Photos of our Trip to Elk Grove and the last week with Riley...Riley took her first overnight trip with us to Elk Grove, CA to visit Ramsey's parents and extended family last week. Like a champ, she slept the entire time in the car on the way there, and then charmed all of her visitors with grins and good humor (while keeping her dad and I up at night of course!). She met her great aunts, Diana and Georgette, for the first time, as well as cousins Rena, Elena, Neal and Ana (who is expecting a 2nd baby this fall...yay!).
Luckily for her dad and I, Riley has been taking bottles like a champ this week. We have started to give her one bottle at bedtime in the evenings...Ramsey takes her into the nursery and rocks her while feeding her and she loves it! She then usually falls asleep for a good 4-5 hours before waking up to nurse again, so it has become a great bedtime ritual that also gets us a bit more sleep before the long night begins.
Another fun event this week was hosting the women and babes from the childbirth prep class that Ramsey and I took during my pregnancy. I invited 6 women and their little ones over to our apartment to relax, snack, and share stories about our first weeks of parenting so far. It has developed into a great support group and I really hope we can continue to function as our own little parents group, getting out and about in the city with each other and chatting about the joys and challenges of parenting thus far. The picture of all the babes was taken on our couch...Riley is the one in the middle showing off her lovely hostess skills...the only one pitching a HUGE fit!!
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