9 Months Old!

She wears 3-6 month clothing, slowing moving into 9 months.

She weighs 17 lbs 4 oz and is 28 1/4 inches tall (and has a head circumference of 33 1/2 inches).

She can go from the sitting position into the crawl position all by herself; however, she's not quite crawling yet.

Still dealing with eczema. 

Pulling out all of her toys out of her toy boxes, playing with each toy as though it's the most amazing thing ever and then moving on to the next one, is one of her new favorite things to do!

Shutterfly​'s Long Live Summer Photo Contest

Shutterfly​​ recently launched a fun promotion going on through their Facebook page called the Long Live Summer Photo Contest. It's a multi-week summer themed photo sweepstakes. You can enter to win a trip for four to The Bahamas and a professional photo shoot so you’ll remember your vacation forever. All you need to do is upload your favorite photo and caption based on the theme of the week. You'll get a gift from Shutterfly just for entering! You can enter at any point during the 5-week sweepstakes period. For more details, be sure to check out the sweepstakes' Official Rules.

PHOTO THEMES

• Week 1(7/9): Americana
• Week 2 (7/16): Great Outdoors
• Week 3 (7/23): Water Fun
• Week 4 (7/30): Sports & Activities
• Week 5 (8/6): Parties & Celebrations

PRIZES

• Instant win prizes just for submitting a photo!
• Weekly prizes (contestants can enter one time/week)
• Weekly featured photos: up to 5 weekly entries will be selected from the gallery and featured on the Facebook fan page and awarded a $500 gift card on Shutterfly and a copy of the new Lonely Planet travel photography book.
• Grand prize: trip for 4 to Bahamas, 4 nights, family photo shoot

Who wouldn't want to win a trip to the Bahamas, right? Even if you don't win the grand prize, there are still a lot of other prizes you could win. So, head over to Shutterfly's Facebook page now to enter the contest! Good luck!!!

Disclaimer: Shutterfly provided me with a free photo book in exchange for sharing this fun sweepstakes with you.

Miss Firecracker

On the 4th, we went to a small town 4th of July celebration a few miles away, and despite the insane heat, we had a wonderful time!
 

Riley was in a baby pageant, which they called the Little Mr and Miss Firecracker Pageant (such a cute name, huh?!). We found out about it after visiting a local shop a few weeks ago and thought it would be fun to enter. She was in a category of babies up to 2 years old, and with a category that large, there were a lot of festive cutie-pies. But guess what?! She was 1st runner-up!!! We were so excited for her! She received a participation ribbon, a toy photo book, and a gold dollar as her prize.

After the pageant, we found a nice shady spot under a tree and set out a blanket to sit on so we could take a break from the sun. That's were we took the photo shown above (plus, a ton more!). She's wearing one of her 4th of July outfits, the headband I made, and playing with (aka trying to eat) a pinwheel that my sister made for her.

There were a lot of different activities going on at the park that the 4th of July celebration was held at, and they even had a fun water play area at the park, too. The small water park spurted water from the ground, from the sides of benches, and from the top of a mini water tower-like thing. As you can imagine, it was overrun by kids of all ages (and adults, too!) trying to beat the heat. When the crowd cleared up a bit, we took Riley over so she could enjoy the water. We thought she would just love it because she's loves the water at bath time, but she did not like it at all. We tried taking her over there a couple of times, but she still wasn't a fan. Nope, not one bit. She just screamed. LOL! Perhaps, she'll like it better next year. :)

Hope you all had a great 4th of July!

Happy Fourth of July!

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