The Traveling Man

We have been one busy family this past couple of months...
-Riley got roughly 8 new teeth, molars too! Oww... (he's been a tad grumpy..)
-Ri & I visited his Gramps and Grams up in Northern California, got to visit with the cousins!
-I took a quick weekend back the ATL for a wedding
-We bought a family Kayak this week for paddling in the local bay (Ri won't go in it till he's older)
-Lois & I got the mother of all colds & I got my first sinus infection! Fun!
-Many beach trips and surf sessions, Riley has come to love the morning beach runs
-Visited the local aquarium & spent many a Thursday evening with our buddies Tammy, Em & Teagan having play dates!
And we are doing weekly swimming lessons for Mister Riley!Life has been busy!

Needless to say, lots and LOTS of pics this time around!


These are oldest to newest pics at the bottom...



Peace and Harmony between the cats and dog... yeah, right.












Cool reflection pic off the aquarium window...Riley and Teagan.




















Me & Ri at the Scripps Aquarium














His personal teacher...Tammy! (Uh...that's Teagan's mom)




















Teagan is resting... it was a long visit for looking at sea life...














COOL ..Rocks!




















Tammy making sure no one takes a swim...

















That's Scripps pier at La Jolla Shores, amazing view! Ri was checking out this little girl to the right of the picture, poor guy- she gave him the brush off...

















Silly boy! Mmmm..yogurt!




















Hitting the beach for the morning!



















The mommy mattress..
















Mmm MORE Yogurt!















Messy kisses!















I love this pic! What a face!















Cool baseball hat kid!





















Ahh... Happy Valentines day mom! He was handing over the candy to his viral ridden mom... Run kid! Run! Kooties!!














Our fearless friend- Teagan... Emma took her out on the surfboard at one point. It's winter & Teagan LOVES the ocean! Ri watched from the dry shoreline... Our future surf champ in the pink hat!










The boy loves his bathtime! Course we usually go in the buff.. sans shoes & socks...oh and the diaper.



















We were at the San Francisco airport. He had never seen airplanes come and go like that...we watched for over an hour!

















Cousins! Ri, Sammy and little Tiffany..














Ahhhhh.. The kids were spying on the cat on the deck.. I love this picture.


















This is my family- dad, Matt my brother, Tiffany his daughter, me, Shanna over my head is my sister-in-law (whom I really like!), Riley and Sammy...












I love the Cal hat!



















More "eh-pains!"...well that's what he calls em'...




















Grampa and Riley, he just loved his Grampa. Who spent countless time playing 'put the magnet on the frig' with Riley...needless to say, Riley thought that was pretty cool.


















Ri & Sammy... She kept him very busy running around the house, he loved every minute of it!


















Lots of laughing!




















My mom and me...Post mexican food bliss...


















Tiffany did her best to keep up with Ri! She did a good job for someone who just learned to walk a week prior..













There is a great park for kids in Chico, the kids were the 'bird cage'...



















Whooo!!! Slide boy!!


















Sink bath!! I hope he didn't pee... That's where I put my coffee cup... I prefer not to think about it.


















Riley had never played on a piano...He actually made some nice little sounds on it.


















Gramma teaching him the finer points of Bach!















Shhh! Serious tutoring session in progress.... Mom also surfed for years and taught lots of people to surf too!




















He loves to go head first on slides...But I don't enjoy the head injury, so we are teaching him feet first...

















Cousins! Lizzy, Ri and Sammy... He really seemed to enjoy them & they treated him great, we can't wait to go back!












My dad is 80 years old and he vaulting over that deck to catch up with Riley!! You go dad!!




















Cousins posing on the slide!



















Cousin Tiffany is roughly 5 months younger than Riley but she could totally body slam him... Best be nice to Tiffy!













My 'ATL' Crew.. Jody, me, Lynn and Messina.. Loved seeing them but a weekend is just not long enough. Miss ya guys!












The wedding was for my buddy Maggie, we worked together at a non-profit clinic system. The best part was seeing all my work buddies at the reception! They are a FUN group.. (I looked like Mary Cheney in that blue suit!)











Me & Lo goofing around...




















Fly boy!

















Now for the bonus pic... Actually we have TWO this time around! Check out the family zoo...





Cosmo thought it was a good idea to lick the box...till her head got stuck, I watched her swing her head around for about 15 seconds- she finally realized laying down and hoping I would take pity on her was the best plan...















Then there was kitty... Who thought it was good idea to lodge herself in the small space under the TV.. That wide load was mistaken...once again, we took pity on her and got her out...but not before taking about 20 pictures!!