Incredible Pizza

We met the Coppola's at Incredible Pizza for some food and fun on Friday night.  Riley was still coughing, but we felt she was feeling well enough for a little fun with Carter!  It was our first trip to Incredible Pizza and we decided that we would definitely go back.  Riley loved riding the carousel and the car.  She also loved all of the lights and noise around her. Here area  few pictures of Riley and Carter: 

There was even fun had by the adults!

Ali was awesome at this virtual jump rope game.  The rest of us proved to be not so good.  Especially Brett, who couldn't even make it over the "rope" once!

Sick Little Girl

Tuesday night Riley woke up about 11pm wheezing, coughing, and had a high fever (highest she's ever been at 102.4).  She acted fine all night and then boom, it just hit her.  She was up for the next 4 1/2 hours, which means Brett and I didn't get to sleep until 3:30 am Wednesday morning.  We took Riley in to see Dr. Fred and after an hour of crying, a finger prick, throat swab, and a shot we were out of there with a prescription and a diagnosis of Croupe and Leringitis!  Poor thing was miserable.  She is feeling much better, but still has her barking cough and is pretty clingy.  We did let her go to daycare today and I think she was happy to be there.  While at the doctor's office she weighed in at 22 lb 10 oz.  Here are a couple pictures of her from last night. 

I think she's feeling much better.  At least she's still smiling...

HEY...Whatcha Doin?

Riley really wanted to join her daddy downstairs last night, and there were several times I had to pull her head and legs out of the cat's door.

One Of Riley's Favorite Things

Drinking from a cup!  We've tried letting her have some water in a cup on her own, but that doesn't work out so hot...

Brrrrrr!

Happy New Year!

This year was a pretty low key New Year for us.  We hosted a dinner with the Coppola's, Donnenwerth's, and Aunt Libby and David.  We had a great time chatting while the kids ran around the house making as much noise as possible.  By 10:30 it was just Libby and David helping us ring in the New Year.  Here are some of the only pictures that I took from the night.

Carter wanted nothing to do with sitting next to Macy and Riley!  But he figured he'd get close enough by crawling under the bench.  Too funny!

We Finally Did It.

We took Riley's paci away.  It was time.  And we are so glad that we didn't wait any longer!  Nights were coming unbearable with Riley waking up 3-4 times a night - usually looking for her paci.  I made the executive decision that we would take it away after Christmas.  She was going to be home with her daddy all week so I thought it would be easier on her, us, and Hedy.  So, 12/26 was Riley's first day of no paci.  I felt horrible as she cried for 45 minutes the first couple nights because she wanted her paci.  But overall, she doesn't seem to miss it now.  And guess what???  We've had a whole week of full night's sleep.  It's wonderful!