Easter Weekend Festivities

We had a great Easter weekend. Mostly low-key but we did so some fun things.

Saturday one of Riley's friends had a birthday party at Kids Together Park.

That evening we dyed Easter eggs with Riley for the first time. She kept trying to eat the wand and the dye. I think she thought the wand was bubbles. After we dyed them she put Mickey stickers on her eggs and shirt.











Easter morning after we were dressed for church Riley got to get her Easter basket goodies along with some gifts from Mamaw.






After church we had an Easter egg hunt for all the kids.






That afternoon Ryan & Laine come over for brunch. After they left we were able to take naps and make resurrection rolls. We ended the evening skyping with our families.






We spent most of the day trying to get a good picture of Riley. None ever turned out because she just will not look at the camera. So we have an importu photo shoot. Thomas took pictures while I tried to be silly. We finally got a few good ones of her!








HAPPY EASTER

1st Sick Visit

On Friday I had to take Riley to the doctors for her first sick visit ever. She had bloodshot eyes and a green puss-like substance coming from her eyes for a couples days. With all the pollen we have been having I chalked it up to allergies and it didn't seem to be bothering her much. Well her eyes just got worse and she came down with a fever so I sucked it up and took her in. She had pinkeye and a slight ear infection caused by the bacteria from the pinkeye. Thankfully I went in when I did or we may of had a very unpleasant toddler on Easter. She ran a fever all afternoon but once her medication got in her system it went down and she has been fine ever since. I feel so blessed to have a child who is rarely sick.

Easter Egg Hunt & more...

For the 2nd time our church held a Easter Egg Hunt for the children who love at the Raleigh Rescue Mission Center. To these kids candy & balloon animals mean the world. This was Riley's first participation in an Easter egg hunt and once I showed her there was candy in the eggs she was all in. For being one of the youngest participating she had a bag full of eggs (a.k.a. candy). The Easter Bunny also made a grand appearance. Riley has a love for characters and the Easter Bunny is now tops on her list. Once she saw the Easter Bunny she did not leave his side for the rest of the time. She plopped herself on his lap and did not get off. I felt sorry for any other kids who wanted to see him because she would not share. And when the bunny had to leave to hide eggs for other kids she chased him out the fence. She just cracks me up! We also decorated cookies, painted a banner, sang songs and heard the story of Easter. It always great to see our church step up and "Be Christ" to the world.

To Do List

Now that baby #2 is on the way, I have 3 big to-dos when it comes to Riley:

1. Potty Training: I keep putting this off for some reason. We are ready to go with the Elmo potty & Sesame Street undies, now I just need to get ready. Part of the reason for the delay is I don't have 4-5 straight days that I can stay at home. Riley will sit on the potty (big improvement from before when she didn't even want to sit on it) but not go pee-pee on it. My goal is to start 2 weeks from now. I will keep you updated.

2. Move into Big Girl Bed: I'm struggling on the timing of this. It is nice having Riley in her crib so she can't get out. I can just imagine her getting up in the middle of the night to play or to come see us, I know my child and this seems like a big reality. I will probably do this during the early summer time.

3. Wean of Paci: I dread this one the most. Since she only gets the pacifier at night it can be a wonderful bribe. "Riley, lets go night-night." "Nooooo!" " Do you want your paci?" "Okay!" She goes to bed so easy because of it but it can be such a pain in the middle of the night when she is half asleep and can't find it. I don't really want two babies with a pacifier but then again she may want hers back if the baby has one. We will see.

Three BIG to-do's in 6 months, wish me luck!

22 Months Old

My little girl has become a chatterbox. She can repeat most words, she just said communicate today, good ole Sesame Street! Her love a music continues. We can not ride in the car without her requesting "her music" to be played not matter how sneaky we try to be. She can sing a-long with some of the words of most the songs and knows all the words to "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" and sings the alphabet song to herself (not in order). She knows three shapes: circle, heart & star. And of course she still is non-stop and can't sit still for a minute!

Mommy/Daughter Date

Riley & I had a little date to the Marbles Kids Museum today. It was such fun seeing her run from one section to the other. Being an almost-two-year-old she could not focus on one thing for long. It was toy overload! It was a fun morning for the both of us.