Happy 30th!

Just wanted to wish my sister Teri a Happy 30th Birthday!! Hope you have a great day!

Happy Birthday Mason!

Friday the 13th was Mason's 5th birthday. We celebrated by taking him and some of his friends to Leo's. They played, ate pizza and cake, a good time was had by all. Mason decided he really wanted a Transformer cake this year. I pride myself that I always (almost always) make my kids birthday cakes. I am no means good at it, but it does taste better than store bought and I have fun doing it. So this year's Transformer cake was a bit of challenge but it turned out okay. Mason was thrilled with it and that made me happy. I can't believe my little boy is 5 and will be starting Kindergarten in fall. There's nothing quite like a little boy and am so happy to be giving him a little brother. They will be great friends. Mason is such a joy to have in our home, and we love him very much!

Riley upset that all the presents and attention weren't for her.

Riley Strikes Again

By 9:30 this morning I was ready to call it a day. This morning while I was on the phone, Riley came up to me and actually told me she had to go potty. What?? Did I hear you right? This never happens! She's never even set her little tush on the potty chair. I was on a phone call I couldn't get off of, so I tried to be very excited while still on the phone and walked her to the bathroom. Of course, I should have known it had to be fluke, once we got there, she wasn't havin' it. Now THIS is the Riley I know. So I let her keep her diaper off thinking maybe she will change her mind. (When I'm enthralled in a phone call, sometimes I don't think clearly.) So 5 minutes go by and I walk in the office and Riley is standing on the desk, naked from the waist down mind you, and had peed all over the desk. And all of it's surroundings. At that moment is was time to end my phone conversation and deal with the mess. As I am carrying her dripping legs to the bathroom to clean her up in the tub, I find yet another mess. Shampoo bottle #2 had been squeezed all over in and around the tub. Now if you've read my previous post from yesterday, you'd see why this is so upsetting! This is the shampoo that I just bought yesterday, brand new, never been used, and is now completely empty. So now in addition to cleaning up the pee covered desk and Riley, I now have a tub FULL of shampoo to clean out. And no I don't have any pictures of my morning, this time is wasn't so cute.

My Troublemaker

This is what happens when Riley is in the other room for more than 5 minutes...and it's quiet. She decided to dump half a bottle of shampoo all over her hair and rub it into her hands and clothes. I asked what she was doing, and she just looks at me with that mischievous smile like, "What? I'm just cleaning up a bit."

Jazz Game

So I am finally getting around to posting the pictures of Katelyn cheering at the Jazz game half-time show last weekend. She has done the pre-game show the last 2 years, but this was her first half-time show. She's moving up! The Jazz pummeled the Oklahoma City Thunder (formerly the Seattle Supersonics) 110-90. It made for a good game.

Katelyn and friends enjoying a $6 bowl of ice cream.
Katelyn trying to catch a t-shirt or whatever it was. (Notice ice cream spoon still in hand.)

A Snowy Saturday

This weekend we got hit pretty hard with snow. And lots of it! Saturday Josh and the kids made a giant snowman. Complete with cheese balls for eyes and hot dog for a nose. (We had to compromise, we didn't have a carrot.) Later Josh pulled the kids on the sled behind the car. Always a hit. It's nice to have finally gotten some snow. It's been pretty dry since Christmas. So we hope it stays for awhile.

Baby Check-Up

So today I went in for my 24-week check up. Josh is out of town so I thought I'd bring Mason and Riley with me. Now usually anytime I have a doctor's apt. I find a babysitter. Things run smoother that way. But I thought it would be fun for the kids to hear the baby's heart beat. When you know you are having your last, you treat things a little differently. I think I'm savoring it all. So...anyway, we get there and I go back and it was so funny to watch Riley's face as they checked my blood pressure. She suddenly gets very quiet and still with a very concerned look on her face. She's not sure if they are hurting me or not. Very cute. So then we get seated in our room and wait for the doctor. Which is the hardest part with kids, nothing fun to do. Unless your Mason. He kept pointing at all the female reproductive posters and contraceptive displays, asking what they all were. To which I just respond, "Nothing," or "I don't know." Finally the doctor came, and not a minute too soon. He says the baby is still laying sideways (didn't know your uterus could stretch that way) but assures me that he will flip. Then he got out the little dopler thingy to hear the baby's heart beat. Again, Riley is very quiet and concerned. She isn't quite sure what is going on. But at the end of the day, everything looks good and healthy. Which is all you can hope for.