New Tile Floors

So the exciting news for the week is that our tile floors are finally finished. We got the 3 bathrooms and the kitchen done. It looks ten times better than before. All of the major projects on the house so far have been the floors all throughout and of course the deck. Now I think I want my living room to finally be painted... stay tuned.

Riley's 1st day of preschool

It's amazing how fast kids really do grow up. I can't believe I was taking Riley to school, yes, just preschool, but she seems so big now! I was worried that she would be really clingy and throw a fit when I took her in. But to my surprise she held my hand with her lunchbox in the other, went inside, hung her lunchbox up, and when the teacher asked her to see what they were doing... off she went. She didn't even look back. Erin says of course the real test is next week, since now she knows where she's going and what will happen. The teacher said she did really good and seemed to enjoy the math section the most, especially tracing geometric shapes. Guess she won't be taking after me since I hated math. So I think she'll really enjoy it, especially when her little sister appears in three months.

Erin's wedding

We made it back from Rockport for Erin's wedding and we're trying to all get over jet lag. Riley was up at 5:00 this morning, apparently she's still on east coast time. Everything turned out beautiful, including the weather (it downpoured for about an hour during Erin's lobster bake for the rehearsal dinner the night before). The day of the wedding was blue skies and in the 80s. Despite Erin's worries about everything, it all went perfect. Riley's role as flower girl was the entertainment portion of the ceremony. When we told her to drop her flower petals she did exactly that, but poured them out in one step. Everyone laughed and clapped for her, so she was pretty excited and told me when she got to the end of the aisle, "Mama, I dropped my flowers down there!" Poor Jarom had to watch over her most of the time and missed the vows, sand ceremony, and a few other moments since Riley needed a potty break right in the middle. Riley danced the night away... I have no idea where she got the energy, but she was up until the band stopped playing. Anyway, we had a great time out on Erin and Sean's boat, going to the beach, and watching Jarom go tubing. CONGRATULATIONS little sister!!

Riding her first bike

We were at Babies R' Us the other day looking around at things we might have to get for the new baby. Meanwhile, Riley found a bike in one of the aisles and just started whizzing around the store. It was fun to see her finally learning how to pedal, but it was a nightmare trying to get her out of that store. So here she is with the bike Aunt Erin & Uncle Sean got her last fall out on our deck.

Riley's Big Girl Bed

So I was completely bored yesterday and thought, "Let's convert Riley's crib into a bed finally." So I did and she was so excited to sleep in her new bed that night. I was afraid that this might lead to countless nights of fighting with her to stay in bed, but when Jarom put her down she fell fast asleep. And as I'm writing she's taking a nice long nap! I should've thought of this sooner ;)

Utah family vacation

So we spent our vacation at Aspen Grove in Utah with the Eberhard family. It was a beautiful area and we got plenty of sunshine. Unfortunately, we spent the first half of the week trying to figure out why Riley got hives all over her body. So we went to urgent care and she was on steroids for the rest of the week. We had a good time just hanging out with everyone! Greg, Kista, Jordan, Ammon, Jalen, Aaron, Avery, Madysen, Sophie, and of course Grandpa and Grandma. Riley really started warming up to everyone and loved hanging out with her cousins.

It's a...

GIRL!! We found out today that we're having another drama queen! We're very excited, especially Jarom since he wanted Riley to have a sister. I think I was so sure that we were having a boy that I mentally prepared myself and now I'm just in shock. She looked perfect on the ultrasound and even had her legs up and over her head...future gymnast maybe? She was measuring out with long legs just like her big sis'. Looks like we might have some future basketball players. Here's just a 1 minute part of the video (I'll post the rest on the side). Now we just have to think of names.