Riley Marie...6 months already!

Riley is six months on the 20th...we can't believe how fast she is growing, changing and learning! She is such a smart baby. She sees something done once and she will copy it. She loves her Jumparoo (like a johnny jump up) and bounces like crazy!! She also loves to chew on this thing called a raspberry, nice and textured and you can freeze it to help soothe teething...argh!!! little nervous for that, but I think it's coming! Riley loves her voice, screams, talks and laughs a lot! She is still smiling at everyone and is friendly as ever! Riley can now sit up on her own and roll and roll and roll.

Mr. & Mrs. Foster

As most of you know, we are married! It was a beautiful day! It was the wedding of my dreams, and it went perfectly! Ben was soo handsome in his tux, and I think I looked pretty damn good too! Riley was perfect all day, only cried once - of course when we were having her blessed by the Deacon. The reception was soo much fun. I only wish we had more time to visit with each person who came...at one point, Ben and I had to say "okay, let's just go have fun or we'll miss our own reception." Thank you to my parents for making my dream wedding come true, if it weren't for them it wouldn't have! Love ya!

We want to thank all of you for being part of our special day. Having you all there made our wedding day what it was and we couldn't imagine it without you! We love you all!

Deacon Dean did a wonderful ceremony, we were so lucky to have gotten him!

Right after the ceremony

My dad with Riley - this is the most he has ever smiled in any picture, EVER!

I love the way Ben loves his mother!

And she is the reason why we chose April 4th as our wedding date - it's my grandmother's birthday. She is so very important to me, my inspiration to be a good, no great, mother, wife, daughter, friend and every other role that I will ever play in my life.

And now onto precious Riley - She is getting so big so fast! She weighs 15lbs give or take a few ounces. She giggles, coos, screeches (in a playful way), sucks her big toe and does so much more. She amazes me everyday. It's amazing to watch a child experience, learn and acknowledge all the new things in the world. Everyday there is something new for her to see, feel or hear. Ben and I love being parents! We are so lucky, Riley is such a good baby....I mean, we even have days that she doesn't cry at all! (I should probably knock on wood...)

I will post new pics of her soon!

3 months and counting...

Riley is now 3 months and two weeks old...we just can't believe how fast the time has flown by! Riley is truly an amazing little baby. She smiles and laughs all the time, rarely fusses, is completely engaging, and loves to shop! Of course mommy had nothing to do with developing her admiration for shopping!

The wedding is coming just as fast as Riley has grown. In just four weeks the deed will be done and the family will become one! We are both excited, but nervous for all the small things to come together...well I guess I stress over that more than Ben. We can't wait to share our special day with our friends and family. And for those of you who can't make it, there will be plenty pictures to show.

Say Cheese!

Riley's curly q's

Mommy's baby girl

Love this hat!

3 months 11 days

10 weeks

Wow, Riley is 10 weeks today! That time has flown by! She has changed so much and is so entertaining! She smiles and babbles and just recently has started to giggle a little. As of last week she weighed 10lbs 15oz...I am sure she is up to 11 by now.

We hope everyone is staying warm in this cold weather!

Happy New Year

First, we want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year!!

For a Christmas gift for Ben, I made up some pictures of Riley...they came out so adorable. She was 3 1/2 weeks in the pictures....I also put up a picture of her on Christmas day, at 5 weeks old!

The cutest Christmas outfit I have ever seen!

4 weeks old!

We can't believe it...Riley is already 4 weeks old! She is doing wonderful! She is strong and healthy! Riley looks a lot like her mommy when she was a baby, but has curly hair ( after her bath and the next day) like her father. We are hoping that her eyes will be blue like her daddy but I have a feeling they will be brown. She can "throw" herself onto her side already and holds her head up very strongly. Ben and I are just so in love with her!

Here are some recent pics of her! Happy Holidays!

Riley Marie has finally joined us!

Riley Marie Foster was born on 11/20/08 at 2:55am. Riley weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. Labor and delivery was not as bad as either Ben or I thought, which is great because this means we will definitely have another! Riley is soo beautiful! There was a lot of miconium in the water and she had to be watched carefully at first but everything ended up being just fine!