The Riley Family

Will is able to put together a few three-word sentences now. His favorite is "No barking, Scout" which he must hear 20 times a day :).

Both Jack and Will started gymnastics class on Monday. They both had a great time. Jack is in the 3 year old class, and Will in parent-tot. It is funny, all 3 boys in Will's class have siblings in Jack's class! I'll try to take some pictures next week.

Here are some pictures from our outing to St. Pete's Pier.

Here are many, many pictures of our trip to Disney World over Christmas. Enjoy!

Happy 2nd Birthday to Will! We are having a relaxing day and plan to go to the train restaurant for dinner or maybe lunch tomorrow. We will post some bday pics later.

This morning I watched a great documentary on the state of maternity care in the US. With our c-section and induction rates going sky high, it is refreshing to see an empowering movie about a woman's ability to give birth naturally. Check out www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com .

I drink good coffee every morning Comes from a place that's far away And when I'm done I feel like talking Without you here there is less to say - - Colin Hay - I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You From the Garden State soundtrack

Unfortunately Jack and Paul have been sick all weekend. Really not fun. Hopefully everyone will feel better by tomorrow and we can enjoy our 'extra' day.

Kate has lost three baby teeth in the past two days! We have actually been so busy since Thursday night, that she just now wrote a letter to the tooth fairy for all three teeth :).

Here are a ton of pictures of us getting to FL, the rehearsal and dinner, of course the wedding, and then the next couple of days in St. Pete Beach with the fam. We were using two cameras (Kate got one for Christmas) so some of the pics are a little out of order. Enjoy!

This fall we had some monkey bars added to the playset. The kids love them!

Jack had a Christmas concert on his last day of school before winter break. The kids sang songs and rang their bells! Jack seemed a bit nervous, but enjoyed the special day. Here are some pictures.

The day before winter break, the Kindergarten classes held a Gingerbread concert. They sang songs, recited a sentence, and we got to make gingerbread houses! It was a lot of fun. Here are some pictures.

Paul and I are happy to announce we are expecting baby #4. My due date is July 12, 2010!! Check below for the latest updates in my pregnancy journal. Scroll to the bottom for newest posts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sunday - November 1, 2009. 4 weeks today. My eyes had been a bit dry the past two days, but I was trying not to get too excited. Waited until first thing today to test, and it was positive!! EDD 7/12/2010.

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday, November 3, 2009. 4 weeks 2 days. Scheduled my first appointment, it is on December 2, so I will be just over 8 weeks. Will see Dr. Weeks to start, same as I started with when pregnant with Will. Funny, Will was born when Jack was 21 months old, and this time I am just newly pregnant and Will is 21 months! But Jack was the most calm, quiet, laid back baby, and Will is Will! William will be 2 1/2 when the baby is born. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

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Wishing everyone a very peaceful 2010. Happy New Year!

We are very sorry to announce the passing of Paul's uncle Neil. We were very lucky to spend time with him just a couple of weeks ago at Auntie Sarah's wedding. Neil Edward Mason, formerly of Bath, ME, died Monday, December 28, 2009 at Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida. Neil was born in Bath on September 19, 1944, the son of Paul and Una Haskell Mason. He graduated from Morse High School in 1962 and served in the US Navy from 1964 -1969. He worked for BIW, in the tin shop, from 1969 until he retired in 2004. After retirement, Neil enjoyed traveling up and down the east coast to visit his children and grandchildren. He was an avid Red Sox fan and coached little league in Bowdoinham, ME for several years. He enjoyed playing golf with all his children and was adored by his grandchildren. Neil is survived by daughter Deidre Grace Schultz, her husband Russell and their son Grayson of Gainesville, Florida; son Adam Neil Mason, his wife Taraleigh a...

We just got back from a great vacation in Disney World. We literally have thousands of pictures to sort through (wedding too) and hope to post them this weekend. Kate and Jack both really liked the theme parks. Kate went on a few roller coasters, and her favorite ride was Big Thunder Mountain. Jack loved Soarin' in Epocot. Will covered his eyes in most rides, except It's a Small World, which he loved!

We had a fantastic time at Sarah and Aaron's wedding a couple of weeks ago in Florida. Kate was the flower girl, Jack the ring bearer, and Will was dressed up, but kept out of trouble :). The wedding was beautiful and everyone had a great time. Kate is in love with Auntie Sarah's friends (the bridesmaids) who were all amazingly sweet to Kate the whole time. We have tons of pictures to post, hopefully soon!