Riley

This little gem we refer to as, "Sissy", "Sister", "Gracie", "Hurricane" or "Hurricane Grace". Let me just tell you, she is something. She is SO sweet one moment and crazy as, well, a hurricane the next. She is absolutely into EVERYTHING! She climbs on furniture, ladders, boxes, really anything an inch or more off the ground. She definitely keeps me on my toes. I didn't plan to put locks on on the cabinets at our new house, but she literally had the contents of two cabinets pulled out before I could clean up one after her. I waived my white flag and began installing child locks.

Riley is so tiny. After big boy Benjamin I never figured I would have a tiny kiddo, but Riley has sure proved me wrong. She is 90% for height, but usually 20-25% for weight, every girl's dream, right? She certainly didn't get it from me because I was a chunk when I was a baby, I guess she has her Daddy to thank for some height!

This girl talks up a storm, so much so we can carry on simple conversations. It's really comical. You wouldn't expect someone so little to pick up so many words and understand so much, but she does. I guess between being the second child and being a girl, the words just flow! Behind Dada and Mama, SHOE was her first word. Shoe, are you kidding me?!? She is OBSESSED with shoes and wants to put hers on and put ours on for us. When I get ready in the mornings, she picks a pair from my closet and brings them to me (and won't stop until I put them on). She's funny, SO GIRLY, yet a total tomboy all at the same time.

I wouldn't change a thing about this sweet, little monster! She's a keeper!