Seeing Double...No Wait, Seeing Triple..

Today was my first doctor visit for baby #2! Trey was able to go into work late so that he could go with me since we would be getting our first ultrasound today. After my lovely head to toe exam the fun part came...ultrasound time! Riley was with us, of course, and was only satisfied if I was holding her. I was having a pelvic ultrasound which I had never had before, but it gives a much clearer image especially with the baby being so small. So I had Riley sitting up on my chest while the doctor was conducting the ultrasound. Trey and I are watching the monitor rather intently. Oh boy, we see the baby, so exciting! It was so exciting until we then saw another baby. Wait a minute...there are two babies on the monitor. Trey and I both asked "are there 2 babies?" The doctor replied "yes" with a smile. Then a few moments later a third baby appears on the monitor. I thought Trey was going to have a heart attack. Trey starts blabbing about how he's going to have to sell the car and get a suburban, and how will we buy diapers and how will we pay for college. I was laughing and telling him to calm down and to just wait a minute. The doctor was silent and wasn't answering any questions, so I presumed something wasn't right with the images. The doctor took the probe out and then did a regular ultrasound to confirm what he was seeing.

Riley wasn't able to sit with me during this part and totally freaked out so Trey left the room with her. During this ultrasound we found that there was only one baby in my belly. The baby appears to be healthy with a nice strong heartbeat and wiggling all around. After finding that there was only one baby the doctor did another pelvic ultrasound only to discover that the probe must be broken because it was showing multiple images again. It was weird because each of the images were moving the exact same which is how the doctor knew something wasn't right with the probe. It was a fun little freak out for me and Trey. Honestly, I wasn't nervous. I was really just thinking about how big my stomach was going to be! I called my mom right afterwards to tell her the story and told her that if we were really having triplets she was going to have to move in with us!

I will post the pictures of the ultrasound in a few days. Our scanner isn't hooked up since we are moving in 2 days.

Daddy's Little Helper

Trey normally washes the cars every week, but lately it's been every other weekend. Riley has recently discover all of the bubbles that are in her daddy's bucket. She used to just play with the water that was on the driveway from the hose. Now, Riley is taking the bubble out of the bucket and helping Trey wash the car. It was the funniest thing. She watched Trey use his rag and wash the car. So then Riley dipped her hand in the bucket and got it covered in bubbles and started rubbing them on the car. I couldn't stop laughing. If it had been anyone else in the world Trey would have been so mad. He's very particular when it comes to cleaning cars in case you didn't know.
Riley definitely enjoyed herself outside getting all wet, bubbly, and dirty. Her pants were soaking wet. At the end of the car wash, Riley was tugging at her pants to get them off. So I took them off for her and then off she went running around in her diaper. I swear this child would live outside if she could!

10 Weeks...And Already Showing

So I'm 10 weeks into my pregnancy and it's been completely different from my first pregnancy. With Riley, I was sick morning, noon, and night for the first 16 weeks. It was awful! I have been so excited that I have been feeling great this time. The only problem I was having was being completely exhausted. Of course chasing after a 1 year old doesn't help that! But here I am, 10 weeks along and the vomiting has begun. Last night and this morning the toilet has been my friend. I thought I was going to be in the clear with getting sick, but I guess I'm just not that lucky. Hopefully it won't last past the first trimester, which is only 2 more weeks for me.

The one thing keeping me going through the day is having Riley entertain me. When she is laughing and babbling it keeps my mind off my nausea. She is very sweet when I have to run to the bathroom though. Riley follows me in and pats my back or lays her head on my shoulder. I'm not quite sure how she can stand there and watch me get sick, but I love her that much more for it!

1 Year Check-Up

Riley had her one year check up today. She is now 29.6 in tall and weighs 23lbs 6oz. Riley is in the 75th percentile for her age group. It was funny to hear that because every other doctor visit Riley has been in the 95th percentile and practically tipping the charts. I guess her growth spurt is slowing down. Maybe she won't wind up being taller than her mommy! All of the running around she does now is keeping her weight down. She's losing her baby fat rolls more and more everyday. And finally her top tooth is cutting through. I saw a speck of white yesterday as I was flipping my little acrobat upside down. It's about time the little munchkin got another tooth.

Cake Time

As Trey and I sang happy birthday to Riley she wasn't really quite sure what was going on. She had already heard that song about a billion times already and was probably wondering why we were singing it again. Trey blew out her candle and then after taking the candles off the cake he put the whole cake in front of Riley. I guess that's what you do on a first birthday. It didn't really matter since it was only us that would be eating the cake!
Of course Trey put the cake in front of Riley before mommy put her bib on. It's ok, I managed to sneak the bib on before any frosting smeared her new shirt. Riley happily dug her hand in the frosting and then shoved it in her mouth. She was looking at me and Trey as if we lost our minds because we never let her eat like that! After letting her dig into the cake a little bit, I decided that was enough and she can have a little piece of cake.

I'm pretty sure Riley enjoyed her chocolate cake. I'm even more sure that I enjoyed her cake after she went to bed! I still can't believe that Riley is 1! Here is to the next year.

Birthday Bash

This morning Riley and I got together with our friends from our hui group and had a little birthday bash at a facility called Leapin' Lizards. This place has "toddler time" every Wed. for about 2 hours. They have a ton of inflatable play houses that you and your baby can go jump around in. Surprisingly enough, none of our toddlers seemed to enjoy the bouncy houses. All of us adults were having more fun than our kids. It was pretty funny.

Here is a shot of a giant slide. Now, this was a blast. Riley actually enjoyed going down the slide. I didn't let her go by herself because I watched Shannon let her son, Beckson, go down by himself and he landed on his face. He was laughing afterwards, but I didn't want Riley to start screaming!

This cutie below is Ashley. Isn't she sweet?

After all of the excitement of jumping around the kids were ready for a snack. I think they had more fun eating than bouncing all over the place! Here is a shot of Riley using her sign language and asking for more! She's such a good girl.

Riley was sitting at the bottom of the slide and decided to put Seagem's purse on. I think she liked all the bling bling on the purse! Watch out...Riley's ready to go shopping!

It was a fun morning for us. Riley got some nice birthday presents even though I told everyone not to get her anything. But they all said, "you only have your first birthday once!" Of course, don't you only have every birthday once? Ha ha!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY RILEY!!!!!

It's hard for me to believe that a year has gone by already. I can't believe that our baby girl is 1!!! I just wanted to wish our little girl a Happy Happy 1st Birthday!! Mommy and Daddy love you bunches and bunches!!!
The top picture is Riley from yesterday and this bottom picture is Riley exactly one year ago! My how fast she has grown!