Dancing Queen

Thanks to cousin Ashley, Thursday was Riley's first day to attend dance class! I am so excited, for myself and her! haha! I love girly things and love that she is of the age to do fun stuff. She was so excited to go, even though she had no clue as to what dance class was all about. She started crying when I left her, but it didn't last long. They have a television that you can watch them on in the waiting room. This place is no joke! The class is 45 minutes long and they practice ballet, jazz and tumbling. Riley was pretty much in her own world, just staring, moving her dot around, throwing it in the air...you know, exactly what she was supposed to be doing! She did do the hop and bear crawl. Her teacher said this was typical the first time. She said she had a good time and thought her teacher was pretty!

Here she is in her dancing gear minus ballet shoes. We still need to purchase these...

Not wanting to have her picture taken anymore

Running around after class

I think she's going to like this

She might like her teacher so well because she handed out suckers and stamps when class ended. The girl loves her suckers!

Watch out people...I think we may see her on DWTS one day...or whatever is on TV in 16 or 17 years!

First day of "school"

Monday was Riley's first day at MDO. She wasn't excited when I told her she was going that morning, but changed her tune when she figured out she got to take her very own "bap pap." (back pack) She has a sweet teacher who happens to know and live very to close to some in-laws. That makes me feel good! She acted like she wanted to be sad when I was telling her bye. That didn't last long. She quickly turned around to get her hands on the play dough on the table.
As for me, I planned on having a peaceful day. That was not the case. We had just gotten back from the beach the night before and I had lots to catch up on. Several errands and laundry that took two days to catch up on. Hopefully in the future I will take advantage of these days and do nothing but go to the gym and take care of Endsley, of course.
When I picked her up from "school" she was receiving a treat from her teacher. She had a choice between to pieces of candy. She quickly ate hers and asked me for a sucker. I told her that I didn't have one and she said, "Ms. Kim does." Ms. Kim told her that she could only have one at the end of the day. Well, she wasn't having any of that. She threw a fit! She kept saying, " I need another treat!" She has grandparents that give her "treats" all the time and as many as she wants. She doesn't know what this one business is all about. She followed me and cried the whole way out to the car. Very dramatic. Don't know where she gets that from! It was lovely!
Before the sucker incident she had had a perfect day!

Here she is getting ready to go

Her back pack is as big as she is

With her teacher Ms. Kim

This morning was her second day and I asked her if she was excited to go play with the kids and she said, "yes, I got lots of kids." I think she meant "friends."

4 months

Today Endsley is 4 months, 1 week and 2 days old! I really meant to write this on the day she turned 4 months, but we were leaving for the beach the next day and had company over that night, so it never happened. At her doctor visit she weighed 12 pounds 4 ounces! She has come a long way in 4 months! She had a slight fever that day so we decided to not get shots. We will be going back this week to get a few of those.

At 3 months she started rolling from her tummy to her back. Three days before the 4 month birthday she rolled from her back to her tummy! This is a month earlier than Riley. She will probably start walking at 9 months or something crazy like that. She coos and smiles ALL the time. She is such a happy baby and a complete joy to have in our lives. She can hold on to a teething or soft toy for a little while. Everything that is in her hands goes straight to her mouth. The girl loves putting those hands in her mouth. She is still sleeping 11-12 hours a night! Thank the Lord! She has been doing this since she turned 8 weeks old. She also loves to have a "lovie" touching her face when she goes to sleep, along with the paci. She likes her exersaucer a good bit. Today she started eating baby food. She has been eating cereal since the 3 month mark, so I thought we should go ahead. I decided to go with carrots first. Jeremy was under the impression that when she started with baby food that she would no longer take a bottle. Hmmm...you would think this was his first rodeo! Anyhow, here are some pics of the sweet angel over the past month doing some of her firsts and some just for fun!



Sitting in the exersaucer for the first time



After a bath

Asleep in the saucer (she was like this for just a few seconds)

Such a sweet and pretty little baby!

This picture should actually be the last. This is right after the rolled from her back to her tummy!

Getting ready to roll!

I think I can....I think I can...

Being terrorized by her big sister! It got quiet all of a sudden and that usually means trouble. This is what I found!

First time to eat carrots

Why are you doing this to me?

The mess wasn't horrible for her first time. I had a few spots on my white tank.

After her bath with a little mohawk

Playing with some of her toys

I hope the next four months don't go by as fast as the last. Love you baby girl!

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Potty Trained!

I don't know why I didn't do this sooner! The princess was trained in 3 days! We used the bare bottom, three day method. The first day was great, besides being stuck in the house ALL day. There were no accidents. The rule was that we had to be confined to one area all day and the potty chair stayed in that area. Also, after she went to the potty I had to do a potty dance. She loved it for a while and then said, "No Mommy, don't do the dance." I guess I wasn't very good at this! There was a lot of Barney, Elmo and Dora watched that day. We did break to color and read books, but not much. The second day was the same as the first. We were allowed to go outside for one hour in the afternoon. She had an accident as soon as she got up that morning because she had worn panties over her diaper and did not want them to come off. Peed right in the living room floor! After that, things were going great. That is until we went outside. We had been playing for about thirty minutes and she said she wanted to go inside. The goal was to make it the whole hour, so I said we couldn't. Well, about five minutes later she climbed onto the swing set. Stood there and pooped right in the yard! I had to explain that we don't poo poo in the yard, only in the toilet. Her response, "Muffin poo poos in da ard." Of course! Makes perfect sense! The third day we were allowed to go outside once in the morning and we had to actually get in the car and go somewhere that afternoon for an hour. Our outing was down the street to Jill and Bill's. She did great! We were gone an hour and a half with no accidents! There have been a few here and there, but nothing to complain about! I am so proud of her! She did such a good job!!

Here she is on the potty chair

Thanks to uncle B for the redneck t-shirt. It says, "But DAD said it was o.k...PCB" PCB 09 baby!

So proud to finally wear Dora without a diaper! On a side note, I think she looks like me in this pic. Circa 1986

During our outing to Jill's, she promised to get Riley a treat if she poo pooed in the potty. There was a little fear of this. As soon as she did one day she looked up at me and said, "I need to call Jill. Where's my treat?" We called Jill that night and they had a full blown conversation about what the treat would be. She decided she wanted blue ice cream. Jill set the date for the next night at a local ice cream shoppe. They did not have blue, so she went with the cotton candy flavor and a fancy little cone. She loved it and Loves Jill and Bill! Thanks for being such great friends y'all!

Here she is with J Bird eating her cone

So happy that this is behind us!

Quotes

These are some things that Riley has said that I don't want to forget...

The way she pronounces yogurt..."ogarit"

The way she used to pronounce Muffin (our dog)...."mutta"

When we went to the zoo she called it the "zoop"

When talking about alligators, she referred to them as "aldigators"

She has the most country accent and calls my mother "say say"...supposed to pronounced Cece

When Endsley was born she was a little jealous. She said to me one day, "I need milk." I bring a sippy cup to her and she says, "Feed me. Burp me."

This is gross, but any mother knows that you have to wear large pads after child birth. Well, Riley saw mine and said, "mommy got a diaper too?" "I'll get you a new diaper, mommy." She did this EVERY time I went to the bathroom. Going to the bathroom alone is non-existent.:)

Another quote, "where's your poo pood mommy?"

After I said a prayer for someone's son in our SS class with her she said, "That was good mama."

That is all I can think of right now. There are so many more. I will have to write them down as they come to me.

Catching up

I guess I can start off with a little recap of our summer. It started off crazy with a new baby, selling our house seven days later, moving in with my parents for a month and then moving! Things have settled down and I am enjoying my new job of being a stay at home mommy. There are days when Riley has asked me the same question 500 times (that she already knows the answer to) that I want to pull my hair out. It's all worth it though. I wouldn't trade this time with them for anything! So, here are some pictures of what we have been up to this summer...





Riley gets a big girl bed!



Planting flowers with Cece




Meeting little Endsley



We did a lot of this

Riley's first trip to the zoo

Endsley's first real bath. Riley had to join in. As Endsley was crying, Riley says to her, "It's o.k. Don't be scared Enswee...it's not spiders in air. It's just dirt." (Note the accent) Priceless!

After Endsley's first trip to church

First day of refresher swim lessons. Didn't go so well!

The rest of the week was much better!

Baby shower for Mary Ann

At the beach with Uncle B!

Family shot with Nonna

With Cece and Papa

At the beach and she hates the sand!
Lots of time spent in the pool

I think she might have these two wrapped!

"Mama, I pee peed!!!"




"See mama, I pee peein!" Nice. Right on the pool deck and your hand!

Miss priss did A LOT of this.

BB and Travis' luau reception

Ryan, Jill, me and Brooke

On the 4th with Houston

Sweet baby face!

2nd round of shots

passed out while in time out

Riley's first swing set
I am too big for this thing, but she loves for me to swing with her! Altough she doesn't look too happy in this picture.

Never say never! I said I would NEVER put a brain squeezer on my baby. Well, I did. It went great with the dress. Nanny and Tony let their opinions be known. They were not fans:)

Angie and Jeff get married!

There is a little recap of the summer. I didn't really know where to start. This only took all day!!