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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

You're #1

Remember a while back I posted about Riley being a picky eater. At the time she mostly liked fruit, fruit, more fruit, and Yo Baby Yogurt (I call this Baby Crack because she goes nuts for it.). She had not yet developed an affinity for Mac-n-Cheese. Well now she's making up for lost time. She loves the stuff!! Thank goodness we can at least get her to eat something besides fruit and Baby Crack.

But, I think more than anything she loves making a mess with it. Why is it that kids think their food makes wonderful hair accessories? Because of this we've gone from giving her a bath every other night to almost every night simply because she makes such a MESS at dinner. For you're viewing pleasure I give you...Mac-n-Cheese Face.




Notice the ONE BIG top front tooth. Well since this pic was snapped the other has finally made it's appearance. She lived with one giant front top tooth for many weeks.

In preparation for Riley's first birthday we tried for weeks to get her to give us the #1 with her finger. You know, the old, "How old is Riley?" and the kid responds with one finger. Well, unbelievably, Shelly tried it again yesterday and Riley got it just like that. Now every time you ask her, "How old is Riley?" you get a legitimate #1. It's pretty cute so I caught it on video. Enjoy!

Here's another video of our "toddler". I guess the phone in her playroom was for me. Notice when she gets to me she says "Haa". That's how she says "Hi".


Finally, a few weeks ago Holly, at Two Mommies and a Meatball, gave us a snapshot of her daily life. I decided I wanted to do the same. Here is where I spend my days.

Notice the upper panels. Which one of them is not like other? Drives me CRAZY that they don't match.


And below, the 4x4 (unpadded) cell where I really spend most of my time. Everything is within arms reach. Except a Porta Potty. I do have to get up for that every now and then. And sometimes I even sneak out for lunch! And notice my new pink planner!!! I LOVE it! I feel MUCH more organized just having it in my possession.

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Monday, August 4, 2008

New Name, Same Great Taste

It's official. We're no longer 3 Dogs, 2 Moms, 1 Baby. We're now Raising Riley Joe. I've been toying with changing our blog name for quite some time and last week I finally came up with a title that fit (I know, it's so original...not). So welcome to the new and improved...Raising Riley Joe.


I've been super busy the last two weeks. I had clients in town and then spent a week on PTO. More updates to come but for now I leave you with a video of Miss Riley walking from almost two weeks ago. Yes, she's a walker now! And quite good at it. I love watching this little person walking around the house. It's so amazing watching her grow.

Finally, WELCOME TO THE WORLD RYAN AND NATHAN at Role Playing with Kids.

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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!