Riley On Being A Big Sister

I video taped Riley last night as I asked her a few questions about being a big sister and bringing a baby into the Murphy family.  I still haven't figured out how to upload video from my video camera so I don't have it to post.  Here's a jist of how it went down:

Mommy: Riley, what's in Mommy's tummy?

Riley: A baby!

Mommy: Do you want it to be a baby girl, or baby boy?

Riley: Baby Sister

Daddy: What if it's a boy?

Riley: No.  Baby Sister!

Mommy:  Are you going to help with the baby?

Riley:  Yeah!

Mommy:  What are you going to help with?

Riley:  {Long pause}

Mommy:  Are you going to help feed her?

Riley: Yeah!

Mommy:  Are you going to feed her a bottle?

Riley:  No. Soup! {Riley does a somersault off of the chair and the interview is officially over}

Riley will be a great big sister.  She loves playing with her dollies - making them take naps, feeding them, and putting diapers on them.  Today, she took a stuffed lamb to Hedy's house.  She took it right over to baby Cooper (he's 9 months old) and let him play with it.  Then preceded to kiss him on the lips and unzip his jammies.  Nice.  We're working on the difference between babies and dollies, and how we don't just get babies naked like dollies.  She definitely has the baby talk down and loves that she can make babies happy.  We'll be working on being gentle with babies over the next 6 months as she hasn't quite figured that one out yet!

I'm officially 12 weeks today.  We have our 2nd OB appointment this afternoon.  From what I remember not much is done at this appointment.  They will be redrawing all my labs. I didn't get a clear answer from the nurse, but believe that they lost or contaminated my blood work from my last appointment.  We'll also be discussing the option of progesterone shots this time around. Since Riley spontaneously came 5 weeks early the doctor that I saw last suggested that it might be a good option.  There is a chance that this baby could come sooner than the first.  Who knows.  Thankfully, I've turned a corner and now can eat pretty much anything.  Life is getting back to normal as I'm not just laying on the couch all evening. It was pretty bad for awhile, but I feel like a new person now!

Trick Or Treating 2010

We took our little Minnie Mouse to Grandma and Grandpa Murphy's to begin the night around 6pm.  Riley knocked on Grandma's door, but refused to say here "trick or treat" line.  After that we decided that handing out candy would be just as fun for Riley.  And FUN was it!  At the last minute I decided to throw in some play doh that I had bought earlier in the day.  I was surprised that all of the play doh went before any of the candy.  I think I'll be buying play doh again next year! After all of the Trick or Treaters had gone home for the night we went to Grandma and Grandpa Burch's house for a little more fun with Riley's cousins.

Here's what we'll remember from the night:

• Riley running to the door yelling "more trick or treats" every time another kid came up to the door.
• Riley opening the door and running out to see the "trick or treats" and saying "Hi, guys" to every one of them.
• Riley telling all of them "see ya alligators" after they were all leaving.
• Riley reciting "trick or treat, smell my feet..."
• Riley telling one little boy that he couldn't take her last play doh.  It went something like this: Boy grabs the play doh.  Riley says "no guys. no take that."  Daddy telling Riley and the little boy that yes, he can have it. Riley then saying "no Daddy" as the boy takes the play doh and walks away.
• Over half of the kids didn't have jokes!  Brett couldn't understand this.
• Riley trying all of the candy and spitting every piece out.  Nice.  No more chocolate for her!

Pumpkin Carving 2010

We set out to carve pumkins last week. We started with this.

 After 20 minutes we ended up with this:

 While Daddy was doing this:

The finished product:

Night Eyes 2010

We decided to take Riley out to Night Eyes this year.  We had never been and I really wanted to see what it was all about.  We chose one of the best nights in October to go and it turns out the rest of Des Moines decided to do the same.  It was packed!  Riley dressed up in her Minnie Mouse costume and looked adorable.  Despite the fact that we were stuck walking in lines with thousands of people, it was a great night.  The llamas, lions, and tigers were out and very active.  Riley loved seeing them and kept yelling, "Hi, guys" and trying to get them to walk over to her.

Howell's Pumpkin Patch 2010

We went to Howell's a couple weeks ago for our annual pumpkin patch visit!  Riley loved all of the activities, animals, pumpkins, and the hay rack ride.  Somehow, she ended up leaving with another scratch...to her face.  She fell off of a tire swing, while her finger was in her nose, and left with a nice little scratch.  Riley loved the little pumpkins and even found a way to smuggle one out withouy paying.  Her first shoplifting experience! 

Here are some pictures of our day:

 A quick family photo op!

THE

 BIG

 SLIDE!

She had a look of terror on her face as she emerged and then came the huge grin.  She went down the slide at least three times!

 Cousins!  Right before the big fall.

Riley's Big Girl Room: Updated

Originally we weren't planning on buying new bedding for Riley's toddler bed.  We felt that she would be fine with the bedding that we bought for her crib.  BUT, while shopping at Target I found the perfect bedding set on sale for $14.99 and couldn't pass it up.  Riley loves it, but is still getting used to sleeping under covers. 

Here's her bed with her new bedding and railing:

Notice Anything Different?

Riley's going to be a big sister May 2011!