Christmas Eve

Yesterday (christmas eve) we took some family photos with all of the McMurrys at a park in Plano. It was about 70 degrees (everyone stuck in Utah, eat your heart out!). Later, we had a Christmas party at Gmom and Pop's house. For the first time, both riley and I got to meet Sam's aunt Patty, uncle brian, and their kids.

Christmas Joy

Riley decided to celebrate Christmas Eve by staying up almost all night long. He kept waking us up every hour and a half all night long. I'd like to think it was because he was just too excited about his first Christmas. But when morning finally rolled around, he was so tired that he slept through most of the fun.
It was still a great Christmas!

Riley Clause and the Women

Merry Christmas everyone! Here's a little Santa suit that we bought for Riley this Christmas. He's sitting beside his girlfriend, Mrs. Clause. Whoever designed Riley's costume obviously doesn't understand babies and the tendency they have to put everything within reach in their mouth. By the end of the night, the little white cottony ball on his costume was so wet that you could wring the spit out of it. Oh well. All I have to do is dip that thing in a little bit of sugar and he'll be happy for hours.

This is Riley and all his many girlfriends at church. There's only one other little boy and about nine girls in our ward. After we laid all the babies down on the blanket to take the picture, Riley started trying to hit the babies on either side of him. For those of you who are thinking, "Oh No! Riley's turning into a bully," don't worry. I'm pretty sure the hitting was unintentional. He still has almost no control over what his hands do. The other day he was waving his hands around and he stuck one finger straight up his nose. It went in amazingly far. He was pretty mad, and looked at me like he somehow thought it was my fault or something.

Holy Parabola!!!

Riley had his four-month check-up today, so I thought I'd update everyone. He weighs 15 lbs 5 oz and is 26 1/4 inches tall. I know, I know. In a just a few more months, he's going to be as tall as me. That's going to cause all kinds of problems.

Catching Up

It's been forever since I've had a chance to post. Sorry guys! Here's a photo of Riley after a hard day at the office. He works in a factory that produces dirty diapers. He's a four-time employee of the month. The pay sure is lousy though.

Don't we all wish we were this flexible? I miss the days when I used to be able to suck on my toes.

Riley, I apologize in advance for posting a photo of your naked behind on the internet. But I thought I'd better do it before you got too big to be REALLY embarrassed. This blanket is Riley's new favorite toy. My grandma made it for him, and it's really satiny. He loves to play on it wearing just his diaper.

Who needs toys when you have blankets to play with?

Another photo of Riley in his little suit. This is a pretty impractical baby outfit. He ends up chewing on the tie. But it was so cute, I couldn't resist getting it for him.