Here are just a few of the pictures from our Christmas 2007. Isn't Riley the cutest baby EVER?!? We went to Grandma & Grandpa Passey's for Christmas Eve and stayed the night. Christmas morning was chaotic with all the cousins, but so much fun! Riley was more interested in the wrapping paper than what was inside his presents, but he seems to like his new toys and he LOVES his new books!
Riley is coming up on 6 months and is doing really well! He is sitting up by himself and he's even learned to pull his knees up under himself so we're sure it won't be long before he's crawling. He is such a social butterfly and loves being with people. He is a mover and a shaker and its getting harder to keep him on my lap as he reaches for new things to play with and cranks his head to see what's going on around him. I'll post some more pics and some video later. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

Well, Benson being the amazing gift-giver that he always is, got me a new digital video camera for our anniversary. (You may think that 'fruit & flowers' is the traditional 4 year anniversary gift but you'd be wrong...its digital electronics!) Believe it or not, this is my very first video camera EVER! I'm really excited to start getting video of our family as we (and Riley) are growing. I'm also going to have to learn how to use Adobe Premier Pro so I can show up Adam & Ryan with my video productions :)

Merry Christmas!

Riley thought this Santa's hat was pretty fun...his smile is so contagious!

All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth!

Well, after a long few days of runny noses, gallons of drool, and general crankiness, Riley officially have two bottom teeth! If you look really close you can seem them there in the photo. 5 months is a little earlier than we were planning on, but he has been ahead of the curve on everything else, so why not! He loves eating cereal with a spoon like he sees us doing, but I think its more because he likes making a mess than the actual food itself.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS...BY RILEY

The TV. I know there are better things to be doing (like trying to get my feet into my mouth or seeing if I can break my spit-up distance record) but I just can't help being fascinated by the television. Wherever I am in the room, I will twist and turn to catch a glimpse of what is on. Today Daddy caught me in his recliner trying to turn the darn thing on...so many buttons I just can't remember which one. My usual tactic at this point is to push them all and then stick the remote in my mouth but unfortunately that's only worked once. I know what they say...TV will rot my brain yada yada, but I just can't help feeling like I might actually learn something from those dudes down on Sesame Street. Besides, my days are rough with all the playing and the napping and lets not forget the spit-up...doesn't a guy deserve a little down time?

UDreamIt Vinyl Business

As if I need something else to do....I have been helping Ashlee start a new vinyl design business. Its called UDreamIt Vinyl and the whole idea is that we do custom designs instead of the same old sayings you see everywhere out there. Here are just a few examples of the designs we've done so far. We've been putting the vinyl on tiles, boards, candles, plates, clocks, walls, car windows...pretty much any flat surface that could use a little decoration. She's had an open house, done an enrichment night at BYU-Idaho, and spent two weekends at the local flea market. She's had a really positive response so far and think she will do really well. The demand for new designs keeps me on my toes, but I love doing them and its been a lot of fun!