Riah Turns One!

 

Easter is a wonderful day for a first birthday!

 

 

 

I cannot believe my baby girl is one already.  It has been such a busy year.  I can easily say that Moriah takes the prize for the easiest baby EVER.  She is such a sweet heart. 

 

 

 

Her love language is 110% touch.  She loves to cuddle.  She will grab our hand and push it up against her face asking us to rub her cheeks and head.  She loves giving kisses, those slobbery, open mouth, drooly baby kisses. 

 

 

 

 

She is obedient!  A child that actually listens when I say no?  Crazy.  I wonder how long it will last.....  It is so fun to have Moriah right after Josie.  These two are polar opposite in personality.  If you say "no-no" too sternly to Moriah she is likely to cry.  Josie would look at you and laugh.

 

 

 

 

Riah is a thinker. She will study things for the longest time with her little eyebrows furrowed trying to figure out how they work. Brett was whistling with Riah in his lap one night a few weeks ago and she was trying sooooo hard to copy him. She would watch and make a little "o" with her lips and say "oooooooh, oooooh." Then she would stick her finger in his mouth, pry it open and bend her head down to look inside and examine. Then, he would whistle again and the whole scene would repeat itself. 

 

She can clap, wave, and play peek-a-boo. 

 

She says mama, dada, Riah, hi, bye, yeah, boo, and ticka-ticka (tickle-tickle). This last one she does while poking her two pointer fingers into her tummy over and over. 

 

She has shown hardly any interest at all in walking. Why should she with 6 older brothers and sisters to constantly entertain her, bring her what she wants, and carry her around everywhere? She has finally just started cruising around behind a push toy. 

 

 

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY RIAH-ROO!