Warm Welcome

Hadley and I got to come home from the hospital on Monday morning. I think the person most excited to see us home was Riley. Trey and I were both wondering how Riley would take to having a new baby in the house, but apparently we had nothing to worry about. Riley is absolutely in love with her little sister. Riley is constantly giving Hadley kisses and touching her gently. She is always wanting to give her hugs and have Hadley lay on the floor so she can see and touch her better. It's nice that Riley is so gentle and loving with Hadley. One less worry for me! The only thing I really have to watch is Riley wanting to share her food with Hadley. Riley doesn't quite understand that Hadley can't have her food! Oh well, I can deal with that!

Introducing Our New Addition

Please join us in welcoming our new daughter, Hadley Marie Prewitt!! She was born on November 21st at 11:39pm. Hadley weighed 8lbs 2.9oz and was 18in long. We are completely overjoyed to have another healthy little girl in our lives! Forgive me for making this entry so short, but my hands are a bit full right now. I'll post more a little later!

Boys & Their Toys(and Girls Too!)

Since Trey's lung collapsed he got to have 14 days off of work for recovery. Before he went into the hospital he and Riley were having a little trouble with bonding. Riley was definitely super clingy to me, but who can blame her! Anyway, I suggested he find something fun they can play with together to help their relationship. Perhaps that was the wrong thing to say! Trey noticed Riley liked our neighbors remote control car so he went out and bought a super duper remote control car. This thing is huge and crazy fast. I told Trey that it wasn't really what I had in mind, but if it will bring the two of them closer who am I to say anything.

Riley is an absolute fan of the remote control car Trey bought for them. Riley loves to chase the car around and try to use the control to drive the car. I told Trey since he said he bought the car for Riley I'm going to paint it pink! Trey told me I wasn't allowed. I'm glad that the two of them have a toy they both enjoy playing with together now. Having Trey home the past two weeks has been really good for Trey and Riley. I'm sure they are both going to be sad when he has to go back to work on Friday.

Trick or Treat

It's hard to believe that this is Riley's second Halloween. Last year she was a little devil and this year she was a Rose Fairy courtesy of Kiki! A big thank you to Kiki for the adorable Halloween costume. Before we took Riley trick or treating we attended a Halloween party put on by the church that our neighbors attend. They had games, face painting, costume contests and a hayride. Trey volunteered to be the driver of the hayride.
Here is a shot of the hayride. And below you can see Trey dressed up as a redneck!! I'm not so sure it's a far stretch from his regular self!

Riley took a ride and enjoyed herself. She liked sitting on top of the haystack.

After attending the party Trey and I took Riley trick or treating. We only went to about five houses. She doesn't need a ton of candy and we just wanted her to get to experience the fun of Halloween! After each house she put the candy in her bag and then would walk to the end of the sidewalk and look in her bag to make sure the candy was in there. It was pretty funny!

When we got home Riley dumped her candy on the floor and started putting each piece in her mouth with the wrappers still on. I opened up a snickers for her and she chomped down on the chocolate. Here is a cute picture with her headband on eating her snickers bar. Riley wouldn't keep this headband on for the life of her, but I managed to sneak one picture!

Happy Halloween!!!

Birthday Party

Today was our neighbors, Corbin, fourth birthday. We helped celebrate his birthday by attending his party at Chuck E. Cheese. I'm pretty sure this is one of the germiest places on earth, but that is why I carry disinfecting wipes in my purse!! This was Riley's first time to Chuck E. Cheese's where she could actually play and ride the rides.
Above is shot of Riley with Abbie(Corben's mom). Riley loves Abbie! Riley squeals every time she sees Abbie. It's adorable!

I'm sure you can imagine that Trey was joining in on all the games. I didn't even see him for the first hour. He was in his own little world playing every game he could get his hands on.

Riley had fun driving all the different cars she could and riding the carousel. She didn't want to get out of this little yellow car. Riley thought it was the best thing in the world. I'm pretty sure she rode it about 15 times. Here she is having fun with Elyse.

Riley's favorite was the carousel. Of course there is a sign that says you have to be at least 3 years old to ride. But Riley insisted she get on. It actually went around pretty fast. I was trying to walk around with her each time so she didn't fall but it was wearing me out! Riley held on like a big girl and loved every second!

I was pretty impressed that Riley wasn't scared of Chuck E. Cheese. Some of the other kids, who were older, got scared when he came out. She liked the fact that he was dancing around. Riley had a great time and got a nice long bath when we got home!

New Recipe

I'm sure that I'm not the only person that gets tired of cooking every night. Being a wife and a mom I now understand the frustration that my mom use to face with us always asking what was for dinner. Or when my mom would ask us what we wanted and we wouldn't give an answer, I understand how completely annoying that was. I am sincerely sorry mom!! I'm not the best cook in the world and at the same time I'm probably the pickiest eater in the world. Trey gets tired of eating the same things and at the same time I'm tired of cooking. This past trip to the grocery store Trey decided to buy some new items for me to cook. He said that he was going to cook for me, but we all know that didn't happen!! So, for the first time I used my cookbook and tried to make some shrimp scampi. And let me tell you, it was damn good!! I was completely impressed with myself and totally thankful that Trey bought shrimp at the grocery store. It was seriously so scrumptious I couldn't eat enough! It tickled Trey's fancy too! So now I'm able to add one more thing to my short list of things I can cook well!!

18 Month Well Baby Check

I can't believe that our little baby girl is already 18 months old. Time sure does fly! I took Riley on Friday for her 18 month check up only to find out that I was apparently suppose to take her at 15 months as well. We saw a different doctor this time because her normal doctor was booked. But I'm pretty sure I was told at her 12 month check up to come back at 18 months. Oh well. This just meant that Riley had to get 3 shots after her doctor visit. Yikes! Anyway, Riley is still a healthy girl. She is now 33 in. tall and weighs 25.5 lbs. That puts Riley in the 75% for height and 50% for weight. Our girl is turning into a slender toddler. I remember when all of her doctors visits put her in the 97% for height and weight. She was just getting some good milk from her momma!!

Riley is now very entertained by movies. They keep her attention for the whole duration of the movie. However Riley will only watch certain movies. These movies include Cars, Madagascar, or 101 Dalmatians. Forget The Little Mermaid, Riley wants nothing to do with that one. It's nice that she enjoys movies now though because it allows me to get things done around the house without interruption!