Finnally noticing

So my husband is in the Army and often has to go off for training. Sometimes it's for a few days sometimes for a few weeks. Well he went out for training this last week and it was the first time Riley really noticed him being gone. Every time we would get home she would start saying "dada o, dada o" which means dada home. I would have to tell her "No baby dada isn't home, only a few more night nights and you will get to see daddy." Or she would see someone in uniform and point to them saying "dada dada." It made me so sad. Not really because she is noticing but because he will soon be deploying and she is going to understand that dad isn't there but wont understand why. His return after 4 days has been pretty eventful too. She was excited when he came home but doesn't want him to do anything for her. I've been trying to leave them alone for a bit to let her get used to him again. She cries out for me allot. I feel so awful because I'm sure this hurts my husband, he knows she isn't doing it to hurt him but it still hurts when your child doesn't want you. It's also a preview into what she will be like when he comes back from his deployment. When he leaves she will just have turned 2 and when he returns she will be 3. So he will be missing out on a year of her life, a pretty important year. She will start speaking full sentences, making friends, learning her colors and letters, and many more things. This is a part of the life of a military family. Having to say goodbye for a year at a time, missing out on important milestones, dates and events. I completely understand that this is what I married into but it doesn't make it less hard. Without children I could deal with my missing him, but I don't know how I'm going to deal with Riley missing her daddy, not knowing why he went away and then why he suddenly came back. We will do what we can to keep her close to him, talk on the phone and also on IM with webcam. I am preparing myself, but still not sure how I am going to comfort her or help her to understand.

One year ago

One year ago my baby was 6 months old almost 7 months. She was eating cereal, could hold her own bottle, learning how to eat finger foods. She learned how to say lala and dada. She loved to sit in the bathtub and splash. She weighed 16lbs 10oz and was 25.5 inches long. She was my little baby.

Today she is 18 months old, almost 19 months. She is interested in learning her alphabet, and colors. She LOVES yo gabba gabba, and dancing. She laughs, repeats, loves to color and read books. She weighs 24lbs even and is 32.5 inches long. She is now my little girl, and no longer a baby (although I still think of her as one!).

Labor Day

I know this is a little late getting up here but I finally have downloaded the pictures from laborday. It was a pretty relaxing day, it was also my sisters birthday! So for my mother she really was celebrating her "labor day!" We just barbequed and let the girls play in the pool and on the jungle gym across the street! Then enjoyed some cake for Jaimi's birthday!

The inevitable has happened

Yes everyone I'm talking about the terrible 2's! Now we have been going through this for a few months now but Riley has decided to engross herself in it! I love to take her to soft play or to play dates but lately I dread going. Not because I don't want to go but because I know eventually it is going to lead into fist shaking, red faced screaming, stomping of the feet, shaking her head and telling me no. Now I'm not apposed to putting her in the corner on a time out in public, I've done it before. In fact she has been on time out in Walmart, the mall and several play dates, including the play date we had today. Of course we get funny looks from people because she is in the corner but I don't want her to think that behavior is allowed. Now I know that every parent goes through this, but I get so embarrassed that my child is acting so horrible in public! I actually had to change her from her bathing suit into her clothes and load her in the car after about 30 minutes of our play date today because she wanted to continue to yell at me or try to push her cousin in the pool! I could just scream sometimes. Man I can't wait for this stage to be over! I am working on her "telling me" or pointing to what she wants so we can avoid these fits, but it doesn't always work. I even tell her that what she is doing is not OK and that she cannot behave that way. I AM AT MY WHITS END! I don't know what to do! I just want to nip this behavior in the bud and I can't even get a grip on it! AHHHHHH!! Any tips are welcome!


But I digress! We had a pretty eventful weekend. Saturday we woke up and went to the mall to bounce on the blow up bounce houses! She spent about 5 minutes on them and she was done!

Then on Sunday we woke up and after breakfast went to the park and played on the jungle gym! Riley's favorite thing to do is slide! She would slide all day long if she could!

And of course we can't miss the swing! I'm not sure if it's the fact that she feels like she is flying or that she can dangle her legs, but she always gets excited when she is swinging!

After her nap we went to the little splash park on base. It was the last day it was opened so of course we had to take advantage of it one last time! She enjoyed playing with daddy in the water! Sorry about the sideways picture it wont let me rotate it.

We couldn't get her to take her hand out of her mouth for this picture! Guess she's getting more teeth!

And of course the weekend wouldn't be complete with out vegging out in front of Yo Gabba Gabba before bed! I don't know what it is about this show but she is obsessed! I think his may be our trick to keeping her occupied on our flight home in a few weeks!
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Although she has been completely stressing me out with her terrible toddler's attitude lately she still does have her sweet moments! I just have to remember, it will one day be over!

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Fun at the splash Park

My little girl who is usually afraid of the sprinklers and large pools has actually been having fun at the splash park on Post! And of course eating her watermelon!

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Learning to drive at such an early age!

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Just a few recent pictures of my growing (to fast) baby girl!

The Silence is Broken

It has been a while since I have posted. Unofortunately we haven't had any luck with our computer's power cord! We haven't had our computer a year and we are already on number 3. Our last one broke about 3 weeks ago and we just received our new one today. I am hoping and praying this one stays for a while!

I just want to say that I am disgusted at people who thrive on hating. This isn't something that has personally happened to me but to one of the blogs I follow. I know that there are going to be people who dislike a blog or the blog author but I don't understand why you would start a hate site. If you don't like it stop reading it. Plain and simple! If you feel someone isn't being true don't check their twitter or their blog to see what else you can dislike about it.Who really cares if someone is financially secure and their readers would like to support them in anyway possible, and that includes money and a room at a hotel. Furthermore, if you don't know that person ho do you really know what their financial situation is? It isn't being broadcat. People throw money at celebrities all of the time, even if they don't need it.

Here is the kicker for me, these people want to say that this author is a "stalker," yet they have looked up her address, her homes worth, and what she owns! If that doesn't scream stalker than I don't know what does. Why are they even obsessing about it? For that matter why am I?

All I know is everyone can use suport in a time of need, especially when it deals with your child. If someone wants to send money, flowers, food, or give them an actuall bed to sleep in then that is what they wanted to do. It wasn't asked for, it wasn't even insinuated. So what if it was, we don't really know what is going on in this families life and their finances. Everyone just needs to but their big girl/boy panties on and take a long look in the mirror! No one is perfect. At least I know I can't walk on water! So MckMamma, I support you in prayer, as for me that is the best gift I can give.

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The Princess in all her royal form!

5lb burger, birthdays and More!

This is pretty much a wordless post but I wanted to share some pictures during our adventure in CA.

The Five Pound Burger!

Riley's First Birthday party! She wasn't to happy about her crown can you tell?!

Happy 1st Birthday!

365 days, 16 hours and 10 minutes ago I met my baby girl for the first time! Although a bit of a scary delivary, it was an exciting day. She was so tiny and beautiful. She was a good baby too, I say this like she isn't still a baby. I think that she may be concitered at toddler now. Wow that's weird to think, my baby is a toddler. To me she will alwasy be my beautiful 5lb 10z, blue eyed, blonde haired (lots of it when she was born) baby girl. My first born. There is nothing like meeting your child for the first time. It's scary and exciting, not knowing what you are going to do next. How are you going to care for this little being? Can I break her? It all came naturally. I have to say that from the moment I laid eyes on her mommy mode kicked in. No things have not been smooth sailing and yes I have called my mother for advice when I didn't know what to do in certain situations.

Today wasn't really spent celebrating her birthday that will come on Saturday. We actually left my inlaws and made the two hour drive to my moms house. We did drive about 45 minutes from my inlaws to Sylvesters so my Father-in-law and my husband could try eating a 5lb burger. Neither succeeded although my father-in-law came pretty close! My husband only finished about half. We did sing happy birthday to Riley and she looked at me like I was crazy! I think she was thinking that this isn't a song I usually singe to her! In fact it's a song I've never sung to her. We told her a million times happy birthday. Unfortunately she is a bit under the weather and has been cranky all day. I'm hoping and praying she feels better by saturday! Pictures are to come of the 5lb burger and of my beautiful baby girl on her first birthday!!

No Me! Monday

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I did not drink from my daughters sippy cup in the middle of the night when I had a dry throught and it was the only liquid in the room. Nope not me! I also did not jump on the several chances I have had to get out with out my daughter because the grandparents wanted to babysitt. That would just be silly!

I have not enjoyed being home in California so much that I have really contemplated not returning back to Georgia only to have my concionce tell me it wouldn't be a good idea to deprive my child of her father and vise versa. Nope not me!

Upone returning home it hasn't hit me AT ALL how much I REALLY don't want to be in Georgia anymore and would like for my husband to get out of the service NOW! I also haven't thought about how I should maybe break his leg for him so he can get discharged. Nope not me that would just be to mean!

I also have not started eating all the food that we don't have in Georgia and am secretely hoping I don't gain any weight but infact lose!! LOL! Now that would just be a silly notion.

Seeing as how my daughter and I have both been sick since stepping off the plain I haven't let her wipe her nose on me simply because she doesn't want a tissue by her nose. I also haven't gone through about 2 boxes and four travel packs of tissues wiping her nose and blowing my own. That would just be gross!!

I also haven't let my mother inlaw feed her things like Choclate pudding and flawn simply because I know she wants to spoil her only grandchild. Now that is just not healther for her nor is it on her strict meats, vegetables and fruits only diet! Nope I don't wonder from that at all!

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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, todays adventure.

O.K. so I must confess there are no trains in this story but ALOT of traveling. First off happy valentines day to everyone, I hope it was a wonderful one. My hunny and I spent about five minutes with each other today since I flew from GA to CA. Yes I flew on valnetines day, and just for the record my husband was supposed to be gone for 5 weeks at training so I came home to celebrate my daughters birthday.

Today was and adventure. Luckily my mom came out to visit and celebrate my nieces birthday so I hopped on her flight back to get a little help with my daughter. I've flown with her before but she was only 3 months old and not that active. I was a little nervouse that she might try out her new thing, screaming. Oh yes she screams in the car, the grociery store, the house, and pretty much where ever she can hear herself. Thank goodness she did not scream today.

Let me just start by sayin my morning started at 3am EST and it is now 8:52 PST. So basically in 3 hours I will be up for 24 hours. No I'm not that crazy, I'm headed off to bed as soon as I'm done writting this. So I wake up and get myself ready and pack the things I couldn't the night before., ie. my toothbrush. Riley ended up waking up around 4, I was not going to wake her up until about 4:15 to change her diaper and throw her in the car seat to go. We finish getting everything in the car including my daughter and head to the airport at 4:30 to catch our 6:35 flight. I just wish someone had told me before leaving the house that I could have slept for another hour! The check in counter doesn't even open unitl 5 and in our case 5:15, not to mention we got the new girl checking us in, so what normally takes about 5 minutes took 20. I can't get upset everyone has a first day, including myself. Then we head down grab some Burger King and head on out to our gate. Well our flight was delayed an hour due to some mechanical problem with the plane. Honestly I don't want to hear that the plain is having mechanical problems, lie and tell me that the crew is late, even though I just saw them heading onto the plane. Is anyone with me on that one?

O.k. so onto the rest of the day. The first flight wasn't so bad, it wasn't full so we got to spread out and those of you who have traveled with a baby understand the necesity of that! The only problem I had was when she pooped and it went out of her diaper up her back and down her leg and of course seeped through her pants and onto me. I didn't bring anything to change into, I've never had to change on the plane before. I get her all cleaned up 50 wipes later and changed back into her PJ's. I had an extra set of clothes but they were in my carry on which had to go under the plane seeing as it was a small plane. Almost three hours later we land in housten. She slept a total of 10 minutes, and yes she has been up since 4 this morning when she originally woke up.

We had a 2 hour lay over and I got her to sleep for about 20 minutes. The flight is completly packed and the stuck all of the Children, and there were about 15, in the middle together. Which is great because if my daughter screams I don't have to fell so bad knowing that at some point so is their's. She did o.k. in the begining, she fell asleep and slept for about 45 minutes then did alright up unitl the last hour and a half. She wanted to move and stretch so bad but of course I can't let her crawl up and down the isle of a bumpy plane, that is just to dangerouse not to mention anoying to the other passengers. So of course when she tries to squeeze between me and the seat down onto the floor and I wont let her she lets out this blood curdeling cry. You would have thought she hurt herself. She did this about 3 times. Oh yeah did I mention that she peed so much that it leaked out of her diaper and onto me twice! Yes now I have been pooped and peed on. All we need now is vomit and the lovely valentines day perfume is perfected. Eu de Momma.

Finally after what seems to be 20 hours (it was only 4) we get off the flight and make our 2 hour trek in the car towards my home town. Thankfully she slept most of the way. Our trip is not nearly complete. My mom does not have much food in her house since she came out to see us and her husband is out of town. I completely understand this since I did not do any grocery shopping before leaving. So we have to stop and get food. Thankfully she did OK until we came home and she had a minnie meltdown for dinner. I tried to keep her up until8 which for her is 11 to get her on a schedule so she is not waking up at 5 am! She crashed out right away and I am soon to follow. My husband meets up with us on Friday. So I have to make another 2 hour trip down to LA to pick him up and then 4 to the coast to visit his parents. Wish me luck and please pray that all goes smoothly with my daughter on our 6 hour car ride.

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Today was my nieces 1st Birthday and my daughter will be celbrating hers in just 15 short days. Where does the time go? Wasn't she just a little 5lb newborn yesterday? We celebrated by taking pictures of both girls. Here are a few of Riley. I do not like to post pictures of my niece as I haven't asked my sister for premission and I'm not to sure how she would feel about it.

First year

My baby girl is soon to turn one year so I decided to make a little video. Sorry I don't know why some of the pictures ended up blurry! If I can fix it I will edit it for you.

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Sunday at the Circus. Suprisingly she sat through the whole thing. Shortly after I was up to my elbows in sick baby dirty diapers! She wasn't doing so good.

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I did not proceed to laugh histarically and search for my camera when my daughter got stuck with her feet sticking out of her toy basket and started whining. Nope not me. I also was not disapointed when I could not quickly find my camera.

I was also not up to my elbows in diapers this wee due to my daughter being sick with who knows what nor did I have to restrain myself when the lab tech refused to take her stool sample that took me forever to collect because I did not bring it in right away. Nope I just smiled and said "Thanks I would love to try and get more samples from her water!"

I did not try to get pictures of my daughter throwing a fit when the book she was looking at closed.

Last but not least I did not have to change myself and my daughter 3 times every day for the last three days because she had explosive diapers. I also was not at all grossed out by it.

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