pictures from the week

it's been hard for me to post as much as i've wanted to lately- life is full right now. tyler is working all the time, so that means i am keeping up with riley, the house, our life, etc by myself. plus, i am babysitting for some extra spending money for our much-anticipated trip to mexico in just 6 short days. needless to say, we've been busy but i've been wanting to share some recent photos of riley. she herself is a busy woman but constantly keeps us laughing when we sometimes just want to crawl into a hole and hide for a while from exhaustion and stress. and so the pictures from the last week go like this:

riley found her nike's (thanks auntie rin!) tucked away in her drawer in their box, underneath some clothes. she brought them to me and insisted i put them on and would not let me take them off. so she took her nap with them on. i'm telling you, this girl knows what she wants:


a trip to village books for some tea, scone, playtime in the kids section then a new book:


moving her scone around the table while making car noises. she definitely knows how to entertain:


walking down the street in fairhaven, new book in hand and checking out the flowers. then she spotted the bench and HAD to sit there. apparently she could not wait to read the new book until we got home:



brushing up on her spanish on top of doc's bed. and of course, with the nike's on:


playing peek-a-boo with her cousin henry:


lastly, a valentines day treat - a date with my husband! and to explain the funny glasses, the table sitting next to us insisted that we wear them to help their brother celebrate his 50th. so we obliged of course!:




here's to a great week! it will be another busy one for us. tyler is out of town for work until thursday night then we fly out of seattle early saturday morning for a glorious week of sunshine and beach. not sure if i'll be back here before we leave. if not, i will be sure to post pictures of our trip once we return.