Trick or Treat . . .

Smell my Feet! Happy Halloween everyone!!! The big day is finally here!! Riley has been so excited for trick or treating and to wear her monkey costume, she has wanted to wear it almost every day for the last week. While David was home recovering last week we went to buy pumpkins, but everyone was too tired for carving so we decided to paint them instead. Riley had a great time picking out her own pumpkin and painting it as well. What kid doesn't love to get all messy :) Last night was our night for trick or treat so Riley got all dressed up and we went out along with her cousins Abbi (American Girl, Kit) and Elli(Cutie Pumpkin), and Aunt Tiff(amazing creator of both costumes, and Riley's banana bag :) ). Her favorite stop was our neighbors house where she got to say hi to Miranda and check out their huge spider web. Riley was way excited to run around with the girls and we worked hard on saying "trick or treat" this past week, which she actually said multiple times while we were out. Unless she was really excited for what candy they had, then she would say "want some candy" instead. But she did tell people "thank you" and then later on started telling people "thanks, have fun!" which she must have heard somewhere along the way. We only went for about a half hour then called it quits, we were holding the big kids up from getting candy faster because Riley had to stop and pick up acorns along the way as well:) She had just as much fun passing out candy at home though, and even more fun telling the lit up jack o lanterns "happy birthday!" because they all had candles inside. So all in all it was a great time, we all stayed up too late, had too much sugar, and some of us are kind of noticably grumpy today because of it . . . not that i'm naming names or anything :) Happy Halloween!

Oh No!! David hit the big 30!!!

This past weekend was full of fun and craziness for us . . . david and i celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary by going out to dinner. Just the two of us, like adults, at a fancy restaurant and everything. Although the conversation still turned to discussing things such as naptime, pottytime, playtime, and such, it was at least mixed in there with adult topics as well. The food was fantastic, so great that i ate way too much because i had to top it off with cinnamon ice cream and chocolate cake with hot fudge inside. mmmmmm . . . it was delicious. david topped of his meal with two cannollis, which compared to mine i told him was like eating two cream filled stale donuts :) more importantly this past weekend we celebrated david's 30th birthday!!! we taught riley how to say "happy birthday daddy!" and we celebrated by inviting over a bunch of people for beer, snacks, and a bonfire in the back yard. lots of friends and family showed up, and lots of little tots for riley to play with as well. all the kids did great playing outside, running around, eating cookies and s'mores, and riley pooped out pretty early so then it was movie time inside. meanwhile the adults got to chat and hang out and eat lots of good snackies provided by my mom and david's mom. all in all we had a great time, it couldn't have gone better, the weather was beautiful, and i got to kick everyone out at 1am. i was exhausted, and i'm pregnant, and i feel no remorse what so ever about playing the bad guy. the only thing i regret is not getting any pictures of the party, but it was all outside and dark so i didn't think any would turn out anyway, but i had to take a cute pic of david and riley opening up his presents the next morning. we were all feeling a bit rough but in good spirits. however the good spirits didn't last too long . . . riley ended up with a fever, achy, grumpiness, etc. sunday night followed by a trip to the emergency room for david who was suffering from an abcess tooth that was causing him severe pain and quite frankly made his face look as if he had botox the night before while i was sleeping. the e.r. doc gave him some good drugs though to help with the pain, followed by a trip to the dentist the next morning for a root canal. so he has had a few days off of work to recooperate, his face is still puffy, but the pain is subsiding. riley's fever is gone, but she is still in that grumpy, achy, i just want mommy to hold me all day stage. hopefully the next few days will be filled with mommy recoop time, so i can gear up for the next weekend at the miller household :) till then . . .

What's New??

So what's new with us? Just the usual work and play and all the things in between. We've been to the zoo a few times of course, gotta love those free days :) Getting ready for halloween and picking out costumes and such. This past weekend kristin and her family were in town and they stopped by for a quick visit. Riley had a hard time sharing some of her favorite stuff, but we are working on it:) It's hard when you are the only kid there all day, and then people you don't get to see very often are over too. Riley got to have lunch with her cousin Duncan, yummy spaghetti!!!! Riley's favorite! We also got to meet the newest addition to the family, kristin and mike's daughter Beatrice. She's a cutie, but Riley wasn't too interested. She pretty much said "cute baby, cute shoes," and went back to playing. Our friend Chad was in town for the weekend as well and made the mistake of making fun of David for doing girly things with Riley, like playing tea party. Well Riley heard the word tea party and went on a mission to get her teaset and (after some prompting from mommy) enlisted Chad to play tea party with her. So of course I had the camera handy for that :) The other two pics are just things I thought were funny, like Riley being goofy before bedtime, pretty much a nighttime ritual, and Enzo cuddling up to the big bear in Riley's room. David's been really busy at work, I have been having a great time with book club, Riley's new favorite thing to sing "twinkle stars" pretty much all day long, and of course Enzo's newest passion is the dog park :) We are all pretty excited for Halloween, Riley chose a monkey costume at the store and Tiff made her a really cute banana bag for trick or treat, I will post some cute pics closer to Halloween. Until then, I hope everyone is well.