On the Go

Our little angel is 7 months old! She is definitely on the go. She is a moving and a shaking. She has a sort of crawl. But if she sees something she wants she can get to it. She grabs and dives at everything. She is super squirmy but loves to snuggle. She is definitely a lover. She just got over being sick and all she wanted to do was snuggle. It was wonderful to have the vacation time to be with her. And we still have one more week! Yay for being a teacher! Everyday I enjoy more and more about her. Paisley loves to say "Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma..." Over and over again. Especially when she is upset. It melts my heart. Sometimes she says "Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba..." Matt has changed his tune from "Da Da to Pa Pa". He says because it is uncommon for kids to call their dads papa now and that way he will know she is talking to him. I think he is just itching for her to be close.  She is happy. We are happy. Definitely Blessed.

Have a Happy New Year from the Riedel Family!

Holidays 2012

Well we are wrapping uo the holiday season! It was our first Christmas with Miss Paisley, CPC and our new house. First item on the list was putting lights up on our house. Matt talks about his big dreams for our Christmas display but this year was definitely bare minimum. We waited too long apparently to go purchase lights and clips because the selections were slim pickings. These are a few snapshots of the day we set up lights. Paisley enjoys sitting out in the garage with us!

She loves to latch onto faces. No matter how short her nails are she can still dig in.

Christmas Eve was spent at my grandparents. My favorite Christmas memories are listening to my grandfather read The Night Before Christmas as we all anxiously wait to open our one gift for the evening. It is important to select wisely! I look forward to passing this tradition on to P.

 Before our first CPC Christmas Eve Service

So Hunter made a Christmas card for the family. It has a picture of him on the front and a quote inside. My brother put the card in the middle of the dining room table to make it look like Hunter was with us. Weird. So I decided we should take a sibling photo with "Hunter". My mother was the photographer... not the greatest pictures. You can even seen Christian my nephew who was "ducking" to not be in the picture. My mom has a lot to learn about photography and the zoom button.

Paisley opening gifts with her daddy on Christmas morning. She actually enjoyed ripping the paper off. She is so precious :) And Matt is such a wonderful Daddy.

Merry Christmas from the Riedels!

Happy Happy Happy

Life has been so happy happy happy! (Yes we watch too much Duck Dynasty) My little girl is growing up so fast! I completely missed taking 5 month pictures due to the move. Boo. But she is super precious for her 6 month photo shoot!

Isn't she happy!

I feel like she just discovered the puzzle says her name. I know thats not why she is making this face but its perfect for the moment!

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

 She absolutely loves to stare at the tree and pet it. Not grab just pet the tree...

 Ok now she wants to eat the ornaments.

And last but not least I did some crafting this weekend. I'm obsessed with how it turned out. Love it!

 I covered the bar stool seats. I also painted out dining room table black and the stools black/turquoise. And then to help the living room has some similar color I put turquoise on the bottom of our media stand. Now to just start putting things on the wall... I'm just so overwhelmed with all of the wall space I don't know where to begin. But its a start!