Enjoying Visitors and Fun Times

A couple weeks ago some friends from State College came to visit. Jason, Amy, Nate and Maryn all got to see our then 7 pound wonder. Amy is having a little girl in April so we are excited for Riley to meet his future wife. :-)
This weekend my brother Shannon and sister-in-law Nicole got to come out and meet Riley. Uncle Shan and Aunt Nicole are spoiling him rotten. Griff and I are also enjoying the company.


Auntie Nicole got to spoil Riley rotten. She helped so much this weekend!
Hiliary also came down from Penn State and got to see our little guy. It is so fun to introduce him to all the new friends and family.


A Steelers Fan is born!


Enjoying the game with Daddy. :-)

The Many Faces of Riley

I took these photos this morning of Riley with his Hawkeye bib on to show Grandpa Henry he will indeed be a hawkeye fan and he started making so many faces...I don't know if he will really be a hawkeye fan...we will see.

1 Month and Growing!

Riley at one month old. He was asleep in his pack and play so we figured this was the best time to get a shot. I took him to the doctor Tuesday (he has a pretty bad cold) and he weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces (this was my actualy birth weight). He is getting big and stays awake more during the day which is fun. And last night he actually slept for 5 hours!


There is a little boy in there... I promise.


There he is!


This one has got to be my favorite as of lately. :-)

Our First Christmas!

2008 was the first Christmas Griff and I got to spend together as husband and wife and also the first Christmas we have got to celebrate it with our son. What a year!

Riley is one month old today...it is hard to believe. This last month has been a full one, but so rewarding. We enjoyed a visit from my parents, in which Riley got spoiled real well by Grandma and Grandpa Henry (as pictured below).

The three of us spent Christmas together in Lancaster. We went to church (Riley's first time) for the Christmas Eve service and afterwards were really blessed to spend time at the pastors house with new friends celebrating Christ's birth.

Christmas day we headed to Pittsburgh to celebrate the holiday and Riley with all the Jones family. He got to take a nap with Grammy Sandy, spend time with his uncle Andy and get some good snuggle time in with Grandpa Kevin as well as meet the rest of the fam.

Week 3

I took Riley in for his three week check up and he weighed an astounding 5 pounds 15 ounces. He had gained 10 ounces in a week. The doctor couldn't believe it but I could because my parents had been here all week spoiling him rotten. Soon we will have a six pounder. :-)

Having my parents here this past week was wonderful. I have tons of pictures of Riley with Grandma and Grandpa Henry but they are on my laptop and that just got sent into Best Buy as it is about to crash. So just imagine two smitten grandparents fighting over who gets to feed, burp, pamper, change, kiss and hug him.

Please keep him in your prayers as he is still not keeping all his food down the best but he is definately improving and we praise God for that!

More to come later as right now I need to tend to my fussy son. :-)

At Home and Two Weeks Old

We have had Riley home since Thursday and it is wonderful! By God's grace I haven't had the baby blues but on Thursday when we finally got to walk out of the hospital with him my eyes were full of tears. I have been praising God over and over for our little miracle and that he is home with us now.

I can't say I jump up and down at the 2am and 5am feedings but it is a joy to know he is home and doing pretty well. The last couple of days we have had good feedings and not so good. This morning he spit up everything I gave him which was discouraging and then he was hungry and hour later and his schedule is completely off...I guess he doesn't understand the idea of a schedule. :-)

Please continue to pray with us that he would keep his meals down and he would continue to maintain a great blood sugar level and gain weight. We have an appointment at the doctors office tomorrow so I will know how we are doing then.

My parents (aka Grandma and Grandpa Henry) arrive this evening from Iowa and I am really excited to have them here, to see our little guy in their arms and to spend the week with them.


Here is our little green bean once we got home from the NICU.


Our first family picture at home.


Daddy and Riley taking a nap.

Riley is coming home!

He is coming home today! Thanks for all your prayers. I am waiting (not very patiently) for Griff to get off work so we can go pick up our little guy. He is a whopping 5 pounds now too! Praise God!

More to come soon....