Broken...

I haven't been posting these days because my wonderful hubby broke my camera :(
I know he didn't mean to, but what am I going to do without a camera! Especially around this time of year?


Thank goodness for disposable cameras! I'm definitely not use to using one, but at least I get to capture memories! When I get the pictures developed I will do a HUGE update!

It's A Boy!!!

So I guess we're going to have a new little man in our lives! He's going to have a lot to live up to following in Riker's footsteps, but I'm sure he can do it. Maybe he'll even be cuter, smarter, and nicer? It's a nice thought, right? I'm pretty sure Heavenly Father gave me Riker first so I wouldn't decide to stop having children at 18. I keep thinking "My delivery is going to be painful and long." Because it wasn't with Riker's. "He's not going to sleep through the night for a year." Because Riker did when he was 2 months. "He's going to always want to be held." Because Riker was fine just chilling. "And he's going to cry non-stop."
I know, pretty bad thoughts for a mother-to-be. I'm hoping they're all wrong and all of our kids will be amazing babies. That would be ideal, but regardless of how he is I will love him :) And now that I'm older I'll probably be able to handle all the stuff said above a lot better than I would have 3 years ago.


Here's our new little man!This little booger was facing down for the entire ultrasound. I was in there for probably 20 minutes before Mitchell and Riker came in because the lady needed to get a specific picture of his head. He just was not cooperating, he wouldn't turn over for anything! She was digging that ultrasound thingy into me trying to get him to turn over but he never did. This one is going to be a stubborn one that's for sure.



We're all sooo excited for Austin to come! We can't wait!!!

Halloween Festivities

We had lots of Halloweeny things we did and since I haven't had the internet since the middle of October I haven't been able to post :( But now I'm back on track!

First me and Riker went to a Pumpkin Patch with our Playgroup. Riker wasn't entertained with any of the ideas or games at the pumpkin patch. He was a party pooper.

Next was picking out our pumpkins!

And then carving them. Riker enjoyed coloring on his pumpkin more than carving it. He didn't like to get all eeky from the pumpkin guts.

Mileena didn't mind the getting eeky part at all, sometimes I think she's more of a boy than Riker is.

Riker with his pumpkin.

And Mileena with hers.

Our little pirate and our devil!

Tradition: A picture of the kids throwing their candy up in the air.

A New Do

What makes....2 ladies at an ob-gyn office fight over who gets to take a little boy to get a lollipop or a sticker first? About 15 women in Wal-Mart gawk and say "Oh, how cute! Look at him!"? A Verizon Wireless worker stop in his tracks and give a little boy a high-five for no apparent reason? A teenager with frizzy skater hair stop you as you walk out of said Verizon Wireless store and say "By the way, your kid is totally awesome."?

A MOHAWK!

Every time we go into a store since Riker was a baby people have stared and told us just how cute he is. I'm not trying to be cocky or anything but that's just how it goes. The comments and stares have dwindled down quite a bit in the last year or so, but there is still usually one a day. But boy since I cut Riker's hair into a Mohawk a couple days ago things have changed.

My advice is...
if you want compliments ranging from old women to teenagers just give your kid a Mohawk. Your child will be loved wherever he may go.

We now have a 5th grader in our midst

Mileena is officially a 5th grader! Definitely going to be a crazy adjustment for all of us. We'll see what this year has to offer!

Road Trip

We left Cali on a Friday and got home on Monday. I decided that throughout our road trip I would attempt to take pictures of each state sign and then a picture of the kids in each state. I got most of the state signs (kind of).

{Warning: A large number of pictures are next. And they're backwards in order, so if you want to look at them scroll down to the bottom and work your way up}

Attempted picture of the Florida sign.

Yay! We're finally home! Riker had just woken up in this picture.

Extremely bored.

Alabama!

Portable DVD at the best on road trips {Thank you so much Bonnie!}

Mississippi!

We missed the Louisiana sign but here are the chillins.




Attempted picture of the Texas sign.


The only happy picture the whole trip and it was taken the first night with food in hand.

New Mexico!

Bored with straws.

First state, Arizona!

This trip was full of-
20 bathroom stops
6 split drinks
4 (Riker) meltdowns
and it was also Riker's first time peeing in a bottle. You may think it's horrible but when you're in the middle of Texas and haven't seen a town or rest stop for 100 miles and your almost potty-trained son saying 'Mommy! Potty!' What else are you gunna do?

Finalish Destination

After Utah we flew out to California, I was most excited about this part of our trip! My grandparents offered to give us their old car, if we could get the car back to Tally. So instead of flying back to Florida we flew there and planned to drive home (definitely not the highlight of the trip for me). We stayed in Cali for 3 days, and most of our time was spent at The Beach Club. This was my all time favorite place as a kid. I use to visit my Grandma for the summer and go to Beach Club. I did that for about 4 or 5 summers. The Beach Club was my heaven, and I could still live there to this day. Most of my time was spent looking at this view-


from my Grandma's 'equipment' as they call it there. It consists of comfy beach chairs and an umbrella.Our first full day in Cali we rented bikes and rode down to check out the Santa Monica pier. Riker got it easy he just sat behind Daddy while the rest of us peddled our lives away!

We also scoped out Venice beach where...

Mileena got a Henna tattoo with her built-up allowance.


Grandma also took Mileena for her first pedicure. She said Mileena 'needed flowers on her toes'. Which of course Mileena agreed with wholeheartedly.

And all made possible because of this wonderful woman! I Love You, Grandma!

Surprise!

After we left Vermont we headed out to Utah to surprise my dad for his 50th birthday. He had no idea we were coming, Mileena and Riker stood at the front door with balloons and when he answered they said "Happy Birthday, Fefa!" He started crying he was so surprised. We had a really fun time squeezing everything we had planned into 5 days. 2 birthday parties, a reception, a dinosaur park, and Mitchell painting and fixing the things on my mom's 'Honey Do List' that my dad hasn't done.

Happy 50th Birthday Dad!!

Riker with T-Rex.

Whoa there, dino!

Mileena, Korbin (our nephew) and Riker.

The Beginning of Our National Journey

For the past year and a half we have been trying to get custody of Mileena. I haven't mentioned it on this blog because I didn't want it to get back to the wrong people. When she came down this summer we realized things had gotten really bad in Vermont. We were expecting a court date sometime in September. On the 20th, Mitchell called me from work saying we had a court date scheduled for the 26th (6 days later) but we needed to be in Vermont by the 24th (4 days later). I couldn't believe it. We were suppose to go out to Utah and surprise my dad for his 50th birthday on the 27th, the day after the scheduled court date! Talk about stressful. We had so many things trying to stop us from getting up to Vermont for this court date, it was insane. Now I truely know that Satan tries to stop good things from happening.
Long story short we got up to Vermont on the 24th, with the help of many gracious family members and friends. {Thank you all so very much}
And on the 26th, Mitchell got full legal custody of Mileena!! It was amazing! We no longer have to worry about her safety and if she is happy. We got to see her little sister, Nyah who we haven't seen in almost 3 years. She has changed so much!!

Riker, waiting to get one of the many airplanes we would be flying over a 2 week period.

Nyah!

I yanked out one of Mileena's teeth while in Vermont. She was freaking out, but I got it done!

Riker had a blast with Nyah.

Mileena's Aunt Karen took all of them on a tractor ride. Riker was in love with this place.

Seesh...11 Already!

I'm EXTREMELY behind on my blog, I know, so sorry. Things have been crazy to say the least. Mileena's 11th birthday was on the 16th and we celebrated by going to Chuck-E-Cheese the night before. The next day she got breakfast in bed for the first time and after church she opened her presents. I can't believe she is 11! She's going to be a teenager soon, ekk!

Mitchell and Mileena playing a game

Pizza for dinner!

Breakfast in bed, she definitely wasn'y expecting it!

She got a skateboard, a helmet, knee pads, elbow pads, and a new Pet Shop

And we couldn't fforgot the cheesecake for dessert!

Another One on the Way!

Baby # 2 is coming!!

I went to the doctor today and I'm about 7 weeks and 5 days along. And my due date is March 22, 2010 (the same as Riker's). We're all super excited!!

The proof!

the 'little bean' as Riker calls it!