Rocktober!!!

It was a big month for our big one year old boy! Reilly turned 1 year old on the 16th. We celebrated with a jungle party at Long Park. It was a perfect fall day. Reilly enjoyed his first cake and seemed to really appreciate all of his gifts. He smiled and chirped with glee at all his new fun toys.
Reilly did his best to cheer on the Phillies even though they didn't make it to the World Series. He and mommy are secretly glad that the Giants did. Don't tell daddy!
We enjoyed dressing up Reilly as the Frog Prince for Halloween. He was a good sport and even enjoyed some trick or treating at the mall.

Our Big Boy!

Well, here we are at Reilly's eleventh month. It feels amazing that we are closing in one one year of having this little blessing in our lives. He continues to be a joy every day, charming us and it seems those around him. Having an especially intoxicating affect on the ladies at the supermarket checkout. With a sweet ride like this, who could blame them?

First Steps!

Reilly took some first assisted steps today. I stopped paying attention for two seconds and when I turned around he was off and running, pushing his toy car! I couldn't believe my eyes. I managed to recreate the moment a few minutes later in order to catch it with my camera. Hope you enjoy the video!

Summer Highlights

Although the relentless heat waves of summer '10 may have finally let up the sweet memories of fun in the sun linger on. Here are some of the highlights.
Getting up close and personal with my new sharky friend at the Baltimore Aquarium,
Grandpa and me at a Lancaster Barnstormers game, the Elizabethtown Fair where I got my first taste of french fries, yum! Finally me and dad riding the train at Hershey Park.

10 Months

It crawls, it reaches, it...stands! It's our 10 month old baby! Wow, he's almost not a baby anymore. Our sweet Reilly-do has been doing some pretty amazing things this past week. Not only did he climb the stairs for the first time but he also started clapping and waving bye-bye. As you can see here he is pretty pleased with himself.

Nine Months

Reilly's officially been out in the world as long as he was inside. He's been having a pretty busy couple of weeks. Last week he started swimming classes and also started crawling. Look out mom and dad! He's already broken a bowl and eaten some grass and leaves which mom had to extricate from his mouth. Finally, on Sunday he was dedicated at church. Hey, Jesus is still alright with him!

Heat Wave

Holy smokes it's been hot around Lancaster for the past few days, getting into the upper nineties and even hitting 100 degrees. It's nice to have a refreshing pool like this one. Who cares about the heat when you can look this cute? Reilly is also signed up for an Aqua Babies class staring next week. Judging from these photos I think he'll like it.
If you look closely at the top photo you can see Reilly's first two bottom teeth. They finally came through! No more biting mommy!