Happy Valentines Day!

We had a good Valentines Day this year at our house. I think Valentines Day is overrated.. but oh well. You still have to celebrate.. right?

Riley worked all day on Valentines day and made it home at about 5 PM with these beautiful roses. The big vase of Pink were for me... the little vase of Red were for Kaedynn. Kaedynn kept telling all of her friends how cool she was because she got roses... and every guest that came over; had to see them :) Her daddy made her day. What a sweetheart!

Mom's Roses

Kaedynn's Roses

We got dad this big huge balloon (picked especially by Kaedynn) and a box of chocolates (dad's favorite -- Reese's)

Kaedynn got a BIG HEART Valentine pillow this year.. which she absolutely loved, a new DS game that is all about horses.. petting, racing, training..etc, and a new chicken shooting Wii game.
(Remzley is screaming of course... he did not want Kaedynn to hold him.. but I wanted a picture of him)



Later that night we had dinner at our house. Kassi, Clint, Tosha, Kevin, and Kota all came over. We had pork chops and mashed potatoes and gravy, and corn and watched some TV. Aunt Nich stopped by to see the baby, and Sydnee wanted to sleep over at our house, so we ended up having a slumber party in Kaedynn's room. She is all about sleep overs.. she loves them (but is ALWAYS so crabby the next day)

I went into Kaedynn's room at about 11 PM b/c they were still in there laughing and to my surprise this is how i found them. Sydnee FAST asleep, Kaedyn and Kota playing the DS. I took the DS away from them and they finally went to bed at about midnight. Crazy kids. lol Oh well you only live once... let them have fun while they can :)

My Beautiful Singing Daughter

Kaedynn has this new obsession of me recording her singing. Here are a few videos of her off of my phone singing "Best of both worlds" by Hannah Montana. She LOVES this song.

Sorry they are kind of hard to hear.. she needs to sing louder.. that is what i keep telling her. but she says she cant, or she would be "Yelling.. not Singing"

1st Day Back to Work

Yesterday was my first day back to work -- and my first day taking my new little man to daycare. I thought about him constantly all day long wondering if he was being good, bad or if the daycare was ready to give him back to me :). Finally about 1:30 i called them to check in and see how things were going. They said, "He is SPOILED"! They said that they have had 2 other babies that were worse then him.. so that is nice i guess. I told them to put him on him tummy and he usually calms down and falls asleep.. but i guess that they can get in big trouble if the state was ever to come, and they have a baby sleeping on their belly. SO STUPID! I feel bad for them; because this is the ONLY way that the kid will sleep. They said that they were suppose to be getting another baby next week; but luckily (for my sake) the mom got really sick; so that baby is going to go there until March sometime.. so hopefully my baby will get used to it there and calm down before they have to take on another newborn. Poor daycare ladies!

I went the whole day with no crying.. just a lot of pondering and wondering. It was so nice to go pick him up and hold him in my arms. He was so happy to see me.. he just kept smiling at me. What a cute little guy he is. I sure do love him!

Kaedynn was SO excited to get to go back to Sandy's. I told her a few weeks ago that she was going to be going back and she was so excited. Every day she asked if today "was the day".
When i went in her room at 6:30 AM to get her up, she started moaning and groaning about how tired she was... as soon as i told her that we were getting ready to go to Sandy's.. she jumped right up and got dressed. She is an incredible big sister. She even helped me haul all of our "junk" out to the car so that we could get there quicker :)

We've been spending our last few days that we have together (full days/weekdays) going to lunch (Kaedynn's choice = McDonalds) and to the park.. i let her bring her neighbor friends Andrea, Katie, Bella, and Sierra with her (if they are home, and their parents let them). They would stay at the park all day if i would let them. I am so happy that this neighbor hood that we live in has so many little girls that are all her age that she can freely run back and forth between houses. They are all so cute... but they definitely already have DRAMA when they all get together. WOW i was hoping this wouldn't happen for another 10 years :)

Here is a picture of Remz all loaded up in the stroller for our walk to the park today. I never got a picture of Kaedynn and her friends.. there are too many of them to get them to all hold still for a picture :)




Here is one that was on my phone.. he just loves this jumper. He sits and watches the lights and music play for hours. He is so much fun! I love having a baby (most days :) )

I Love My Family!

I love to just sit and think about how great my family is and the fun things that they do. Here are a few recent things that I LOVE about them -- things that make me smile on a gloomy day :)

- The other morning I woke up and to my surprise all 4 of us were in our bed :) Kaedynn loves to sneak into our room in the morning and turn on a cartoon -- and snuggle up with you. (I think we are going to need a bigger bed soon :) )
- Kaedynn read a WHOLE book all by herself the other day. I am so proud of her, and proud to be her mommy. (Even if it was a 5 word/sentence a page book -- that is great for my preschooler) I love that she is so smart and catches onto things so quick. I hope that never goes away and sticks forever!
- I went to tuck Kaedynn into bed and she was sound asleep:
1)I found her with both her feet up on her dresser and her head at the middle of her bed.. SOUND ASLEEP!
2) A few nights later I found her in her bed, with her head sitting straight up on about 5 pillows, with ALL 6 of her McDonalds Chipmunks lying next to her.. All straight in a row, with Alvin/Brittney, Simon/Jeanette, and Theodore/Elenor-- Just in that order. (I think she is going to be a organization freak just like me -- poor girl)
I wish i would have gotten a picture of her both of these nights. It was so funny.
- Remzley slept the other night for 7 1/2 hours :) Too bad it was a 1 time thing :)
- Remzley has also been sleeping in his OWN bed (in our room) but I have kicked him out of our bed every night -- Which means more snuggle time with my wonderful Husband.
- I love Riley for everything that he does. He has worked 7 days straight this week (including today-- Superbowl Sunday) just so that i could have my time off for maternity leave and we wouldn't get behind on any of our bills. How many other guys in the world would do that?


On a side note I go back to work on Tuesday and Thursday this week. I am really not looking forward to it.. but you gotta do what you gotta do. Right? I go back full time 5 days a week on the 15th (well 16th b/c of the Presidents Day Holiday).
I am getting so nervous to send the kids back to daycare. Especially Remz.. He has never been away from me for a long day. But i know that the daycare will take GOOD care of him. That is part of the reason that we decided to have another child.. we FINALLY found a GREAT daycare that we trust and love. They are the best providers out there I think.

Well that is all for today -- I hope everyone has a fun and safe Superbowl Sunday!!