Busy Girl

Rilee has been a very busy girl the past couple of weeks. Here are some pictures to show all that she has been doing! The first three pictures are from when Mommy, Grambo, and Aunt Ash took Rilee to the zoo! She loved riding the carousel! The next few pictures are from Rilee's last birthday party at Great Grandma's! We didn't just celebrate Rilee's birthday but Uncle Bill, Aunt Ashlee, Craig, and Eric's too. Finally, Rilee and Daddy built her big girl bed! Rilee has now slept in her new bed 2 times. The first night, it didn't go very well, but last night she slept soundly ALL night!!!!

Rilee's Birthday

Rilee has already had 2 birthday celebrations and still has one more to go. I thought I would go ahead and post pictures from the first two parties. Rilee's 2nd birthday was May 4th. We had BoBo, Poppy, Great Grandma, Aunt Ash, and Uncle Bill over for dinner on May 3rd. We had dinner, cookies, and opened presents. For both of Rilee's first 2 parties we chose to do a theme of her favorite movie characters. We decorated with Minnie, Mickey, Tangled, Princess and the Frog, Toy Story, and Spongebob. Rilee got some new outfits, a toy dog, and a singing tea set.

Mommy and Dada both took Rilee's birthday off and celebrated with putting sand in the sandbox. Rilee LOVED playing in the sand and helping Dada build sand castles.

Finally, last weekend we had Dada's family over for a cook out to celebrate Rilee's birthday. We enjoyed the beautiful weather and good company! Rilee got 2 tents, a bag chair, 2 babies, and an outfit. Rilee was a little intimidated by the older kids, but enjoyed showing her new swing set to Shane and Som (both boys are about Rilee's age).

Birthday Present From Mommy and DaDa

Dada and Mommy bought Rilee a new swing set for her birthday. The weather cooperated with Dada last weekend so he built the swing set a little early. Rilee loved it! These pictures are all of the first time she played on it! The only downfall to the swing set is that Rilee HATES to have to come in the house after playing! She throws a full on tantrum when it is time to stop playing...Mommy has a feeling her and Rilee will be spending a LOT of time outside this summer! Rilee will be 2 on Friday! Mommy and Dada can't believe 2 years have already passed! She is growing up so fast! Mommy will post pictures from Rilee's several birthday parties as we celebrate! This was her reaction when she first saw the swing set. She just stood there staring at it before she took off running toward it!

The Zoo

On Friday Mom, Dad, and Rilee went to the zoo for the first time this season! Rilee was a little intimidated by the animals this time. Mommy thinks its because she is so much more aware of their size. Rilee still LOVED the elephant, even when it came right up to her! We had to sit and watch the elephant for quite awhile! Rilee's favorite part of the day was walking from statue to statue! Last time we went she loved the animals and was scared of the statues, this time that switched. She literally ran from statue to statue! It was a great day!

Happy Easter!

Daddy was in Phoenix all last week. Rilee and Mommy really missed him! We are getting new living room furniture so it is currently kind of everywhere! Mommy made a fort for Rilee out of the couch in the middle of the room and blankets. Rilee couldn't wait to have Daddy play with her in her fort!




After Daddy and Rilee played in the fort we met Grambo at the library for Easter story time and an Easter egg hunt! Mommy and Daddy weren't real sure how Rilee would do hunting for eggs, but she loved it!



She did have to stop and pick some dandelions along the way!





The Easter Bunny was even at the library! Rilee only wanted to go near him if Mommy and Daddy were with her!



After the library we went to breakfast and then Rilee spent the afternoon at Grambo's while Mommy and Daddy did some running around. When Mommy and Daddy were done with their errands we went over to Grambo and Poppy's for dinner and another Easter egg hunt! Uncle Bill and Aunt Ash were there too!



After the egg hunt we went inside and colored eggs. Rilee was very excited to get started. She thought the cups to put the colors in were really cool!



Mommy saw an idea on Pinterest to put the eggs in a whisk and then let toddlers dip the whisk into the color. Rilee loved this and did a really good job coloring all of the eggs.



We woke up Easter morning to find that the Easter Bunny had made a stop at our house. Rilee was very upset that he didn't wipe his feet before he came in. He left foot prints all over our house! The Easter Bunny brought Rilee a basketball hoop, her very own laptop, an Easter book, a Buzz Lightyear Pez dispenser (Buzz is Rilee's favorite character),and some snacks! The Easter Bunny also hid some eggs that Rilee had a lot of fun looking for!






After we played with the stuff the bunny brought we went to church. After church we went over to Grambo and Poppy's for breakfast. The Easter Bunny came to their house too! The bunny also went to Aunt Ash and Uncle Bill's, Great Grandma's, Grandma Cathy's, and Great Aunt Karla's. Rilee got baskets everywhere she went! She got several new outfits, a singing bunny, new books, candy, bubbles, and sidewalk chalk. After breakfast we went to Grandma Cathy's, Great Aunt Cindy's, and finally to Great Aunt Karla's! It was a very busy day, but great to see all of our family!