Where's the frog Riley??...

So the Bug has a new saying. We have no idea how on earth she came up with this. No one told her this or made her think the frog is where she thinks it is. BUT(t) Ahem. Riley, yesterday morning was playing with her toys and she started "brumping." This is a word Dale made up when he was little meaning - to fart. She she was brumping and she turned to Dale and said
" Uh oh, what was that?? Its a frog!!"
So Dale asked her
"Where is the frog?"
Riley pointed to her Pum (another word Dale made up when he was very little meaning-bum) and said
"There it is!!!"
So now every time you ask Riley where the frog is she will most definitely point to her pum! Ha ha Apparently the noise sounds like a frog to her. Like I said no one has any idea where she could have learned this. Her little mind works in the funniest ways!

Sure why Not....Oh how sad......

Rules: Anything you have done has to be in bold and/or underlined. How much have you done?


1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain ( Does an Arizona mounatin count?)
9. Held a Praying Mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched an amazing lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Visited Italy
I have A LOT of livin' left to do

Life with child........

Ok so I haven't come up with something better for those post than that. I'm sorry! I am not sure if its better or worse being "Life Knocked up" or Or "Life with Belly" I dont really have a belly yet so that really doesn't work. This is the best I can do maybe I should work on my creativity....hmmm. Anyway I decided that I would do some "Blournal-ing" Um....Ya I made that word up. (Cant tell can you?!) Its another lame attempt at creativity. Like I said I SHOULD work on it. (shoulda coulda woulda) So some blog/journal-ing is required. (Blournal-ing) I decided (for my own journal-ing purposes) that I needed to write some things down about this pregnancy. Maybe some comparisons to the previous pregnancy. (which I unfortunately wrote like ZERO about) So here it is....

"Life With Child" (it just keeps sounding worse and worse)
This pregnancy has really taken a lot out of me. I'm not HARDLY as sick as I was when I was pregnant with Riley, but I am for more exhausted. I don't think much can compare to losing 20lbs in just 3WEEKS, but with a 2 1/2 year old its hard not having the energy to please her. Its all I want to do. I just want to be in bed 24 hrs a day. I am a zombie. I don't feel sick on a continual basis, but if I don't eat at regular intervals "Baby" does not seem to be too happy. I have gotten to the point though of forgetting to eat. I think I need to set a timer for me to know when to eat.......Dales GENIUS idea! It would probably would work very well. With Riley it didn't matter how much I ate, when I ate, or what I ate, it was all doomed to the same fate.....Porcelain Express. Doctors prescribed pills, gave me eating schedules and everything! Nothing worked! Spicy things seemed to help me a little, which was nice except I didn't know how to cook the things I wanted and Applebees and Wendy's couldn't always be an option. This time around I want eggs. I joked with Dale that he had to be half vampire or something because all I want are eggs. (Twilight series reference. Just in case there are some of you who have not read the entire Twilight series) Either way fried eggs and toast and Egg McMuffins (homemade NOT from the place with the Golden Arches) have been a must have. But at least I have been able to find something that works. Something that gives me a little energy. I can not walk around for very long without feeling faint. Trips to the grocery store are not pleasant. I wish I could drive around those things they have at Walmart for people that cant ACTUALLY walk around the store. Or I wish Dale could stick me in the cart and push me around. I would gladly hold the groceries. This might cause quite a scene though...I defiantly don't have the energy for a scene. Everyone keeps telling me, when I tell them the differences between pregnancy #1 and #2, that I am having a Boy. There are less hormones running through me and its easier to take I guess. But who knows... If I have learned one thing from my family (10 kids, 20something grand kids) its that every pregnancy is different and that there is no one thing that signals a specific gender. We will just have to wait and see. Patience is something I lack though and i am getting very very antsy! I want to know! Its not to far away though I just have to try to remind myself of that. I am almost 12 weeks so I am looking forward to seeing if the sickness stays or goes.Hopefully goes! ha ha

"Say Bless You"

So I decided to write down a couple of the cute things Riley says while I am thinking about it! First of all though, I cant believe that Riley just keeps getting more beautiful everyday! Every time I see her its like she cant get prettier than yesterday.....and she does! She proves me wrong every time I look into those beautiful grey/yellow/blue eyes! (AMAZING!) I recently Read in one of the books I am reading in my Psychology of Parenting class "Avoid Being embarrassed by the fact that you think your baby is the most fabulous human being on the face of the earth. This attitude will help her develop a positive self image" So All I am doing, when I tell her she is beautiful and funny and silly and cute and clever and smart, is helping her grow to be confident. Every parent should think their child is "The cream of the crop" There is absolutely nothing wrong with that! She is so smart that I cant handle it! She WILL pass me up sooner than later! I will say it again....AMAZING! Anyway..... on to the reason for my post!

This morning Dale, Riley and I were sitting on the couch and Riley sneezes...... I was paying attention to the game Dale was playing on his i-pod and I didn't think about saying anything to her so she says "Mommy say Bless You!!!"
Oh boy!!
Me- "Sorry Bug... Bless You!"
R- "Thanks Mommy!"
I was taught a lesson in manners by my 2 1/2 year old! It was hilarious!

Whenever Riley wants something she will say
R-"Mommy can I want (enter item here, Mostly chocolate milk.)"
Me- (trying to teach her through repetition the "Right" way to ask) "Yes Bug you can HAVE (Chocolate milk)"
I think its cute that she asks if she can want something! I cant help but laugh every time!

A Dang Cute Discovery!

This DANG cute little Bug right here TALKS IN HER SLEEP!!!!!!!!!!! AdOrAbLe!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant stand it! I just heard her in her room talking and I assumed she was awake so I go to give her the waking-up-from-naps-loves that she gives OH SO WELL and i realize she is totally asleep!!!!!!! I didn't catch everything she said but it was something about Pants and a Mouse!!!! AAHHHHH She is so cute I cant stand it! That's all!

Tag Attack! And a week with my man!

I have like 5 tags to post! I WILL do it I promise I just haven't wanted to do it this week! Dale And I had a GREAT week All to ourselves! That much time together is Extremely sparse so we soaked it all up! Dale had from the 24Th of January to February 2Nd off and we had a BLAST soaking it up and having some much needed (wanted) family time! We did a whole lot of not much. Ha ha Make sense?? We organized a few things that we don't normally have time to do on a normal day. We painted and Got Riley's big girl bed ready for her. Dale still had school in the mornings (really really early) but he was back by 8 so we still were able to have full days to do fun things! We planned a trip up to the snow because one thing was lacking SNOW! It was nowhere that we wanted to drive to! We thought Payson would be good enough but they hadn't had snow for about two weeks and the only place that did have snow was north of Flagstaff and there was no way we were gonna try THAT day trip! Most days we just stayed at home watched movies and enjoyed the down time. Some days we did that most of the day and then visited Grandmas and Grandpas in the afternoons. We had blast being lazy! Last night though (Dales last night of freedom from work) We were able to visit with one of Dales companions from his mission. Washington DeLima is a Brasilian Native from Sao Paulo so Dale was excited to be able to have real conversations in Portuguese and to be able to visit because he obviously cant see him all the time! We thought he was only going to be here for a week or so but he is gonna be here for another month so we are excited to see him again! Riley LOVED him! She normally doesn't take to strangers easily But she warmed up to him in about 10 minutes! She wanted his attention all night and he was more than happy to give it to her! They had fun playing "Spider" and "Hide the Piggy" I loved watching her have so much fun! Same for Dale too! I love love loved being able to hear Dale REALLY talk in Portuguese. He loves the language and he was truly happy being able to speak it all night! Dales Family wanted to see DeLima as well so we spent the whole night at David and Shannons (Mom and Dads) just talking and eating! We had fun little Family night! It was a great ending to a great week!