Rylee's 2nd Birthday

It has taken me FOREVER to get going on the blog again - We seem to have too much going on lately with the new house and baby on the way! I am going to be playing catch-up for awhile so bear with me! My next few posts might be pretty oudated!!! This post was Rylee's 2nd birthday, which was almost 2 months ago, but too much fun and too important to skip! (Warning - This post is LONG!!! I was going to break it up, but then I would be even farther behind)

We had a full weekend of celebrating for Rylee's birthday. I like to make a REALLY big deal over the kids' birthdays, which sometimes drives Darren nuts, but I think they only get 1 special day a year (or in this case 4 days...) so everything should be about them! I like to always do a fun family activity for their birthdays, and since Rylee's fell on a Sunday this year, we went for our activity on Friday (March 27). We went to see Monsters Vs Aliens at the theater. We rarely take our kids to the theater, so they think going is a pretty special treat, and it was fun to do something together. Logan LOVED the movie and laughed most of the way through. Darren and I thought it was cute, too. Rylee did pretty good, but I think she was much more interested in the popcorn, which was also a pretty special treat! My biggest struggle with Rylee was keeping her in her seat - She thought sitting on the NASTY movie theater floor sounded much more fun, and couldn't stop eating all the popcorn down there, even though we had plenty! Here are the kids and D outside the theater after the movie.
I also think the kids should get to choose their own special dinner and since we weren't going to be able to do it Saturday or Sunday, we did it Friday night. My kids favorite is always Spaghetti, so that is easy to do! The birthday girl LOVES her Spaghetti!She gets pretty messy...Logan was happy about having Spaghetti, too - It is his favorite as well!
Gotta LOVE that face! Rylee never uses utensils, because they seem to slow her down and she shoves the noodles in SO fast - they end up everywhere!!!Yummm...She loves to slurp those noodles!

Saturday, we had the family over for Rylee's BIG party! She was REALLY excited about it! I think she was most excited for her "Abby Cake!" Whenever we talked about her birthday, that is what she always said first - "I have an Abby cake!" For those of you who don't know, Abby is Abby Cadabby, who is a fairy on Sesame Street. I have the hardest time deciding on the kids' parties each year, and I first thought of Fancy Nancy, since Rylee loves those books, but I decided that would be more fun when she is a little older. I thought of a Princess party, but decided that might be more fun when she can be more into it, too. Then I thought Elmo would be fun, but Rylee was more interested in Abby! She picked out the cake pan herself at Michael's and talked about it every day since.

Rylee woke up early Saturday morning and LOVED watching me make her cake and was so excited to see it finished! She was also really excited for presents!!! What kid isn't?Here is the finished Abby Cake! I found an Abby cake pan, so it wasn't too hard to make, but it did take me ALL morning and there were some tears a couple times from frustration - I tend to be a BIT of a perfectionist! I could not get the colors to mix the way I wanted them to, but I was pretty happy with how it turned out! The birthday girl having some cereal - She is a bit of a mess as always in the morning, but still cute, even with milk dripping from her face!Here is Rylee at party time! She was so happy to see everyone and loved playing with her cousins. She was so excited, she even fell down several times and scraped up her little knees! Then she had to show everyone her "ouwies" when they came for the party. (Karmann - notice she is wearing the cute dress you got her FINALLY! I was so excited that she was finally big enough to wear it) Cute birthday girl! I love my Ry!!!Mommy and Daddy with the birthday girl!Rylee eating her lunch with some of her cousins. We were REALLY happy the weather was nice, so we could let the kids eat and play outside since we have so much family for our tiny little townhome. And I did do Rylee's hair before the party, but she played so much it doesn't look like it here...Ry was pretty excited to open presents and ripped into them like a pro. She didn't even need help, although she had plenty of it! This is the cute quilt Grandma Webber made for her - It looks so cute on her new big girl bed!Rylee modeling some clothes from Great-Grandma. She is all girl because she gets excited about clothes! Rylee was REALLY excited about her new baby doll from the McCann cousins. She didn't even want to finish opening her presents - She just wanted her doll out of the box!She got pretty excited about this little Princess wallet and make-up set from her Boman Uncles. They didn't know that the lip gloss was REAL and it made quite the mess one day when Rylee decided to put it all over herself!Rylee taking care of her new baby - she is the BEST little mommy! Besides the gifts in the pictures above she got some new Tinkerbell dishes for her kitchen and some other kitchen accessories, lots of new clothes, a cute little Potatohead set, a WordWorld Pig, and some really cute shoes that she loved!
Rylee and her cousin Katey opening a present.
We got a big cake, too since we had so much family to feed! Ready for cake and ice cream!The finished product!Rylee really liked having everyone sing to her! She still goes around singing "Happy Birthday" to herself or one of us all the time and loves to make "cakes" in her kitchen. Blowing out the candles...Cute brother and sister! I love these kiddies!!! I think this the only picture I have of them together that day since they were so busy playing with their cousins!Classic cake eating picture - Rylee loves to say cheese!What a sweet messy face!My pooped party girl after the party! She had SO much fun and was so tired afterwards and crashed on the couch for awhile. Darren went to pick up the cake before the party and came home with these beautiful flowers for Rylee for her birthday. Isn't he the sweetest daddy? Rylee LOVED it!Sunday was Rylee's actual birthday. We woke up to a HUGE snowstorm!!! It was a blizzard! We had a baby blessing to go to in Salt Lake, so we had to rush a little in the morning, but first Darren made Rylee a special pancake and strawberry breakfast.Rylee LOVES pancakes!!! After breakfast, we had Rylee open her presents from us. As I already mentioned, I get pretty carried away with birthdays, so I probably did way too much but it is so hard to stop! The little chair she is in was part of her birthday, and she LOVES it! She is always wanting to sit in little benches or chairs, and now she has her very own. I love how she likes to "relax" in it!Rylee was really good at opening presents "all by herself" - She has to do everything by herself lately!Logan couldn't let her do it by herself too long - This is the present he got her - a Barbie! He was So excited to go to the store and pick it out and give it to her! He is such a cute brother!Rylee loves her new FIRST Barbie! What a sweet hug! I love that they love each other so much!Lots of new clothes! Rylee pulled them out one after the other and stopped for an occasional "Ohhhh.....Cute"!Rylee loves her new "Princess dress" and all her new accessories! Rylee opening her BIG present - a new bike! She loves to be outside and is always stealing the neighbors bike, so now she has her own. Too bad it was snowing on her birthday so she didn't get to try it out for a few days.Rylee and her new Hokey Pokey Elmo!Rylee dancing along with her Elmo. When it started shaking in the box, she said, "He's freaking out!!!" with the most expressive, funny face and moving her hands so funny! We couldn't stop laughing!!!Rylee and all her fun loot! Besides the bike and Elmo and barbie, she got a few new books, an Oliver and Co DVD, a Tadoodles art set, a Little People SUV, her little chair, lots of clothes and her Princess dress, which was also her Easter dress. After Rylee finished opening her presents, we rushed to get ready and head to Salt Lake. It was a scary drive with all the snow, but we made it in time for Baby Sophey's blessing! Rylee LOVES her little cousin and wants to hold her all the time! Someone put her down in the bouncer at one point, and someone else came over to pick her up and Rylee immediately went and told them, "No! Baby Sophey is sleeping!" She is quite the little mother. I'm sure she will be a great help with the new baby...maybe too good!Here is Rylee giving the pretend Baby Sophey a bottle, which is really a little Mylicon bottle. She loves taking care of babies and now all of her baby dolls are named Sophey.
Rylee in her pretty Princess dress with lots of snow! She loved showing off her dress all day! After the blessing, we headed back home and stopped at my sister's house for my brother-in-law, Jay's, birthday cake. Right after I took these, Rylee ran right into the corner of my sister's table and got a pretty big black eye! She is so rough and tumble and is always ending up with scrapes and bruises!

On Tuesday, we had Rylee's little Abby Cadabby party with her friends. It was so cute! It was actually supposed to be Thursday, but Logan was still getting over a cough, so I moved it to Tuesday. Logan's cough ended up being no big deal, but it was a good thing we moved it because Thursday was the day we ended up putting in an offer on the house and it was SO crazy! Since Rylee is only 2 and most of the party guests were about the same age, I didn't plan much or have any party games and I only had a few little girls over.
The table all set and ready for the Abby party to start!

The party getting underway! We started out by coloring pictures of Abby and her Sesame Street friends! The blowers were a big hit, too! Poor Logan was the ONLY boy but he didn't seem to mind too much. No wonder he really wanted a brother!Rylee concentrating on her coloring. Making silly faces! Rylee LOVES to pull this face.

After coloring, we had a little storytime and read one of Rylee's favorite stories - Alice the Fairy - It is a REALLY cute book! I didn't have an Abby book, so I decided a Fairy book would do. Then we opened presents - Rylee always loves that!

Ry and her good buddy Olivia - These two get along so cute! Livi gave her this cute little Barbie type doll that has snap on clothes. It is adorable and Rylee loves dressing her up!

Olivia, Rylee and Kate looking at her new Angelina Ballerina book from Kate

Rylee looks pretty excited about her puzzle from Sky!

After presents, we sang and had cake and ice cream. Here is Rylee ready to blow out her candles!

The birthday girl enjoying her cake and ice cream! Mmmm,..Yummy!

After the treats, I turned on a Abby Cadabby movie for the kids, but it didn't last very long before they were upstairs playing with the toys and having fun. When everyone went home, we had a little goody bag for them, with a cute headband and a fairy wand. It was a REALLY low-key party but lots of fun!

Sky with her fairy wand - I think she likes it!

It was a fun weekend full of celebrating! I love birthdays and especially for the kids. I still have a hard time believing that my BABY girl is 2 years old! She is talking so much and acting so big now! They grow up way too fast!

Just for Fun!

My sister is visiting and made this funny video of Logan and Rylee and I had to post it because it makes me laugh every time I watch it! I should be posting the other MILLION things that I have to post, but I am so far behind, I don't know where to start. Logan thinks this video is the funniest thing in the world and laughs so hard and wants to watch it OVER and OVER!!! I thought everyone else might get a laugh from it, too! Watch out Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens - ENJOY!

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Our Ultrasound

We had the ultrasound for Baby #3 on Wednesday, May 13th. The kids were pretty excited to go back to the Dr office to see the "baby in mommy's tummy". They thought the ultrasound was really neat and especially liked hearing and seeing the baby's heartbeat and liked the body parts that they could identify - like the feet and hands and head. Logan paid a lot more attention than I thought he would and was pretty into everything. Rylee watched for a little bit and then was more interested in flipping power switches and other things.
Our little one was pretty active and was moving constantly so it was hard for the tech to get great shots. It was the best ultrasound I have had in terms of being able to see everything. We even saw the baby's little mouth open and close, which the tech said is pretty rare to see. Here are some pics of our new little baby:ProfileAnother profile shotA cute shot of the baby's legs and feet - I love how they are crossed

I think this is the baby's head and face. I am not too good at telling what some of these pictures are! This one is my favorite - You can actually see so much of the baby!

Darren and I both kind of had the feeling that the baby was a girl, but Logan was convinced otherwise. When the Ultrasound tech told us that the baby was a GIRL, poor little Logan was not too happy with the news that the baby was a girl! On the way to the ultrasound, he was talking all about seeing his new baby brother. I told him that it might be a sister, and he said that it was a brother. We asked him how he knew that, and he said "I just know already. I'm smart." Even after the ultrasound tech announced that it was a girl, Logan kept saying "Oh, look at that cute baby boy!" and "There is my baby brother!" It took some convincing to tell him that it was not a boy and then he was pretty upset. He kept saying "I don't want a girl baby" and "I already have a sister, Mom!" On the drive home, he had a bit of a meltdown and yelled "I don't want a girl baby!" I told him that Aunt Heather was having a boy baby, so he could still have a boy cousin, but that wasn't enough for him. He said "I want OUR baby to be a boy baby!" When we got home, he refused to come into the house and when I asked him why, he said "I'm not coming in because our baby is a girl!" Poor kid! We finally got him to come in the house and Darren convinced him that it was going to be cool to be the only boy and be Daddy's special buddy and that they can do lots of cool things - just the two of them! They talked about football games and campouts and other things that would be just for boys and Logan decided that sounded pretty good. At nap time, he said to me "Mom, I'm getting excited for my baby sister now!" It was very sweet! He still occasionally mentions that he wishes the baby was a boy, but I think he is doing much better now! Rylee is just happy to talk about a baby - She could care less whether it was a girl or boy baby. She might care in a few years when her sister wants to borrow her clothes or use the phone, but for now, she is OK with it. These are the pics that prove our baby is a girl. Apparently, it is a pretty clear shot. Our tech told us "I'm trying to make it a boy, but this one is definitely a girl!" I guess we can start picking out PINK!

Now for the hard part....the name! Darren doesn't like to talk about names before we know the sex because he says that we don't need to fight over 2 names when we could just fight over 1! I have a list of about 8 or so girl names that I like, but none are sticking out too much yet. With Logan and Rylee, we knew the names we wanted right away, but this one has been different. Darren wants to wait until she is born, so I guess we will narrow down our list and see what she looks like and then decide.

I am SO far behind on our blog postings (besides this one, which is current!) I have lots of things that we have been doing lately - Rylee's birthday, Easter, baby animal days, the move.... So hopefully, I will do some catch up soon!

IT'S A....

GIRL!!!!

That is all I have time for right now, but more news about the ultrasound (and Logan's reaction!) to come soon!

We're In....

We are finally moved....sort of! We are still living out of boxes, and probably will be for quite awhile but it does feel great to be done moving and in our OWN place! The kids are loving having a little more space, and I am loving that they have a play room to hang out in and reduce messes downstairs and in their rooms! The only bummer is that there is no place for them to really play outside, since we only have weeds and it has been raining so much that our yard is MUD! They do love to go find bugs and stuff and we are HOPING to get our yard in this summer, but it will be a huge project! We also LOVE our beautiful view of the valley - It is so pretty and green right now - I will have to post a picture soon. The best part is our great view of the Logan temple! We love being able to see it so well!
With all this house hunting and moving, we have apparently been talking a little too much about houses and their features. Logan has started saying "that is a nice house" or "wow! That house is beautiful" or "That looks like a great house" when we are out driving around. The other day, he was in his car seat and all of a sudden piped up with "To have 850 square feet, you have to have a lot of attitude!" WHAT? I have no idea where that came from, but it was pretty funny! I guess we must discuss square feet a lot! He also started talking about "caulking" things the other day - I think that came from our inspection and walk through. He has had a lot of fun helping Darren put in the mailbox and a few other fun "handy" things that he has done around the house.
We are trying to get settled and finally now have TV and internet and all our appliances in and working after a dishwasher leak and a few other small hangups. Logan also loved having all the repair guys here and liked to talk to them about what they were working on and other random things, like his NINJA SKILLS!
Rylee is also now sleeping in her BIG GIRL BED and doing great! We put the crib into the baby's room and just put a new bed into Rylee's when we moved. I worried it might be a little TOO much adjusting all at once, but she has done great! I think it helped that the first couple of nights she went to bed SO late and was so tired! There was one night when she came out of her room two or three times, but other than that, she has done great! I will have to add a picture of her soon, when I find my camera cable! Naptime is another story..... Now we just need blinds so our kids stop waking up at 6:30 every morning with the sun!!!
In other news, we have the ultrasound for baby #3 next week, so we will be finding out soon what this little baby is! The baby has started to move a little more and the last couple of days I have felt it several times! I love this part of pregnancy - Not too sick and not TOO fat...yet! I don't know what poor Logan will do if it is a girl - He is SO set on a boy and won't hear talk of anything else! I guess we will see!!!

Moving!!!

After a REALLY long and dramatic week, we are F I N A L L Y moving into our new house and are so happy about it!
On Monday, (2 days before closing) we got a phone call from the bank saying that our loan couldn't go through!!! This was less than 48 hours before we were supposed to close and the idiot had NO idea that we were closing in 2 days, and that hadn't even looked at our file until then! I ended up bawling and asked the guy what we were supposed to do, and his response was that he wouldn't charge us for our appraisal and hopefully our realtor would be a nice guy and refund our earnest money. HELLO!!! We were going to be out a lot more than that! We already had appliances being delivered and had no place to live in a few days! After a few phone calls, I called him back to suggest a solution and he said the loan was back on and we could close on Wednesday as planned. I was so bugged that he had not suggested a solution, but I had to figure something out on my own. Doesn't he want us to use them for a loan???
Tuesday morning, I called to check on things and he tells me that he is meeting with the underwriters to see if this is going to work. That is after he told me that everything was good to go! I was SO frustrated at this point, but there had been 6 other offers on the house since ours was accepted, so it was really too late to try and change lenders or anything. He called a little later to say he had 2 of 3 signatures and was just waiting on the last one and everything looked great. Then a few hours later he called to tell me that they had entered some information wrong and now things weren't going to work again! At least this time, he offered another solution and we were able to work around it, but we were going to be pushed back on our close. The kicker to me was a phone call from the bank on Thursday saying that we weren't going to get the state grant we had applied for because now we made TOO much money! It didn't make any sense! It almost became funny to me!
After a few more hangups, the bank finally pushed our application through and thanks to a great title company, we were able to close, fund and record on Friday, which isn't very common, and get keys and start moving in! My mom took the kids for the night on Friday so we were able to get a lot done this weekend. We took the kids over to the house today and they are really excited about the house! They love having space to play and think the new house is so great! They were a little confused when they came home from Grandma's and some of their stuff was missing....especially Rylee's kitchen. She was pretty stressed over it! We are really excited to be settled and even MORE excited to be done with all the loan stuff and will be even MORE excited when we are through with moving!!!
In other news, I have started feeling the little baby in my tummy move this week. (The first time was Thursday, April 24th). I guess all this stress and craziness has the little one going crazy, too!!! Our ultrasound is scheduled for May 13th and we are very excited to find out if it is a little girl or little boy!

Announcing Some Expansions....

I haven't been too great at keeping up on my blog lately (or much of anything else in my life either!!!) I have been meaning to get this post done for a couple of weeks, but things have been crazy and I have a few good excuses for not getting to it. By now, most of you have already heard our news, but in case you haven't, we have some exciting news!!! (It would have been MORE exciting if it was posted awhile ago, but what can you do???) Anyway....

We are E X P A N D I N G our home in a few ways....

First of all, we are expanding our home by 2 FEET (baby feet that is....) and growing from 4 Webbers to 5! We are adding Baby #3 and are really excited for our latest addition! I am now 16 weeks along, and finally starting to feel back to normal...besides my ever growing tummy! I think I'm going to be HUGE this time! This has been my hardest pregnancy so far, maybe because I am taking care of 2 little ones, but I can't complain too much. I don't super sick - I don't throw up a lot (just when I brush my teeth!!!) I am mostly just really nauseous and SO tired! I fall asleep on the couch at like 9 every night!!!
We found out in late January that we were expecting and decided that we should keep it a secret for awhile. I took the pregnancy test and it IMMEDIATELY showed a positive, so there were no doubts or retests this time! Somehow, we managed to keep our secret until mid-March before we really told anyone, which is a major accomplishment for me to keep my mouth shut!

Baby Webber #3 is due

October 2, 2009,

but will probably make an earlier appearance. I have scheduled C-Sections due to complications in previous pregnancies, so they have already moved me up a week, and it is very likely that I will be moved up another week or 2 before all is said and done. So, we are expecting this baby to join our family in mid-late September and we are SO excited!!! My sister is due September 14 with her first, so it should make things really interesting in our family! It will be so great for my kids to have a Boman cousin and for this baby to have a cousin SO close!

We announced our great news to our families in Mid-March by wearing these fun shirts to a couple family functions. If you can't tell, Logan's shirt says "Thing 1", Rylee's says "Thing 2" and mine says "Thing 3". I have always done something fun to announce my pregnancy and felt like we had to continue the trend for this new baby, so they could feel special, too. Darren actually came up with the shirt idea and made them on the computer. I thought they turned out really cute and I think we will make a new Thing 3 shirt for the baby when they are born! I think our family's were a little surprised, but not too much. I think they have been expecting an announcement from us soon anyway. Here is the 1st ultrasound at about 12 weeks. Isn't our little peanut cute? I thought I wanted this baby to be a surprise since we already have one of each, but I can't take it! I have to know the sex of the baby!!! We can find out in a few weeks and I am really anxious! Poor Logan wants a BOY so bad! He is so funny - If we say, "What if its a girl?" he responds with "What if its a boy!" and if we talk about names, he only wants to talk about boy names! (So far, his best suggestion has been Phineas or Ferb....hmmm...not sure those are going to work!) If we say it might be a sister, he tells us that he already has one! I think Rylee is enough to try his patience at times and he isn't too excited about the idea of another girl in the family. I hope he isn't too heartbroken if the news is different.... Logan and Rylee are both pretty excited about the baby! Besides wanting a boy, Logan is also very interested in the size of the baby and wants to know how big the baby is all the time. I have a little book that compares the baby to fruit, so we have gone from "the baby is the size of a lime" to a lemon and now an apple and I think it will be something different today. He is really funny about being careful around my belly and likes to talk to the baby in this soft, sweet voice and pat my tummy - it is very cute! Rylee LOVES babies and I am a little worried for this baby's safety with her around - I think she will try to carry it, feed it, burp it and change its diaper all by herself, which would be great if she was a little bigger, but at her size, it might be a little dangerous! Both kids went to my first ultrasound and loved seeing the baby on the screen and Rylee talks about it all the time. She tells everyone that "Mommy go to doctor and he check her baby in her belly." She is also convinced that SHE has a baby in her tummy, too, so that could get interesting when it is time for delivery! The Dr was very cute with the kids at my appointment and even gave them each their own ultrasound picture, which they loved and thought was so special.

We feel so blessed to have another little one, and a little overwhelmed! #3 means being outnumbered and buying a new vehicle and needing some more space, but I am sure that everything will work out great and I know that these little ones are so worth all the worry and effort and money that it takes to get them here!!!

This brings us to e x p a n s i o n announcement #2.... We are expanding by square feet as well as baby feet! We have purchased a new home and should be moving in a week or two! We are VERY excited to have our first real home with no shared walls or ceilings and a yard and some more space for our family! We had driven by this home a few times and were kind of interested, and then the price dropped, so we decided to check it out. We LOVED it, but with Darren being self-employed, we were having a hard time getting someone to finance us. We got a phone call one day saying there was an offer on the house, so we needed to act quick, so I spent the day on the phone and found someone to finance us and a realtor and we made an offer that afternoon and by 5:00 that night, we were home owners!!! CRAZY how quickly things can happen! We are so excited and love our new house. It is a 2 story with no basement. I love that all the bedrooms are on the same level upstairs. Here are a few pictures of the inside. (I have heard its not a good idea to post outside pictures) It is pretty empty, but it looks much better without our poor dental student furniture anyway and I think it will take us awhile to get it all replaced!This is the view from the upstairs going down - We love this part of the house!Here is the entryFront roomThe kitchen - I am really excited about some more cupboard space and prep space. Maybe I will decide I like to cook.... We are having these appliances taken out and getting stainless steel ones.
The family room
The mud/laundry room - I love these little hooks and shelves for jackets, backpacks and shoes and stuff!Master Bedroom
Master Bathroom
Another bedroom - There are 5 in the house so I even get a scrapbook room! Wahoo!!!The bonus room - I am REALLY excited for this room to have as a play room for the kids! Lots of space for them to run and play!

Now that we have a house, my wish list for things keep growing and growing.... I want lots of new furniture and a million other things! I'm sure it will take a LONG time to get things the way we want, but we are excited to get started! It has been a long road for us to have a home! First on the list for us will be putting in a yard, since it is a new home! Yikes!!! That scares me a little but Darren likes working in the yard, so I think he is pretty excited! Our first project will be sprinklers......I'm sure there will be plenty of posts about this stuff to come! Now for the hard part....MOVING! If I don't post again for awhile, you will know why!