Some Fun Pictures

I don't think I ever posted these pictures...if I did, sorry! Here they are again!! A few weekends ago Matt had a good idea that we would have a slumber party for Paiton! We piled blankets and pillows on the floor of the living room, turned on the fireplace, made popcorn, and watched movies!! It was the first time we had watched Despicable Me and it was SO cute. We had to get it for P and it is now one of her favorites!

Paiton and Daddy watching movies:

Making air pop popcorn!

Tried to get a picture together, but instead Paiton spit a chewed up piece of popcorn back in the bowl - gross!

Sleepy slumber party girl! Yes, we spent the WHOLE night on the floor!! NOT good for this pregnant lady's back!

Just a cute picture of Paiton twirling:

Such a cutie playing in her ball pit:

Yelling about something:

How the owl and hedgehog shelves started out:

The day we started working on them:

They are SO close to being done!! Stay tuned for updated FINISHED pictures!! :)

Such a girly girl always wearing Mommy's shoes:

It's been sunny but very chilly here. Paiton wanted to brave it and go down her slide, one trip down and she decided to come back in!

Last night Paiton was eating licorice after dinner and when she ran into the kitchen this is how she looked:

Very Joker from Batman of her!!
Why so serious?

P in 3D

We went to Costco yesterday and they were showing Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs in 3D - one of Paiton's favorite movies. We put the 3D glasses on her and she loved watching it! She didn't want to take them of or leave!

As I was getting Paiton into Matt's car to head to Costco I accidentally bonked her head on the door trying to bend down to get her in. She kept saying that I hurt her eyebrow and eventually that turned into "A chocolate milk would make my eyebrow feel better. Mommy bonked my eyebrow. I need a chocolate milk." Silly girl. Needless to say, she got her chocolate milk ;)

60th Wedding Anniversary!

Last night we celebrated Grandma and Grandpa Riggs' 60th wedding anniversary!!

Before we get to that (because it's special and deserves all the focus) here are a few pictures from earlier in the day:

Paiton playing in the windows by the front door. She likes to sit on the ledge and play with her toys.

She was telling me something, I can't remember what. But is this not the cutest face you've seen in your life!?

This is me at 25 weeks 3 days:

Don't mind the crying/screaming child attached to my leg. Not sure what that was about.

{Happy 60th Anniversary Grandma and Grandpa!}

On Thursday, January 27, 2011, Grandma and Grandpa Riggs celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary! That is one loooong time! Mom and I had decided it needed to be celebrated and we decided to have a dinner for them. We made lasagna's, salad, and breadsticks. We thought it would be fun to order a replica of their wedding cake from the lady who did my wedding cake and does all the cakes we order. Mom worked hard to snag a picture of their original wedding cake, which ended up being too small to see what the design looked like, so I found a simple one online we liked and ordered the cake! Grandma (while looking for a picture of her wedding cake, though she didn't know why) stumbled upon her cake topper from their wedding! As her and Mom were looking at it Mom realized there was still cake and frosting stuck to the bottom!! 60 year old wedding cake - yum! ;) Mom offered to take it home and clean it for Grandma, but really we were super excited to be able to put it on top of this cake!

The cake table

Their wedding invitation

I got some cute pictures of them:

This is the reaction we got when we told them to kiss!

We made Dad give a toast:

Cheers! Here's to 60 more years! ;)

Part of the group that was there:

It ended up being: The Lurcooks, The Lockes, The B. Lurcooks, The Books, Gma and Gpa, and the Nooths came for dessert! Thanks for coming everyone!

Matt and Pai Pai:

B and Cami:

Me and my best friend!

Update

I'm sure everyone is anxiously awaiting an update on my doctor's appointment yesterday. ;)

Matt was able to get off of work early to take me and I was really glad. I wasn't worried or anything, but it's always nice to have him there.

Paiton got to help Dr. Jones again, she got to help measure my belly, take my blood pressure, and find Quinn's heartbeat. She LOVES to help and Dr. Jones always comments on how smart Paiton is. Yesterday she laughed that Paiton was jumping up and down and keeping rhythm to Quinn's heartbeat as we were hearing it. She said that Paiton is so smart she is going to be a brain surgeon someday :) Well, we already knew that!!

Quinn's heartrate was good, 140-145. Dr. Jones told me that if the pain had continued to yesterday she would have sent me to the hospital, so we're really glad it ended during the night!! I got the yucky glucose testing drink that I need to drink before my next appt - yuck! It is really sweet, and orange flavor, which is about the worst flavor you can give me and expect me to drink. I am not looking forward to that or the blood draw that follows! Next appointment I also start getting my Rhogam shots because of my blood type being dumb and interfering with baby's! They hurt, so really, I'm dreading my next appointment!

Other than that everything looked good. They gave me the information packet on registering for the hospital, but I actually want to deliver at a different hospital than my doctor usually does. Since I don't have any insurance this is 100% out of pocket for us and after talking with both hospitals it seems a different one is going to be easier to work with money-wise, so I'm hoping to deliver there. After talking to Dr. Jones about it yesterday she said that she would be willing to deliver Quinn there, but that she'd probably want to induce me. That makes me a little nervous and I think she could tell. I don't like the idea of being induced and I especially hate the idea of being induced early unless it's absolutely medically necessary. I believe babies will come when they are ready and doing it early just because mom wants to is incredibly selfish. So that kind of worried me, but she did say we would tentatively schedule it for my due date, May 11. If I am looking like I may have him early, she will move it up. But inducing me ensures that she will be there to deliver him instead of her being stuck at the other hospital, since that's where all of her other patients will be. So, we will see what happens. The OCD side of me wanted to ask if we could wait and induce after my due date so he could be born on May 13 instead, but I didn't. I just think it would be really neat if Paiton and Quinn were EXACTLY 2 years 6 months to the day apart. Matt vetoed that in the car later when he pointed out that May 13 is a Friday and having the baby on Friday the 13th could potentially curse him for life...he has a point :)

In news about our other child, I got off track making her sleep in her own bed the last few nights. She was sick and I wanted her near me, then I was sick and I wanted her near me ;) so she has been sleeping with us. Last night I put her back in her own bed AND....she is STILL in there! It's now 7:30 am! She had been doing pretty poorly sleeping prior to being sick - waking up so many times by 1:30 am that I would finally take her to bed with me so as not to have to climb out of bed to go comfort her again. Last night she cried out in her sleep a couple times, but didn't actually wake up, and is still in there snoozing away!! I'm so proud of her! What a big girl! Although I did wake up missing her like crazy and it's taking everything in me not to run in there and snuggle her! :) Good job Miss P!!

Silly Girl

I just wanted to post a few funny things Paiton has said recently:

~At Costco last weekend she was (as usual) talking up a storm to anyone who would listen. Titi Cami introduced Paiton to the Quiet Game. She told her all the rules and they started the game. About 10 seconds into it Paiton said "I don't like this game. I don't want to be quiet." It was pretty funny!

~Last night when Matt got home from work she said "I'm so glad you're here!" She always says such cute things to him when he gets home, melts our hearts. Then last night Matt was laying in bed watching tennis on the laptop and Paiton was snuggled up with him. She kept telling us "I love tennis so much!" It's true, I've never seen a 2 year old just sit and watch tennis like this girl will. As they were watching she sat up and said to Matt "So how was your school today Daddy?" And he answered her and told her about his day and then she said "And how was your basketball?" They had the cutest little conversation and it brought tears to my eyes, she is so sweet.

Paiton is feeling better now. The medicine has really helped her eyes, her left one is still pretty red, but neither of them are goopy any more so that's good. She seems to have more energy and be her usual happy self again! :)

I think I finally came down with the cold that everyone else seems to have gotten. It was weird. Yesterday I went to run a bunch of errands - went to Hastings to get a game for Matt, went to Kidz Again, then met Liz and the girls at Costco and then headed to Winco to finish grocery shopping. I had woken up with a sore throat, but nothing else. While in Winco I started getting such bad cramps in my stomach. They got worse and worse and my cart was so full and we needed groceries so badly that I had to finish shopping. By the end I was in tears and hunched over pushing my cart. Got everything paid for and bagged and drove home. Paiton took a nap and I took a hot bath hoping it would help. I called my OB and left a message for the nurse. By the time I got out of the bath my head was killing me and my entire body was hurting and tired and I felt like I could barely walk. It was miserable! My mom texted me that she was coming over and I am glad she did. She played with Paiton and made her dinner, did my dishes, and fed my dogs! :) Then Matt got home and brought me some Tylenol. I laid on the couch all night just feeling miserable.

Today I do feel better. My throat is still pretty sore and swollen and my body is still tired, but nothing like it was yesterday. I can at least function today!! The nurse called me back today and apologized and said that their answering machine is all messed up and that my message just came through this morning. They wanted to see me right away, I tried to talk them out of it (it's SUCH a long drive to get there, takes over 45 minutes!) but she said she would really feel better if I let them check out the baby, so Matt is leaving work early to take me to my appointment this afternoon. I think he's fine in there, he's still moving around like crazy and I'm not worried at all, but I would like to know what the cramping was about so we will see what happens.

And I guess I should mention that my friend Kim reminded me that I am 25 weeks today :) I will not be taking a picture of my pitiful looking self today, but maybe tomorrow.

Otitis Media and Conjunctivitis x2

Poor Paiton is all I can say!!

On Saturday night she was crying and crying for hours and just super whiny and clingy but wouldn't tell me what was wrong. Finally I got her to tell me that her ear was hurting and that I needed to "kiss it better!" :( After I got her doped up on Tylenol and Motrin she finally got some sleep. Sunday morning while I was brushing her teeth I noticed she was getting a 2 year molar on that side, so I attributed the ear pain to that. She continued complaining of her ear hurting throughout the day.

Sunday we were at our friends house and Liz and I kept wiping Paiton's eyes because they were really runny and goopy. Then we noticed they were turning red....uh oh! Sunday night Paiton and I "slept" on the couch. {Not really slept, but spent the night on the couch} She woke up a few times with her eyes gooped shut and she would say "My eyes are stuck shut! I can't see you!" It was SO sad! I called the doctor first thing this morning and took her in. One ear infection and 2 cases of pink eye were confirmed! Poor girl! We headed to Target and got her Amoxicillin. When I got her home it was a battle to get her to take it - crazy kid, I would chug it out of the bottle if I could, it's delicious! ;)

Here is a picture of my pitiful (but still happy) girl this morning as we headed to the doctor:

Even when she's sick she's still the biggest sweetheart. Always telling me she loves me and being so caring. Love this girl.

I tried to get a picture of her sad, red eyes, but she covered them up and said "They hurt Mama!"

So hopefully she will be feeling better asap and her eyes will feel better and not stuck shut anymore! :(

And because I just can't wait, here is a sneak peak of my latest project. Liz's dad so generously cut out some shelves and owls and hedgehogs to go on them that Liz and I designed for the kids room. Last night we started painting and decorating the owls and hedgehogs. I can't even tell you how cute these are in person. Once they are done I will get good pictures taken, but here are the animals almost all done:

So cute I can't even stand it!!! :)

24 weeks

Ok, I promised and here it is - my 24 week picture

I feel like I look bigger than I should be. I got huge, HUGE with Paiton and am really hoping not to with this one. Luckily I'm still just fine wearing normal pants, and by now I was in maternity shorts with P so I guess that's a plus! Right now I'm doing just fine pregnancy-wise. Just the Braxton Hicks, which I now am wondering are stress-induced, and of course heartburn and baby feet in the ribs, but nothing I can't handle! :) I am trying to enjoy it and remember feeling the kicks and stuff because I know that soon enough he'll be here and that we are done having kids, so I better make this one count! :)

And just for fun -

Paiton LOVES getting whipped cream shot into her mouth!

I just thought she looked so cute sleeping this morning, belly hanging out and all!

And really not that anyone cares, but this was day 3 of curly girl hair for me (aka day 3 of being mocked by my husband)

I had two friends contact me and say that they saw a carseat canopy that I made for my friends baby and asked if I would make them one. They each brought me some fabric. Here is the first one I made:

I don't even have a baby carseat to model these on, it's at my parent's house, but it's pretty cute in person!

Wowsers I need to stop letting my blog get so far behind!

Where to start? I guess I'll just go by the pictures I have to share and hope I don't leave out anything important!!

As usual we have been spending a lot of time with our friends, The Lesters. Many weeknights and every weekend we are with them and I'm pretty sure Paiton now thinks she has two sisters!

Paiton loved dot painting at their house last weekend:

The other morning I had to wake Paiton up so I could go to work and she was NOT happy. She came and pouted on the bathroom floor while I took a shower and ended up falling asleep there :)

Last Wednesday I turned 23 weeks pregnant (today I am 24 weeks pregnant, I'll get a picture up sometime before I turn 25 weeks :))

My friend Kim - 26 weeks, and I - 23 weeks

My "official" 23 week belly shot:

I don't think I have any new news on Quinn...he is still moving around quite a bit more than he used to. I started having Braxton Hicks contractions, which usually don't hurt, are just kind of weird and make my stomach rock hard, but sometimes they really hurt and I remember this happening with Paiton too. Other than that not much to report. Projects for their room are coming right along and I can't WAIT to share those soon!!

Last week Grandma Riggs and Mom came out to go to the Joanns in Nampa so Paiton and I went and met them. Paiton insisted on wearing her headband AND crown, it was a good look.

And she loves this little Rapunzel doll that her friend Cohen gave her for Christmas, she goes everywhere with us:

This is funny, as I was getting Paiton into her carseat she dropped Rapunzel, who happened to land balanced on her arm. Paiton looked down and said "Oh! She fell asleep. Good night Rapunzel!" I had to get a picture, it was too cute. I had to drive extra carefully because Paiton didn't want her falling off her arm and waking up!

Paiton loves to "play" the driving games! Anytime we walk past one she'll run over to it and say "I wanna drive!"

On Friday night Matt and I had a quick date night. My parents gave us a gift card for Chili's for Christmas and it came with babysitting! I would venture to say that it's been at least 6 months since we've gone out without baby. AT LEAST. So we dropped her off at my parents and headed to eat. We even had a coupon for a free appetizer, so we were really living the high life. We got there, got seated right away, got our food right away, and were done within probably 40 minutes of getting there. We thought we'd go walk around Dicks and Hobby Lobby for awhile BUT then we got a frantic call from Spencer. He had just gotten in an accident and Mom and Dad weren't answering their phones. Date night of 40 minutes = OVER!

We of course rushed over to where Spencer was to make sure he was ok and to be the awesome big siblings we are and talk trash about the guy who hit him, take some pictures with our phones, and get yelled at by the police for jaywalking to get to the accident.

Spencer was OK, although I did ask him 4,697 times to make sure!

He and Matt drove the car home and it seems to be mostly cosmetic damage. And a little damage to Spencer's pride too, I think.

The other morning I came out of the shower to find Paiton sitting on the couch putting on her "face cream":

She kept saying "It smells so good!"

The other day when I went to check on Paiton during her nap this is what I saw:

The sweetest little baby feet in the world!

Lately Paiton has been carrying around this Janet Evonovich book and calling it "My book." It takes naps with her, it sits on the couch with her, she "reads" it every day, etc.

When I asked her why she liked it so much, she opened to the back cover to the picture of the author and said "That's my Ema!" So Grandma Riggs, here you go, apparently you are a famous author and Paiton just loves your work! ;)

Liz and I have been working on a cool project for the girls. They are hard to explain, but when we ever get done with them I will post pictures. They are kindergarten learning tools. They are called File Folder Games and they teach letters, numbers, colors, etc. Paiton will just love it! She already knows all her colors and can recognize some letters and numbers, but I think in no time she'll be knowing them all. In other genius news, as I was working on my class for work the other day there was a chart listing out how kids should be talking at what age. As I went through it Paiton is at about and almost above the language abilities of a 60 month old!! That's a 5 year old! She speaks in complete sentences, makes up stories, plays make believe, etc. There wasn't anything on there she couldn't do! Such a smarty pants! :)

This weekend the girls did some more dot painting at the Lesters:

Auni and Paiton

Do I have something on my face?

Then it was time to get jammies on and Paiton and Auni had matching ones!

Monday was MLK day so there was no school. We packed up and headed out with the Lesters on an awesome adventure. As we were getting ready to leave, Paiton somehow got her boot stuck under the couch and pulled off her foot. She had a heck of a time getting it un-stuck!

We went to a really cool place that is nearly impossible to describe. It is a walking path that has hundreds of statues and bird houses and just cool things to look at, including a replica of Jesus' tomb! It was just crazy and the girls loved it! The really cool thing about it was that they raise lots of peacocks! I got lots of cool pictures (although none with their feathers up, dang!) but I will save those for another post!

In other news that probably no one cares about, my mom got Cami and I this awesome book. It's called the Curly Girl Handbook. It's about how to take care of your hair if it's curly/wavy/frizzy. I love it. Cameron made fun of me because in my nerdy way I went through and highlighted all the important stuff and put sticky notes in the book. It teaches you what to do and what not to do with curly hair so that it gets healthier and starts looking better. It's a process and takes a few weeks for your hair to look as good as it should, but I started it Monday night. Yesterday was Day 1 of Curly Girl hair! :) Matt is laughing at me as he reads this, I can feel it. Basically you don't straighten your hair again, ever, because it fries it and you have to start all over. Fine by me, like I have time to sit and straighten my hair!? I can't tell you the last time I used my straightener! :) Liz and I are doing it together because she has hair similar to mine. So here is a picture of my curly hair, day 1.