Belly Laughs

I know I said I would do birth stories, but I had to document the sweetest sound I have heard since I have had two children. On our way to the park, Dylan and Rae were playing a little game of peek a boo in the back seat. Rae is big enough now to lean up and peak around the edge of her car seat. She kept peeking at Dylan, Dylan would smile and laugh, and she would laugh back with the biggest belly laugh I have heard from her. It wasn't once or twice, it was over and over from 37 to Allisonville, to 116th, to the park (I took the longest possible way there for no good reason).

It was so sweet, and makes me so excited to see them grow as best friends!

Birthdays

My 30th birthday was last Thursday and I had a wonderful last couple of days celebrating. This included LOTS of food- including a few of my favorites- sushi, St. Elmo's shrimp cocktail, and Hot Box pizza. I am currently waiting on a ice cream delivery from my husband to round out the weekend, and Katie and I still have a date to go get our artichoke appetizer at Cheesecake Factory (we have to be the only people that go for the artichoke, not the cheesecake).

My 30th birthday has caused me to reflect on quite a bit. As Danny and I enjoyed a date night on Saturday, we had a long discussion about how we have been together for half our lives. And, this life we are so preciously building one baby at a time will surpass the 15 years we didn't know each other. I am incredibly lucky to have a best friend for a husband. We have had the opportunity to grow together, and I love the couple that we have become.

I think it is most appropriate to reflect on the two birthdays that mean the most to me. April 14th, 2008 and September 9, 2009. My next two posts will be the birth stories of my sweet babies, which I still have yet to document. Believe me, I can replay every minute of my 4 day hospital stay with each baby. Those will continue to be some of my favorite memories of my adult life. So, on my 30th birthday, I feel so lucky to say that Dylan and Rae's birthdays have been the most defining moments in my 30 years.

A post from Shutterfly...

For those of you that don't know, I post all of my pictures on a Shutterfly site- www.theriegofamily.shutterfly.com. Feel free to visit if you don't already! There I do a montly journal entry to remind myself of my kiddo's milestones. I have cut and pasted that below- as I know I have really slacked on this blog in the last few months. Let's just say blogger and I weren't on speaking terms for awhile. But I am back, and I am starting with something easy- my shutterfly post- to catch everyone up. Get ready for big changes in May, when one miss JenB will assist me with all things blogger, so I don't boycott this thing again.

Enjoy!

We had such a busy month! I have started a blog, www.theriegofamily.blogspot.com. Feel free to visit- but don't get too excited. I got in a fight with it this month when I had some trouble posting. But- tonight I will begin again!

This month...

I went on my first extended trip away from both kids (Vegas!), Easter, Mimi and Papa came to visit (Dylan has officially changed his name from Pop-Pop to Papa), Dylan turned 2, Rae was baptized, Danny's basketball season officially started, Dylan hit 30 lbs, Rae hit 15, and Rae finally got over her "cold" and is sleeping beautifully without coughing. Dylan counted to ten last night and I got it on video! He also did a summersault today and said "awesome" after he did it! He then proceeded to do it a hundred more times until he crashed into the baby seat-that I should have put away months ago... He is so cute! Rae is still pretty unhappy on her belly, but will get up on all fours, rock back and forth, and scoot backwards! She can sit up and play with her toys, and melts our hearts everytime she smiles- which is a lot. She belly laughs when I tickle her and has started eating stage two baby food!


We had Dylan's bday party at Yogi's in Bloomington, and we were so fortunate to have the whole family there. He was thrilled with his Handy Manny coloring books, his "tools", and his books! We got him a bike that luckily Papa put together before he left! We have taken it out a few times, but he still isn't quite sure about the pedals. Hard to believe that Rae is more than halfway to 1! I officially feel like she isn't quite my baby baby girl anymore...More on that later in my blog!!

Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful day filled with cinnamon coffe, cinnamon rolls, Piglet's Big Movie, kids taking long naps, first day of the season sitting in a chair on the deck while both kids napped...hold on...I know. That part sounds amazing. But also- we got to have an awesome Linner at Maggiano's, and chuch with cousins.

This afternoon, Dylan "found" his eggs on the floor of my room. I meant to hide them on the deck for him to look for after his nap. He found them before I could hide them. He put them all in his push cart and walked around for quite some time before he realized there were jelly beans and m&ms in them. He loved his Easter basket, especially his markers and coloring book from Mimi, and his Pooh sticker book from the Easter Bunny. Those made church fly by!

Check out those outfits! Are they cute or what? They were awesome, husband was awesome, and all in all, we had a fabulous day.

I will be leaving the house at 8:30 for our 9:15 doctor's apt. so that I can get Starbucks on my way...

Lovely Day

We had a lunch/playground/shopping date with Aunt Katie. Gotta love Hamilton Town Center.

Pretty Clothes

I have a lot of pretty clothes for Rae. It is hot out, and there are some dang cute dresses and tank tops and stretchy pants. BUT... I just can't bring myself to put them on Rae! I always think...oh, there must be someWHERE we can wear this! It isn't worth it to put this on her today when nobody is going to see her! She is just going to spit up, pee, poop, or spit food on this pretty thing!
BUT... Today I was hanging out with some neighbors while the kids played, and someone told me, "You just have to start putting those things on her! Then it will become normal and you will love it." So that is what I am going to do. Just wait until tomorrow. You are going to see something special! We have a date with Aunt Katie, and I KNOW she will appreciate the outfit I choose for our sweet baby rae! Pictures to come!

"She sits, she scores!"

Here is your pic! How could I forget the fact that my Rae is sitting!