Disneyland

A couple weeks ago we woke up early, loaded the car, hit the open road and found ourselves at DISNEYLAND! The happiest place on earth!





I LOVE this picture, not fond of the hat but Ri loves it and so does Pluto, I guess that's all that matters.




We met up with the Chamblesses and Riley and James were chosen to do the Jedi training. It was hilarious! Ri had issues activating the lightsabor thing. And I thought I was getting video, but apparently I was laughing too hard to realize.







We also made our first visit to the Lego Store, it's amazing. Riley had a great time looking at all the lego sets, his eyes were the size of silver dollars.




And a couple of Molly Jane...

For Grandpa Gary...

Because you are the only one who looks at this!!

Riley and Molly

Riley's first day of preschool!

Random Things

Andrew's gone a little crazy! His newest most favorite mode of transportation...his new yellow bike! To me, it's hilarious! And because he gets a new bike, Riley and Molly need a bike trailer, and since they all got new wheels, mama needs a new bike too. Ahhh, family fun, right?

Andrew and the babes. The thumb sucking has turned into fingers,

the middle two on her right hand.

Molly started food in May! So far she loves it, not a fan of green beans or peas, but we're working on it.

February and March

In February we had a huge snow storm, so we took a day trip to Tehachapi to play.

Riley and Andrew sledding! Riley just screamed the whole way down the hill,

he was having a blast.

In March we moved!!!! So if the stress of having a new baby and adjusting to being a mother of two wasn't enough, we added in the move and the week of painting and cleaning to the mix. I'm still tired! Molly at 4 months, still only weighing 10.2 and finally wearing 3 month clothes.

Riley using my camera, not bad!

Christmas 2008

Christmas is all a blur now! We had a great season celebrating the birth of Jesus and giving thanks for the blessings of 2008. It was a special christmas season for me to be able to explain more to Riley about Jesus and why we do what we do. He understood more this year and that was exciting to see.

Look at sweet Madie and Kayla, and then notice Riley, what a cheeseball! Molly at 8 weeks. Still not fitting into newborn size clothes.

Riley's 3rd Birthday

Seven short days after Molly was born it was Riley's 3rd birthday. We had a very last minute party at John's Incredible with a few friends and family.

No party would be acceptable without James

This was the big hit gift, a real-looking "stinky" truck. Riley and James LOVED it, and it provided hours of entertainment.

Molly at the party, she slept in her carseat most of the night. She was a little yellow due to the jaundice issues she had. Sweet sleepy girl.

Introducing Molly Jane

Molly was born November 3rd, 2008

(which happens to be my birthday too!)

1:01 pm

6.5 pounds

19 inches

Riley meeting Molly for the first time.

She came out sucking her thumb!

Summer Re-cap

Ok, so I know it's been awhile. It seems like this summer flew by and we really didn't do a whole lot. It was a long, hot summer for us and I'm glad it's almost fall.

In June we did Vacation Bible School and this year Riley was able to participate more and not just be babysat while I volunteered. This was a surprise to me and I loved seeing him involved in all the singing and dancing.

In July we went to Bass Lake for the 4th. Every year the Stewart's, Whitson's and Waltner's take us in for the weekend and make us feel so welcome. We always have a good time floating in the lake and relaxing in the sun.

Andrew and Riley just floating, how we spend most of the day at the lake.

Stan took all the grand kids (including Riles) in the model T for the Logger's Jamboree Parade. Riley LOVED this car.

Wanda, who is a great artist, helped Riley draw a few things on his new Etch-a-sketch.

Then in August we celebrated Andrew's 30th birthday! We had several simple parties with family and friends.

It's A...

GIRL!!!!
At our ultrasound last week the tech spent a lot of time with us, examining every square ounce of this baby to find that she looks to be very healthy and very girly. It's hard to see in the first picture but it is looking at the baby as if she were sitting on her bum and we are looking up from the floor. The outline is of her thighs and tiny bum with the arrow pointing to the three lines that prove she's a girl. This is so exciting to us. Andrew knew it was a girl so it just confirmed what he was already thinking. Riley thought it was a girl the whole pregnancy until about 10 minutes before the ultrasound then he insisted it was going to be a boy. The whole thing was overwhelming to him and I'm sure he didn't understand anything that was going on. After a lot of talking about it, he is now very excited he's going to have a sister. And me, well... I thought it would be nice to have another boy because I'm comfortable with that, and I have everything for a boy already, it would cheap and easy, but deep down I also knew it was a girl. I am excited and still very scared of all the things that come with raising a girl. But I feel blessed.

a lot has happened

So, since it's been at least 3 months since I last posted I should play catch up.

In March we found out we would be adding to our family. Yea, for a new babe. But, boo to the yuckyness of the first trimester. I'm feeling much better, less tired and more like me this last couple of weeks.

In April, Riley and I crashed the LBC MOPS outing to the fire station. Riley had a great time and was so excited to meet all the firemen and see all the big trucks, he even made me take him over to the baby fire truck (the captains truck) to get a good look at it.

In May we planned a trip to Disneyland to take full advantage of the "free before their 3" deal. We all had a blast, it was so exciting for Andrew and I to see it all through Riley's eyes.

Riley REALLY liked the teacups! Andrew had the cup spinning so fast and Riley was laughing so hard. Half way through the ride I made Andrew ease up on the spinning, although it looked like he was enjoying himself, you never know when enough is enough.

Riley was really excited to meet Mickey and see where he lived. I wanted this to be the first thing we did when we got to the park, but we had to walk right by Dumbo and wait in that line forever. So by the time we got back to ToonTown to see Mickey it was nap time and the wait to see him was so long and when it was finally our turn he was only excited for a minute. Bummer.

This was by far the highlight of Riley's trip. Lightning McQueen was in the Pixar Play Parade at California. I wish we had a picture of his face, he had that dumbfounded, star struck look and didn't take his eyes off of him until he was out of sight. It was so cute.

Update

So here is a picture of Riley at the height of his sickness, isn't he pathetic.

Ended up he had a pink eye that lead to a sinus infection that caused his eye to swell to about 3 times its normal size, then because of all the pressure he ruptured a blood vessel in the other eye. Wow! He was a sight to see.

Just in the nick of time, Riley's eye healed so we could spend the week in Fontana for the Nascar Race. Here is white trash Riley.

This is the picture to describe the weekend, UGLY! Seriously, it rained all weekend.

You can't see his face but Riley fell asleep on my lap during the Sprint race on Sunday, by then it had already been a long weekend without naps and he was pooped.

SICK

Yep, that's right Riley is sick. I mean like really, really sick. Poor guy came down with pink eye on Monday and so far he he's only gotten worse. With no relief in sight, we went back to the doctor yesterday. Only to get another prescription for drops (don't they know how hard it is to administer drops to a screaming 2 year old). He is so pathetic, it melts my heart.

Riley and I were able to go with Andrew on a business trip a few weeks ago to San Marcos. We stayed at the Lake San Marcos Hotel which is in a senior community. It was a real sweet place Andrew and I admitted we could enjoy our retirement there. Here are a few pictures of Riley while we were gone. Unfortunately the weather was cloudy, rainy and really cold, so we didn't spend a whole lot of time outside.

Before and After

Riley got his haircut today. He has been blessed with hair, a lot of hair! I have been letting it grow just for a few months and it was getting so long and really wavy. It was beautiful.

Look how sweet and grown up this cut makes him look. I love this face!

Messy Boy

Riley decided to help himself to a snack. Foolish of me to leave them within his reach.

Riley's 2nd Birthday

In November our sweet boy turned two. We had a fun "Woo, Woo Guk" (Fire Truck) party at our house. It was a very fun night! After the party and without doing any clean up we went to the beach for the rest of the weekend.