Easter

Happy Easter! (Poor Mesh was working a 24 hour shift Sat-Sun but he's home now!)

Fancy Riley

Ready for 7:30 AM Mass - the advantage of my early risers is that we can go to the less crowded Mass.

Ben loved finding Easter eggs.

We had a beautiful sunny day on Saturday! One year ago Saturday I was 38 weeks pregnant and my car was totaled by a drunk driver. I walked away with just a few scratches and Ben was safe. Each day is a blessing. Please don't drink and drive.

Simone, Riley, Nate, and Ethan at a giant egg hunt in our town.

Spring Soccer

Nate and Riley are playing in the neighborhood soccer league this spring - it is very low key and a nice way to spend our Sunday afternoons.

Nate the Great! Nate's favorite sport is currently basketball (he can often be found outside shooting hoops early in the morning) but he also likes soccer. He is a great technical player-making sure he does things "just right" - not surprising if you know our Nater!

Riley hanging with the boys on her team. It is hilarious to watch sweet little Riley knock the bigger kids around as she chases after the ball - she has great instincts on the field!

The Iyers take the field for their first outdoor soccer practice. (4/10)

Nate playing the ipad while Mom fixes his shinguards.

First Steps!

One small step for Ben, one giant moment for his parents! Ben took his first few steps today while Nate, Riley and I cheered him on. He showed a bit of his new skill to Dad and Badamma when they got home...but don't blink or you'll miss it! :) He was so thrilled with himself it was hard to get him to sleep tonight.

Badamma's visit!

We are so happy to have Badamma here visiting for a week! She brought beautiful Indian outfits for the kids. Riley was so happy to have an "Indian princess dress", and Nate said "Cool! I look like a white Aladdin!" Sweet Ben looked like a little king.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Love,

The Irish Iyers and O'Mesh

Riley's Birthday Celebration

Happy happy birthday Riley Isabel Iyer! We are so blessed to have you as our sweet, smart, hilarious, and recently feisty (hello 3!) daughter/sister!

Flashback to July 2008 - Olivia, Riley and Simone

Pictures with the butterflies

Dancing during intermission

Courtney, Meg, Jen

Olivia, Riley, Simone

Olivia, Rileybel, Simone

Riley turns 3 on Monday! We celebrated with a fun girls day. Riley and I took her two best friends and their moms out to lunch and to a family friendly ballet based on one of her favorite books - Fancy Nancy Bonjour Butterfly. A performance of Peter and the Wolf was also included and though Riley was terrified of the wolf during the show, afterwards she said the wolf was her favorite part. Then we came home to have pizza and cake with the boys. It was the perfect 3rd birthday celebration for our girly girl. Her actual birthday is the 14th so the celebrating continues! We love you our sweet Riley Isabel!

Palm Springs

We had a wonderful week in the sun in Palm Springs! The first day we had all of the Kieffer cousins together: Nate- 4 1/2, Riley, Sadie and Cameron all 2 1/2 ish, Ben 9 months and Colin 6 months...it was an amazing day! I flew down with the kids by myself (which was easier than I thought it would be thanks to my great travelers) because Mesh had call so he joined us a few days later. Joey, Sabrina, Cam and Colin were in LA for the week and came to visit before heading back to NYC. Andy, Val and Sadie drove over from Calabasas and stayed for a few days. We had Noni there all week! Every day was pretty much the same mix of going to the pool, napping, playing outside, and going to the pool some more!

We were all so happy when Mesh arrived to join in on the fun!

Ben's first dip in a pool!

Sadie, Nate and Ri at Splashtopia at our resort.

Ben and Colin finally meet!

The kids running away from us - when I realized I wasn't going to catch up with them I stopped to take a picture instead.

Nonistar and her stars, as she calls them!

Top: Sabrina, Joey, Noni, Andy

Middle: Cameron, Colin, Sadie, Nate, Riley

Bottom: Ben, Val, Meg