Starring...................Andrew Riley

2009-04-24T10:40:00.001-04:00

Andrew earned his Tiger Cub Scout patch last night.

Here is a picture from the ceremony:

2009-01-23T14:22:00.003-05:00

Christmas 2008

Boy, I'm a slacker. Here is a picture from Christmas this year.

Andrew had a blast and got a million toys.

2008-11-09T19:03:00.000-05:00

Cubmobile Race Weekend! Check out these shots of Andrew getting ready to ride.

2008-11-06T11:21:00.002-05:00

Happy Halloween! Andrew was a scary vampire for Halloween 2008. He got enough candy to fill both of those pumpkins in about an hour in our neighborhood.

Here he is modeling with our pumpkin. It was supposed to be a vampire pumpkin, but Daddy cut one of the teeth off by accident.

2008-10-22T10:28:00.002-04:00

We got to go to an Atlanta Thrasher Hockey game. Andrew made friends with the mascot, Thrash. He came over to our seats.

We had great seats thanks to my company. This was our first professional hockey game and it was so much fun. There is non stop action!

The gratuitous zamboni shot. Everyone knows what this is whether they know anything about hockey or not.

2008-10-10T09:36:00.001-04:00

Check out our little Tiger Cub Scout. He earned his Bobcat badge last night.

These are some guys in his Den after they earned their Bobcat badge.

2008-08-31T23:21:00.002-04:00

Andrew finished his baseball and got the Spirit award. He was very proud of himself. You will also notice that he decided to get a buzz cut this summer. He actually asked for it. He can definitely carry it off.

First day of 1st grade picture. I have to make sure and get a 1st day of school picture for him every year. He was very excited to start 1st grade.

I couldn't resist taking a picture of him. You can see that both of his top front teeth have grown in and he just lost another one the other day. Andrew makes sure to remind me that he has lost 7 teeth now.

2008-07-12T17:44:00.002-04:00

It's been a while, but Andrew has had a busy summer. We got to go to a Braves game. It was Andrew's first and he loved it. Mimi and Papa also went that night and Andrew and I went to sit with them for a little bit. They were really close to the field.

Andrew and Daddy went to the beach for a few days with Neen, Mack-Mack, and Uncle Pat. Andrew, of course, has his typical tan for the summer. He is so brown. They had a blast.

2008-06-22T13:28:00.002-04:00

Well, I'm a little behind. Here is Andrew & his kindergarten teacher on the last day of school. He got the Math & Science Award.

Daddy signed Andrew up for a weeklong soccer camp and he loved it. Here are some of the highlights from his last day. He absolutely loved it.

2008-04-19T18:17:00.002-04:00

Well, it's been far too long since I updated Andrew's blog. We went to Florida for Spring Break this year and made a visit to Cypress Gardens. It was a whole lotta fun! Andrew rode every roller coaster at least 5 times each.

Here are some pictures from the gardens.

This is a banyan tree. You can see how big it is based on how small Andrew is in the picture.

They had a pirate adventure show and Andrew LOVED it. They sprayed the audience with water occasionally and used the word "booty" a lot. He thought that was hilarious.

Here's one of the many, many roller coaster rides. This particular one made me sick to my stomach so Jim took him a few times.

Andrew was really shy and didn't want to get his pictures made with the lovely ladies. This is what I remembered from visiting Cypress Gardens as a child. I wanted to be one of those girls.

We also got to spend a day with J.R. & Jessica while we were at Mimi's house. The boys got their faces painted like dogs. They were so cute and everybody thought they were really cute.

2008-02-19T09:32:00.002-05:00

President's Weekend

We headed to Florida for the long weekend to visit with Mimi and Papa. The weather was great! Check out the azalea's in the picture with Andrew. They were beautiful.

We went to Weeki Wachee to see the mermaids and then got a silly picture of the family.

Here's a picture of Andrew with Mimi and Papa at Weeki Wachee.

We also got to see Andrew's Great Aunt Paulette and Great Uncle Nathen in Florida. They are staying in The Villages for February and March to golf. She taught Andrew a new game to play with slapping your hands and he wants to do it all of the time now.

2008-01-28T07:36:00.000-05:00

We had Andrew's 6th birthday party this weekend. He had a Batman cake that he picked out and had a blast with his cousins and friends. I can't believe he is going to be 6 years old on Tuesday!

2008-01-14T10:26:00.000-05:00

Here's one of Andrew's Christmas pictures. I have just now got a few seconds to breathe after Christmas and budget season at my work.

2008-01-14T09:14:00.000-05:00

Andrew's basketball season is in full gear right now. He is having a blast. This is some video from his first game in December. He scores in this video. Check it out!

2007-12-02T20:18:00.000-05:00

For Thanksgiving we headed to Florida to see my parents. On one day trip we went to Eustis, FL and walked on the shore of a lake and through their downtown area. Andrew found a fountain that had been soaped and stuck his hands in.

This past weekend we had Santa at the clubhouse in our neighborhood. Andrew asked if Santa was real and Santa said he could check by pulling on his beard. It was really cute!

2007-11-20T12:55:00.000-05:00

We went to the Smokies last weekend and you will never guess what we found at the top of the mountain - snow! Andrew had never been in snow and he got out and threw some snowballs at Daddy.

We could believe how beautiful the leaves were. The yellows and oranges were so striking. We had to stop and get some pictures. I even got in on the action. Please ignore my double chin! :)

2007-10-31T21:02:00.000-04:00

I need to do some catch up. I finally got around to uploading some pictures. The first picture is from our trip to Hilton Head for a long weekend a couple weeks ago. They had an awesome playground at Sea Pines underneath the live oaks. Andrew loved it.

We played a couple rounds of mini golf. It is one of Andrew's favorite things to do on vacation. We did a pirate themed course. Guess who won? I'll give you a hint the person is not in this picture! Hee Hee!

We went over to see Mack-Mack and Neen one Saturday and picked out a pumpkin at the church's pumpkin patch.

We have been able to do a lot of work on our house. One of the things that is getting a lot of use is the new playset in the backyard. Thanks to Papa we have a nice playset set up for lots of fun.

We also got together with the Laney's this past weekend. Andrew got to spend some quality time with one of his favorite people - Hensley Laney. They played in the game room at Summitt's and then came out and did a little dance for us.

2007-10-16T10:40:00.000-04:00

This is from our trip to Hilton Head Island. We found this great playground in Sea Pines under some live oaks. Andrew is quite the little monkey and LOVES the monkey bars.

2007-10-09T08:50:00.000-04:00

Andrew's soccer game highlights! Click on video to watch.
The kids love the tunnel at the end. They all run through multiple times.

2007-10-02T13:52:00.000-04:00

Well, it has been a while since I have updated Andrew's blog. We are so busy now that he is in kindergarten. We are also involved with soccer on Saturdays. Check out the pics below. Andrew already picked out his Halloween costume. There are also two shots of the soccer action on the Blue Sharks.

2007-08-16T14:38:00.000-04:00

Our pre-school trip to Chattanooga!

2007-08-13T10:42:00.000-04:00

Check out the newest kindergarten student! Andrew started kindergarten today. He was really excited and was ready to be a big kid. I dropped him off at school and he just waved goodbye to me. It was really sweet! You can see him in his first day's outfit with bookbag and glasses below. The other picture was with Daddy this morning.

2007-07-22T20:21:00.001-04:00

Click on the link above and see some of our beach trip pics!

2007-06-24T10:24:00.000-04:00

We went up to North Georgia on Saturday. Andrew decided to see how cold the water was at Cupid Falls at Young Harris College. I also tortured Jim and Andrew and made them go into Babyland General in Cleveland with me. Andrew wasn't too thrilled about the dolls though.

2007-06-11T09:34:00.000-04:00

Here's a picture of my T-ball star.

He is on the Maroon Mustangs. Andrew has done really well in the first two games. He has gotten a couple of hits that the coach pitched to him rather than the t. He is really proud of himself.

2007-05-07T19:54:00.000-04:00

Well, it's been a while. We have been very busy and I just haven't gotten around to posting. If you look at the picture below you will notice a hole. Andrew lost his first tooth. I think it was a little early due to some playing around, but the tooth fairy is expected to make an appearance tonight. The dentist said that the one right next to the missing tooth is loose too. He is really growing up!

Daddy, Andrew, and Mack Mack went fishing at a catfish lake a couple weekends ago. Andrew caught some fish. He was very proud of them too!

2007-04-10T11:00:00.000-04:00

Here are the highlights of our Spring Break trip to Florida if you are interested. Just click on Andrew's picture and it will take you to the album. Enjoy!

Spring Break 2007

2007-04-09T08:05:00.000-04:00

We just had a great Spring Break. We went to Florida to see Mimi and Papa and had a lot of fun. We spent a couple days at the pool. We did a bunch of different things. One day we went to Gatorland. Check out the pictures below. Andrew and I went into this aviary and feed some Larakeets. If you hold the food they will land on you. Andrew thought it was really neat, but I wasn't so excited to have birds landing on me.

Andrew brought home a souvenir from Gatorland. He named his alligator Gary. He is still sleeping with it.

Andrew went putt putt golfing for the first time at Pirate Cove in Kissimmee. He LOVED it and actually got a hole in one on one hole. Watch out Zach Johnson (winner at the Masters)!

2007-03-19T08:59:00.000-04:00

Here is a picture of Andrew being silly at his new favorite restaurant, Cracker Barrel. He has decided that pancakes and biscuits are good for dinner.

2007-03-05T16:58:00.000-05:00

Argh Mateys! Andrew loves dressing up as a pirate right now. He got some cool stuff for his birthday. Check out his rings! He also got some new bike accessories so he was showing off his new Spiderman helmet. It's almost time to take off those training wheels.

2007-02-23T14:58:00.000-05:00

Dawg Days! (You'll understand in a minute!)

Here are some more pictures that were taken when the Carlisle clan came to visit. Andrew's Great Aunt Suzy took these.

I think this one is good because sometimes I feel like I would like to cage him. Just kidding! I think he was pretending to be a dog. It's one of his favorite games!

Here are Suzy, Andrew, and Jack in Jack's new backyard. I think Andrew was trying to be a dog in this picture too. Okay, I guess he likes to pretend a lot!

2007-02-14T08:47:00.000-05:00

I made a slideshow of a lot of pictures of Andrew. This takes a long time, but the slideshow is neat. Check it out!

2007-01-28T20:50:00.000-05:00

Happy 5th Birthday Andrew! Yesterday we had the big blowout celebration at Bounce Groove, a jumpy place. We had all kinds of friends and cousins. There was a pirate theme, can you tell?

Andrew even had fun in the food room with his buddies.

Can you tell he is having fun? We love Andrew's friend, Samuel. He goes to the same school as Andrew and his mommy used to work with Jim when he was at the newspaper.

I couldn't resist posting this picture. I can't believe he is turning 5 years old. This fall he will be starting kindergarten. Time sure does fly!

2007-01-24T08:46:00.000-05:00

Andrew is one of those kids that thinks he can do everything by himself. He wanted to wash his hands over at Neen & Mack-Mack's house so he just made himselft at home and climbed up on the counter. Aunt Suzy caught the guilty party with her new camera. You can tell her is pretty happy with what he has accomplished.

T-minus 4 days until Andrew's big Birthday party. We are going to a jumpy place this year. He is really looking forward to it.

2007-01-20T12:28:00.000-05:00

Jim was teaching Russia in his social studies class and brought out some of our souvenirs. Andrew liked the big hat.

We have been keeping busy with our new fitness routine. We joined our local YMCA for some exercise. Andrew likes the pool the most, but he plays nicely in the childcare area too.

2007-01-08T19:41:00.000-05:00

Click on picture below to see our Christmas album.

Christmas 2006 Andrew

2007-01-04T21:06:00.000-05:00

More Christmas fun! All of the kids got a robe for Christmas from Mimi and Papa. Andrew loves his and has worn it everyday. You can tell he likes it, I think.

Here is Andrew with his great aunt Betty. We went to visit her and her family at their home in Lakeland, FL while we were staying at Mimi and Papa's house. We went to church with her family and then had some lunch.

Another shot from Silver Springs. They had a couple rides and Andrew had to try them all out. I think he had more fun on this little boat than he did on the glass bottom boats.

2007-01-02T20:24:00.000-05:00

Greetings from Florida. We went to my parents house in The Villages. It was a lot of fun. We visited Silver Springs. Everyone stood in the circle palm so we could get 5 years of good luck (or at least that is what we were told). Did you know that they have been operating those glass bottom boats since 1865? I didn't. We had a lot of fun with Mimi and Papa and really enjoyed the warm weather. The day we went to Silver Springs it was 85.

Here is a picture of Andrew and Hannah (his second cousin). We went to visit her and her family while we were in Florida. Andrew played really hard with his cousin and slept the entire way back to my parents house (2 hours).

2006-12-27T20:56:00.000-05:00

It all started out on Saturday when we went to Neen and Mack-Mack's house. There were a lot of presents and food. I think the highlight of the day was when Santa Claus made a personal appearance. Even the adults got in on the fun!

This is Christmas morning. Can you tell that Andrew got new boots? He was so excited he put them on right away. He also got a Ninja Turtle costume that he wore for a while.

On Christmas Day about 2pm we went to Mimi and Papa's house for fun. Mimi was reading to all of her nephews for a while.

Andrew has been dying to go bowling so we took him on Wednesday. He almost beat me (he had bumpers though). Jim was the winner.

2006-12-19T17:50:00.000-05:00

A couple of the photos that we did NOT use on our Christmas cards this year.

Tractor Rides

2006-12-08T14:32:00.000-05:00


AndyMac got to ride on the tractor from his Great Uncle Ricky. He was really cute!

2006-12-07T18:32:00.000-05:00

On Sunday we all went to Mimi's clubhouse in her neighborhood to see Santa. The boys had a lot of fun. They told Santa all kinds of toys that they want. They played games and made crafts too.

Andrew thought he would be funny and dress up like a deer.

2006-11-27T20:39:00.000-05:00

More highlights from our trip to Amory, MS at Thanksgiving. Andrew decided to suit up to help Ricky and Suzy with hard, hard work. They were putting pine straw in the islands.

Ricky took Andrew on his first tractor ride. He had a lot of fun steering the tractor around the farm.

Andrew also loves to play in Memommy Sue's laundry chute cabinet. He calls it his store and we had to pay in checkers. I think he was cooking pizza and hamburgers in there.

2006-11-26T12:39:00.000-05:00

We had a great Thanksgiving in Amory this past week. Andrew got to see all of his great grandparents, his paternal grandparents, his uncles, his aunt, and his new cousin. We ate a lot of food and played a lot too. I will post some pics from our trip later. Here is Andrew with the great grandparents.

2006-11-11T18:40:00.000-05:00

Hey, look who we ran into today. Andrew was very excited and told Santa exactly what he wanted for Christmas. He also scored a new toy today - the Grinch! He loved that movie last year and he saw the Grinch at Kohl's and had to have it. Mimi got in on the action too! I'm not sure if she told Santa what she wanted or not?!

2006-11-01T19:03:00.000-05:00

This is one of Andrew's songs that he made up. Here are a few seconds. It went on much longer. Enjoy!

2006-10-29T21:11:00.000-05:00

Andrew was pretending to be a turtle in the picture below. He is so funny!

Daddy and Andrew also had a concert for me. I will post one of his songs later.

2006-10-16T19:43:00.000-04:00

Mommy, Daddy, & Andrew went to visit Burt's Pumpkin Farm and picked out "big Freddy." Don't ask me why, but Andrew decided that our pumpkin needed a name. We couldn't believe how crowded it was there on a Monday. That place was packed. The second picture has the two that we ended up with - "Big Freddy" and "Andrew Freddy." He is a hoot!

2006-10-15T21:26:00.000-04:00

Once again we had another fun filled weekend. There were soccer games, birthday parties, & lots of family fun. We went to the fair with Mimi, Papa, J.R., & Jessica. Then we got to play over Mimi's house with J.R., Jacob, and Jessica.

Sunday morning we got up and went to Mack-Mack's church. Then we got to hang out with Neen, Mack-Mack, Mimimommy, & Grandpa. We had a good time.

2006-10-08T15:59:00.000-04:00

Well, it was Homecoming weekend at LaGrange College for the first time ever, so we had to go and check it out. It was actually a lot of fun even though the Panthers lost the game. While we were in LaGrange we got to see Aunt April, Uncle John, and Jack. We brought Jack some new Curious George books and you can see Andrew was very excited to show Jack. Stay tuned this weeke for more exciting pictures from this weekend.

2006-10-01T20:21:00.000-04:00

Not a whole lot going on this weekend at the Riley house. Andrew scored his first "real" goal at soccer on Saturday morning. He was so excited. On Sunday he went fishing with Daddy and he feel down the hill leading up to the pond and landed on his face. You can see his bandaids and scratches in the picture below. Poor little guy!

2006-09-27T08:44:00.000-04:00

Action Shots! Check out Andrew in action. He is really having a good time playing soccer this season. Doesn't the first picture look like he is directing the team meeting? Maybe he is calling the next play? Too cute!

Apple song

2006-09-25T07:52:00.000-04:00


Andrew singing the Apple tree song

2006-09-17T21:18:00.000-04:00

Andrew's new soccer season started and we have had a really good time. He has played in two games so far and is doing a great job. He has almost scored twice. His team is the Silver Sharks. They are too cute.

Puppet show

2006-09-17T13:43:00.000-04:00


Andrew was giving us a puppet show with his alien puppets.

2006-09-12T10:48:00.000-04:00

Another picture from Labor Day weekend - Andrew in his Halloween costume showing Colin how to use the ball that smashes into a frisbee. I have medicine head right now (Mommy has a really bad head cold) so I cannot remember the name of that toy. The Spiderman suit is a little big, but Andrew loves to show it off.

Check out Andrew's rock star look. He loves to pick up the guitar and sing us a little song just like his Daddy does. Andrew also had his first soccer game of the fall season this past Saturday. He had a lot of fun and almost scored twice. He was very proud of his performance.

2006-09-06T16:11:00.000-04:00

We went to the Georgia Aquarium on Labor Day. Man, that place was packed. Andrew had fun and got a little overstimulated. There is just so much to see and do there. I wish it weren't so crowded. The grossest thing I have ever seen was there - giant crabs from Japan. Ewww! Here are some shots of Andrew at the Aquarium.

2006-09-05T08:58:00.000-04:00

Check out Andrew's new Diego warm up. He is very proud of it.

Wow! We had a big Labor Day weekend and we are all exhausted. We had some guests this weekend. Kirsten and Colin came to stay with us a few days. It was big fun. We went to a lot of different houses and topped off a weekend with a trip to the aquarium in Atlanta. We will post some more pictures later this week.

Andrew's soccer practice

2006-08-27T19:22:00.000-04:00


Andrew's soccer practice throwing the ball.

2006-08-22T18:00:00.000-04:00

How about the hat? Andrew loves it!

2006-08-18T08:55:00.000-04:00

This is a picture from last weekend. We went to church and then to Neen & Mack-Mack's house. The background of this picture is a waterfall in their backyard. It is beautiful!

2006-08-13T19:59:00.000-04:00

What an exciting week and weekend. Andrew completed his first week of Pre-K and had a great time. We got to visit with some family during the week - Great Aunt Paulette and cousin Alyssa. We had a lot of fun. Andrew grew really fond of Alyssa and said she was his "girlfriend." She wasn't too fond of that at first, but warmed up to him before she left. Here's a picture from Friday night's Mexican celebration.

We had a busy Sunday too. We got up early and went to church at Mack's new church in Marietta. It was fun and then we went to their new house. Check out the picture below and Andrew's grin as he crushes Neen's car with his dinosaur. He had a lot of fun playing with Neen, Mack-Mack, & Pokey.

2006-08-06T18:11:00.000-04:00

Here's Andrew's new haircut. It's the eve before Andrew goes to Pre-K. He is very excited.

We also have a new addition to Andrew's family - RJ, the raccoon from "Over the Hedge." Andrew has fallen in love with this stuffed animal and he takes him everywhere just like Froggie.

2006-07-30T15:21:00.000-04:00

Andrew had a good time on Friday night with Mimi and Papa. We went to the regular Friday night hang out, La Cazuela. Good times!

On Saturday we went to Jacob's birthday party at Gymboree. It was a lot of fun. I knew that Andrew would have a ball and he did. Jacob was very excited for his birthday and especially his birthday cake.

2006-07-28T17:30:00.000-04:00

Trying another video!

2006-07-27T08:02:00.000-04:00

I couldn't resist sharing this picture. I got it from my Mom's camera. She is just now downloading pictures from Memorial Day when we went to Florida. Andrew got to drive the boat when we took a boat tour of Lake Sumter at The Villages. He was very excited.

2006-07-22T10:11:00.000-04:00

Vacation Reprise!

I need another vacation. It's just a plain fact that I didn't get enough out of our trip to the beach. I have no idea what I want to do, but I want to do something. I thought I would look through our beach pics to think longingly about the beach - sitting under an umbrella, reading a book, listening to the waves, and drinking a refreshing beverage.

2006-07-13T19:41:00.000-04:00

Andrew was just kicking back at his cousin Jessica's birthday party last week!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSICA~!

2006-07-09T12:50:00.000-04:00

We have returned from the beach! I couldn't help posting Andrew's favorite picture. This is Andrew and his girlfriend (or so he says) Hensley. We had a big time, but as always are happy to return.

2006-06-29T09:33:00.000-04:00

Last weekend we went to the Mall of Georgia and Andrew had a good time riding the carousel.

2006-06-10T10:27:00.000-04:00

Below are some more pics from our trip. You can see me and Andrew in front of that really old Live Oak below. He wasn't very excited about getting his picture taken. It was huge and this is only the trunk of the tree. The other picture is Andrew sitting with Mimi on the bench next to the live oak tree. He was doing one of those crazy smiles!

2006-06-01T19:35:00.000-04:00

We just got back from our trip to Florida over Memorial Day weekend. We went to see Mimi and Papa's new house. We also took a trip to Homasassa Springs state park, the Magic Kingdom, and Lake Griffin state park. Lake Griffin has a live oak that is estimated to be 300-500 years old. Andrew is sitting in it in the picture below. The other picture is from Homasassa where we got to see a 3200 lbs manatee. Andrew is pretending to be one. There will be more pictures of our adventures to come. Stay tuned......

2006-05-22T17:35:00.000-04:00

Watch out Spiderman is going to get you.................... Andrew is getting ready to go to Florida this weekend to see Mimi and Papa's new house. He got some goggles and swimfins for his hands and feet.

2006-05-16T19:08:00.000-04:00

That is the number of times that our blog has been viewed now. We just reached it the other day. Thought we would celebrate!

2006-05-08T18:01:00.000-04:00

Andrew's fascination with frogs continues. In the first picture he was playing hide and seek and using "Froggie" as his cover. We still have to take "Froggie" to school everyday and sleep with him.

This is the latest addition to our frog family. Andrew's new towel after he takes his bath. He pretends to be super froggie!

2006-05-02T21:43:00.000-04:00

This is my little guy! I just love to see this smile.

2006-04-16T22:15:00.000-04:00

Andrew got to spend some quality time with his grandparents, aunts, uncles, and great grandparents, but most importantly with his new cousin, Jack. He was very excited to meet his new cousin that turned one month old today. Neen and Mack-Mack got Andrew and Jack some new Thomas trains for Easter. You can tell that Andrew was very excited to get his.

Andrew wanted to help take care of Jack so he brought him a blanket, but then he wanted to share it with Jack.

2006-04-12T19:34:00.000-04:00

Happy Easter Y'all! Here's Andrew in his Easter outfit. He had Spring pictures at his school today so we had to get dressed up. I just couldn't resist posting this adorable picture.

2006-04-09T16:57:00.000-04:00

We just got back from our mini Spring Break trip. We didn't head towards the beach we went up to the land of Elvis - Memphis, TN. I have always wanted to go up there and see what it was all about. We went on a tour of Memphis, saw the ducks march at the Peabody Hotel, walked on Beale Street, & saw the King's home - Graceland. Andrew had a big time watching the ducks march. He got to be the helper of the Duckmaster and even brought home a souvenir.

Here is Andrew standing in the reflection garden where Elvis and family are buried. Hmmmm, maybe we have a superstar in the house. He took this opportunity to perform while others looking reflectively at the graves. Ooops!

After Memphis we stopped in Tupelo at the Buffalo Park and got to meet some animals. Andrew said that the giraffe was his favorite, apparently the giraffe liked him too!

2006-04-04T17:49:00.000-04:00

Homework time! Andrew told us the other day that he needed to do his homework. Too cute! He got some workbooks that we bought for him and got the table and chairs set up and then went to work.

2006-03-23T20:55:00.000-05:00

Check out the Blue Sharks! This is Andrew's soccer team with their coach. Their first game is Saturday. Do you think they look ready?

You can see Andrew stretching out below.
Getting ready for some practice!

This is Andrew when practice is almost over.
He gets kind of tired.

2006-03-14T17:14:00.000-05:00

Okay, Okay I know it has been too long since you have seen an update on the blog. We have had a couple busy weeks. Mommy went on a church retreat, Andrew started soccer practice, blah, blah, blah..... Anyway, I could only take a few pictures of Andrew at soccer practice the other night because it got dark and I got cold.

We also went to a birthday party for Andrew's good buddy, Ayden. It was a Scooby Doo theme and Ayden's Mom made them all their own doggie bowls. Andrew decided to eat like a doggy.

2006-03-02T09:51:00.000-05:00

Andrew has been waiting for this for a while, it's almost soccer time. This picture is from 2004 when he got a soccer ball from a friend of his grandparents. Next week Andrew starts soccer practice! We have been talking about soccer for a while to get him ready. He knows that you don't use your hands. He knows that you can use your head. He also told me this morning that you try to put the ball in the goal, so I think we have the basics down. We bought some shin guards last night and he calls them his "soccer socks." The smallest cleats that we found were size 13 and that would be a little big on him (he is size 10 right now). Stay tuned for practice pictures next week!

2006-02-19T09:42:00.000-05:00

Field trip!

Mommy, Daddy, and Andrew went on a field trip with Daddy's 6th graders. We went to see Biltmore estate. We also got to play at The Fun Factory in North Carolina. You can see a picture of the Biltmore below. Then check out some pictures of Andrew enjoying the video games.

2006-02-13T19:39:00.000-05:00

Here is the cutest kid on earth! Andrew got his new glasses.

2006-02-13T13:45:00.000-05:00

Vacation fun!

Jim and I went on vacation to the Smokey Mountains with some friends this past weekend. My friend Jayme loves to be the comedian and I couldn't resist taking a few pictures with my camera phone.

Here he is visiting Long John Silver's on our way up to the mountains. I had forgotten about these hats. I used to go to LJS's when I was a kid.

This is from a shop in Gatlinburg. He liked the hat. What do you think?

2006-02-06T08:41:00.000-05:00

Happy Monday! Andrew is modeling one of his new outfits that he got for his birthday. It has helicopters on the jacket and the shirt. He loves helicopters! Thanks Mimi for the present. We miss you guys a lot! Hope you have fun in Florida!

2006-01-29T09:51:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday Andrew Riley! He is 4 years old today. Yesterday we had the big birthday party celebration with friends and family. Andrew had a special guest at his birthday celebration - the Red Power Ranger. Andrew had a good time playing with him and even wanted the Red Power Ranger to sit next to him when he blew out his candles.

The theme was Buzz Lightyear, but you cannot find a Buzz Lightyear costume in all of Atlanta. So, we decided to ask the Red Power Ranger to visit. When the Red Power Ranger came into the party we had a few tears, but all was well in the end.

Andrew decided to take a bite out of the candle right after this picture. He decided the cake was better.

2006-01-27T07:35:00.000-05:00

Only one more day until Andrew's birthday party. He is very excited!

How about the spider hat? The hat was on clearance at Old Navy so Andrew had to try it on. He was very proud of himself.

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

2006-01-22T19:10:00.000-05:00

What else can I say? Andrew loves playing with Daddy. He told Daddy this weekend that he was his best friend and Mommy was his girlfriend. Andrew got to play with his cousins this weekend and stay with Mimi and Papa. He had a great time with both. We are counting down until next Saturday when Andrew has his Buzz Lightyear birthday party. Lots of preparations so Mommy better get busy.....

2006-01-16T19:12:00.000-05:00

Happy MLK Day! Business as usual for Andrew and Daddy, but Mommy got the day off. Mommy went shopping for furniture and had a good time with Mimi.

I have really been bad about pictures lately. Here are a couple that I have taken since Christmas. The first one is of Daddy and Andrew before they went out squirrel hunting the other day. You might not be able to see them because they are both in camoflage...hee hee.

This picture is what Andrew put on to go to bed the other day. He was really proud of himself.

2006-01-09T08:02:00.001-05:00

Andrew got some preschool games for the computer from Santa Claus at Christmas. He is really enjoying them. He has even figured out how to use the mouse by himself. This is him on Sunday morning with chocolate milk on his mouth.

Then he started monkeying around and made faces for me.

2006-01-03T17:11:00.000-05:00

Back to work and school.......

Mommy got a new cell phone with a camera and video. I took some pictures of Andrew and some friends from last weekend. I don't think that they look to shabby from a camera phone. They aren't from Daddy's camera, but they aren't horrible. The first picture is of Andrew when we went to Wal-Mart the other day. He is talking on Mommy's old phone.

This next picture is from McDonalds and Andrew is eating a chicken nugget. Sometimes Mommy thinks Andrew is going to turn into a nugget because he eats them a lot (one of the few things that Andrew will eat).

2006-01-01T18:11:00.000-05:00

Well, what an exciting year that we have had. There was a whole lotta fun at the Riley household this past year. It is sad to say goodbye to 2005, but we are looking forward to a wonderful 2006. We spent our New Years Eve with friends and played until well after midnight. We especially enjoyed the fireworks and the trampoline. Andrew also dressed up like a princess much to his father's enjoyment.

It is only 28 days until Andrew turns 4 years old. He likes to tell everyone right now that his number is 35 (pounds is how much he weighs) and his letter is A.

2005-12-29T10:23:00.000-05:00

Post Christmas Report:

Well, we have returned from our many Christmas adventures. Andrew had a nice Christmas and Santa Claus was good to him. He got some good presents. His favorite is his giant fire truck.

I think that his new Batman scooter runs a close second. He rode it all over Mississippi.

We also found this present in Mississippi. I guess it was for us. Andrew thought he was so funny (he had a little help from Aunt Suzy).

We also did some wrestling on Christmas day. Jim, J.R., Andrew, & Jacob all got into it. I was laughing so hard my stomach hurt.

And since Jim is usually the photographer I snuck a picture of him enjoying his family in Mississippi.

2005-12-21T21:35:00.000-05:00

Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas or Season's Greetings! Whichever one works for you!

We have been so busy getting ready for Christmas. Check out how Andrew was dressed when Jim picked him up from school the other day. He was so proud of himself. Oh boy! It's a little short and a little tight, but it is "Froggie."

Then the boys decided that they need to pose together. Both of them in their regalia. Once again I say, Oh boy!

2005-12-11T08:14:00.000-05:00

Andrew got to visit with Santa Claus (aka Ho Ho) on Saturday. Santa came to our neighborhood clubhouse for breakfast with the kids and pictures (what a great idea!). Andrew amended his previous list by adding a skateboard. He made sure Santa was aware of the amendment and then asked him where the reindeer were.

This is the serious discussion was about what kind of skateboard he wanted. The answer - Power Rangers. The funny thing about that answer is Andrew has never even seen the Power Rangers on TV. He only knows about them from other kids at school. They even play Power Rangers on the playground!

Hope everyone is enjoying their Christmas season so far. The traffic around any shopping centers is unbearable right now. Sometimes we need to take a few minutes and relax!

2005-12-05T18:21:00.000-05:00

Well, what can I say about the picture below? Andrew has decided he likes to pretend to be a pirate. Can we say, "Arghhhhhh!"

Here is a picture of Jim. Most of the time Jim is taking pictures or busy so you don't get to see him very much. This is Jim holding Colin when he came down to visit us from Washington DC.

2005-11-29T20:44:00.000-05:00

Andrew is in the Christmas spirit! We have watched The Grinch that Stole Christmas at least 15 times, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer a couple times, and Mickey Mouse's Twice Upon a Christmas once. He is very excited that our Christmas tree is up now and is fascinated with the "jingles" that are on the tree.

Andrew's Christmas list so far:
Power Rangers scooter
Big Thomas train
Big helicopter with lights

2005-11-25T20:14:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday to me.....

Today is Mommy's birthday. We went out with Mimi and Papa to eat Mexican tonight. They gave Mommy a sombrero and Andrew decided he liked it. I couldn't resist posting the pics.

We also got some yard art. Andrew is absolutely thrilled that Ho Ho is in our front yard.