Disneyland

For some reason the last few weeks have felt overwhelming and I have not gotten around to adding all our pictures from Disneyland. I think it could have something to do with the fact that I have been trying to potty train Riley. The idea seems simple enough but the follow-through is not all that easy, especially when you have a daughter as opinionated as mine. Things will be going perfect, she will have made it all day without an accident and then we wake up the next morning and literally refuses to sit on the toilet. By the third accident I don't have the energy to clean up anouther mess and off we go again with diapers. It has become a vicious cycle. I swear I even make it fun and I give m&m rewards for even trying! The doctor keeps telling me to just ride it out. That there will be good days and bad days, but the doctor isn't at my house having to clean it all up. Anyways...back to disneyland.....
we caravaned down in a rented mini-van (quite the experience) I don't blame Em and Angela (aka Angie on this trip) for taking Em's car instead of joining our whole crew. It was three days in literally the happiest place on earth, Riley still asks me almost every day if we are going to go back to disneyland. It's hard to explain to a two year old that you will, it will just be anouther year or so......so here are the pictures of our little trip.....

Trunk or Treat

My little girls are growing up so fast! I remember when we didn't even have kids and we hosting a trunk. For those of you who don't know, you decorate the truck of your car and pass out candy to the kids. Then Riley was born and now this is our 3rd year with kids at the trunk or treat! Addy was wearing the Minnie Mouse costume that Riley wore 2 years ago. It is crazy how much they look alike at times. Riley was the cutest lady bug I have ever seen! We started off the night with hot dogs, then moved on to the cake walk. Riley won twice! I think she is our lucky child. Addy will be my social child and Riley will be my lucky one. Anyways next was truck or treating (Riley got enough candy to last for the next month, with Eddie and Riley both eating it!) Then it was to the games and bounce houses. It was a great family night! We had so much fun! I love our family traditions and can't wait to start more!

All about Addy

So lately I have been feeling that Riley is ruling the blog so here are some pics of my sweet little Addy. She is growing so fast! I can't beleive that by baby girl is 5 months old! Before you know it she is going to be walking and running everywhere!

Playing in the Rain

On the 1st rainy day of the year there was a break in the rain....Eddie and I took the girls outside to jump in the puddles and play. It was a fun night and Riley LOVED puddle jumping!

Pumpkin Patch with Grandma and Papa

Every year Eddie's parents come up and we all go to Bishops's Pumpkin Patch. It is so much fun and a great tradition for the girls to do with their grandparents! Riley rode the pony's, we ate great food and we all took the hay ride out to pick out a pumpkin!

My Mom and Don took Riley camping on Sunday and on Tuesday Eddie, Addy and I went to Tahoe to pick her up. I have determined that Addy is too young to go on trips like this. She does so much better when she sticks to a strict nap schedule at home. Poor Riley will have to be a homebody for the next few months. Despite Addy we had a fun time in Tahoe and Riley would have stayed anouther month if we let her. She LOVED being filthy dirty!

Long Week

So this week has been an interesting one. At the end of last week Ry came down with a fever of about 101 and held on to it for about 5 or 6 days. On the 5th day of the fever Addy got her 2 mo. shots. Lets just say there was alot of crying going on in our house. I am SO glad it's over and everyone is feeling better! Eddie and I have been working night and day to launch Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University at our church.

Eddie has also decided to move from his current office with 3 other Farmers Insurance Agents and venture out on his own! With office rental prices so low now we couldn't pass up on the good deals he was seeing, plus he is going to be working WAY closer to home, YEAH!!!!

The girls

How time flys with two little ones. I feel like I just had Addy yesterday and it has been well over two months now. She will be 11 weeks on Thursday! She holds up her head really well and is extremely alert and attentive for a 2 month old. I swear I am not one of those moms that thinks their kid is extremely advanced....she just really does do those things. Tummy time on the other had is her least favorite part of life. All the books say to put them on their tummy supervised for like 10 minutes a day. Addy hates it. Literally she screams.....so that activity has not become part of our daily schedule. I hope I am not hindering her in any way by not doing it. My ry bear is growing up on me. She is putting together short sentences and learning to sing (which is very very cute to watch). Our lives feel so full and happy.

Lindsey's Wedding

We had such a good time at Lindsey and Joey's wedding. It was beautiful and totally fun. We took the opportunity to take some cute family pictures....it's rare that we are all dressed up.

Way too long

My sweet Ry bear

AKA Ry Ry as she likes to call herself

Addy Grace Medeiros

Riley and Addy

Riley and Addy

So I have been completely neglecting my family blog page. With everything going on from the baby to Riley's birthday parties (yes there were multiple ones....the Medeiros Family party and her party at home with all of her friends and family here) I feel so stretched that it is hard to commit to a time to work on our blog page. I have recently mastered grocery shopping with two children, something I had been fearing since I had Addy. And the weird thing is, I think Ry can tell when I am stressed or apprehensive because she totally behaves and is my perfect angel. She is actually adjusting better than I thought. We, like all other family's with 2 year olds are suffering from the terrible two's, but besides the occasional hitting or "no" I swear she is wonderful. She loves her baby sister and trys to be my big helper all day long. And I totally love it! I will attach a few pics of my beautiful girls for everyone :)

Easter- PArt Three

Here are some cute pics from coloring easter eggs.....

Easter- Part Two

Our next part to our Easter Celebration was the Egg hunt at the church on Saturday. It was pure madness as hundreds of 2 and 3 year olds all ran into the same room to scoop up as many eggs as they could. I don't think Riley really got the idea until it was too late. She wanted to find an egg, open it, and eat the candy, then go on to the next egg. Needless to say she didn't get too many eggs.