We had gotten some books from the library and this is a conversation I heard between Aunt Ninna and Riley.
Ninna: "Hey buddy did you take your books back to the library?"
Riley: "Yup but they were closed. Because it is King Louie's birthday."
Ninna: "Who is King Louie."
Riley: "You know Dr. Martin Luther King-yeah it's his birthday."
Riley is very particular about his "work". He has always been very creative and crafty. He LOVES coloring, cutting, glue, staples, whatever he can get his little hands on. When he brings homework home it is the first thing to get done. It makes me happy that he enjoys doing homework. He usually only has homework on Friday's--but yesterday he came home with one paper to do. He was supposed to color each animal a different color (the color that is says on the animal). He brought it to me to put in his back pack for him. I looked at it and thought "that looks good--but what the heck is all the red?" So I was telling him what a good job he did and he said, "I wanted my animals to be "super" animals so I put capes on them." Holy cow I had to laugh. I sent a note to his teacher explaining that I thought it was cute and very creative. She told him at school that she loved it and gave him a piece of candy. Good thing she has a good scense of humor. What a funny kid.
Reesie turned 9 months on the 17th, I know it is crazy but true. She has mastered sitting up and is now a champ. Rolling over, check, two teeth on top, check, two teeth on bottom, check, check. She has not had ANY interest in crawling....until yesterday. She just started scooting in the morning and by last night she had it down. I got a video so I will always remember the day my baby started scooting. She does it all the time now. She will be crawling before we know it. I have not really wanted that day to come. For some reason I have just wanted her to stay small and enjoy every second of that. OH WELL!!! They have to grow up sometime. She is such a joy and we all just love her so much. She sleeps good, and eats good, she is starting to get a little temper. I sometimes call her little HULK because she starts to shake and scream--it's pretty funny. She sometimes says mama and the cutest thing is she shouts for Riley. It is WAY cute. She will mimic me when I say "RILEY" she will then shout out something that sounds like Riley. She adores her brother. He can make her smile and laugh at the drop of a hat. Raegan too. She just wants to be down playing with them. I am so grateful to have such wonderful kids. I know I take it for granted sometimes--but I am truly blessed.
Last night I was holding Reese and for some reason she tipped her head back and I saw her two top teeth have come threw. CRAZY!!! I knew they were swollen but I didn't know they were threw yet. These ones were WAAAYYY easier on her than the first two. She hasn't even been cranky. Now she has 4 total teeth.
By-the-way-Reesie LOVES the toddler bed. The last 5 nights she has slept threw the night for the first time since she has been born. YAY!!! She does awesome at nap time too. Just rolls over and goes to sleep.
I LOVE these girls so much. It is so fun to see them growing up together. Raegan loves her baby sister so much and always wants to play with, talk to, hold her sister. Reesie is in love with her brother and her sister. She is so lucky to have an older brother who adores her. I always wanted a brother when I was growing up. Anytime Riley comes around her she laughs and smiles at him. Yesterday when I got Reesie out of the bath Raegan wanted to brush her hair. It was so sweet watching the two of them. Reese didn't mind at all that Raegan was "making her pretty." It reminded me of my baby sister. We have such a good friendship and I miss her like crazy. We would play together for hours and hours and hours. I LOVED having sisters when I was growing up. I hope that Reese and Raegan will be close friends and good sisters always. 
