Mommies little MESSY helper
Not a lot has been going on except for sickness. Miss Riley caught a cold two weeks ago and has since given it to EVERYONE in the family! Including Mommy Shelly, me, Grandma, Papa and Aunt Angie. Riley's on the mend but everyone else is just feeling the affects.
This past weekend we didn't do much of anything and it was WONDERFUL! I got a chance to do some cleaning, laundry, and had lots of play time with Riley. Sunday we all went to the nursery and bought, and planted, plants in the yard. Miss Riley helped and learned two new words, dirt and grass. Dirt is now a favorite word as it's easy to say.
We're still making progress in the walking department. The most she's taken is 5 steps but she attempts taking a couple steps many times throughout the day. She's so close.
Lots of pictures today. I couldn't resist.
Miss Riley LOVES helping with chores. Although when she helps with dishes, such as pictured below, progress seems to get stalled. But that's okay. She's too cute. She can stall my chores all she wants. She also loves to help with laundry. Our washer and dryer are front loading. She LOVES taking the clothes out of the washer and putting them into the dryer. I'll have to get it on video next time she helps.
As posted before, Riley is a picky eater. Yesterday I decided to try SpaghettiO's. She wasn't a big fan until I decided she could feed herself. Only she thought drinking them would be best. Notice the ring on her forehead from the brim of the container. FYI - when drinking SpaghettiO's most of the noodles and sauce end up down your shirt. Needless to say she went straight to the bath after this.
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!
9 comments:
What a fun little mess!! I bet she really enjoyed making it:) She is adorable as always!!
OMG that is too cute!
How cute! I love spaghetti-o pictures, We have pictures like that too.
P.S. Good to see you blogging more!
So cute. as always !
adorable photos. I love her "helping" you with the chores. so cute and I think I'd let her help me too. :)
Looks like she is enjoying those spaghetti o's! :)
She is a cutie as always!
looks like she is having fun! this is why I strip my kids before I feed them Messy stuff...I have learned that it is easyer to get it off skin than some of their clothes!
i thought you guys had disappeared into the blogosphere! then i popped back in and there you are! miss riley is such a dollbaby. what a gorgeous gorgeous girl. so nice to read and catch up with you. i meet my little boy tomorrow! can you beleive it???
wish me luck.
hugs
rae
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Andrew LOVES the dishwasher! What's that about?!!?
And Andrew loves eating just like Riley too!
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