Gobble, Gobble

As many of you know this was my first Thanksgiving that I was in charge of making the turkey. I wouldn't have felt so much pressure if I was only cooking for Trey and myself, but there were two other couples coming over. My mom was gracious enough to email directions on how to thaw and cook the turkey. I still called her probably three times while preparing the turkey just to be on the safe side. My turkey came out marvelous and delicious! Aside from the turkey I also made stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy and rolls. Our friends brought green bean casserole, lumpia, and apple pie. Monica also made an appetizer of spinach dip. Trey was the only person who liked spinach dip and managed to eat all of it by himself. Needless to say when it came time to eat he was already full and could barely finish his plate.


After dinner we all sat outside to enjoy the beautiful evening. Trey decided he was going to entertain us by putting on his roller blades and skating around for us. I guess he was trying to work off that spinach dip to make room for more turkey. It had been a long time since Trey put those skates on. As he was coming down our road he went to stop and almost landed on his face. I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard! It was great entertainment!

It was definitely a challenge keeping up with Riley and trying to cook Thanksgiving dinner. She managed to stay out of trouble though. I just had to give her bowls and spoons to play with to keep her occupied. Trey helped out in the early morning by getting the house cleaned up. By the time everyone left my kitchen was a disaster area. I got most of it cleaned up that night and then finished the rest in the morning. I was worn out after the day was complete. I missed being at Aunt Leslie's and Uncle Tim's with everyone, but all in all we had a nice Thanksgiving. And I accomplished cooking my first holiday meal! Yeah for me! I hope everyone enjoyed their day!

Rainy Day

Saturday started out to be a nice lazy day for us. It was pouring down rain all day long and Trey and I decided we would just be couch potatoes for the day! We were having fun just playing with Riley and Trey was playing on his Xbox 360. After Riley's nap Trey took the initiative to lower Riley's mattress in her crib. She was attempting to get out of her crib so to be on the safe side we decided it would be best to move the mattress down so no accidents would happen. Once Trey finished with the mattress I was putting her bumper pad in the crib so she wouldn't bang her head on the wood panels. While I was fixing up her crib, Trey took Riley into our bedroom and was playing with her on our bed. All of the sudden I hear a loud bang and then a scream that I've never heard before. I ran into our room to find that Riley busted her head on our headboard. I asked Trey what happen and he said she bumped her head. Riley hit that headboard hard. We couldn't really calm her down, so after about 30 minutes I called my mom to see what we should do. Since it was a head injury she suggested we take her to see a doctor to make sure she's ok, especially since she was still crying.

Of course the doctors office is closed on Saturday. Off to the ER we went in the pouring down rain! We waited about an hour before we were called back into a room. By this time Riley had turned into her fun loving self and we knew she was just fine. Riley was having a good time crawling around on the hospital bed. It was a big new toy for her to play with. Meanwhile Trey was getting bored and finding the need to touch everything in the room. Totally reminded me of Mr. Kevin. I started singing to Riley the song about 12 little monkeys jumping on the bed. Then Trey decided he was going to sing for us. He took over the 12 little monkeys jumping on the bed and began to sing each verse in a different genre of music. He started with rap and then onto rock. The next verse of country and then came opera. He was getting so into it and being so loud, I couldn't stop laughing. I thought I was going to wet my pants. And then in walks the doctor who said, "well it looks like you all are having fun back here." Oops! I guess we should be a little more quiet in the ER! There are real sick people there with actual emergencies. The doctor proceeded to give us the third degree asking about how Riley hit her head. Come on now, we didn't throw her into the headboard.

After our interrogation from the doctor I was instructed to feed Riley and then wait to see if she throws up. This meant Trey had to find something else to do to keep us all entertained. This time instead of singing he started spinning. He was sitting on the doctors chair that spins around and would spin as fast as he could until he'd almost fall off. One time he spun himself into the wall and Riley started belly laughing at him. He was rather comical in our room. I wouldn't have wanted to be the patient next to us though, because he was so loud. I tried to keep him quiet. It just wasn't working. We were in the ER for about 3 hours before we got to go home just to find out that our little girl was just fine. Better to be safe than sorry! I tried to snap a picture of Riley's knot on her head, it just wasn't working. The picture definitely doesn't do it justice!

Chew Monster

I'm totally surprised that Riley hasn't had a tooth break through yet. Her little gums have been white and swollen for quite some time now. Riley chews on anything and everything she can get her hands on. Her favorite is my cell phone. It's easy for her to hold and fits nicely in her mouth. Of course from all of her slobber the volume on my phone is shot. Anytime I talk to someone they sound like they are on another planet. But if it satisfies my teething baby, I'm a happy camper!

Riley also likes to chew on her toys. On of her favorite toys to chew on is the pole from her fisher price rings. I guess that plastic feels nice against her gums.

She also enjoys chomping on her hammer. I'm glad she doesn't understand the proper use for the hammer yet! I'm fine with her using it as a chew toy instead of banging it on all of our furniture. I'm sure that time is coming soon. I always like to tease Trey since he bought her the hammer that Riley is going to help him work on his camaro. We'll see how good that hammer works then! I'm sure a tooth will be popping up soon. Just another step to my little baby growing up!

My Favorite Color Is...

...Pink! Pink has always been a favorite of mine. That doesn't mean I want my eye to be pink. Yes, for the second time in my life I have pink eye. I went to the doctors this morning knowing what he was going to tell me. Yesterday I woke up and my right eye was all puffy and itchy. Then I noticed it was getting pink. I woke up this morning to an even more pink eye and more itchiness. I decided the smart thing to do would be go to the doctor so that I don't spread anything to Riley. The doctor gave me some eye drops to use for about 10 days. Unfortunately this means I have to wear my glasses. Everyone knows I'm a contact girl. I hate wearing my glasses. This pair is super old and doesn't even have the right prescription! Oh well. Time for the optometrist!

I was instructed by the doctor to not have contact with Riley due to pink eye being contagious. What?? How am I not going to come in contact with her. Lets see...I'm a stay at home mom with a husband that's gone 12 hours a day. Sure thing doc! I'll just have her feed herself, bathe herself, change her own diaper. We all know Riley is an overachiever! Don't worry, I'm just making sure I wash my hands before I pick her up. Plus I don't sit and play with my pink eye! I'm pretty sure we'll be alright. Not to mention, how could I resist my little love bug. I'm definitely ignoring the no contact rule.

It's Official...

Just 4 days shy of turning 7 months old, Riley crawled across the floor last night! It was such an exciting and proud moment. I was on the computer and looked over at Riley and she was crawling over to the wall where my cell phone was charging. I guess that's what motivated her. Riley loves her mommy's cell phone! I was in shock and yelled "oh my gosh you're crawling." I startled her and then she fell on her belly, but not before she made it to my phone. I immediately called Trey to tell him and he was just as excited, if not more, than I was. Then I was in the kitchen getting my dinner made and had Riley sitting in the living room playing with her toys. I peeked in to check on her only to find that she crawled over to the couch and pulled herself up! She was proud of herself as she gave me a little smirk! We definitely have one strong little girl on our hands! Being a mom is so much fun!!

Weekend Cut Short

Unfortunately Trey had to work this past Sunday. Normally if he has to work on the weekend it's overnight, so our time isn't really interrupted. But this time he had to work all day on Sunday. Trey left around 12:45 and probably got home around 11pm. This meant we had to cram our whole weekend into one day.

Trey cooked us some waffles with our Belgian waffle maker. He's always so proud of himself when he makes us breakfast. That, of course, is the only thing he makes in the kitchen! I was very thankful though. It's nice to get a break, even if it is for one meal. After breakfast we went to the Honolulu SPCA to look at dogs. Trey has been worse than a little kid asking to get a dog. I still don't think we need a dog right now, but I thought I'd humor him! When we went into the SPCA it was rather sad to see all of the dogs in the cages. However, there wasn't one dog that either of us fell in love with. Most of them had health problems and then the few Trey picked out weren't friendly with children. Since we're not getting rid of Riley anytime soon we left the SPCA without a dog.

We came home and fed Riley lunch(we are onto squash this week) and then back out we went. We decided it was a good time to take Riley's holiday picture. I figured it would be easy since she's always sitting up so nicely and in a good mood. Now that Riley is crawling around and moving everywhere it was rather difficult to capture a good picture. Every time I'd sit her up and fix her dress she'd wait for me to walk away and start to crawl again. It was pretty funny. Luckily we managed to get a good shot! Then Trey took Riley and me around his work. We got to look at the helicopters he works on and got a tour of the whole hangar. It was a fun time!

Riley passed out in the car on the way home. Once we got home Riley ate her dinner and then back out we went. Some of Trey's car buddies were meeting up and taking a drive to the North Shore. Trey decided since he had to work the next day he'd take the fam with him. Since Riley and I were going, our neighbor Brian decided to bring his wife and little boy along too. We went on a nice drive to the North Shore and stopped at a Mexican restaurant that I'd been wanting to try. Cholo's was the place and boy was it yummy in my tummy!! We got home around 9pm, way passed Riley's bed time. We skipped the nightly bath and just threw her into her pj's and off to bed she went! It was a really fun filled day. Trey especially enjoyed it, not only because he was with his wife and daughter all day, but because he got to have us ride in his camaro all day too!

Relaxing Weekend

After all the times I grab the camera and take great shots of Trey with Riley, he finally returned the favor. Pictures of Riley and I are pretty scarce. I was feeding Riley and then trying to get her to take a nap. She was over exhausted and fighting to stay awake. So I took her into her room and rocked her the greatest creation ever...the glider! Turns out, I was fighting to stay awake myself. I fell asleep, probably before Riley did! Trey came upstairs to see what was taking me so long and found both his girls passed out. So he snapped this picture and told me "now you have a picture to put on the blog!" Thanks honey!
After our nap we chilled out around the house. We were outside for quite awhile enjoying our 85 degree weather in November. Then we came inside and Trey surfed the internet and Riley and I just played around for the rest of the afternoon. As usual, Riley was being a sweetheart and giving her mommy and daddy lovies and kisses! Her new thing is to look at you with her head turned to the side, as if she's just the sweetest little angel. She's just so darn adorable I can't get enough of her!
On Sunday we bought another car seat for Riley. She's big enough for the big girl sit up seat now! Boy does time fly! Trey strapped the seat in his camaro and drove us around the island. Trey was thrilled out of his mind to finally have Riley riding in the camaro. We drove to the North Shore and saw all the hot surf spots. The waves were huge, about 6-10 feet that day. You wouldn't be seeing me in those waters that's for sure! Unfortunately I forgot the camera once again so I don't have any pics of the surfers...but I promise I will next time! We stopped and grabbed dinner at a local spot called Pinky's. There Trey finally discovered that babies chew on EVERYTHING! We had Riley in a highchair and I strapped a toy around the seat belt so she had something to play with. Riley didn't want the toy, she was much happier chewing on the table. I pulled her away immediately, but I thought Trey was going to have a heart attack! I don't think it's possible to keep germs away from babies. They just want to explore anything and everything. We had a nice weekend together. I think it was Trey's favorite so far because he had both of his babies in his camaro! Trust me...it doesn't happen often!

Should've Hired Mr. Kevin...

Okay, so I'm not quite sure where to begin for this entry. It all started well over a year ago, probably about 2 years ago when I was planning our wedding. The most important thing to me was to hire the best photographer money could buy. Reason being that the pictures would be what we have forever to remind us of our wedding day. After checking out a bunch of photographers I had one recommended to me. I met with him and saw his gorgeous photos of previous weddings he had worked. I was sold on the spot. I was telling my mom and Mr. Kev how much the pictures would cost me and Mr. Kev told me I was crazy. He said I should just hire him and bet that he'd take the best pictures. Yeah right! I now wonder when children will realize that their parents are normally right!

Trey and I were told on our wedding day by our photographer that by the time we got back from our honeymoon we'd be able to view our wedding photos. That would've been around Oct. 16th. After hasseling the photographer we got to see our pics mid November. I was so anxious to see our photos. After I saw the pictures I wish I hadn't! I was not pleased at all with the selection of photos. I thought for sure there would have been more pictures to choose from and more variety. I was so pissed about them I didn't order my album until January. It took me 2 months to try to find pictures that I loved. After choosing the number of pictures I was instructed to choose I placed my album order. Then I was told I had to cut 4 photos or pay another $200. Excuse me...I already paid $3200, I wasn't about to pay another damn penny.

We didn't receive our wedding album until late June. I was relieved when it finally arrived after all the waiting I had to do. Trey and I were both pleased with the final result. We were both happy and Trey even said that it was worth everything we went through and the money we spent.

Well, this past Saturday we finally received the hard drive so that we could have possession of all the wedding pictures. Would you ever guess that there were numerous pictures on the hard drive that we had never seen. Tons of pictures that I would have loved to see before I ordered my album. One would think that when paying thousands of dollars you would be able to view every picture taken. I do believe it should have been our decision as to what pictures we would like in our album.

Somehow I think I should've just let Mr. Kev and Mr. Bob take all the pictures. They both took some great ones. Anyway...here are just a few shots that I had never seen before!

Above, being escorted by my Dad and Mr. Kevin

Below, a sweet moment of my husband helping me make it up the stairs!

Now presenting Mr and Mrs William Prewitt III

I thought this one was really sweet...we just look all lovey dovey

I thought this one was funny....my moms shoes are right by Aunt Terry's feet. Both pairs too, her high heels and then her tan comfy shoes! Nice job Mom!!

This would have been nice to have in our wedding album

Trey was pretty upset about this pic....he loves it! It would have been perfect for our last picture in the album since it is of us leaving the reception in the wedding maro!

Moral of my story....don't pay for things up front. Definitely wait until you see the final product!

Almost Crawling

My poor baby just wants to be able to get around a room without any help. Everyday Riley is getting one step closer to crawling. It's so funny to watch her get herself into position and up on all fours. Then she looks up at me as if she's going to crawl to me. And then as soon as she goes to crawl she plops on her belly.

Riley is figuring out ways to to get what she wants without having to crawl. She'll get on all fours and then stretch her little arm as far as she can and grab whatever she's got her eye on. Then she either makes her way back to sitting position or just slides onto her tummy. Riley does get very frustrated though when she can't get to what she wants. She makes her boo-boo face and shrieks very loud. Lord help me when she starts crawling. Riley is going to be all over the place. She is definitely a mover and a shaker, just like her daddy!

Riley and I have a good time during the day. I was trying to capture her awesome smile because it brings such joy to me every time I see it. I wanted to share it with everyone, but you only get to see the smile with her eyes shut.