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!

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!

Say.............

Dale, Riley and I had a GREAT Christmas! We opened our Jammie's and some family gifts on Christmas eve and then went to Dales parents house stayed the night and started Christmas off EARLY!!! On Christmas eve while we were having dinner and we decided to take a picture... Instead of saying "say Cheese" Dale told everyone to "Say...... CAJSAS PREGNANT!!!" THAT'S RIGHT! We are expecting a baby on August 23rd! We are so excited! Dales Family had already called it and figured we were gonna tell them on Christmas day. At least we surprised them with the day! ha ha After we opened all of our presents at Dales parents Christmas morning we went to my parents. That picture was a little more fun! I have a huge family so there was NO WAY we were gonna try to get everyone in the picture so it was just me and my Mom! She had the best reaction! It took her a second but once she got it, it was really funny! Riley had a blast at Christmas. She has been asking to open all the presents for a while now so she was having a hay day actually being able to do it! I feel bad though..... she keeps asking to open presents but now there isn't any! We had a great time being with family and sharing our news! Hope everyone had a great Christmas as well!!!

New members to the Whipple family!

Meet Banana and Orange! Friday was Dales birthday and we couldn't do much cuz he had to work. So on Saturday we had a family Dinner at Red Robin and My brother Randy's present to Dale was these two lovely colored fishies! Riley is in love! ha ha She loves to feed them and watch them swim! Uncle Randy always gets us the best gifts (enter sarcasm here) We weren't planning on getting a pet of any kind anytime soon but Randy made it happen! They are pretty goldfish and we don't have to potty train them and Riley loves them so I guess its as good as it gets for now!

Now a little shout out to Dale happy late birthday.. I love you and I am so grateful for all you do for our family! You are the best! I probably wont be on the computer at all until after Christmas so until then....MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!! Hope its a great one!!!

The funniest thing I have read in a long time!!!!

From: Jane Gilles Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.19pmTo: David

ThorneSubject: Overdue account

Dear David,Our records indicate that your account is overdue by the amount of $233.95. If you have already made this payment please contact us within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been applied to your account and is no longer outstanding.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles

From: David Thorne Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.37pmTo: Jane GillesSubject: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,I do not have any money so am sending you this drawing I did of a spider instead. I value the drawing at $233.95 so trust that this settles the matter.

Regards, David.

From: Jane Gilles Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.07amTo: David ThorneSubject: Overdue account

Dear David,Thankyou for contacting us. Unfortunately we are unable to accept drawings as payment and your account remains in arrears of $233.95. Please contact us within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been applied to your account and is no longer outstanding.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles

From: David Thorne Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.32amTo: Jane GillesSubject: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,Can I have my drawing of a spider back then please.

Regards, David.


From: Jane Gilles Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.42amTo: David ThorneSubject: Re: Re: Overdue account

Dear David,You emailed the drawing to me. Do you want me to email it back to you?

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles

From: David Thorne Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.56amTo: Jane GillesSubject: Re: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,Yes please.

Regards, David.


From: Jane Gilles Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 12.14pmTo: David ThorneSubject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Overdue account

From: David Thorne Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 09.22amTo: Jane GillesSubject: Whose spider is that?

Dear Jane,Are you sure this drawing of a spider is the one I sent you? This spider only has seven legs and I do not feel I would have made such an elementary mistake when I drew it. Regards, David.


From: Jane Gilles Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.03amTo: David ThorneSubject: Re: Whose spider is that?

Dear David,Yes it is the same drawing. I copied and pasted it from the email you sent me on the 8th. David your account is still overdue by the amount of $233.95. Please make this payment as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles

From: David ThorneDate: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.05amTo: Jane GillesSubject: Automated Out of Office Response

Thank you for contacting me. I am currently away on leave, traveling through time and will be returning last week.

Regards, David.

From: David ThorneDate: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.08amTo: Jane GillesSubject: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

Hello, I am back and have read through your emails and accept that despite missing a leg, that drawing of a spider may indeed be the one I sent you. I realise with hindsight that it is possible you rejected the drawing of a spider due to this obvious limb ommission but did not point it out in an effort to avoid hurting my feelings. As such, I am sending you a revised drawing with the correct number of legs as full payment for any amount outstanding. I trust this will bring the matter to a conclusion.

Regards, David.

From: Jane Gilles Date: Monday 13 Oct 2008 2.51pmTo: David ThorneSubject: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

Dear David,As I have stated, we do not accept drawings in lei of money for accounts outstanding. We accept cheque, bank cheque, money order or cash. Please make a payment this week to avoid incurring any additional fees.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles

From: David Thorne Date: Monday 13 Oct 2008 3.17pmTo: Jane GillesSubject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

I understand and will definately make a payment this week if I remember. As you have not accepted my second drawing as payment, please return the drawing to me as soon as possible. It was silly of me to assume I could provide you with something of completely no value whatsoever, waste your time and then attach such a large amount to it.

Regards, David.

From: Jane GillesDate: Tuesday 14 Oct 2008 11.18amTo: David ThorneSubject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?Attached

Naked Noo Noo and a Lady In Waiting!

Yep! Its ONLY 7:30 and I still have THREE HOURS till my Knight in Shining(work clothes) armor comes riding home in his blue chariot! It feels like he has been gone ALL DAY! I wake up...... he leaves.... He comes home.....we go to bed! this might not be exactly true, but its what it feels like when you have been living through a day that feels like it has lasted a month!!

I am lost in thought about the moment my Knight comes home and I receive true loves *first* kiss.......... and I hear a little *Tinkle* My cute little naked noo noo princess runs in to use her lovely pink throne! Afterwards, when we have cleaned her throne for more usage, she begs me to read her a story fit for a princess, climbs on my lap and gives me a big royal *squeeze* I wonder, how many of these tales fit for a princess I must read to make time pass more quickly! There probably isn't an answer. The time spent will be fun and it will be spent well, but it does not mean time will pass by quickly! (unfortunately)I will look up at the clock hoping that my dreams have come true and all the time had passed and it will have only amounted to 5min. Well, More tales to read, more time to pass, and more time spent cleaning the Princess Noo Noo's throne! Wish me well!!!

Our Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving started off EARLY!! We all woke up early to go watch Dale play football with his family! He had a lot of fun! And he is still feeling it! ha ha

Than later on in the afternoon we went to my sisters house to have Thanksgiving lunch with all my family! Its always fun to have the whole family in one spot! Than a couple hours later we went to Dales aunt and uncles house to have Thanksgiving dinner with his family. After we had Dinner and visited for a while we decided to go across the street from his aunt and uncles to a little park they have in their neighborhood. Dales Dad came with us to play and Riley had a blast going down the slides and having "Papa" there to play with her!

She loved going down the slides and after a couple tries she got brave enough to go down without Dale giving her a nudge off!

Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving and that you are all ready for CHRISTMAS! YAY!