tagged

this is my first time being tagged (thanks, lisa), and i'm going to honor it. i'm supposed to post 8 random things about riley . . . i'm going to steal some things from owen, though, since they are only 1 day apart in age, and they are similar in many ways!

1. riley is the happiest baby on the block--until you cross her. then forget it. for example, if you pick her up when she doesn't want to be touched, she arches her back and screams. she turns bright red and howls. this almost always happens when i try to change her diaper.
2. riley LOVES solid foods. she takes almost no milk now, much to my dismay. when i'm with her, she gets force-breastfed (picture milk squirting everywhere and riley shrieking between gulps). at almost any time during the day, someone is trying to squirt a sip of milk into her mouth from the bottle or sippy cup, too.
3. riley has eaten everything--from a taco to ice cream to onions. you can't stop her.
4. riley has gotten formal pictures taken every month of her life, for a total of 10 formal shoots.
5. riley's favorite game is "chase." she crawls away from you, stops, turns around, and waves. then she crawls off as fast as she can, giggling the whole time. you're supposed to chase after her.
6. riley can stand independently now, but she'd rather prop herself up by resting her big belly on the edge of something. that way she has her hands free but is still stable.
7. riley gets a bath every night. i don't think we've missed a day. it's part of the bedtime ritual, which starts at 5pm: dinner, bath, book, milk, bed.
8. once again, riley is NOT sleeping through the night. for the past 2 weeks, she's been up at least 2-3 times per night. sometimes more. she seems unphased. she rarely naps for more than 45 minutes per day, too.