Busted!!!

Riley: Mom, can I have some candy?

Wendy: Yes, you may have two sour patch kids and some gum.

R: What about chocolate?

W: No, we are having brownies after dinner tonight.

20 minutes later, I return to the living room. Riley has melted chocolate from ear to ear, literally.

W: Riley, did you eat chocolate after I told you not to?

R: (Oblivious to the ear to ear chocolate face she is sporting) No mom, I did not eat chocolate.

W: Why is the candy bar in the drawer 1. open and 2. have teeth marks all the way down the side?

1 Year Check Up

Lyla Setzer's 1 Year Check Up.
Weight 17lbs 10oz.= 5% tile
Height 28 3/4 Inches =40% tile
Head 18 3/4 Inches =95%

Dear Kids,
This blog will probably have to serve as your baby books. I just haven't put forth the effort into doing a real scrap book of any kind. Sorry.
Loveyour terrible,
Mom

Things I have learned...

This is something new I am going to start trying to list every week or so. Some interesting facts that I might want to look back and remember one day.
1. Babies will put anything in their mouths.
2. No matter where we go Riley WILL have to poop in the public restroom.
3. I learned to knit this year.
4. You can not always reason with a four year old.
5. Rachel Ray sure does use a lot of ingredients I have NEVER heard of and CANNOT find at the store. 30 meals my ass!
6. Staying at home with my kids has been harder than I imagined.
7. No matter how cool her clothes might be, Barbie will always run around our house naked from about 5 minutes after she enters our home.
8. Sibling rivalry starts young.
9. Patience really is a virtue.
10. Last but not least,the show Toddlers and Tiaras scares the you know what out of me.

Happy 1st Birthday Lyla!

Happy Birthday to my baby! I can not believe it has been an entire year. This time last year I was miserable. No offense. You were supposed to be this nice neat planned C section. You on the other hand had your own plans. You came early, just like Riley. However, they told me to wait until my contractions were 5 minutes apart for one our or my water broke before we came to the hospital. Well I had contractions for 15 hours that were 10 minutes apart. I finally made the executive decision to head on to the hospital. Your dad suggested we wait until the contractions got closer together. However after 15 HOURS, I informed your dad that he could either stay at the house and watch TV or he could come with me to the hospital. We went in around 9pm and 11:10 you were born via C-section. You were perfect and looked exactly like your sister only about a pound heavier. My delivery and recovery were a piece of cake, it was just the labor that sucked.We have had so much fun this year watching you grow and loving you. Riley has loved being a big sister most of the time anyway. My hope is that you two will grow up and become the best of friends. We have had a great year. I lost my job when you were born, and since there are no other real jobs out there right now, I have been able to be home with you and sister. While we have missed the income, I have really enjoyed getting to see all the things I missed with Riley while I was working.

You are night and day different from your sister. Riley was independent from day one, you on the other hand have been attached to me from day one. While at times it is overwhelming, seeing as you don't even let me out of your sight to go to the bathroom, we have become very close. In addition, Riley did not walk until she was 18 months old, but talked at what seems like birth. (She hasn't shut up since.) You on the other hand want to go go go and follow right on sister's heels. You are climbing, crawling, cruising, and on the verge of walking already. You enjoy splashing around in the toilet and putting anything you can find in your mouth. You now dance when you hear music. You are clapping and waving. You can say, Mama, Dada, Nana, Pop Pop, Mermaid, and Baby. Just like your sister you know what you want when you want it. Unlike your sister, you can not talk and tell us.

We are so very proud of you and love you so much. We have had a great year watching you grow and go. Happy Birthday to you Lyla. May God watch over you and bless you. Also, Happy Birthday to your Pop Pop yesterday!