Sad Day

Well, it's a sad day for Colts fans. And we are mourning here in Colorado as well. They played a good game, not a great game, and the odds were against them (as well as a certain ref making a call regarding a certain onside kick), but they were still in good spirits at the end and congratulated the Saints on a great game! We had a great time watching the game. Some on the guys I work with and a friend from school came over to watch the game with us. It made it that much better!! I made my Superbowl Cake as per tradition from 2007, and we still celebrated the Colts playing in the Superbowl! Here are a few pictures: My boss Steve brought Raven, his black lab to play with Piper and Mowgli. She is like 1/3 of the size of Mowgli, and so it's rather interesting to watch them play!!

I want to wish my Mom Happy Birthday tomorrow, and everyone a Happy Valentine's Day this weekend!

BIG BOY!!!

I am a SUPER BIG BOY this week!! You are not going to believe all the big boy stuff going on right now! On Monday Mommy let me wear big boy undies!!! They had Cars on them, like Race Car (aka Lightning McQueen) and Mater!!! But That didn't last very long - only 2 days - cuz Mommy kept telling me not to get Race Car and Mater wet, but I didn't know how to do that!! They didn't work like diapers, so I got them wet a lot, and the floor too. I did get a few stickers on the potty chart, but not when I got Mater and Race Car wet. I don't know why though - I went potty!! Mommy says we need to take a break from undies (I think cuz she doesn't like cleaning up the floors), so we're back to daipies!! Here's some pictures of my big boy undies:

Mommy said "Let me see Mater!" So I did:

Other Big Boy News: After I went back to daipies, Mommy Changed my bed into a BIG BOY BED!!! No More Crib!! I can get in and out all by myself!!! I love it!! And Mommy's proud of me too, cuz I have been good about not running amuck during naptime and bedtimes. Here's me in my new big boy bed:

Mommy and Daddy were going to get me a bunk bed (and use only the top right now), but they said I'll have to wait a little longer. Maybe for my birthday! That would be really cool!

Here's another picture of me yesterday. Mommy thinks this a funny picture (cuz I have my hands on my hips and a pink daipy on), but this is actually a very serious picture!! It's hard to tell, but Raider is in the laundry basket. He was a bad Kitty (although I don't remember why) and so he was in Time-Out. I kept telling Mommy "Cat in Trouble, Time-out!" But she wouldn't listen!! She just kept on laughing! Oh well.

Guess What!! I got new Colts Shirts from Grandma & Grandpa Louie!! They were so nice to go and find some for me (since they don't have too many Colts ones in Colorado!) They are kinda big, size Small in boys, which Mommy says is a 4-6, but that's ok - cuz that means I can wear them til I am 6 years old (well, maybe!) One is a Peyton Manning shirt (that's my favorite), and the other is a AFC Champs shirt. I can't decide which one I want to wear for the Super Bowl Party this weekend . . . GO COLTS!!!

SO what else is going on . . . Mommy's going on a Girls Night Out tonight. So I get to go to her Friend Heidi's house and play with Olivia, Gracie, and Aubrey until Daddy picks me up. It will be so much fun!! Then the Super Bowl Party is Sunday, I hope lots of people come! And then Next week is Grandma Wilson's Birthday!! Happy Birthday Gran!! Mommy, we better put her present in the mail soon!!! Then after that is Valentine's Day!! We aren't doing anything special this year, cuz Mommy has to work. But that's ok, cuz I know that Mommy and Daddy Love me, and that they love each other, and that I love them!! And Grandma & Grandpa, and Gran Wilson, and Aunt Anna, and Aunt Janice & Uncle Stan, and Caleb, Maddie, and Vanessa, and Uncle Dale, Caitlyn and Aaron, and Aunt Tina & Uncle Dann, and Unkie Rodgie & Auntie Kathie . . . and . . .

GO COLTS!!!

Colts vs. Saints in Super Bowl 44!!!! Here in Colorado we are SUPER excited!!! However, we do need to get Riley a new Colts T-shirt before the big game! We are thinking a 4T size because his previous one is 2T and he screamed bloody murder when we put it on him for the Colts/Broncos game last month. (That kid and his big head!!!) But maybe we can get away with that one for one more game, and then we can buy him a Super Bowl Champs T-shirt!!! Go Colts!!!

Last week was a much more fun week for everyone - no one was sick!! Friday we went over to Lacey and Greg's house to play and have lunch. It was a great time, Mommies got to catch up, and kiddo's played til they were pooped! Here's a great picture of Riley and Greg:

Right after lunch they sat down to watch TV and Greg put his arm around Riley - so adorable! I forget how good of friends they are until we find the time for them to hang out! Greg is getting a new brother in April, and so hopefully we can all hang out more since Lacey will be staying home with the new baby! Yay for good friends!

Saturday night we had a camp out in the living room, like we promised Riley. Naturally, he thought it was the greatest thing in the world!!! We set up the tent and sleeping bags, and then made brownies and watched Cars.

He was a little nervous at bedtime about not sleeping in his crib up in his bedroom, but once I laid down next to him he curled right up. He didn't actually sleep IN the sleeping bag, but then again he refuses to sleep under the covers in his bed usually too! He did very good at staying in the tent and not roaming around. But at around 6 am he had to move in with me in my sleeping bag. It seems that he had a little too much juice before bedtime, ok, a lot too much, and woke up completely soaked from armpits to knees!!! So we changed him, changed pj's and he slept the rest of the morning with Mommy because his sleeping bag needed a good washing too!

Not that Mommy got much sleep after that. It's hard enough to share a queen sized bed with Riley, much less a mummy bag on the living room floor!! We also learned that Mommy and Daddy aren't really cut out for this anymore!! Daddy moved to the couch early in the morning, and I probably would have too, if Riley wasn't so whiny in the morning (from being wet we later learned!) But we still had fun! And hopefully we can do more of it this summer (outside, where the ground is a little softer - yes I said SOFTER! - or at least on a little of a slant!)

Not much coming up for us, except a party of Feb 7th to root on the Colts!!! I have a Girls Night Out on the 4th to see a play in Denver - it should be a lot of fun! And I have decided to join the steering committee for my MOPS group. I will be planning the craft at each meeting for the next two years, starting this fall. It will be a challenge to come up with that many cheap, Mom-type crafts, but I'm really looking forward to the closeknit group of Moms that the steering committee will provide. MOPS has been such a blast for me, and I love it, so this is just the next logical step for me. Have a great week everyone, and GO COLTS!!!

Sickies

Hi there everybody! Sorry I haven't updated in a while, but everyone here has been kinda sick. Daddy got a little bit of a cough and runny nose, he had it pretty easy - and missed 0 days of work. Mommy got it much worse though. She is still trying to get rid of her cough, and it's been over 2 weeks!! The first week she was sick too, and so we didn't do much. But she's better now, except for in the mornings - she sounds terrible!! Then there's me! I got sick last Thursday, not what Mommy and Daddy had, I just had a fever. But Boy was it a doosey!! When Mommy first took my temperature after lunch it was 102.4. So she gave me some Tylenol and put me down for a nap. I slept for 4 1/2 hours!!! And I probably would have slept more, but Mommy woke me up to take my temp again and give me more medicine. That was the battle for the next three days. My temperature stayed around 103 through Saturday, only coming down with the latest dose of Tylenol. It went down to around 101 each time I got medicine, so Mommy and Daddy didn't take me to the doctor. And I'm all better now!! Here's a picture of me curled up with Mommy. I don't really look sick in this picture because everytime I got Tylenol it brought my fever down enough that I could play and have fun again! (Mommy and Daddy didn't like that too much!)

And here's another picture of me (even though you can't see me!!) hehehe!!

Gran Wilson got me this blanket for Christmas - It's a Moose!! I have so much fun wearing it! Mommy has a blanket that zips up around her and she wears it around the house a lot (like in the first picture), so I like to wear mine too, and be like her!

Well, let's see . . . We haven't been doing much else. Mommy started back to work. Only on weekends though, so I get to spend all day Saturday and Sunday with Daddy. This Friday we are going to Greg's house to play! I'm so excited!! And I think I heard Mommy say that we can have a campout in the living room this weekend (since everyones all better now!!) YAY I'm excited for that!! I get to sleep in my new sleeping bag, in my new tent!!! So look for pictures to come! Talk to ya all later!

Happy New Year!!!

Well, another year has come and gone! I hope everyone had a happy and safe time celebrating the new year! We did! It was our first full day in Indy. We had a good visit, it was just so short!! Mommy and Daddy and I are exhausted from all the running around to see everyone in three days!
We spent most of the day Thursday with Gran Wilson, Aunt Anna, Unkie Rodgie and Auntie Kathie. We had Christmas again at their house! I go lots more cool toys, like a fire truck that makes LOTS of noise, and a Cars race track!! I also got a play tent and tunnel, and Mommy says that with that and my new sleeping bag we should have a camp out in the living room!!! That would be so much fun!! Mommy and Daddy got lots of stuff too, but nothing fun like I got - just some silly gift cards - I don't know why they are so excited about them! Then after that we went to play with my friend Elliot. New Years Day is Elliot's Birthday, he was turning 1, so we went to ring in the new year with him. Daddy and Elliot's Daddy, Tim, played the Wii most of the night, and even let me play a little - even though I didn't really understand. I just wanted to play with the steering wheel. Mommy and Elliot's Mommy Suzanne spent most of the night talking. BORING!! Then Mommy and Daddy both gave me a kiss at the new year at the same time - Yuck!! They said the only reason that I got to stay up for the new year was because we were in a different time zone and so it was really only 10:00 our time, which is only an hour after my real bedtime anyways. And I stayed up later than that the night before on the airplane.
Then on Friday we stayed at Grandma & Grandpa Louie's house all day and had lots of people come over! I got to play with my cousins a lot, and get MORE Presents!! But I didn't get a nap that day so after Mommy took Gran Wilson home I got really sleepy and Cranky.
Saturday was just as much fun! We went to Uncle Stan & Aunt Janice's house. Mommy did scrapbooking stuff, Daddy went shooting with Uncle Stan and I got to play with Maddie, Vanessa and Caleb some more. Well, Maddie and Vanessa wanted to help Mommy and Aunt Janice do Girl stuff, so mostly I just watched Cars and Alvin and the Chipmunks but that was just as much fun! Mommy got to play with Aunt Janice's Cricut, and now she wants one!! Daddy said "Maybe!" Then Saturday night Mommy and Daddy went on a date. They don't get too many of those, so they took advantage of all the free babysitters in Indy. They went to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie, they said it was really good!! They liked it!
And then yesterday we came home. I had to get up at 5:00, that's 3:00 Colorado time!!! Needless to say, I slept some on the plane, and the whole way home from the airport (Mommy too), and then took another nap at my regular nap time!!! Mommy said it was good cuz it helped me get back on Colorado schedule some.
Mommy and Daddy say that our next visit to Indy will be in June, cuz Mommy has her 10 year reunion. I can't wait!! I miss my Grandmas and Grandpa already!!

Merry Christmas!!!

I hope everyone had a Very Merry Christmas!!! I know I did!!! We got quite a bit if snow last week, about a foot here!! It started snowing Tuesday night, and by Wednesday morning we had about 7 inches. Mommy and I went out to shovel the driveway and sidewalks, and then played in the snow with the doggies and kitty!! It was such a pretty snow! It snowed a little bit more after that, but on Christmas Day and that night it was so windy!! It blew the snow all over the place!! Some of our neighbors' fences were hidden by the GIANT drifts of snow that piled up. I guess that's what we get for living on the plains!! At least we got to have a White Christmas!!!

Christmas was great!! On Christmas Eve we braved the freezing temps and wind to go to church. Mommy and Daddy got to sing songs, and light candles, but I played in the nursery - I was the only kid there!!! Partly because of the weather, and partly because we went to the 7 pm service, and most of my friends went to the 5 pm service. But that's ok - I had three grown-ups to play with!!! Then we came home, and Mommy and Daddy made me go right to bed so Santa could come. I left him a big glass of milk and some Christmas Reese Cups, cuz Daddy said Santa would like those better than the cookies Mommy made (and I think it made Mommy mad!!) But Daddy was right!!! Those Reese's were all gone in the morning!!! And he left me a bunch of toys!!! I got lots of cars in my stocking (Doc Hudson, Mater, and Sarge from Cars), and a bunch of books too!! And even some candy - but I can only have 1 piece a day. Then I also got More Books from Mommy, and some big blocks from Daddy. Santa brought me more toys too!!! I got a Veggie Tales movie, more books, and a couple of big cars!!! You'll have to see the videos of these!! Daddy likes them too! They are made out of all recycled materials (including computer pieces) and take no batteries! But they light up, and talk and make car noises if I push them - isn't that cool!! I love pushing them around and making noises (and chasing the doggies!!) They're called Sprig toys. Mommy made breakfast casserole for breakfast - per tradition!! But we did something different for dinner this year. Rather than making a tukey or ham for just us and wasting the leftovers, Mommy and Daddy decided to have a different kind of Christmas dinner. So we had Enchiladas!! It was yummy!! It's a beef recipe, but Mommy made it with ground turkey, and it was so good. Daddy said that it made it a Feliz Navidad Christmas!!
Then on Saturday Mommy and Daddy took me to the Fort Collins Museum and Science Center. Mommy was boring - she just wanted to look at the stuff on the walls and read the captions, but Daddy and I spent the whole time in the Discovery Science Center for the kids. We rolled balls, and played with crash dummies, and made electricity on a bicycle, and played with dinosaurs, and even made wall art with our shadows!! It was a lot of fun! Then Mommy and Daddy took me to Chili's for lunch. Daddy got a HUGE burger - it was almost as big as his head!! I had such a fun week with Mommy and Daddy!! I wish they could stay home with me like that all the time!!
Anyways!! Today Mommy and I are packing! We leave for Indy Wednesday night. We spent all morning doing laundry, and then packing it up! We had to take the big suitcase cuz there's a couple of presents that we didn't ship home and Mommy had to fit them in. I hope they don't get too smooshed!! Mommy says we are spending Thursday with Gran Wilson, Aunt Anna, and Unckie Rodgie, and then Friday with Grammy and Grandpa Louie, Uncle Dale, Uncle Stan and Aunt Janice, and all my cousins!! I'm so excited!! See you all soon!!

Wheelin!

Hey everyone - I hope you are all staying nice and warm!! We are here! In Fact, yesterday was so nice, that we all took a walk around the neighborhood, even the doggies came! But it's suppose to get cold again, and snow this week before Christmas. Are you done with all your Christmas Shopping? We are!! Friday Daddy took all the presents to be sent to Grandma & Grandpa's house to FedEx. I think he was a little late to get them there for Christmas, but they will be there for New Years when we come!!

Then on Saturday we went Snow Bashin'!!! (that's 4-wheelin' in the snow) It was so much fun!! We went on an easy trail, Bunce School Road down by the St. Vrain River (where we went last year). But it was still snowy enough in some places to make it interesting! Here's some pics from the Trip, and you can see them all in the Kodak album.

Me Driving the Jeep (while waiting for Daddy to come back)

Chad finally had to put his chains on!

Daddy Stuck in a drift (the only time he got stuck!!)

Mommy took lots of video on this trip, so you can see those on the Photobucket account (link on the right).

Well, it's almost time for Christmas!!! Mommy and Daddy are excited, but I'm not quite sure what for. We already have the tree and lights up - and so far that's my favorite part! They keep talking about this Santa guy, and Baby Jesus, but I don't see them anywhere, so I don't get what the big deal is! Oh well, I'm still having fun! Trevor, my babysitter's little boy gave me a little stuffed toy for Christmas. It's a Baby Elk!! (but Mommy keeps calling it a Reindeer, and says his name is Rudolph - but I don't know who that is, and he looks like a Baby Elk to me - so that's what I call him!)

In other news - Mommy and Daddy keep making me sit on the potty. I HATE IT!!! I don't understand why they make me sit there, nothing happens when I do, it's so boring! I would rather be up playing and running around. but since they take my diaper off to sit on it, they won't let me run around. Oh well!

Have a Merry Christmas Everyone!!