we have moved him from the baby tub to a blow up duck tub that fits inside the bathtub. As you can tell by the picture he loves it.

6 Months Old Today

Our little man is 6 months old today. He's growing up so fast. He is rolling over and sitting up on his own. He's such a big boy. He has the sweetest smile. He has brought such joy to our lives. We feel so blessed that he is our son.

Sweet Potatoes! Yummy!!

We are introducing baby food to Riley. He really likes Sweet Potatoes. He is growing so fast and getting cuter by the minute. He is developing quite the personality. I'm am loving every minute of being at home with him. He is such a joy.

Happy New Year

Hope that every one had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We had a wonderful 1st Christmas with Riley. The picture of him is with his monkey that he got in his stocking. We were so blessed in 2008 with the gift of Riley and we look forward to what God as in store for us in 2009. We wish every one a happy and blessed 2009!

Recent pictures of Riley

Riley is now 4 1/2 months old. He weighed in at 15 1/2 pounds at his 4 month check up. He is doing great. He smiles all the time and he is really starting to chew on his fingers. He like to be sitting up or standing with help of course. We think he is starting to teethe. Dr. Wiley told us we could start feeding him cereal. Our first try didn't go so well. Most of it ended up out of his mouth instead of in it. We will try again soon and see how it goes. We are looking forward to our first Christmas with Riley. We will be headed to Lubbock on Christmas Eve. We hope you all have a very Merry and Blessed Christmas. Happy Birthday Jesus!