Before I tell you any funny stories, please note that Jake and I are super excited to now only have one child in diapers/pull-ups! Ry has been pretty much potty trained with the "#1" for a long time but the "#2" was the hardest for her. She finally is officially wearing panties 24/7 (except bed time) and we are very proud of her :)
RYLEIGHISMS:
*"I just text Gavin. I told him we would go to a show"
*"That sounds like a perfect plan, Momma!"
*"I want a toaster snoodle to eat"
*"We can't go outside, we'll get sunburnt"
*"Can I play noggin on the puter?"
*"We don't have a cat, guess we will have to buy one"
*She cracks us up when she wants to tell a secret and wisper....she just fully covers the front of her mouth and you can hardly hear her :)
*She likes counting to 20 and can count to 10 in Spanish
*She just started her first dance class and has learned dance moves such as: "the egg beater" and the "peppermint lasso" (never heard of those but they are cute dances!)
KEIRA BOO
*she is saying all sorts of words and it's funny to hear how she says things differently than Ry did at that age:
-Daddy (not Dadda)
-Mommy (not Momma)
-RyRee (not RyRy)
-when she sees a duck in book or tv, she says QUACK QUACK
-when she sees an elephant,she puts her arm up to her head and moves it up and down and makes a loud noise
-pees (please)
-before we eat dinner I say "let's bless it" and automatically Keira puts her hands together and says "thaaaaank, amen!"
-before bed she always has to give everyone a kiss, she just says "muah!" real loud and then waves "NITE NITE!"
-she likes to stand up on her head for like a minute straight and laugh and then she finally rolls over to make it a completed roll..she thinks it's hilarious
That's everything I got for now...may be another 2 or 3 mths until my next post :) toodles!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Ryleighisms
The other day when she knew I had to turn right to get to our street, she said "approaching right turn" She was trying to be like the GPS
Ry, Keira, my Mom and I were eating bfast a few wks ago and Ryleigh had her fake cell phone out. She said "hold on, I need to check my phone." she opened it and said "nope, Gavin didn't text me" hahahah
Everytime I ask Ry who loves her..she says "Jesus, does" and I think it's just so sweet and so true, too :)
When I asked Ryleigh the other night, "who wants to take a bathy first?" she shouted, "Keira does" and I asked "why do you always say 'Keira does'?" and she answered back "because I'm sick and I can't" (which was not true, she was just pulling the sick card I guess)
I was singing that Fray song out loud the other day at home and I stopped mid-sentence saying "where were you?where were you" and Ryleigh sang "lying on the floor" - I cracked up
At dinner I asked Ryleigh if she wanted ice and she answered with "ice, ice baby...dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun" she really did make the drumming noise
ONE MORE THING: in the last few days I have caught Ryleigh scrubbing the tooth brush and tooth paste on Keira's bald head AND writing with red marker on Keira's head...poor K boo :(
Ry, Keira, my Mom and I were eating bfast a few wks ago and Ryleigh had her fake cell phone out. She said "hold on, I need to check my phone." she opened it and said "nope, Gavin didn't text me" hahahah
Everytime I ask Ry who loves her..she says "Jesus, does" and I think it's just so sweet and so true, too :)
When I asked Ryleigh the other night, "who wants to take a bathy first?" she shouted, "Keira does" and I asked "why do you always say 'Keira does'?" and she answered back "because I'm sick and I can't" (which was not true, she was just pulling the sick card I guess)
I was singing that Fray song out loud the other day at home and I stopped mid-sentence saying "where were you?where were you" and Ryleigh sang "lying on the floor" - I cracked up
At dinner I asked Ryleigh if she wanted ice and she answered with "ice, ice baby...dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun" she really did make the drumming noise
ONE MORE THING: in the last few days I have caught Ryleigh scrubbing the tooth brush and tooth paste on Keira's bald head AND writing with red marker on Keira's head...poor K boo :(
Monday, January 26, 2009
Oh My Goodness, So Sorry!
Long time no blog!
It has been terribly hard to get on the computer for personal time lately - working like crazy and preparing for Keira to take off walking any day now really drains me by the end of the day. When the gals go to bed, instead of watching my shows I have been reading my mom devotional and then reading the twilight series so now I am an official book nerd but I don't mind. Ok, enough about me - what everyone comes to the blog to hear about, the girls:
Keira Boo -
Turned 10 months on Sunday and is just 4 lbs smaller than Ry! She is 22lbs and Ry is 26 lbs - haha :)
Is walking with her walker alot and is trying her hardest to keep up with her big sister
signs milk and mama and likes to say "roar" when we talk about bears and makes a raspberry noise when playing with her toy truck
when I prompt her with "standing outside with my mouth open wide" she then says "ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah" tooooooo cute
has 5 teeth right now with 3 cutting at the same time
eating table food with her bottles - she isn't into the whole baby food thing
RyRy -
2.5 years this month
can tell you what/where her glutius maximus is and her latissimus dorsi (bad spelling)
her favorite songs right now are "whole world in his hands" by Raffi and "heartless" by Kanye
favorite show is still Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (will that ever end?)
is all about her purses and lip glosses and basketball (great mixture, huh?)
I will post some pics later on here - thanks for checking out our blog and that's all I got now, how'd ya like it?
It has been terribly hard to get on the computer for personal time lately - working like crazy and preparing for Keira to take off walking any day now really drains me by the end of the day. When the gals go to bed, instead of watching my shows I have been reading my mom devotional and then reading the twilight series so now I am an official book nerd but I don't mind. Ok, enough about me - what everyone comes to the blog to hear about, the girls:
Keira Boo -
Turned 10 months on Sunday and is just 4 lbs smaller than Ry! She is 22lbs and Ry is 26 lbs - haha :)
Is walking with her walker alot and is trying her hardest to keep up with her big sister
signs milk and mama and likes to say "roar" when we talk about bears and makes a raspberry noise when playing with her toy truck
when I prompt her with "standing outside with my mouth open wide" she then says "ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah" tooooooo cute
has 5 teeth right now with 3 cutting at the same time
eating table food with her bottles - she isn't into the whole baby food thing
RyRy -
2.5 years this month
can tell you what/where her glutius maximus is and her latissimus dorsi (bad spelling)
her favorite songs right now are "whole world in his hands" by Raffi and "heartless" by Kanye
favorite show is still Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (will that ever end?)
is all about her purses and lip glosses and basketball (great mixture, huh?)
I will post some pics later on here - thanks for checking out our blog and that's all I got now, how'd ya like it?
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Mommy Memo
Ok, so for those of you that do not know this about me - I am co-publisher of a local family magazine here in Dallas/Fort Worth. It's called Modern Babies & Children. I just started this "Mommy Memo" thing this month and I think it's a great way to hear from local moms. Below I have pasted this month's "Mommy Memo of the Month"!!
December's Mommy Memo is brought to us by:
Meredith Liewehr of Lantana. Mother of 1 with one on the way!
TIPS
When making dinner, to "entertain" my 2 1/2 year old and make her think she's "helping" I let her pull up a chair by the counter next to me (but far enough away from the hot stove of course) and I give her a big bowl. I fill up another small bowl with water, give her measuring cups, a spoon and spices from my spice rack that I never use (who really uses mustard seeds?) or that are about to expire. She then "makes dinner" using everything in front of her - she makes a killer "spice water soup" :)
LAUGHS
This one happend just today. My daughter loves Elmos World. Today, she and I went and did some Christmas shopping with my mom. Everywhere we went and for everything we did, she came up with a version of the Elmo's World song - "La, la la la, La la, la la Dada's Tie" "La, la la la, La la la la SoSo's chicken!" My favorite - "La la la la, La la la la, SoSo's shopping!" When are American Idol auditions...???
EATS
Quick and Easy StirFry
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken - cut into chunks
I bag frozen stir fry vegetables (any kind you like)
instant rice
for the sauce:
2 TB honey
2 TB balsamic vinegar
1 TB soy sauce
2 TB orange juice
1 TB corn starch
1 TB brown sugar
make rice according to package directions (and make as much as you'd like)
In a large skillet, saute chicken chunks in a little olive oil until cooked through (about 3 minutes per side)
Once cooked, remove from skillet
Add vegetables to hot skillet (may need to add a little more oil)
Saute until soft (about 5 minutes)
While veggies are cooking, in a medium bowl, whisk together the ingredients to make sauce - set aside
Add chicken back to skillet with veggies
Push chicken and veggies to sides of skillet, leaving a small well in the middle of the skillet
Add sauce
Stir and let sauce come to a bubble to thicken
Mix in with chicken and veggies
Serve over rice!
If you would like to submit your MOMMY MEMO, please email ONE tip, ONE recipe and ONE laugh to Misti@ModernBabiesAndChildren.com
December's Mommy Memo is brought to us by:
Meredith Liewehr of Lantana. Mother of 1 with one on the way!
TIPS
When making dinner, to "entertain" my 2 1/2 year old and make her think she's "helping" I let her pull up a chair by the counter next to me (but far enough away from the hot stove of course) and I give her a big bowl. I fill up another small bowl with water, give her measuring cups, a spoon and spices from my spice rack that I never use (who really uses mustard seeds?) or that are about to expire. She then "makes dinner" using everything in front of her - she makes a killer "spice water soup" :)
LAUGHS
This one happend just today. My daughter loves Elmos World. Today, she and I went and did some Christmas shopping with my mom. Everywhere we went and for everything we did, she came up with a version of the Elmo's World song - "La, la la la, La la, la la Dada's Tie" "La, la la la, La la la la SoSo's chicken!" My favorite - "La la la la, La la la la, SoSo's shopping!" When are American Idol auditions...???
EATS
Quick and Easy StirFry
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken - cut into chunks
I bag frozen stir fry vegetables (any kind you like)
instant rice
for the sauce:
2 TB honey
2 TB balsamic vinegar
1 TB soy sauce
2 TB orange juice
1 TB corn starch
1 TB brown sugar
make rice according to package directions (and make as much as you'd like)
In a large skillet, saute chicken chunks in a little olive oil until cooked through (about 3 minutes per side)
Once cooked, remove from skillet
Add vegetables to hot skillet (may need to add a little more oil)
Saute until soft (about 5 minutes)
While veggies are cooking, in a medium bowl, whisk together the ingredients to make sauce - set aside
Add chicken back to skillet with veggies
Push chicken and veggies to sides of skillet, leaving a small well in the middle of the skillet
Add sauce
Stir and let sauce come to a bubble to thicken
Mix in with chicken and veggies
Serve over rice!
If you would like to submit your MOMMY MEMO, please email ONE tip, ONE recipe and ONE laugh to Misti@ModernBabiesAndChildren.com
Keira Crawling!! Lord help me!
I have been terribly busy lately and realized I haven't posted IN OVER A MONTH!! yikes, sorry :( Good news, Keira Boo started crawling over Thanksgiving weekend - just in time for her 8 month bday. Not sure if I should be excited or what. Now I will be chasing Ryleigh around while Keira is crawling around the floor with Roxy. Say a prayer for me, would ya :) Love you all and hope you had a great Thanksgiving with all of your fab fams!!
that's all I got, how'd ya like that?
p.s. funny vid of Keira to come shortly as soon as I can figure out how to get it off my phone and onto this blog :)
that's all I got, how'd ya like that?
p.s. funny vid of Keira to come shortly as soon as I can figure out how to get it off my phone and onto this blog :)
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Keira Boo is 7 Months Today..
just sitting here watching SNL realizing that I haven't blogged in a while and that Keira is 7 mths old today! Brief update:
*sitting up
*army crawling
*says "DaDa" and "RyRy" - not "MaMa" yet :(
*favorite time is bath time
*favorite food is sweet potatoes
Ry is doing well, too. The most recent thing she has learned is how to spell out her name (verbally, not writing it out) It's pretty cute hearing her spell it. She is a great big sister and loves Keira so much, she always asks me "what Keira doing" and she always wants to kiss her. Ok, that's my brief update. Hope all is well! Love you all
*sitting up
*army crawling
*says "DaDa" and "RyRy" - not "MaMa" yet :(
*favorite time is bath time
*favorite food is sweet potatoes
Ry is doing well, too. The most recent thing she has learned is how to spell out her name (verbally, not writing it out) It's pretty cute hearing her spell it. She is a great big sister and loves Keira so much, she always asks me "what Keira doing" and she always wants to kiss her. Ok, that's my brief update. Hope all is well! Love you all
Monday, October 6, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
I Love My Husband
He amazes me every week. Everyone who knows Jake knows that he is not a social butterfly. When it comes to chatting, there is only one thing that really gets him talking and that's sports. When I see him interact with his students whether on the field, on the court or in the classroom I am reminded that the Lord has placed every detail in our lives for a reason. Not only has God given Jake a passion for loving his 2 little girls so much that he can't stand it BUT he has also given him a passion for his students, his players and for coaching. See the most recent photos below of Jake coaching the Vikings football team here in big D..and I don't mean Dallas (sorry, had to type it)
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Tag, you're it..Kendra I don't know how to do this :)
Ok, Kenners sent this to me and is making me do this. I tend to think I am fairly internet/computer savvy until Kendra sends me something like this and I have NO idea how to tag people on my blog, so here we go:
Here are the official rules:
First, the rules.
1. Post the rules on your blog.
2. Write 6 random things about yourself.
3. Tag 6 people at the end of your post.
4. If you are tagged, DO IT and pass it along.
Obey the rules or there will be serious consequences in the blogosphere. Ha. Just kidding.
Here are my 6... 6 things you may not know about me, that is:
1. I am a celeb gossip junkie. Not something I am proud of! I watch TMZ before bed every night. Jake makes fun of me :)
2. I love to sing. I sing at home to Jake and the gals, I sing in the shower, in the car and I am not quiet about it! It's usually praise and worship songs or rap songs, random, I know.
3. I've been to Russia..on a mission trip like 8 years ago!
4. I like studying. I sometimes want to go back to school just to study. In fact, I am about to take a class (for work) to learn the indesign software to create ads and I am soooo excited about taking the tests! haha
5. I am a horrible cook..wait, everyone knows that!
6. I LOVE playing softball and still play to this day (well last time I played I was 1 mth prego with Keira but am playing in another league this summer with the church!)
I would like to tag the only people I know who have a blog. I "officially" tag: Kendra, Heather, Emily, Keri
Here are the official rules:
First, the rules.
1. Post the rules on your blog.
2. Write 6 random things about yourself.
3. Tag 6 people at the end of your post.
4. If you are tagged, DO IT and pass it along.
Obey the rules or there will be serious consequences in the blogosphere. Ha. Just kidding.
Here are my 6... 6 things you may not know about me, that is:
1. I am a celeb gossip junkie. Not something I am proud of! I watch TMZ before bed every night. Jake makes fun of me :)
2. I love to sing. I sing at home to Jake and the gals, I sing in the shower, in the car and I am not quiet about it! It's usually praise and worship songs or rap songs, random, I know.
3. I've been to Russia..on a mission trip like 8 years ago!
4. I like studying. I sometimes want to go back to school just to study. In fact, I am about to take a class (for work) to learn the indesign software to create ads and I am soooo excited about taking the tests! haha
5. I am a horrible cook..wait, everyone knows that!
6. I LOVE playing softball and still play to this day (well last time I played I was 1 mth prego with Keira but am playing in another league this summer with the church!)
I would like to tag the only people I know who have a blog. I "officially" tag: Kendra, Heather, Emily, Keri
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Oh Goodness..
I am really tired and want to go to bed but am waiting to feed K her last cereal bottle so I thought I'd blog - haven't done so in a while.
DAYCARE - is going well. Ryleigh is getting used to it and loves her teacher, Mrs. Rie. For the past week she has pee-peed on the potty at school for every potty break, go RyRy! She is strictly in training pants now and every once in a while we try the panties. Sweet Keira is doing just fine at daycare - the ladies say she is the happiest baby until she gets hungry, hahaha, sound like another Floyd gal you all know?
UPDATE -
Keira is around 17 lbs. now and wearing 9 month clothing. Love her rolly lil legs!! She is rolling over, kicking her legs like she wants to crawl and of course talking up a storm and mainly in high pitched versions :) Her favorite things are the bumbo chair (we didn't have one for RyRy), her big sister, any baby food (minus the sweet peas) and she LOVES Roxy!
Ryleigh, like I mentioned is almost completely potty trained. She is really into coloring now, which I love because I could color all day and we have put good use to her time out chair lately. Some of her favorite things right now are: Barney and Micky, reading her Bible and looking for the "Noah story", singing songs out loud and at random and she loves her new kitchen she got for her bday.
Funny things Ryleigh has said:
"be careful mama that choke you"
"Goda (God) made trees, Jesus made poopy" (not kidding - this one came out of nowhere!!!!!)
"no, Roxy, go to kitchen"
"no want time out, no want fankin (spankin)"
and before bed time, in order to stall she says "wanna go sit couch dada, watch football"
Jake:
School just started and that means football. The next few months are going to hectic and no offense to the Ryan Raiders but I am hoping they don't go too far in the playoffs so I can have my hubby back! :)
Mis:
I'm doing the same ol same ol - hanging out with my lil precious girls and working on the magazine. Our 2nd edition comes out October 20th,excited about it! I'm also excited to see what the Lord has in store for this year's home group. We start our group back next week and Jake and I are looking forward to it - that's mainly our night for just us two during the school year! Ok, I have typed way toooo much, that's all I got, how'd ya like that???
p.s. still doing that stinkin' bootcamp, Emily/Veronica if you are reading this, my arms and legs are on fire from Mon night work out with those weird discs!!!!!!
DAYCARE - is going well. Ryleigh is getting used to it and loves her teacher, Mrs. Rie. For the past week she has pee-peed on the potty at school for every potty break, go RyRy! She is strictly in training pants now and every once in a while we try the panties. Sweet Keira is doing just fine at daycare - the ladies say she is the happiest baby until she gets hungry, hahaha, sound like another Floyd gal you all know?
UPDATE -
Keira is around 17 lbs. now and wearing 9 month clothing. Love her rolly lil legs!! She is rolling over, kicking her legs like she wants to crawl and of course talking up a storm and mainly in high pitched versions :) Her favorite things are the bumbo chair (we didn't have one for RyRy), her big sister, any baby food (minus the sweet peas) and she LOVES Roxy!
Ryleigh, like I mentioned is almost completely potty trained. She is really into coloring now, which I love because I could color all day and we have put good use to her time out chair lately. Some of her favorite things right now are: Barney and Micky, reading her Bible and looking for the "Noah story", singing songs out loud and at random and she loves her new kitchen she got for her bday.
Funny things Ryleigh has said:
"be careful mama that choke you"
"Goda (God) made trees, Jesus made poopy" (not kidding - this one came out of nowhere!!!!!)
"no, Roxy, go to kitchen"
"no want time out, no want fankin (spankin)"
and before bed time, in order to stall she says "wanna go sit couch dada, watch football"
Jake:
School just started and that means football. The next few months are going to hectic and no offense to the Ryan Raiders but I am hoping they don't go too far in the playoffs so I can have my hubby back! :)
Mis:
I'm doing the same ol same ol - hanging out with my lil precious girls and working on the magazine. Our 2nd edition comes out October 20th,excited about it! I'm also excited to see what the Lord has in store for this year's home group. We start our group back next week and Jake and I are looking forward to it - that's mainly our night for just us two during the school year! Ok, I have typed way toooo much, that's all I got, how'd ya like that???
p.s. still doing that stinkin' bootcamp, Emily/Veronica if you are reading this, my arms and legs are on fire from Mon night work out with those weird discs!!!!!!
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Happy 5th Anniversary!!
5 years ago today Jake and I said our I DO'S and then headed for our bahamas cruise - I wanna go to bahamas, again!
Neways, little did we know that when we got married....just 5 years later we'd have two sweet little girls. The Lord really does work in mysterious ways! Thank you, Jesus for my handsome, Godly husband and for my Keira Boo and Rylz :)
Neways, little did we know that when we got married....just 5 years later we'd have two sweet little girls. The Lord really does work in mysterious ways! Thank you, Jesus for my handsome, Godly husband and for my Keira Boo and Rylz :)
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
2 years ago....
Our precious lil Ryleigh is 2 years today! I know it's very cliche but it really does seem like just the other day we were celebrating her 1 year birthday. Here are some Ryleigh quotes to get you laughing:
"ring, mama, bling bling"
"how bout it"
"look at me"
"I need more kisses"
"look I got"
"wanna have some lip gloss, mama?"
And now here are a couple of photos to see how much baby girl has changed over the years :)
Monday, July 14, 2008
Summer!
Summer, to me, is when Jake is off work and we get a chance to go on a vacation. Well, we just got back from our summer vacation and let me tell ya,it was fun but I would not recommend traveling further than an hour away with a 3mth old and a 23mth old! Yikes - tiring but fun.
We got to see Bo for the first time in a long while and we visited DisneyLand and the San Diego Zoo!
For those of you that didn't see the snapfish I will post some pics below.
Now, we are 2 weeks away from summer ending. Jake starts back with coaching stuff at the end of this month and the girls start their first daycare on July 21st(Jake's bday). I am kinda sad - no, actually VERY sad that they are going to daycare but a working mom has to do what a working mom has to do. I'm finding myself calculating how many hours of "awake time" I am getting with them vs. how many hours of daycare time they will have each week. All I can do is pray that this is what the Lord wants for K and R and pray that he gives me strength each day to deal with it. Ok, I am off my soap box now and back to work. Just wanted to take a breather and post for a moment. Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their summer!
That's all I got, how'd ya like that?
We got to see Bo for the first time in a long while and we visited DisneyLand and the San Diego Zoo!
For those of you that didn't see the snapfish I will post some pics below.
Now, we are 2 weeks away from summer ending. Jake starts back with coaching stuff at the end of this month and the girls start their first daycare on July 21st(Jake's bday). I am kinda sad - no, actually VERY sad that they are going to daycare but a working mom has to do what a working mom has to do. I'm finding myself calculating how many hours of "awake time" I am getting with them vs. how many hours of daycare time they will have each week. All I can do is pray that this is what the Lord wants for K and R and pray that he gives me strength each day to deal with it. Ok, I am off my soap box now and back to work. Just wanted to take a breather and post for a moment. Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their summer!
That's all I got, how'd ya like that?
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Bad Blogger...
I haven't blogged in a while - life at the Floyd house has been crazy crazy since Jake hit summer vacation and the first issue of Modern Babies and Children came out (check it out online www.ModernBabiesAndChildren.com/Dallas)
We all know who you really visit the blog to hear about, not about Jake and I but about tha gals (hahaha) so I will fill you all in:
KEIRA - 3 months
*cooing and smiling up a storm and all around a happy happy baby girl
*just got over a double ear infection
*in the middle of a tummy bug right now and she is still smiling :)
*has slept in her big girl crib the past few nights from about 11pm-7am (not bad!)
*loves to be sitting up and looking around
*loves her big sister (she just stares and smiles at her)
RYLEIGH - 23 months
*the 24/7 entertainment in the house from dancing to singing songs
*favorite quotes right now: "I need more snack" "what u doing mama?" "where'd Keira go?" "no, Roxy go kitchen" "wanna go fimming pool"
*her favorite songs to sing: "Jesus loves me" "Barney, I love you, you love me" "Mr. Golden Sun" "Are you sleeping"
*this summer she loves ice cream, sno cones, and going to Target with Dada or the gym with Mama
Jake is enjoying his 5 weeks off from school/coaching and we head to Cali in about a week to see "Uncle Bo" and celebrate 3 different bdays!
We are preparing ourselves for our first daycare experience and everytime we pass the treehouse academy where the gals will be going, we tell Rylz, "That's RyRy's playground" and she gets all excited. I think she will have fun and enjoy all the schedules there but I know she will miss her Mrs. Cheryl and "the boys" as we call them :)
Lastly, I would just like to say to each of you that read this blog (probably all 5 of you) I am thankful for you and thank the Lord every day for blessing me and my family like he has.
That's all I got..how'd ya like that?
We all know who you really visit the blog to hear about, not about Jake and I but about tha gals (hahaha) so I will fill you all in:
KEIRA - 3 months
*cooing and smiling up a storm and all around a happy happy baby girl
*just got over a double ear infection
*in the middle of a tummy bug right now and she is still smiling :)
*has slept in her big girl crib the past few nights from about 11pm-7am (not bad!)
*loves to be sitting up and looking around
*loves her big sister (she just stares and smiles at her)
RYLEIGH - 23 months
*the 24/7 entertainment in the house from dancing to singing songs
*favorite quotes right now: "I need more snack" "what u doing mama?" "where'd Keira go?" "no, Roxy go kitchen" "wanna go fimming pool"
*her favorite songs to sing: "Jesus loves me" "Barney, I love you, you love me" "Mr. Golden Sun" "Are you sleeping"
*this summer she loves ice cream, sno cones, and going to Target with Dada or the gym with Mama
Jake is enjoying his 5 weeks off from school/coaching and we head to Cali in about a week to see "Uncle Bo" and celebrate 3 different bdays!
We are preparing ourselves for our first daycare experience and everytime we pass the treehouse academy where the gals will be going, we tell Rylz, "That's RyRy's playground" and she gets all excited. I think she will have fun and enjoy all the schedules there but I know she will miss her Mrs. Cheryl and "the boys" as we call them :)
Lastly, I would just like to say to each of you that read this blog (probably all 5 of you) I am thankful for you and thank the Lord every day for blessing me and my family like he has.
That's all I got..how'd ya like that?
Monday, June 2, 2008
K 2 Months & Ry weekend adventure
Hope everyone is doing well! Here's a Floyd update:
Well, Keira went in for her 2 month check-up and is 12.4 lbs (90thPercentile) and 24 inches long (97thPercentile) She is a healthy little gal who loves to eat..sound like someone else you all know? I think the colic is slowly going away. We are getting to enjoy her smiles and coos now, fun stuff!
Ryleigh had an adventurous weekend!! Friday night she went to the Rangers game with her Daddy and got an Ian Kinsler jersey and also learned how to say Ian Kinsler - she had so much fun. She then spent the night with Mimi B and PawPaw and then woke up and went to Sixflags after church on Sunday with Mimi T and Pops (and J,K and I)She loved the choo choo train.
I would also like to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Tammy Floyd, aka Mimi T!
One last thing, I just got my mom's day gift on Friday from Jakums and I just love it - I don't want to take it off (see below)
Enjoy these few pics!! Love you all
Well, Keira went in for her 2 month check-up and is 12.4 lbs (90thPercentile) and 24 inches long (97thPercentile) She is a healthy little gal who loves to eat..sound like someone else you all know? I think the colic is slowly going away. We are getting to enjoy her smiles and coos now, fun stuff!
Ryleigh had an adventurous weekend!! Friday night she went to the Rangers game with her Daddy and got an Ian Kinsler jersey and also learned how to say Ian Kinsler - she had so much fun. She then spent the night with Mimi B and PawPaw and then woke up and went to Sixflags after church on Sunday with Mimi T and Pops (and J,K and I)She loved the choo choo train.
I would also like to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Tammy Floyd, aka Mimi T!
One last thing, I just got my mom's day gift on Friday from Jakums and I just love it - I don't want to take it off (see below)
Enjoy these few pics!! Love you all
Monday, May 19, 2008
Friends, A Birthday and A Book
While Jake and Rylz are out watering the yard, I thought I'd take a moment to blog about our eventful weekend!
First, we got to hang out with The Duty's Thursday night at Gattitown, or as Rylz calls it "dadatown" We had so much fun letting the gals run around and holding the new lil babies
We also celebrated my Mom's 30th bday (wink,wink - that's for you Momma)at Cracker Barrel!
Thirdly, Heather V and I went to a girly movie Saturday while the guys watched the gals and then the guys went to a bball game while we hung with the gals!
Lastly......my boss Tim and I FINALLY finished laying out the new Modern Babies and Children magazine. Our premier issue comes out June 20th and I will post sneak peeks later!
That's all I got, how'd ya like that?
First, we got to hang out with The Duty's Thursday night at Gattitown, or as Rylz calls it "dadatown" We had so much fun letting the gals run around and holding the new lil babies
We also celebrated my Mom's 30th bday (wink,wink - that's for you Momma)at Cracker Barrel!
Thirdly, Heather V and I went to a girly movie Saturday while the guys watched the gals and then the guys went to a bball game while we hung with the gals!
Lastly......my boss Tim and I FINALLY finished laying out the new Modern Babies and Children magazine. Our premier issue comes out June 20th and I will post sneak peeks later!
That's all I got, how'd ya like that?
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Here We Go....
...I thought Rylz would always be the perfect lil sleeper. Going to bed without a fuss, staying in her toddler bed until the next morning but oh no - I was WAY wrong. She reminds me of myself when I was young..scared of the dark! Last night, we put her to bed like normal but this time she kept saying "I don't want dark" "I don't want it" After about 15 minutes of crying, she fell asleep. Then around 3am she woke up, got out of her bed, opened her door and came to our room. When Jake tried to put her back to bed, she would just throw a fit and cry "hold you" (like she was scared of something). Then we let her sleep in the bed with Jake and I took Keira to sleep in the living room..that didn't work either. Then Jake took Keira in our room to sleep and I put Rylz on the couch with me..that didn't work either. We have prayed with her (even more than we do each night) and we have explained to her that Jesus watches over her and she understands that. Just still scared. If anyone has ANY suggestions, I would GREATLY appreciate it. A few "momisms" below for ya:
*only a mom would be able to carry a toddler on the left, an infant & infant carrier on her right, two bottles and a pitcher in one hand, all while wearing heels and walking down the stairs
*only a mom (dad) would be so sleep deprived that she (he) would tie a scarf from the toddler's bedroom door knob to the bathroom door knob to keep the toddler from opening the door at night (only to realize that scares her even more that she can't open the door in the dark)
*only a mom would be able to carry a toddler on the left, an infant & infant carrier on her right, two bottles and a pitcher in one hand, all while wearing heels and walking down the stairs
*only a mom (dad) would be so sleep deprived that she (he) would tie a scarf from the toddler's bedroom door knob to the bathroom door knob to keep the toddler from opening the door at night (only to realize that scares her even more that she can't open the door in the dark)
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Saturday, May 3, 2008
A Tootsie Roll at 10:00 a.m.
I just spoke to Kendra about how Taylor was already potty trained like 2 days ago. I was excited for Taylor but frustrated because we had been trying so hard with Ryleigh. Then, this a.m. when Ryleigh and Jake stormed in the room to show me that she was eating a tootsie roll..I wanted to cry! Not because she was eating candy so early in the day but because I knew that meant she had pottied in her big girl Dora potty! Jake said that while I was in the room getting ready, she came up to him and said "wanna go potty" and so he took her in there and she peepee'd like a big girl, thus following up with the reward, a TOOTSIE ROLL! I am so thrilled that she is getting the hang of it - she just used the potty again so hopefully this time it will stick. Maybe we are bad rents for bribing our child with tootsie rolls but if you know Ryleigh, you know that she is motivated by food, not toys!! haha
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Sleep Deprived and Blessed
I think the title of this post explains it all. I am not going to complain or go into detail about how tired I am because I also know how blessed both Jake and I are, but we'll just say that the Lord, prayers and coffee are the only things getting me through this first month of having 2 kiddos! Here are a few pics I took recently, and don't laugh at the ring photo - something I wanted to do and Emily and Heather never got around to shooting it.
In addition to limited sleep, the past 4 weeks have also taught me that being a mom is not only joyful and challenging but it is also VERY COMICAL!
WARNING: If you have a weak tummy, I wouldn't attempt to visualize some of these :)
Also Note: in many instances you may 86 MOM and sub DAD
I have decided to begin posting my "mom experiences" on this blog. I hope that you get a chuckle out of them. Here we go:
*Only a Mom would have half a chicken nugget fall out of her shirt when changing into her jammies at night
*Only a Mom would see something suspicious on the floor & immediately run to her toddler only to find the toddler's diaper falling off and a little "prize" falling out
*Only a Mom would have to wait until 10:30 pm to make her first trip to the bathroom
*Only a Mom would be able to say they have seen "projectile poopy"*
*Only a Mom would need her hair cut so badly that she would hold her newborn on her chest and bounce her while the cutting and styling continued on
More to come in the future, and to all of my mom friends - please feel free to submit your "Mom Experiences" and I will post them next time, as anonymous, of course!
In addition to limited sleep, the past 4 weeks have also taught me that being a mom is not only joyful and challenging but it is also VERY COMICAL!
WARNING: If you have a weak tummy, I wouldn't attempt to visualize some of these :)
Also Note: in many instances you may 86 MOM and sub DAD
I have decided to begin posting my "mom experiences" on this blog. I hope that you get a chuckle out of them. Here we go:
*Only a Mom would have half a chicken nugget fall out of her shirt when changing into her jammies at night
*Only a Mom would see something suspicious on the floor & immediately run to her toddler only to find the toddler's diaper falling off and a little "prize" falling out
*Only a Mom would have to wait until 10:30 pm to make her first trip to the bathroom
*Only a Mom would be able to say they have seen "projectile poopy"*
*Only a Mom would need her hair cut so badly that she would hold her newborn on her chest and bounce her while the cutting and styling continued on
More to come in the future, and to all of my mom friends - please feel free to submit your "Mom Experiences" and I will post them next time, as anonymous, of course!
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