Thanksgiving Week!

Where do I begin. This past week has been a blur! It was a fun filled holiday, until the girls caught colds, but we still had ourselves a good time and enjoyed seeing everyone. My fast five days off started on Wednesday when I had a vacation day. I decided to spend the day focusing on cleaning and organizing. The girls went to daycare for a little while and I went and got them early. I got all three bathrooms cleaned (I can't believe we are actually adding another bathroom in the basement, I DISLIKE cleaning bathrooms the most)! That's about all I got done by the time I had to go to my hair appt., which was so relaxing and I got my fix of reading the magazines about the "stars"!! After my appt, I came back home and picked up the entire house while the girls napped and then went and got them early. We came back home, I got the girls dressed in there Christmas dresses and we went and visited Santa. Now, Ryleigh saw Santa last weekend at the mall when she got her ears pierced, but I didn't have the girls in their dresses and Landree's hair was a mess, so I told Ryleigh if she was good we would get to come back and see him again. On Sunday when she saw him from afar, she started running and yelling, "there's Santa!!" So, Ryleigh actually got to sit on Santa's lap twice this year. Ryleigh's Santa wish list: a horse (which I told Santa, not a real one!!) and a snow white Barbie doll, and last, but not the least by any means, a chipmunk (also hopefully not real)!! Now on Wednesday, before I sat Landree down on Santa's lap, I had a little pow wow with the teenage girls running the camera. I told them that Landree is afraid of most men except her two Grandpa's and of course, her daddy. I told them as soon as I set her down to start taking photos otherwise it would be nothing but tears. So, I set her down and her and Ryleigh were giggling and having a good ole time (which no pictures were taken at this point) and then Landree looks up at me, smiles and then slowly looks from me to Santa behind her. Lets just say the four pictures before the above one didn't look so good and that was the best one I got of Landree. And why is it the best one of Landree was the only one where Ryleigh wasn't smiling. Oh the joys of trying to take pictures of two people under the age of 3. The four pictures before this were of Landree crying, tears rolling down and the brightest red face you ever did see. All in all, I think it looks adorable (but I am a little biased)!! Wednesday evening we headed to my parents house once Jason was done deer hunting and stayed there until Friday morning, which was the day both girls woke up sneezing, stuffy noses and watery eyes. We had a wonderful traditional Thanksgiving meal made by my mom. I only made the pumpkin dessert.....very relaxing, thank you mom and dad!! We really just hung out, watched movies and I took a nap!!

Friday, Ryleigh also woke up with a sore throat. She was eating oatmeal and telling me that it was starting to feel better. I told her if she was that sick we probably wouldn't get to see Lila as we had plans to see Ryan, Ana, Lila and the "baby bump". Ryleigh then said, "Get me another bowl of oatmeal, it will make my sore throat go away!" She was bummed and we ended up not seeing them to try and keep the germs at bay. Sorry guys, we missed you. We did get to see the Nebraska Cornhuskers beat Colorado!! GO BIG RED!! Two good games in a row, first K-State then Colorado!!

Saturday morning, after a VERY long night (with Ryleigh) we headed to Danny and Terri's to have a Thanksgiving with them. We ended up playing the wii all afternoon until Shea got home from work (and then even played a little more after that). Now, I have been trying to talk Jason into getting a wii for almost a year. He's been wanting a PS3 since it plays blue ray movies as well. Well, after having so much fun at his dad and Terri's house, we went yesterday looking at what games all come with the wii. Let's just say thank you to Cabela's big game hunter for being a game and also to Shea for having her wii at Jason's dads house. So, we splurged and bought ourselves a big Christmas gift. Of course, we couldn't wait til Christmas to open it, so I am wrapping the empty box for under the tree!! We also listened and danced to some old records of Terri's and I got some great footage of Danny and Ryleigh dancing away! We headed home later in the evening after getting the girls ready for bed as we left Remy at home and since both girls were not feeling up to par and of course to hang out a little with Shea (and Danny and Terri)! :) The girls were out after being in the car for 5 minutes and slept good. So, if anyone is wondering what to get us for Christmas????..........any wii game (we only have the one it came with (sports)!!!!!!

Sunday, we put up all the Christmas decorations and tree. Even though I'd rather it be hot outside, I do really LOVE Christmas and snow on Christmas is even better!! As long as it's not freezing, I really do think the snow is beautiful when it's falling. And by freezing, I mean below zero, not just 32!! Sunday, Ryleigh and I also went to Disney Playhouse Live. It was really cool and part of her Christmas gift. She was so excited to see the Little Einsteins, Winnie the Pooh, Darby and Tigger, Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Handy Manny. She did ask me where Daisy was. I took lots of photos and will get them added next. She did some dancing and sang to all the songs. I think she was in awe. She gave me about 5 hugs throughout the show and was grinning from ear to ear. At first I think she thought we were just going to go watch them on TV until she saw them for real. I couldn't believe what a rip off it was for anything to eat, toys or pictures. For just cotton candy with this silly hat it was $10 and this cup with lemonade in it was $10. Luckily, Ryleigh was happy with drinking out of the water fountain and I deferred her several times when she wanted this spinny toy for $20. I about fell over (it didn't help that every other kid in the audience had this toy). I bet I can find a lot cheaper one at Target or Walmart.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and very glad that Jason's brother Jeremy, wife Andie and daughters Havyn and Emeryn made it safely on their move from Atlanta to Ohio!! Check back for the photos.

Pictures as promised!

Finally got the pictures downloaded to the computer. These are of the girls swimming on Saturday and of Ryleigh's pierced ears that she was so proud of. Ryleigh is really used to me taking lots of pictures, so when I didn't have my camera on me when she got her ears pierced she asked me about it. She told me on the way home that I forgot to take her picture while getting her ears pierced. Oops, I told her and said we'd take on of her when she got home. Well, when we stepped foot in the house the first thing she said was, "get your camera mama and take a picture of me and my earrings!" HAHA! So here is the slide show:

11 months old and BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!

Busy, Busy Busy, doesn't just refer to Landree even though she is pretty "busy", but to life in general.

Landree turned 11 months old on Saturday, and how did we celebrate??? Well, we went swimming!! The girls and I were at home, Landree was "trying" to take a nap, Ryleigh was having quiet time and Jason had just left to go hunting, when I got a text from my friend Laci. It was 2:30 and she asked if the girls and I wanted to go swimming. "When?", I asked her, thinking she would say Sunday when she texted back, "3:00??" Ok, what the heck, so off we headed to hang out and go swimming. She has a little girl that turns 4 in December and a little boy who was born in April! The older girls had lots of fun, which is a given, but the babies had a blast to. It was both Landree and Carson's debut for swimming. Friday, Laci and I had planned on going to the movie New Moon on Saturday evening after the kids were in bed. My other friend texted me around 6 saying that the movie was sold out the rest of the night. So, that pretty much ruined our Saturday evening plans. We decided to stay home and luckily so. Landree had a rough night and I think she initially woke up because Ryleigh stood screaming in her doorway at midnight saying she had to pee. Well, Ryleigh went right back to sleep after using the bathroom, but Landree was awake from midnight until around 2am, crying and crying. She seriously hasn't woke up during the night since around 2 months old and I couldn't get her to stop crying for the life of me. I changed diapers, fed her, changed her jammies and socks (thinking something was poking her or string wrapped around her toe). She had no fever but seemed irritated by something so I finally gave her some Tylenol and cuddled her and she finally went to sleep around 2. It was a long night and she was up and at em by 8 am. I think her top "eye" teeth are coming. She is biting everything and she puts up a good fight when I try to feel inside her mouth. Her gums are very white and hard and swollen, so I am thinking that might be her issue. So on this 11 month mark, she is walking, mimicking sounds and words that we say (tonight she said bath, which sounded like bahhh and papa), signing "more", waving, doing "how big", has eight teeth and weighs 17.3 pounds. A little PEANUT!

Ryleigh is doing good, too! She got her ears peirced on Sunday. I put it off for as long as I could since Jason has been wanting to do it since she was a baby. She has been asking me for the last two weeks if she could get them pierced so she could have earrings just like mama, gramma, Cindy, Hala, and every other person who has earrings!! She did so good and didn't even cry. She looked like she might, but after looking at them in the mirror, she got a huge grin and looked at Jason and I and said, "well, that wasn't so bad." I'd been trying to tell her that it felt like a little pinch for just a little bit and then it would be over and she'd have pretty earrings. We decided to add it in as part of a Christmas gift. Ryleigh and I also have a date on Sunday as part of her Christmas gift, we are going to go see Playhouse Disney Live. She doesn't know it yet, but I am so excited!!!

This week is going to be so short and busy. I have vacation on Wed and Friday. It was supposed to be one of Jason's vacation/furlough weeks, but it got changed. I decided to keep my Wednesday vacation day to clean house, organize and get holiday decorations ready. The girls will go to daycare for awhile so that I can get some of it done and then I am going to go pick them up early to visit Santa!! We have plans to see my parents, Jason's dad and Terri and our friends Ryan, Ana and Lila! It should be lots of fun!! I can't wait.

Well, I will get pictures of swimming and pierced ears up soon. Jason has the nice computer for homework tonight, so I get the crappy stone age laptop which is so old you can't download pictures onto it, for blogging. Hope everyone is having a great week.

TGIF!

Finally, the week is over. I am so looking forward to my short week next week! We've been staying busy here with homework, working on the bathroom basement, deer hunting, gymnastics, working, keeping the house clean and just plain 'ol having fun!

Other than that, I don't have much to add except to say that Ryleigh had gymnastics tonight with her friend Grace, so I've added some pictures of that. And Landree is walking, walking, walking. She has no fear (just like someone else we know)! She just started walking without thinking Sunday and has been going farther and farther, even stopping in the middle to turn and smile her huge grin at us! She is so petite, it's just so cute seeing this tiny little thing waddling all over the place. I'm going to technically count this as walking because she is walking to destinations (instead of crawling) and can walk clear across a room without needing assistance. She did have almost a bad accident on Sunday. She was walking from the couch to the coffee table and got a little excited as she was getting close. She leaned forward a little early and fell. She missed her face on the table by about an inch. She just laid her head on the ground panting, like, "WOW, that was really close!" There was really nothing Jason or I could have done, so we braced ourselves for the worst when we saw what was happening. I just laid my head down next to hers and said to her, "Holy cow, you almost lost your two front teeth!" We both just stared at each other, then she smiled and started giggling. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

THE BIG 3-0!!

Well, I'm finally 29+1!!!!! And it's not all that bad. I can honestly say that the last few weeks have been pretty rough, I just wasn't embracing 30 the way I thought I would a year ago, but as promised to my friend Ana, I said I would find something great about being 30! Even though I thought I would be in my 20's forever, I knew what I wanted by the age of 30 and not only do I have what I wanted, but I have MORE! I have the most precious and beautiful daughters in the whole world, a wonderful husband who treats me well (and puts up with me), a nice home, great family and friends and a respectable career....what else could a woman ask for??!! I told my good friend Ana earlier last week that 30 sounded so old (don't be mad, I am sure you were once there or will be there someday and trust me, where I work, I truly now what old is and yes, I know, I don't look a day over 21 but....). Now, I know 30 is the new 20, but I found my first two gray hairs ever on Tuesday. Bless Jason's little heart, he told me they weren't gray, but just highlighted hairs. HAHA, my highlights are out an inch from my scalp. My friend at work was the one to ask me, "Do you want to hear what Jason told you or do you want the truth?".......sob, sob, sob!! Well, I immediately pulled them out and another good thing to mention, they aren't the drab gray that so many people have.........someday, I am going to have beautiful silver hair like my dads!!! :) Enough about that, lets get to my week and then move on to more important things............the girls!! Jason was such a trooper this past week (I got to go out both Friday and Saturday)!! Friday the 13th (how ironic, right?) was pretty fun. I went out to eat lunch with some friends from work, then went to a Lia Sophia party in the evening with most of the same friends. Friday at work, another friend made plans for Saturday night. My parents came into town Friday to watch Ryleigh at gymnastics, then my dad spent the night as him and Jason went hunting on Saturday. My mom went back home Friday evening as she had to work on Saturday but came back after work on Saturday. My dad got a deer on Saturday late afternoon and then after him and Jason hung it in the garage, Jason and I headed out on the town while my parents took the girls back to St James as my dad had to work on Sunday. It was my first night away from Landree ever and it was much easier then the first night I spent away from Ryleigh. They were perfect for my parents. Now, Jason and I were going to go see a band play on Saturday night but before the rest of my friends got there, they were sold out and the place was at capacity. NOT COOL, but we headed downtown anyways and had a good time. Since the other guy that was coming out got sick, Jason headed home. The girls and I on the other hand went clubbing and dancing and had a good ole time. I got home around 2 and was up by 8:30 the next morning (so much for sleeping in)! I woke up three times hearing the girls cry, but when I woke, realized they weren't even at the house. My parents didn't get back to town until 4 pm on Sunday with the girls, so Jason and I cleaned the entire house and went Christmas shopping. We are pretty much done except one thing Ryleigh asked Santa for and awaiting the things we ordered that are being mailed.....................yay.....I have never been done this early and it feels great and it was so awesome to hang out with Jason!! Santa comes to town this Saturday and Ryleigh is excited to see him. I received the best birthday present ever when I got a phone call yesterday morning and it was my little Ryleigh singing Happy Birthday to me. I seriously shed a few tears and then she told me they had a surprise for me (I thought she was going to spill the beans b/c she's the reason why my mom found out about my brother coming last Christmas........yep, she told mom the secret)!! OOPS. But she kept this secret.....................she helped my mom make a birthday cake for me. I have never seen her so excited about anything and she clung to me when she got home, kissing and hugging me and wishing me a happy birthday. SO SWEET!! She pretty much helped my mom with every step and my mom took pictures so I could see and have them for Ryleigh someday. She even picked out the cake in the store and got me the pretty confetti cake, the candles to match (as she told my mom) and the frosting. IT WAS GOOD. Even Landree got her first taste of cake before her first birthday....I can't wait to see her dig into her own!!!

The cow on my desk at work was put there as an inside joke (because I have over 300 bags of milk in the freezer), but it was actually intended for a baby shower for my friends sister who works for Kemps...........she wanted to get pictures of me with it though and then we wanted to go set it on our friend Laci's desk as she has quite a few bags of milk in her freezer, too!!! My desk is usually not that messy, but when I go to lunch with it clean, when I come back there are always tons of papers put there from therapy, etc. HAHA!

Ryleigh is doing well. Growing up so fast, it's hard to believe. I love the things that come out of preschool mouths, I wish I could remember them all, but there are so many. I do keep pen and paper around to catch them and here is what I have so far this week. Jason asked Ryleigh to please close the door to the garage while they were butchering the deer (she wanted to watch) and Ryleigh shouted, "NO Problem!". She also told Jason at the parking lot at Home Depot that the cars facing each other were talking, she then said to the truck across from them, "hi truck, hows it going?" And yesterday she was being silly trying to toot.........her face became real red and I told her if she wasn't careful she might have an accident in her pants which totally turned into a 3 minute laugh attack. Silly kid.

Landree is doing great, too! She is walking all over the place, her balance is getting much better, she will be 11 months old on Saturday (that is when Ryleigh took off with no more help), so I am thinking the same might be true for her. She walks good and then realizes what she's doing and then slowly sits on her bottom. She walks better in our basement and mom and I were wondering if it's because the carpet is so soft. She used to pull herself up and then sit back down and crawl to where she wanted to go, but the last couple of days, she will let go and walk back and forth to objects, tonight she even turned while walking to me and made it about 15 steps. She is such a good baby and I can't believe in a month she will be 1 already. Crazy how time flies. As you can see from the picture of her at my moms house, she loves to get into the tupperware drawer, she does the same thing at our house. I have all the plastic containers and lids in a drawer that she loves to empty and then put everything back in it. She does that with her toys in her room too, she will pull them all out of the tote and then put them all back in. At least she picks up after herself.

Well, I am going to go hit the hay. Hope everyone has a great week. Thanks for all the birthday wishes from everyone!!

Pretty Sunset!

I thought I'd post a little something as I will probably be pretty busy the rest of the day. Forgot all about Jason's dad having surgery this past week (there goes the momnesia bit again). Jason got an update last evening and he is recovering well. Good thing I pray for our family all the time..... ;) Thinking about you and hope you get up and at 'em soon! This past week was, well, maybe I'll blog about that tomorrow!! I forgot a funny thing Ryleigh said last weekend, that I just remembered this morning when we were all eating our oatmeal. A few months ago Jason used this line out of a movie when he asked Ryleigh (momnesia again, for the life of me, I can't remember the movie right now), "what'd you say, Willis?" Well, last weekend, Ryleigh used it with us and then she used it on my mom and said, "What'd you say Gramma Willis?" It was so funny, I couldn't stop laughing. I attached a few photos of the beautiful sunset here Thursday night, these pictures don't do it justice. In fact a lot can change in the sky in 10 minutes, that's how long it took me to drive home, find my camera and run out there to still try and catch the pink. Ryleigh's words, "Oh, mommy, the sky is soooooooooooooooooo beautiful!" My thoughts, "why does it have to get dark at 5 pm, do we really have to do daylight savings, I'd rather it be darker in the morning!!" Oh, well, it was really pretty. Jason and I are going out tonight. YAY!! We are going to go see a band called Hairball and they play 80's music. A few of my friends are going as well. This will be my FIRST night away from Landree, and although it's taken me to this point to be alright with it, it's not at all like it felt the first time I spent the night away from Ryleigh. I think because I know with my second one, that its okay, that it's not only good for her, but for Jason and I too. So, I have plans to sleep in tomorrow.............and have fun tonight!! Oh, the girls are staying with my parents. Thanks mom and dad!! An update on Landree: She had a pretty good fall last week while trying to walk from the chair to Jason. She hit her cheek on the leg of the table and still has a bruise. She was not much into walking after that, but this week she has been walking farther and has been walking from one object to another........getting braver and steadier. AGHHH!

Happy Veterans Day!

Happy Veterans Day to all those who have fought and are still fighting for our freedom! Especially big thanks to my Grandpa Ray, both of Jason's grandpa's, Ralph and Ray and to my brother Ryan (who is out to sea)!

I don't even know where to begin this post as we have been SO busy this past week. I guess I will start off with last week when the State Health Dept. showed up on Monday at 12:30 pm. This is the first time in a long time where I actually felt prepared and caught up on my work. They left on Friday at 12:30 and we did great. The average number of deficiencies in the state of MN with the new survey process is 11-13 and we got 10 really, easily fixable ones!! I was so happy, however with all the weeks events, I was super exhausted last weekend. We were having United Way fundraising at work last week, but extended it into this week due to the State being at work. We are having a chili cook off tomorrow for United Way and Jason just helped me make the chili, our house smells excellent. I was excited that Nebraska beat Oklahoma last weekend as well, even though it wasn't the greatest I have ever seen my team play, but like I have been saying all year, a win is a win!! Mom and Dad came over on Friday evening, spent the night Friday and Saturday as it was opener weekend for deer hunting. Dad and Jason spent most of the weekend hunting but didn't see much as there are still tons of cornfields not plowed yet. Mom and I and the girls went shopping on Saturday, Santa's not at our mall yet, I looked, but we had fun starting our Christmas window shopping. I have a few ideas and Ryleigh showed us what she was going to ask Santa for. I even got to shop for myself since I found a gift card in my wallet that I received last Christmas to AE!! You can tell it's been a long time that you bought yourself something when your 3 year old says, "mommy, you got new gloves?" LOL. Sunday, while the guys were home yet and Landree napped, my mom and I went back out for an hour. We also took the girls to the petting/feeding farm/zoo here on Sunday after the guys went back out. The weather was beautiful here all weekend, got up to 69 degrees both days (poor deer hunters)! I had a lot of fun with my mom and glad she was around as by Sunday evening, I was still exhausted. I had so much other stuff to blog about, however I honestly lost everything and gave all my brainpower to work last week, really the best part of last week will be my paycheck on Friday as I will have about 8 hours of overtime (all of which will be going towards Christmas)!!! I came home Monday to the "roofers" replacing our shingles. It's finally been nice for them to work on it. Today it is finally finished and looks awesome. Thank goodness for wind damage and insurance????!!!!!

Ryleigh-ism: Ryleigh was up in our bathroom earlier this week getting ready for bed, brushing her teeth, when she handed me my contact case and said, "Here you go mama, here's your tomcacts!" I think this girl also knows all the words by heart to "Party in the USA" and "single ladies"!! Too funny.

Also, please keep in your thoughts and prayers, Jason's mom. She is in the hospital right now, probably going into surgery tomorrow. Hope you get well soon, Peggy.

THE WIENERMOBILE!!

So, one fun thing Ryleigh and I did get to do last week, despite my long days at work, was a ride on the wiener mobile!! The "midwestern" wiener mobile pulled into Mankato from Kansas the weekend before last. They actually made a stop at Oaklawn (where I work) the Sunday before last, but we spent the day with my parents in St. James and missed it. Ryleigh had seen it driving around Mankato and I thought she would enjoy a little ride on it, so I did some calling around and found out that it was giving free rides at a nearby park last Wednesday from 4-7! I actually called the radio station that I had heard about it on and I think I was on live radio.....FUNNY! I hope I didn't sound too funny, but it's hard not to laugh when talking about a wiener mobile. Anyways, this wiener mobile did a bunch of things for the area from Saturday to Thursday and then left for Madison, WI, then back to the cities. On Tuesday it delivered meals on wheels to people in the cities of Mankato and North Mankato. Anyways, Ryleigh had eaten her entire plate of spaghetti and broccoli just to get a ride on this thing. We stood in line, for an hour, in 36 degree weather just to get a ride. About 5 rides until our turn Ryleigh said, "I wanna ride it, but I just wanna go home, mama!" I was thinking, here I am standing out in this cold and she wants to go home NOW? LOL! Funny thing was, we were the last two in line and the "wiener mobile guy" said that if Ryleigh stayed, she'd get a surprise for being the last one. Some of the workers actually let us sit in their van until it was our turn because it was so cold. It was pretty neat inside and Ryleigh actually had a good time. While standing in line we got to sing some songs and pretend we were sizzling on a grill (I think to keep warm)! The funniest part was when we finally did get on the wiener mobile, Ryleigh asked for a hotdog to eat. Well, they didn't have hotdogs, so I told her we would eat one when we got home......then I get home and no hotdogs at home either! Ryleigh did get some stickers and wiener whistles and brought one to daycare for her buddy, Colin. And, for standing in line she got this beanie bag stuffed wiener mobile. She was so cute though, because she talked about it as soon as I dropped her off the next day at daycare and then again when my parents came over for the weekend. She thought she was pretty special!

1st song Ryleigh has learned: Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer Wiener, for that is what I'd truly like to be. And, if I were an Oscar Mayer wiener, everyone would be in love with me!

2nd song Ryleigh has learned: "My bologna has a first name, its O-S-C-A-R! My bologna has a second name, it's M-A-Y-E-R! I like to eat it everyday, and if you ask me why I'll say, Oscar Mayer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A!!!

The "wiener mobile guy" could sing both songs in Spanish as well!

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A Favorite Photo!

It's been a long week and I am tired so I just wanted to say I have lots to blog about, but not tonight!! It was a busy week and I have lots of fun stories, so, stay tuned! My mom took this photo of me and the girls walking today at the park and I thought it turned out very cute, so I just wanted to post it quick! Good night, have a great week.

Landree Getting Her Groove On!

The girls love to dance and I am pretty sure we get our groove on every day. It is pretty funny lately because whenever Landree hears the word dance or a song with a good beat ..........she starts movin' it!! Check out these dance moves from Friday! I posted two entries today, so be sure to check out the pictures below of Halloween!!

AAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWW!!

Where do I begin??? Maybe we should start with Friday!!?? Ryleigh wanted to wear her Snow White dress to daycare, I made a compromise and she wore Belle instead. Since I dressed her up, I thought I'd do the same for Landree, so I dressed her up as my "biker babe"!! It was pretty cute. Ryleigh of course wanted some princessy tattoos and since Jason was applying them, he added one to our "biker babe", so she had a heart tattoo on her ankle!! I also dressed up at work and was a Hippie!! It was fun to see my fellow coworkers dressed up too. I was going to be a nurse, but I thought that might be kind of boring!! That kicked off our week for raising money for United Way and we had "walking tacos" set up to help raise money. Remember the fever Landree had on Tuesday and Wednesday morning? Well, didn't find out until Saturday morning, but the poor kid had Roseola. Just thought she was teething with the fever because she was perfect even though she was a bit tired. Then Friday, mom was giving her a bath and said she had a rash on her chest. I just glanced at it, then we got her dressed and Saturday when she woke up this rash covered her entire trunk, and a little up her neck. I had been online Wednesday checking out rashes because she had had one under her armpits, but it went away. Well, when I saw her on Saturday, my first thought was it looked just like Roseola and sure enough that's what they think she had. We ruled out chicken pox and scarlet fever. I took pictures of the rash as it disappears within 24-48 hours and because very few kids get the rash but most kids do get Roseola. Most cases, since the rash doesn't always show, it is blamed on teething as they really have no other symptoms. Nothing serious, just a virus. Her rash, by the way, was gone by Sunday evening. CRAZY! Saturday was pretty fun filled. Ryleigh went to a Halloween party from 3-5 and painted and decorated pumpkins. They all dressed up and played. They had some fun foods, too. They had hot dogs rolled up in crescent rolls and called them "mummy dogs", they had cookies shaped in Halloween shapes, orange punch in a witches bowl, kitty litter cake with a black cat next to it, and cheetos that turned your mouth and fingers blue after you ate them. I think she had a good time. Spider man (an adult) was there and she was kind of leery about him at first, but quickly became his friend. Jason and Landree stayed home as Landree was still sleeping when we left, but Ryleigh and I went back and got them and then we took the girls to the nursing home. Ryleigh was hilarious going up to every person and saying "trick or treat"! Then we went back home and Ryleigh hit up the neighborhood. It was pretty chilly, so Landree and I handed out candy and met our new neighbors. They have two little boys, Henry is 2 and Owen was just born two weeks ago!! I am so excited they are younger and have younger kids!! Ryleigh had a great time and her bag was overflowing when she returned home. In addition to her bag being full, she was also cold and was sticking her cold hands on daddy's neck! She understood Halloween pretty well last year, but I think she had even more fun this year. Jason said she did good out trick or treating and said Thank you after each person gave her candy. Sunday we headed over to my parents house to watch the Vikings beat Greenbay AGAIN! Go VIKES!! Also YAY HUSKERS (it wasn't always pretty, but a win is a win)!! We had some yummy homemade broccoli and cheese soup with sandwiches, dad and Jason practiced their bow shooting skills at half time, and we just hung out til it was bedtime. We should be prepared at work because every time we have a fun week planned (this week is United Way fundraising) the Health Dept. shows up at work. So they walked in unannounced at 12:15pm on Monday. I have been there from sunrise to past sunset both yesterday and today and am just beat. It is so stressful there, but then I feel stressed out to because I feel like I haven't seen my girls since Sunday. That just hurts inside. I keep telling myself it's just one week and this is the life of being a manager, but it still sucks. At least I have been making it home in time to nurse Landree or I'd be a real mess. I know I am not the funnest wife to live with during this week, so thank you to Jason for being awesome and for being a wonderful Mr. Mom! He has a furlough week this week and has done so much for me. In addition to having a big test today, he has also managed to keep the house clean, do some laundry and cook meals for the girls! GO JASON! Hopefully, he gets to go hunting for himself?? I am sure that was more in his plans as well as working on the bathroom in the basement but sometimes you just have to go with the flow. I am hoping the Health Dept. leaves on Friday so I can head into an awesome last week of my 20's. Mom and Dad are coming over this next weekend so the guys can go hunting and the girls can go shopping. I am looking forward to that! I know there was lots else I was going to blog about, however my brain is FRIED (and it's only Tuesday)!! Have a great week. And, I can finally say Congrats to our good friends Ryan and Ana............they are expecting baby #2 in April!!!!!!! We are so EXKITED (as Ryleigh would say) for you. I am going to just say that since I have a 50/50 chance, I am going to go with a BOY this time around!! Love you guys!!