One Year, Already!!

Well, it happened...Riley turned one.  We had a big, birthday bash at our house.  Since we call him Riley-Bug, we had a bug themed party.  And of course no stores carried supplies for this theme.  So, I had to try and get creative.  I made this:

Yep, that's a Riley-Bug!  I tried to make little PB & J sandwiches and cookie cutter them into bug shapes, but the bread was too soft.  Anyways, Riley had a great 1st birthday.  He wasn't feeling too great though since he is getting a bunch of teeth in. 

The kids colored bugs.

As always, Baker Wee did an amazing job.

Riley's personal "smash cake"



He did not like the cake!  He touched it and was like, please get this off of my hand NOW!  :)



Riley is such an awesome, sweet boy!  He has the biggest, most contagious smile!  He is so smart and catches on pretty easily to whatever he is shown.  He loves to eat, you wouldn't guess by how skinny he is.  But, he eats anything and everything.  He LOVES any fruit/vegetable.  He is not a picky eater at all.  Whatever you put in his mouth he eats.   He is always so happy.  Every time he goes to the doctor, he always comments on how happy and outgoing he is.  He is such a blessing and a joy to have in our family!  I'm so thankful that my Father in Heaven, once again sent me such an amazing child!  Happy Birthday Riley-Bug!  We sure love you lots!
On a side note, Riley had his one year well check.  Perfectly healthy!! 
Stats:
Weight: 18 pounds 13 ounces.  4th %
Height: 31 1/2 inches.  93rd %
He is so tall and skinny!  He just will not gain weight.  He eats and eats....  The doctor isn't worried though.  As long as he is healthy and developing normally, he is fine. 

Busy Life!!!

We have been pretty dang busy lately.  November-January are crazy months.  And we now have two birthdays in January.  Spencer's is over, now we are preparing for Riley's.  We have been trying to take the kids to do fun stuff, along with all of the errands.  (That they so patiently endure.)  We have gone to parks, Encanto Park, birthday parties, etc.  We went to Encanto and right after we got there my camera died.  So, I only got these two pics.  Pretty soon Riley will be big enough to go on some rides too.  I keep telling Shaun that we need to have one more baby.  You know, so there is an even number and they can all have a buddy to ride the rides with.  :)  haha

Spencer had his 3 year well check.  His stats:
37.5 inches tall, 50th percentile
31 pounds, 50th percentile.
The doctor says that he is perfectly healthy.  YAY! 
We took Riley in with Spencer, since I was pretty sure he had an ear infection.  Which he did.  Ear infection #2 for the Riley-Bug.  He weighed in at 19 pounds 1 oz.  (Just turned 11 months old)  Which is actually heavier than Emma and Spencer were at their one year check ups.  I'm hoping he will hit the 20 pound mark by his one year check up.  So, I can move him into a front facing car seat.  Poor guy's legs are all smashed in his rear facing one. 
Shaun is still out of town during the whole week.  And he will be for at least the next 8 months.  :(  It's so much easier to take care of the kids when he is home, but I'm pretty much used to doing everything alone. 
Here are some pics that are just cute.  Riley is such a good boy.  This is him getting ready for bed.  He has started laying his head on this little, decorative pillow.  So cute!  I hope he stays so easy.  But, for now I am enjoying the fact that he lays down, drinks his milk, hugs his stuffed animals and falls asleep.

Also this month Emma fell and hit her eyebrow on the dresser.  She came up to me and calmly said that she bumped her head.  It was bleeding pretty heavily (you know how head wounds are) and I was so scared that she would have to get stitches and have a terrible scar on her face.  Shaun took her to Urgent Care and the stupid doctor glued it shut!  Her entire eyebrow was purple for a few weeks and the glue ripped out some of her eyebrow hair.  I looked up info about this glue and it specifically says DO NOT PUT ON HAIR.  Anyway, her scar doesn't look too bad and we are currently awaiting half of her eyebrow to grow back.  :)  This is her before Urgent Care.

That is our month, so far, in a nutshell.  Riley will be one on Friday and his party is on Saturday.  Posts about those to come....

New Year's Eve

I know it's a bit late, but we had a fun New Year's.  My mom took all three kids over night, thanks mom.  We went to dinner and a movie with our good friends The Richardson's, Angie and Colton.  And then went and played games and lit off tons of fireworks!  I didn't get very many pictures, but we had a good time!  Shaun will kill me, but below are some pictures of the guys playing a dancing game on the Wii.  haha  :)

Playing at the Park

The weather was been so amazing the last few weeks.  I finally got brave and took all three kids to the park by myself.  They LOVE the park.  Riley loves to play with the sand and loves the swings and slides.  Emma and Spencer have a good time running around and playing together.  I love how much my kids love each other!  One of the days we went, Spencer had to go potty.  This particular park didn't have a bathroom, so I had to take him behind a bush.  He thought this was pretty awesome and tried to do it in our backyard too.  No way dude, go inside and take care of business!  :)

Robot Party!!

Spencer turned three on Monday.  Time is flying by, I cannot believe that he is already three!  A week or two before he turned three, he was potty trained.  He has done great!  No accidents!  It's nice to only have one kid in diapers!  Below is newborn Spencer, 1 year old, 2 years old and 3 years old.

Spencer wanted to have a Robot party this year.  For some reason, he is obsessed with robots!  He chose to have his party at Peter Piper, of course!