Lots to Say...

The Delp family experienced their first night apart this past weekend. Our good friends, Steve and Val overwhelmed us with their generosity and kindness by watching Riley overnight.

Ryan and I had a great night together, remembering how much we enjoy being together. We were even excited about the hour-wait at the restaurant!!

And Riley had a great time with Steve and Val. He is such a lucky boy to be so loved - and Steve and Val took great care of him.

And from the sound of our car ride to church the next morning, Riley had a great time too. We asked Riley what he did with Steve and Val and then he babbled on and on about all the good times - on the way TO and FROM church. He had a really good time.

Hooray for warm weather!

It's getting warm in PA and we are loving it!

We enjoyed the sunshine last weekend by going to Freddy Hill Farms to watch Daddy hit some golf balls, explore new places, converse with anyone and everyone in our path, see the animals at the petting zoo, and joy of all joys - enjoy a first ice cream cone. Then we went for a walk in the park. Sadly, for all of this fun, we forgot our camera! Ugh! But we captured some of it via camera phone...

Riley on the way home... man, the park can really make you sleepies!

More Fun with the Fam...

We all really enjoyed having Grandma and Grandpa Domsten and Mel here for Easter. We all got lots of loving and lots of coffee... what more could you ask for?!

Riley thought it was great. He loved having so many people to play with that all look like him! And watch this... Grandpa will go with me wherever I go!



And we had fun playing the Wii that Ryan got for his birthday. We even made characters for our entire family... we'll have to show you next time we're all together! It was pretty funny! Here's Mom and Dad...




Mel and Ry had a good time beating each other up... I especially like hearing Dad laughing in the background. :)



We are so thankful for our family. Thanks again for coming out to see us - we are still talking about all our memories. We love you so much.

Love,
Us

Happy Birthday...

Riley turned One Year Old on March 22.



We were so excited to have some family come in to celebrate with us and we enjoyed our special time with Grandma and Grandpa Domsten and Mel...

And oh man, did we have a great party to celebrate! Riley loved his cake - made from scratch, thank you very much... ah the joys of having a son with an egg allergy! He started off slowly, but by the end, he had lifted the entire cake to eat it like a cookie.

We also dedicated Riley to the Lord at his birthday party. We are so amazed by the love and support we feel - and for the many special people that love Riley and us so well.

Thank you, God, for showing Your love to us through our relationships with others.

First Haircut

We took Riley to get his first official haircut on Saturday. We went to the barber shop that Ryan has gone to for many years. It's as old-school as you get, which is why Ryan loves it so much.

Riley did great - and towards the end Frank give him a pretzel to keep him doing well!

I feel like Riley is growing up so quickly - he looks less and less like a baby. And now, after this haircut, he really looks like a little boy...

I love my boys...

Ode to Snoopy

Riley has loved one of his flannel blankets since birth (Thank you, Carole!) We have begun calling his prized possession the Snoopy blanket - or just Snoopy or Snoops for short.

Even when playing happily, he will occasionally look for Snoopy, cuddle with Snoopy and trip over Snoopy. The other day I believe I heard Riley yelling for Snoopy (which sounds more like "oope") from upstairs. When we went downstairs, there was Snoopy waiting to be hugged.

If only we could capture his love and excitement at each glimpse of Snoopy, but this comes close...

Problem-Solving 101

Watch Riley try to put together a ball that has fallen apart. He's really concentrating and trying to figure out how to make this ball fit together...

The amazing thing is that even with the genes he's inherited from both Mommy and Daddy, he's not growing frustrated during this process!