Some Sugar and Spice......

And of course everything nice! we finally got Riley's bed done! it took a few days because when ever we had time to go paint it, time was not on our side! It would be too dark and too humid and too cold! There is no way with a combination of those three things it would have dried right or on time! So we waited.... and then waited another day... and then decided to not break the Sabbath and then ...YAY we got it done yesterday! Thanks to Dale for being the master of this project. The only things i could do were to scrape off the old stickers from the previous owners and then make sure it was all wiped off and clean! Then Dale had the hard part! Inhale all the fumes! When I finally thought .... "hmmm we don't have any masks, maybe if he held a paper towel with a couple layers up to his face that will help, I handed it to him and he said " Danget, I was just starting to feel happy!" ha ha He is a funny one! It wasn't that bad looking before but it just had some scratches that were noticeable and a few little imperfections and I thought it would look great green! And it does! Dale was very happy with the color I picked! He thought I was smart. (that right there could be the whole purpose of the task!) But, it wasn't. This was!

Isn't it adorable! Dale did such a good painting job! Its perfect!

Riley fell in love with it quickly She thought it was so cool that she had a bed her own size! She didn't want to get off of it! It was NOT hard to get her to go to bed last night! YAY! She does so good sleeping without a crib! The first night we took down the crib and laid the bed on the floor and I laid down on the floor next to her thinking she might need some comforting to get to bed! I WAS WRONG! She just wanted to talk! Mommy was there..... it was talking time! Nope, I wasn't gonna do that! So I kissed her goodnight and walked out she had a little crying fit on and off for about 15 minutes but after that she went straight to bed and didn't make a sound until 8:15 the next morning! Nap time was a little harder but it wasn't bad! Now, there are no problems! It is pretty exciting!

NOW its time....

Well it was a false alarm last time I said Riley was ready for her TODDLER BED but now its official! She is able to get out of her crib without any assistance from a nightstand or a LARGE stuffed Gorilla! Now we have to get the toddler bed that was given to us and give it a little sugar, spice and everything nice! Then its on to figuring out how to transition from crib to bed! I don't think it should be too hard. Every time we go to my sister Jamie's house Riley always wants to take naps in Bubbas bed! She thinks its fun that she can crawl in and out of it and that Mommy can help her fall asleep! (This might be cause for concern) It will be a couple days before Riley will be able to actually try out her new bed because I have to paint it and of course the baby in my belly prevents me from accomplishing such a goal myself. I have to wait for the Man of the House to be able to have a sufficient time frame to accomplish such a goal for me! So until the beginning of next week I hope ( Your hope would be helpful as well. I don't think I can obtain enough hope all by myself) that nap and night time, from now until she is able to move into the bed, wont be complete torture for all of us! You know.... the finding her in the kitchen eating all the snacks that she can reach in the middle of the night......... waking up to hear her playing with toys, not knowing how long it has been since was actually IN her bed! Ugh I am HOPING we are not in for a LONG few days!

Something exciting!

I said when there was something exciting to share I would share it! Well, we got to hear the baby's heartbeat today! Riley was there when they were showing us the pictures and letting us hear the heartbeat. She was so cute! he kept saying "That's Water....... That's the beach!" Ha ha apparently thinks it sounds like the waves on the beach. I didn't think she would remember the sound! We haven't been to the beach in over 6 months! Its so funny what they do and don't remember! But The tech. gave us a couple (although not so great) pictures! But I cant expect much when I am only as far along as I am. I love hearing the heartbeat! It Helped me realize (you know besides the nausea and the cravings) that this is actually happening! I was also very excited because they recorded the baby's heartbeat and a little video of them moving the scope(??) around. When I watched it really closely I could see the baby's heart beating! Moving really fast inside its little chest! The Dale was actually able to come with me! With Riley he couldn't get off work to come hear the heart beat so we recorded it and my Sister-In-Law Brittany was able to go with me! But Dale was excited that he could come this time because I scheduled it early enough (actually way to early) that he could come before he had to leave for work! Just now when i was loading everything up into the computer I watched the video and was trying to explain to Riley that what she was seeing was a baby (more of a white blob to her) and that it was in my tummy...... She DID NOT like that! She pointed to me tummy and said "NO!!! THAT'S MOMMY!!!" She was not having any of that baby in my stomach talk! I love being able to have another one of these experiences and that I get to share it with Dale again and also that I get to share it with Riley! This makes it an all new experience. Along with all the other stuff that is totally different than I expected!

We are POOPED!!!!!!!!

Riley had a long day because church is now smack dab in the middle of her nap time! So she is a grumpy Bug all afternoon and is ready for bed WAY before her nap time! Which normally I would be ok with, except for the fact that when she goes to bed earlier than she should she wakes up in the middle of the night and is grumpy the whole next day. This means we have a fun day ahead of us tomorrow! Luckily she only has one of these days a week! This is how I am feeling full time! Luckily I haven't been as sick this pregnancy as I was when I was pregnant with Riley! I still have thrown up a couple times but at least its not 6 times a day! I feel Tired all the time but at least I get to have a nap when Riley does! I have Gained weight this this pregnancy which is better than the 20lbs I lost in the first few weeks with Riley and didn't start getting back until about the 5Th month! I was prepared for the worst and luckily that's not what I got! Although if you ask me on my bad hours I will tell you I am miserable! Thankfully the misery only lasts so long! ha ha So with all the bad comes some good! I just have a hard time reminding myself of that in the moment! But when its good I start remembering (even though i have tried HARD to forget) how horrible the first pregnancy was, and I try to convince myself its not so bad. Key word TRY!!!! ha ha But nothing else too exciting is going on lately in our house but I will update you when it does!