Cutest Story Ever!

We’ve been trying to extra hard these last few months to get Riley ready for his baby sister. We are always pointing babies out to him and having him pretend that his stuffed animals are “babies” so that he can practice being “careful” and “nice”. We have also been emphatic that diapers are “for babies” in an attempt to stop the almost certain potty training regression that will occur upon the baby’s arrival. Needless to say, 9 months is a long time for a 2-year-old (nearly half of his life so far!) and we suspect that he is getting quite anxious for the baby to arrive…

Last week Tiffany and Riley went to Sam’s club and bought a bulk-size box of newborn diapers. The entire ride home Riley pointed at the picture of the baby on the diaper box and said “For baby, for baby!” to which Tiffany replied “That’s right, diapers are for babies.” Upon arriving at home Tiffany pulled Riley from his car seat and took him inside; leaving the diaper box in the truck. Riley began chanting worriedly “diapers, for baby, diapers, get box, for baby!” Being a bit perplexed, Tiffany retrieved the box and brought it inside to the concerned toddler. Riley again pointed to the large picture of an infant on the box and exclaimed “diapers, for baby, open it, open it!” Tiffany obliged the big-brother-to-be and promptly opened the box. Riley tore through the box, carelessly throwing the diapers out until he reached the bottom. He then stood up and, with a look of utter confusion and disappointment, starred at the empty diaper box and asked “Where’s Baby?”

Wow what a week!

Last week was so crazy! We had swimming lessons, Dr. visits, an apartment that needed to be cleaned and fixed so the new tenents could move in, and inbetween all that we found some time to play.

On Sauterday we went boating. The wind was blowing a little but we still had fun. Riley went for his first tube ride and loved it. He tells everyone he went wakeboarding though because that is what daddy did and he tries so hard to be like his dad.

We had a ton of work to do at the apartments. One of the walls in the family room was an old ugly wood wall. We mud and painted so it would look like a normal sheetrock wall, and it had been probably 10 years since the place had been painted. So we re-painted the whole place. It took us all day Firday to paint, even with my father-in-law, and brother-in-law helping. We also had old tile window ledges that were falling apart, so Nicolas spent two days triming the windows. Thankfully the apartment was left pretty clean, so we only had to spent a few hours cleaning. Then today we finished up with new carpet in the front room. It was alot of work but it looks great, almost like a new place.

Riley came with me a couple of hours, but for the most part my mom or mother-in-law watched him. But he thought it was fun to come and "help". We gave him a dry paint brush and he walked around for a while and "painted" the walls. He would also grab the mop and mop the floor. If only I thought it was as fun as he did.

With the extra pieces of blinds Riley and Grandma had fun writing words.

Lets just say after painting all day you start to get board.

My sister-in-law, my cousin-in-law, and I all took a parent toddler swimming class together. The boys all seemed to enjoy playing in the pool. Riley's favorite part was when we got to work with the life jackets. He loved to just float on his back and relax.

Two year old pictures

It took me afew weeks but I finally got around to getting two year old pictures of Riley. I wanted to take them myself, and out side, but between the slow starting summer and my laziness I put it off for about a month. I was thinking about taking a few family shots seeing as Riley has changed so much in the last year, but I decided I would just be unhappy with the way I looked. Plus I will want a new family photo after the baby comes anyway. So here are some of the better pictures that I edited.