Swimming...What Fun!!

Playing with Nicole

Watching the Dogs Eat

Riley now likes to get a REALLY close look when the dogs are eating...

My First Haircut

Riley got her first little haircut this weekend! She had one section in the back that was quite a bit longer than the rest (I think it was the one part of her hair that she never lost since she was born); well, it was looking a little goofy so I trimmed it so it would be the same length as the rest of her hair and it looks much better now. In order to cut her hair we sat her in her chair outside with a popsicle, what a great distraction! She did great!!

Enjoying a Popsicle

As noted above this past weekend Riley got her first little haircut and the way to do it was to give her a popsicle to distract her and boy did it work. Riley really enjoyed the popsicle, or to her a "pop". She has also become quite the ham when the camera is out!

A Vist From Aunt Shannon

Aunt Shannon came for a visit this past weekend and Riley had lots of fun playing with her!

My New Shades

Another Boo Boo...

For the past couple of weeks I have been helping Matt take care of his broken toe. My job is to wrap it up in the morning so it is a little more comfortable for him to walk. Well, he is gone for a couple of days for work so I have a break from bandage duty...so I thought...

Yes, that is Bailey all bandaged up. This evening I noticed a dark spot on her back, I figured it was just dirt of some sort so I wiped it with a paper towel and it started bleeding. I then realized the dark spot is the scab (at least I think). Well, it kept bleeding and if I put any sort of pressure near the spot it would bleed more, so I figured my only option for now is to bandage her up. It was either that or she would have to go in her kennel all night, I cannot have blood spots all over the carpet and furniture. She is not too crazy about the bandage, but she is now relaxed and not trying to get it off. Such excitement!!

Mother's Day

We had a wonderful day around here for Mother's Day...sorry to say not too many pictures got taken, but that's okay. I did capture Riley having breakfast, apparently it is better to eat oatmeal with two spoons not just one.





After she had breakfast here (she has to eat right when she gets up) and we got ready we went out to breakfast at Cracker Barrel and it was yummy! We just hung out for a bit after that, we tried going shopping to get me some new clothes, with my ever expanding belly, but it was unsuccessful. After Riley took a nice nap we went to lunch with Matt's parents and sister at Outback which was also yummy! As you can see we had a great day of eating. We then spent the rest of the afternoon at Matt's parents. Overall it is just a nice day with the family!

I also got a shot of the new family living in our small palm tree...the mom has been sitting there for a while and then late last week I finally saw babies in there.



Now for a funny note...Matt and Riley gave me VERY sweet cards for Mother's Day, but the funny card goes to Baby Boy Klandrud this year - check out the front of the card from him. It gave me a good laugh!



To end I would like to thank my wonderful husband and daughter for a wonderful Mother's Day!

It's a Boy!!

We went for our 18 week ultrasound this morning and it's a boy! All of the measurements and things look really good so we were happy to hear that; so far so good. They are estimating that he is 8 inches long and weighs in at 1/2 lb. He was very nice to us, the first image we saw is the one posted below, we did not have to wait and hope we got to see if the baby was a boy or girl. We are almost half way there!


Here's a side shot, he is laying on his back and his head on the right.



After our visit we went for a healthy breakfast at McDonald's.



Here is what Riley did when I told her to give me a BIG smile...