MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I thought I would wish everyone a Merry Christmas. This year Riley has been so fun. He has been pointing to the lights and trees, saying ahh. But, he wont have anything to do with Santa, as you can see in the picture.. Lately, Riley has been talking alot! He is so cute! When he say's "I love you" He say's "Do-Do" He makes up his own words for things, which is cute. He also, loves watching movies. I will put in Cars, and he will watch it for 20 mins and then will want to watch a different movie. We think, he is growing, because lately, he has been eating and sleeping alot. Which has been nice for me. I can't beleive he will be 2 in a few months. Time goes by way too fast!

Becoming Crafty!

Lately, I have been doing some crafts once a month.
I recently found a place where they sell all kinds of wood, metal and decorations, that you can paint. (I could spend $100 bucks in that store)

My mother in- law bought me a cute display table that, I could put my decorations on or just my pictures. Well, it has turned into my decoration table.
My goal is to make a cute decoration for each holiday or season.

Here are a few things I have done with in the last month.. (I can't wait for Christmas, knowing there will be tons of CUTE things I can and want to make..)

With our family update..

Case, has started back to school for the fall semester.. Also, hoping to get into the nursing program (again), it is a very tough program to get into.. This year he will have completed all the pre-req's and will have his associate's degree.


Riley is learing to talk.. You can tell he wants to talk, and just makes up his own language. He is so cute.. He now know's how to say eat, bye bye, mom..

And Me, i have been trying to get caught up on my scrapbooking. I just finished Riley's baby book, and now starting on the year 2011. I know, I'm way behind, but at least it is getting done slowly..

UPDATE

I know, I haven't posted FOREVER..
I will do my best to update everything that has gone one within the last couple of months.

We FINALLY bought our first home.. We love it. We have so much more room, compared to a 2 bedroom apartment, to a 5 bedroom house. We have filled every room with our stuff (junk) It's so nice have our own space. We are trying to work on the yard work.. It needs a lot of work. We are trying our best to keep it nice, but we mainly have weeds, instead of grass. We might start fresh in the Spring with new grass.

Riely is almost 18 months.. He is such a little boy. He is into everything. He has started his terrible 2 stage, if he doesn't get his way, he throws a tantrum. On the other side of things, he is a fun little boy. He loves to play with his family, or if he sees kids outside playing he will go up to them and give them a hug.. He does't talk much, but he uses sign language to communicate. He is so smart. Once you teach him something, he will remember it. His favorite things to eat are corn, chips, goldfish, and m&m's (num-nums is what he calls anykind of treat) Riley makes our family smile everytime we see him, he is such a joy in our family.

Case is working and going to school. He finished his first marathon in June, and is preparing for his second one in Ocotober in St.George. He is hoping to get under 4 hours.. Good Luck!

I keep busy with working 3 days a week, keeping up with Riley, organizing the house, and my new favorite is taking a Zumba class. I love it! I wouldn't trade my life for anything, I enjoy being a mom to Riley, and being a wife to Case.
I hope that I can keep updated with our family and try to post something at least monthly to let everyone know what we have been up too.

We just got back from a 2 week vacation.. Going to our cabin in Grouse Creek, hiking in Zions, and just spending time with family.

Here a few pictures.. ENJOY!!

SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME

Well, this morning me and Riley did our normal routine when we woke up.. Watch cartoons and had breakfast.

But, today while we were playing, Riley decided to take a walk in the kitchen to play. I went to go get him ,and he had put something in his mouth. I tried to get it out, but he had already swallowed it.

After about 20 mins, he started to get cranky so I gave him a bottle and snuggled up to see if we would take a nap. All of a sudden he puked everywhere.. So, I hurried up and put him in the tub to clean him up, and I noticed he wasn't himself, he was pale as a ghost and kept bobbing his head to sleep. At this point I was nervous and called Case at work.. He told me to call my work (Wee Care) to see what we should do, and they told us just to call 911. Now, I was really nervous.. Next, thing I knew the police, paramedic, and fire department was in my apartment checking out Riley to see if he was ok. They said, it was best to take him to the ER to get checked out. So, we took an ambulance ride and got some blood test done.. (4 hours later) everything turned out to be just fine. (We still don't know what he swallowed)

Wow, what a scare to the family. Even though we work in the medical field and see this everyday, it is SOOO different when it comes to your own kid. We are so happy that he is a healthy little boy.

Riley is our pride and joy, and love him so much.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Wow, a whole year has gone by. I can't believe it.

I remember when we were at the hospital, everyone kept saying how tiny he was, at 5.2 pounds. They treated Riley like he was a preemie, but he was only a 2 days early. Now, he has tripled his weight.

He is such a happy little boy.
Every morning we wake up and watch some of his favorite shows.. Curious George, Cat in the hat, and Dinosaur Train. He will just sit and play while these shows are on.

Some fun things he does right now are he says "mmmm" when he sees food. Put his head on his blanket, knowing he wants to fall asleep, or just snuggle. He waves "bye-bye" when we go places. His favorite game is "where's Riley" and he play peek-a-boo with his blanket.

For his party, we had a Curious George party. I have never seen so many grandparents for one little boy. We had lots of fun, and he got SPOILED. We opened present (still loving the paper) and had some cake. (He really didnt dig into his cake, he really didnt know what to do with it. Riley got a lot of cool and fun things to play with.

Riley is such a joy to our lives. We love him so much.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RILEY BOY!

UPDATE!

This year, for Christmas, I was super excited to see the reaction on Riley's face. He really didn't know what was going on. All he like was the wrapping paper, boxes, and the shiny lights. We had fun though.




Next, Case and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary on January 4th I cant believe it has been 3 years. Now, we have a little cute family. I enjoy being a wife and a mom.

Riley is 11 months!
He has learned so much within a month.
He is walking all over the place.
He knows more sign language. He know's Grandma and hot. It's so amazing to me that little kids can pick up stuff so quickly.
He still gets into everything.
He is so much more cuddly. Whenever he sees a blanket, pillow, or someone, he will lay his head on it and give it a hug.
He has learned to dance a little when he hears the music.
Today, we were watching The Cat in the Hat, and when the cat did something funny, Riley giggled at the TV. He thought he was pretty cool.

I cant believe he will be 1 in a month!




First Haircut!
Last night, Aunt Mal cut his hair.
We were all worried he would freak out, but actually he did AWESOME.
We think he enjoyed it.
He doesn't look like a baby anymore, He is looks like a little boy now.

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