Can you believe Riley hit her 2 Month Milestone and I didn't even blog about it! Bad Mom! Although I have been out of town.
We took Riley for her 2 month check-up and shots on 7/27. She was such a trooper! She cried as the nurse was giving her the shots but was quickly comforted when she was done. She weighed in at 10 lbs 9 0z and 22 inches. She's in the 30th percentile for both height and weight. She's grown like a weed, Doctor's words, since her 1 month appointment. Way to go Riley!
She is pretty much sleeping through the night, at least most of the time. She typically falls asleep around 8:30 and will sleep until 4:00 or 5:00 am. Last night she slept from 8:00 until 5:00. Good girl!!! Too bad the dogs had us up NUMEROUS times. Sometimes the dogs are worse then the baby.
She's starting to imitate certain things we do. We can get her to imitate us sticking our tongue out. It's the cutest thing to see that little tongue sticking out. And, she waves at us! Now that really is the cutest thing. About 80% of the time when we wave at her she'll bring her cute little arm up to the side of her head and you see her little fingers trying to wave. It's the cutest thing! I have to get it on video.
I was in Denver last week with my girlfriends at Stam.pin' Up's national convention. We had a BLAST! We saw lots of great tips, tricks and trends for paper crafting, stamping, card making, scrapbooking, etc. We got to play with lots of new product and even won a few things. But, just hanging with the girls was by far the best. Sometimes you need to just get away from all responsibilities and be a girl.
Even thought I had a blast in Denver it was SO HARD being away from my girls. But, it was wonderful coming home to them.
Oh, my new craft room flooded this weekend! Damn rain!!! Just when I was getting so close to getting it done! We've now got the carpet pulled up trying to dry. I HOPE, hope, hope we don't have to put in new carpet and paint since it just got redone! But, we'll deal with whatever needs to be done.
I leave you with a few pictures of the princess. These aren't the most recent pics but they should help those needing a "Riley Fix". I PROMISE to download the recent pics tonight and get them posted tomorrow!!!
"Mom, can you turn the dang TV down?!"
Major Milk Mouth
Riley with Great Grandma Helen
Our Conception Story
After eight years together we were pretty sure we'd spend our life with our four legged kids, doing lots of camping, and traveling the world. On August 12, 2004 that all changed with the birth of our God Daughter Tate. We immediately fell completely in love with her and soon began to re-think our decision of not having kids.
In October 2005 we began the process of trying to conceive. As soon as we started trying Shelly began having very erratic cycles which made the process that more complicated. After four tries over six months we decided to schedule a consultation with the a Reproductive Specialist. We were desperate to conceive and on a limited time frame since Shelly had just turned 41. Dee was 35 at the time but not able to conceive due to a medical procedure.
Our first appointment with the Repro Man was May 2006. He suggested we try IVF using Dee's eggs and Shelly as the gestational mother. He felt this scenario would give us the highest chance for success of a healthy pregnancy. We spent a short amount of time weighing our options and decided this was the best choice. We began our first IVF cycle in August. They did the Egg Retrieval and Fertilization on 8/31. Three days later, 9/3, they transferred three embryos into Shelly. Then the wait began.
Shelly promised not to begin the home pregnancy test too soon. Dee had to travel out of state for business a week after the transfer and asked Shelly to please wait to test. BUT, the wait was too much for her and she started testing after a week. At first there was no line. But after a couple of days testing a faint line started to appear. When Dee came home from her trip Shelly told her, "I know I'm pregnant." Dee didn't believe her and insisted the line wasn't dark enough so she tested herself to compare. There was absolutely no line. She began to believe Shelly was pregnant but still had doubt. Dee went to the store and bought another brand of testing strips. After five home tests, we were convinced we we're pregnant due to all positive results. A blood test at two weeks confirmed it; we were going to have a baby!
