A few things I forgot...

Our cute little Rileybug turned 3 the end of August and of course we had to celebrate with Lightening McQueen. He is still (thank goodness) in love with McQueen. I love that he is still in this phase and hasn't quite gone to the dark side yet (star wars that is!) I know it will come soon and I'm ok with that I just like that he still likes the cute innocent stuff. So for his b-day we went to Toys r us to roam the aisles and pick the perfect present. It was a hard for him but it was narrowed down to geo trax mater and a Mcqueen book bought with the money Grandma Allen sent. We headed home for a Cars cake and some more presents of course lightning McQueen boots. Ethan and Jake had yellow rain boots when they were Rileys age and I remember them being wore till they smelled so bad I had to throw them away. The boys would wear them year round and in the summer when riding their bikes and other adventures. There is nothing like a good pair of rain boots for boys! Riley is just a blast to have around -he is a joker and keeps us on our toes. Still refuse to be potty trained and is still afraid of being naked. I'm still not sure what to do- we've tried everything even bribing him with a trip to Disneyland! But when Grandma asked if he was going to go potty and go to disneyland he just said "NO, I not going to disneyland"! Urgh! I've never had a problem with my kids being potty trained but I have figured out there is no forcing him and eventually (hopefully soon) he will accept being a big kid! I can't imagine our family with out him and love him to pieces!




Owen also had his first birthday a couple weeks ago and I can't believe how fast it has gone. We weren't able to celebrate on his birthday so this past sunday I made him a monkey cake- not the cutest ever but hey I worked the night before and had just woke up from a nap! That's how it goes! He is our little monkey. He has been climbing things for the past two months and is into everything! He will climb anything he can get his leg up on-stools in the kitchen, Jocleyns rocking chair, the bench in his bedroom(which then leads him to climb on Rileys bed), the stairs, the couch, and so on! A little scary when he didn't know how to get down but now he is a champ! Although I'm still not fond of his going down the stairs - he walks along the wall or sits on his bum- it's scary to watch. The boy has no fear! Last week he really started to walk and now he can pretty much get across any room without falling. He also loves to give kisses,high 5's and loves to wrestle with the boys- but watch out he also bites pretty hard! We've all learned our lesson. We took him in for his 1 year check and he is 75th percentile for height and 25th for weight. He's our smallest kid-hazards of having 5 older siblings I guess.