Monday Funday!

Monday is an awesome day here at the Whipple's! Most people detest Mondays but we LOVE them! Dale has Mondays off so its just a continuation of the weekend.! So yesterday we went over to Mom and Dad Whipple's house to do our laundry (Which isn't so fun) and Dale brought along his soccer ball. He wanted to take advantage of the wonderful space Mom and Dad have out back and kick the ball around with Riley! She loves to be out there running, and kicking the ball with Daddy! There is no other person she loves to play with more! Honestly , I think Dale would say the same thing about her! He loves that she loves to run around with him gettin' dirty and sweaty! They are an awesome pair! I got to sit down and watch it all happen! I enjoyed being able to play around with my camera a bit and capture the fun moments!



Just look at how much fun they have together! All smiles!
















This was me relaxing.












This is Dale enjoying some alone time with his soccer ball while Riley was busy giving Izzy some attention!












And this is Izzy! She doesn't look happy.... (ever) but she was glad to have even a little attention!
She was scared of the soccer ball though! I thought that was funny!






Later that night Dale and I decided that we needed a date night! We hadn't had one with just us for a couple weeks so Mom and Dad Whipple watched Riley while Dale and I enjoyed ourselves walking around the mall and getting some yummy Dairy Queen/Orange Julius! YUM!!!! I love Mondays!

Who guessed GIRL on the poll???

You are soooooo RIGHT! We had our appointment yesterday and we were so excited! We took Riley with us and as the doctor was looking where he needed to look to find out what he needed to find out he didn't turn to me and He didn't turn to Dale... He turned to Riley and said.." You are gonna have a baby SISTER!" It was so cute! I will forever be grateful to my doctor for making Riley a special part of finding out! She got all excited, her eyes got wide and she said "A SISTER??!!" She was all smiles for about 5 minutes! The minute we walked out of the office I asked her if she was excited about a baby sister and she said "NO, NO SISTER!" Every time I said the word sister she would scream "NO!" at me HA HA She has gotten very protective of my belly since then! Lana went to touch my belly and Riley yelled at her "NO, THAT'S MINE!" She now will admit there IS a baby in my belly! I am glad that this appointment is what she needed as conformation that there IS a baby in Mommy's tummy! ha ha

I have to admit, I was completely convinced it was a boy! This pregnancy has been so different that I was sure there was no other option! I was totally surprised when the doctor said GIRL but I knew when I looked at it that there was no other option! There was NOTHING to tell us otherwise! We are so excited to know what SHE is and we cant wait to meet her! We have thought of a couple names since then but nothing is set in stone! We DO have quite a few months to decide! ha ha We would like it though if we could just make these next few months to go by faster! It would be nice! I will keep dreaming!

Here is me yesterday. 18 weeks and counting!!

Being positive!

I tried to post about this yesterday but no matter how good the news nothing I said yesterday came out in a positive way because of all the pregnancy hormones taking over my body! I was grumpy! But Now I can think about this and be happy so here we go!

DALE GOT ACCEPTED TO ASU! YAY!

On to the next step in schooling! Its taken us a while as a family to adjust to school and this is gonna be rough, especially with Baby number 2 on its way but we are willing to sacrifice what we need to so that Dale can get his degree. He excited that he will never have to take another English class again and he probably wont have to take a math class again (as long as he CHOOSES not to!) Its taken 4 years (and its NOT all Dales fault either, I wasn't very supportive at first- oops!) but we are excited to get this new chapter started!

Dale is very talented and very smart and I have no doubt that he will do great! I am very proud of all he is! I am thankful for all the sacrifices he makes for our growing family! Love ya Dale! Thanks for being YOU!

P.S. Isnt he H-O-T?!

What makes me Happy- 2

3 posts in 2 days! WOW! So here is another couple crazy cute things Riley does that I HAVE to document! ha ha It makes me happy when The Bug gets the hiccups (which are just as bad as mine! Poor girl) she will simply say "Hiccups!" She just says that one word after her first hiccup its like she is naming it for everyone to hear! It is just so cute! Maybe you have to hear it to understand how cute it is! Its just funny I will be getting her dressed and she will be talking to Just stop say "Hiccups" and then keep going with her conversation! She even notices when I have them before I even notice it myself. I will be so concerned or into what I am doing with her whether its getting her dressed or playing toys with her. She will just say "hiccups" and I will wait to hear hers and then I notice that she meant that I had them and didn't even catch it! I I LOVE it! She is so perceptive! CUTE LITTLE BUG!

Whenever we go through the drive through window at fast food places she has to have her window rolled down in the car so she can say "Hi" and "Thank you" as they are handing me my food! Today she had a full conversation with the Arbys lady about getting the "bouncies" (curly fries) and the drinks and straws she was handing me. The lady had a lot of fun talking to her! Then as I was pulling away she must have yelled "THANK YOU" a dozen times! She is so polite and so social. Oh Man I love My little BUG!

What Makes Me Happy

I am so happy that I get to have full conversations with Riley about the frog in her pum every time she passes gas. It makes for a VERY interesting and entertaining day! It gives me little times to laugh randomly throughout the day! These are the Joys of motherhood that make it ALL worth it! hahahahaha

Ramblings.....

Not much going on here but its been a while since I posted so I figured I could spare a minute to refresh the page a little! Ha ha Feel free to NOT read this. Its just rambling and ventings and journal writings. I don't expect any of you to actually finish this! lol

Well Dale FINALLY got his "NORMAL" schedule back...as normal as it can be. All normal means is that instead of getting home at 10:30 every night he gets home at 9:30 every night! It doesn't seem all that great but that hour makes such a difference! We are able to put Riley to bed a little earlier and that means Dale and I are able to go to bed a little earlier. If we go to bed earlier I am not so tired the next day. I need all the energy I can get right now! Of course its easier on the Bug so she isn't so cranky the next morning either! Two cranky girls does not equal a happy Dale. Dale also kind of likes a nice clean house and now i have a little energy to help him out a bit. Again that makes for a less cranky Dale! YAY! We are all less cranky!!!!

Riley had her first bout with the flu bug on Tuesday..... It was a first for both of us! I have never had to try to play nurse before. I had no idea what I was doing! Mothers instincts- I have none!!! Everything I thought would help BACKFIRED!! Poor girl was my little flu bug test dummy! Luckily Mom Whipple gave me quite a bit of advice and of course she knew what she was doing. It worked well and Riley was better by the next morning. Poor girl was Miserable i felt so bad for her. Although, I have to admit it was kinda nice........ The Bug is very independent and is not a "Cuddle Bug" by ANY means and all she wanted to do was sit down on the couch and cuddle with her Mommy! I soaked it up knowing that it probably wasn't gonna happen again for a very long time! Or until she gets the flu again (which I DO NOT want to happen ever again) As much as I loved to cuddle with her for once it was not worth it to see her in tears every time she needed to puke! Miserable Bug= Miserable Mommy. I am grateful she was able to kick that flu to the curb as fast as she did! GO IMMUNE SYSTEM!

On baby news... Nothing to exciting to report. We DO find out what kind of plumbing the baby has on the 23rd!!!! YAY! It is just coming too dang slow! We just want to know already! I am starting to pop out pretty well. This experience has been sooooo different for me. I didn't show ANY signs of pregnancy until I was 6months with Riley. Unless of course you count staring into the toilet all day a sign, but luckily no one really had to witness that except for me! I lost so much weight with Riley that I wasn't in pregnancy clothes until about 6 months. I have never hated the words "WOW! You are so tiny" until they were talking about how pregnant I DIDN'T look. Thank you everyone.... but you spend 4 months staring at the inside of a toilet all day long and then I will harp on you for 5 more months telling you how "You CANT be pregnant, there is no way, you don't LOOK pregnant." I might not look it but I FEEL it! Can you tell I have some built up frustration. I would rather be told I look like a whale than that I don't look pregnant! I am already having to adjust my wardrobe and try to make some clothes work in aways they haven't had to work before. I am not excited to have to purchase maternity clothes but the trade off will be nice. Watch me regret all of this when I am so lopsided that I can barely stand up at 9 months! HA HA That's about all that has been going on.. Our lives are EXTREMELY exciting! I know all of you are jealous and you should be!