Riley Jo

Another one of those funny moments has happened. I thought I should take a picture and write about it while Riley is still sleeping. I put her down for a nap (as usual) at 9:05 am. About a half hour later I hear her in her room playing with her dolls and nursery she got for her birthday. I think how cute that is that she is in there playing even though she needed a nap. I let it go. About an hour later (10:30) as I was wrapping Christmas presents I hear music coming from her room. I tried to figure out what was musical in her room that she could be playing with. Then I heard her open her door and come out looking for me. I had told her I wanted to lay down and take a nap too (hoping this would make her take a nap), so I think she must have gone into my room, didn't find me and went back to her room crying. I think she was hoping I would come in and see what was wrong but I didn't. I went in to check on her and found her asleep, on her floor, and she even changed her pants. She was next to the Karaoke machine, so she must have been trying to listen to music as she went to sleep!

My Knee

I took a Jogging class at DVC because I wanted to get back in shape and start running again. Plus I needed one more P.E. credit towards my AA degree and I thought this would be fun. I have been having pain in my knees consistently for about 3 months now
(the pain started two weeks after the class). At first I thought it was muscles I haven't used in so long. So after a month of having the pain I went to see my doctor. First she thought it was something, I don't recall the name of it but, she thought it would be okay to walk but not run. So I continued walking. After about 2 months of agony I went back to the doctors and was told it was tendinitis and I needed some physical therepy. So I went to see the physical therapist, she examined my knee, she thinks I have ACL damage and tells me I CANNOT walk or play sports until I get things checked out further. I just got home from my appointment with the Orthopedic Surgeon and he is pretty sure that I have torn my ACL in my left knee. On top of that he says I have the beginning stages of arthritis in both knees and cannot do any high impact exercises or sports until further notice. This is especially frustrating because as most of you know, I enjoy being active and playing sports with my kids. I will have to play H-O-R-S-E or around the world instead of a basketball game with Tyler for the time being because I can't jump. In order to play front yard baseball I will have to walk around the bases, I guess I will have to hit the ball harder so I have a better chance at getting around the bases. I have an appointment for an MRI this Sunday and I meet with a sport Orthopedic Surgeon on January 11. I pray I can strengthen my knees without having to have surgery.

Riley Jo turns 2

On November 28 Riley Jo turned 2. That morning we went over to the Jacobs house to watch the kids so April could work in Miranda's class. So Riley Jo was able to play with the twins. She always has so much fun playing with them. That afternoon Chris took Tyler and Kyle to the go-kart track so Riley Jo and I went out to dinner and did some Christmas shopping. We had a great Mommy and Daughter Date. For her birthday she received two dolls, a Disney princess nursery for her dolls, some dress up clothes, princess dress up shoes, and dress up jewelry. She loves to dress up. She is so much fun and makes me laugh everyday!

Time Flies

Wow I can't believe it is already the middle of December. I have to give a brief update on everything that has gone on in the last month and a half. The beginning of November I took Tyler and Michayla to see Hannah Montana. We went with Sheri, Brittani, and our friends April, Miranda, and Lauren. We had a blast. Luckily they sold more tickets to her concert because the ticket prices from the scalpers were outrageous. The kids were all really excited to be there and for a kiddie concert it was really good. Then on November 14 Tyler turned 11. He celebrated his birthday with his friends at the Embassy Suites. Chris chaperoned the party which was a nice change for me. On November 15, Tyler graduated from Cub Scouts into Boy Scouts and earned his Arrow of Light award. On November 19 our Mom's group went to the park to hang out with our friend and her kids that moved to Utah. They were in town for Thanksgiving and we haven't seen them since June. It was great to see all the kids again. Her son is 6 weeks younger than Riley Jo. Then of course it was Thanksgiving and we celebrated at our house with all our kids and my family. We had fun eating, hanging out, and playing games. On November the 23rd we walked around Old Town Sacramento. We went with Steve and Jeannine, we rode the Santa train, sang some carols and then went to the Train Museum. That was a lot of fun. Riley Jo turn 2 on November 28th, Tyler started basketball and now we are finishing getting ready for Christmas. That about sums it up for now.

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Camping

We went camping November 2-4. We went with some friends and their baby. It was so beautiful there because all the leaves were off the trees and on the ground. It made for some great fall pictures. We walked down to the water, threw the football around, played soccer, and hung out around the campfire. We all had a great time. Friday night when Chris checked in the ranger warned him that bears lived in the campsite so no one should plan to walk off by themselves at night. The ranger also bragged that he had one bear eating candy bars out of his hand. Great! So the guys thought it would be great fun to tell my boys this bit of information. That whole weekend Tyler didn't sleep much because every sound he heard he thought was a bear. So, Saturday night we are sitting around the campfire when all of sudden we hear something walking on the leaves. So Chad tells Tyler do you hear those foot steps? Those are definitely 4 legs walking on leaves. So I look over Chad's truck and all I see is a black back of something walking on 4 legs. I'm like what is that? By now Tyler is getting a little scared trying to see what we're talking about. What is it? It's a stray cow. The cow is walking on the pavement like it knows what it's doing and continues to follow the path all the way around the camp. Now driving into the campsite we didn't see any fields with cows in them so we don't know where this cow came from. It was very funny!

Potty Trained!

Riley Jo is 100% Potty trained. She takes naps and goes to bed in underwear. I can't believe it. She will be 2 in two weeks. The only problem is that she will only use her toilet. She refuses to sit on a big toilet even if it has an adapter on the seat. So if we are going to be gone from home for a while I put a pull up on her, but she refuses to pee in it so she waits until we get home. Which is good, I just don't know how her bladder feels about it. Last Sunday I put a diaper on her for church, to my surprise it was still dry when we got home and she could use her potty. She is my youngest and easiest child to potty train. So much easier than those lazy boys. :) But I love my boys!