Riley 4 Months

Charged by a Pit Bull!

So yesterday Chris took all of us to Trinity Park. We stopped at Chipotle on the way and got our big fat burritos. I love Chipotle! We had a nice lunch under a tree on a quilt. Mckenzee walked Macy and ate a mini-burrito. Riley sat with Daddy and he had to change his diaper twice in 20 minutes, but al was good and the weather was nice.

After we had lunch we packed up our stuff and headed over to the playground. Riley and Macy and I found a spot under a tree right by the playground to watch Chris and Kenzee play. Riley sat with me and I took pictures of Chris and Kenzee playing. Well, I took one and then my sweet little chihuahua started to growl. I looked up to see a pit bull coming our way. I brought her to me via her leash. This other dog was also on a leash so I wasn't overly concerned at this point. It just seemed like two dogs wanting see each other and I ASSUMED the owner of the other dog would have steered his dog away from us. He did not. The pit bull kept coming and broke his leash. I had Macy tucked under my arm and Riley sitting between my legs. I was flat on my butt with my legs in front of me and couldn't really get up, and at that point it was too late anyway. All I could do was shield my baby with my body. Macy does not like big dogs. However, she does not clue in that they can, and will, eat her. She was growling and growling and ready to fight. Riley was crying. Probably from being squished and hearing all the loud dog growling taking place above him. The pit bull was trying to get to her over my arm. I knew if it came to it I would have to give up my dog to protect my baby. All the while, I am thinking why the hell isn't someone trying to help me and why isn't the owner of this dog getting him off of us? I finally called out to Chris just as the owner got him. He started to come over, but also had to be aware of Mckenzee who has no fear and climbs like a 10 year old and was well on her way up these stupid bar things that should never be on playgrounds. The ones that if you fall through you will surely bust your chin open, bite your tongue in half, and knock out all your teeth? Yes, those stupid Mr. Playground Designer!

At this point I am able to get up. Chris takes Riley and I yell and scream at the owner of the dog, who does not high tail it out of there, but instead sits down with his dog, that is no longer leashed, a few feet away, to allow his dog to watch all of the children playing on the playground so he can decide which one to eat!

I called the police. It took no less than 8 tries for my call to go through. No, we do not have the Verizon Network. So finally, I told what happened and gave a description to the dispatcher. An officer finally came. He was an idiot. Nothing happened after that worth telling.

I know that if Macy had not been with me she would have been eaten and there would have been no way for me to save her and I couldn't have tried since I had Riley. I am thankful that this situation was not worse than it was. We are all safe. Thank you God!

Catching Up

Turning 28 and a Special Date

Chris came home early from work and played with the babies so I could get ready. Mckenzee gave me the cutest card that Chris had helped her record her voice in. I loved it and I'll save it forever. My parents came over to keep the kiddos. I had had a long day and it took me three pumping sessions to get enough for one bottle because the little rubber thingys on my pump need to be replaced. On the way to our dinner date Chris gave me a card. It made me cry and inside was my gift....swing dance lessons.....for the two of us. I think I've been dreaming of taking dance lessons with Chris for about 10 years now and we are finally going to do it.


We went to Melting Pot for dinner and it was so nice. He had made reservations and we got the back corner booth. There were roses. It was such a nice dinner. The best part was dessert. We love the Bananas Foster dessert dip. The pictures were taken with Chris' iphone and it was dark, but they turned out okay. The flaming one was when he put the cinnamon in. Yes, cinnamon sparks, I love that!

Mother's Day

I had such a nice Mother's Day. It really started on Thursday when Chris and Kenzee spent a long time on a special project for me. She isn't really old enough to wait on things so she gave it to me as soon as they were done. The time they spent working on it was also a nice gift because I got a break. Then, on Friday, a bouquet of tulips arrived for me from Proflowers, which Chris was not impressed with, but I liked them because he thought of it and planned ahead. On Saturday we cleaned up the house. That was a huge burden lifted off of me and I have been a better mother and wife this week because of it. I just cannot function when my house is a wreck. Riley slept for 13 hours that night. I did have to feed him twice in there, but he never really woke up and I was able to put him right back down. Sunday was perfect. Chris made a big breakfast and gave me a card with a sweet note written inside from him. I then took a 2 1/2 hour morning nap. Wow, I haven't had one of those in a long time. That afternoon we just hung out with our kids and Chris made lunch. My family came over that evening for dinner. It was just a great day.

Swine Flu

I don't know what to do. I think I am starting to realize that I can't continue to quarantine our family. How long could this go on? I want to make good decisions to keep my babies healthy, but I think this may be too much. We haven't been to church, Mckenzee has been missing her music class, we haven't been out to eat. I think we need to continue our measures to stay clean by washing our hands and keeping "hanitizer" available when we are out, but we have to go ahead and live life. I'm gonna work on that. We may start with a trip to Home Depot tomorrow as a family. We need flowers and some house things.

Riley
3 Month Picture at home because I cancelled his appt. because of the Swine Flu.

He is turning out to be a really good sleeper at night. We are still working on naps. This is how he is sleeping right now. I know it isn't safe....I am the queen of safe, but I am right next to him so I'm letting him be. I ordered him a woombie after I order him a miracle blanket and then realized he was past the age limit for it. So, one of you pregnant people that turns out to be having a boy might just get a miracle blanket in your gift. It looks amazing. I wish I had had one when these two were wee bitty. He is a happy little guy most of the time. He smiles and laughs all day. He loves his sister. He can play in the entertainer now, but gets frustrated that he can't put the toys in his mouth.

Mckenzee

I love this picture of her

Potty training, take 14. Chris and I are TERRIBLE potty trainers, but wait you say....what about that cute video you posted back in September when she was doing so great? I know, I know, I thought she was ready. She gave me all the right signs, taking her diaper off, saying she wanted to go tee tee on the potty, being excited about going. Those are some pretty big cues. However, the fun of that wore off after a few weeks and she decided diapers were easier and since Mommy was tired and pregnant and Daddy was happy to make Mommy happy we went back to diapers. This has been a great week though. I bought her new panties and she has been wearing her potty watch. Yesterday she even started to go in her panties and stopped herself and ran to the potty and this morning she woke up dry. I am proud of her. We have had a lot of fun this week playing and doing projects.

Chubs

I'm not sure how long you get to say"I just had a baby." It was so easy with Mckenzee and it has been so NOT easy this time. I have decided to get serious about losing weight. I want to lose at least 20 pounds. 10 pounds of baby weight and 10 pounds that I needed to lose pre-Riley. My 10 year reunion is this year. I want to look and feel good about myself. We already eat pretty healthy, but I need to look at my calorie intake. I have to be careful about dieting because I am breastfeeding. I have started my Core Rhythms videos again. I am going to add in some running. Here we go. It's time.

Things....

These are the kind of problems that I deal with daily. I just thought this one was extra cute. Mckenzee comes to me crying and holding her pillow and in her most pitiful voice, through her tears, she says, "My pillow got wet, my pillow got wet, Macy wicked it." It's a sad morning when your dog licks your favorite little pillow. We decided to wash it, which it desperately needed anyway, and she's okay now.


I do not plan to go anywhere except the grocery store right now with the Swine Flu craziness. My children will not be going with me, which is a bummer because we make the grocery store a family outing and we always have a good time. I also plan to sanitize the things I buy before bringing them into my house.


I do still intend to blog about our Colorado trip as soon as I get my house clean. That will probably take all week because it is way bad and I can only do a little at a time and still play with my babies.


I'll leave you with these pictures.

I have to move here!

Many of you know that Chris and I would love to live in Colorado someday. I really can't wait. I want to live there so badly. Yesterday I was painting with Mckenzee and I painted her some mountains and she said, "Momma, you love take me the mountains?" Yes Mckenzee I love to take you to the mountains! Everytime we get in the car she keeps thinking she can look for deer. Sorry, babe not in the metroplex. Anyway, don't worry this is several years away from happening, but I still like to dream about it.