Oliver the Cat

I kept joking around that Oliver is just waiting until Riley is old enough so that they can play together. Looks like Oliver doesn't want to wait anymore and was playing with Riley today. What kind of cat lets a toddler hug him, push him, and put puzzle pieces on him without running away? A SPECIAL kitty (you know what kind of 'special' I am talking about).

Oliver awakes from his mid-day nap with puzzle time

Riley's favorite game "More, More, More"

Pittsburgh bound

So, not that this blog stays up to date or anything, but I thought it necessary to at least post that we are moving to Pittsburgh next month. Brian got a job in Pittsburgh and so we are headed to a new city. It's crazy to move AGAIN, but we are hoping this one might be permanent. Thankfully we have our friends from Chicago, Rob and Janna, in town so we at least know people there. And their son, Teddy, is the same age as Riley so he has a friend too. But it will be sad to leave all our friends we have met in Colorado and the phenomenal weather here. The heat index here in the summer is LOWER than the actual temperature. That was so great, I cannot even explain how awesome that is, since we both come from the south and crazy hot humid summers.

Riley is quite the traveler, before he turns 2 he will have lived in 2 countries, 3 states, 4 different homes and been to 8 states. I just want to assure my European friends that we are NOT gypsies.

Some pictures of what we will definitely miss here in Colorado:

This cute little monkey, Jacob. Also his parents, Dana and Paul

Riley's besty, Ajna. And her parents too: Eric and Teresa

Brian's cousin and her husband: Bobby and Serena (yes, we will even miss Bobby)

Brian's cousin Amy and Serena's little boy, Jacob.

And the mountains

Definitely, going to miss the mountains.

Bye Rockies, microbreweries, Boulder, Pearl Street entertainers, agave nectar, Gluten-free everything, quinoa, 14ers and Krista (where are the pictures?)!

San Francisco

We went out to San Francisco in January to visit my brother, Kristy and my cutie nephew, Melvin. Of course I took most of my pictures with my phone (so stupid) and my apple doesn't like my phone so I can't upload my pictures. If anyone knows how to get an apple to recognize an LG vortex, please tell me. It was so much fun to have Riley and Melvin play together since they are only 9 months apart, and the last time they were together Riley was only 6 months old. My brother lives right by Golden Gate Park so we got tons of outdoor time (absolutely necessary with 2 boys). I took Riley to the Academy of Sciences and tried to explain nanotechnology and the theory of relativity. He understood all of it while only wanting to stare at the fishies underneath him and playing(eating) with artificial snow. Genius material right here folks. They actually came to visit us 2 weeks later, lots of good cousin time for the boys!

Riley hanging out with Bella, James and Kristy's oldest kid

Cousins holding hands and being cute between toy fights

And.....

What happens when Dad gets to hang out with Riley?

Some nice finger tattoos: "Ozzy", next up we are teaching him the lyrics to "Mama, I'm coming home"

Christmas 2010

Christmas in February, that's the way I like to post apparently. I know I took pictures at Christmas (Brian's family came to visit), but apparently not on my camera and since my new phone doesn't want to sync with my apple these are the only pictures I can find for now. The last ditch effort for a Christmas card. Not near as awesome as last year.

Ok, kid, tree, box, almost there.

Clothes optional.

Come on Oliver get in the box. Wardrobe change for Riley.

Good, now Elliot is trying it out.

And bam! Pissed off Riley in the box, Oliver out of the box,
and Elliot too mad to be anywhere near these two. Merry Christmas!

Riley and Ba Ba get a haircut together

While we were home for Thanksgiving my Dad took Riley with him to get their haircut at his barbershop. My dad has gone to Lee for as long as I can remember, so this was cute to see him cut 2 generations of Caviness'. Riley behaved VERY well during the haircut and we finally figure out why. We have started using our cat spray bottle at home to prevent Riley from getting into things. You know, just a 'gentle' squirt, when 'No' isn't working. Lee has a similar water bottle, so maybe the constant spraying of his face kept him still :)

Kiddo Playdate

A lot of my friends back home have kiddos, so we thought we would try a playdate over at Emily's mom's house. There were babies and toddlers everywhere and no meltdowns! Of course we made poor Sara come over at 9am even though she has no kid alarm clock like the rest of us.

Thanksgiving in Little Rock

My official last day at work was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. So I extended our vacation home and stayed for a week. You would think I had more pictures to prove this, but it did not happen. Also, with all this new 'free' time since I am not working, I thought I would update the blog more....again, it did not happen. I must be the most inefficient stay at home mom (or I have a typical boy who is constantly getting into EVERYTHING and doesn't like to nap). Hopefully my job search will be more successful now that the holidays are over and I can go back to work! Here are the few pics I got.

Aunt Laura helping Riley grab a balloon at Grandpa's (Ba Ba) house.

GREAT SUCCESS!

My Aunt Cheryl and my cousin, Christine, came to visit! Can you tell they are the short ones in the family :) ?