One small step for man...

One giant leap for Riley. Houston, we have liftoff :) Ok, enough NASA stuff...but we have steps at last. On Friday she took her first steps...aided by the lion...but steps are steps! She is very close to taking off without any help, but for now it is neat just to see her stand up, hold on to her lion, and push him across the room.



She also discovered the fork, and now practically insists on feeding herself. All in all it has been a fairly eventful Halloween weekend.

A trip to the pumpkin patch...

Today we went over to the Owens Big Orange Pumpkin Farm (http://www.bobevans.com/ourfarms/springcreekfarm/pumpkin.aspx). A little chilly out, but we had a good time. Riley was far more interested in the other people (and babies) than she was the pumpkins. And I'm pretty sure she was just as annoyed with this one particular lady taking pictures as I was. :)
She got a big kick out of seeing the goats, and watching us feed them. We saw what may have been the largest horse ever, and I think Melissa had flashbacks to Spanky in St Lucia (see first blog post for that story).
Also recently, just in time for Halloween, we adopted a black cat named Patton. Technically Patty since she's a female, but Patton sounds so much better, and like the General, she is quite the mischievous character.

(One of her her favorite activities: pulling books off the shelf)