1 Down...19 To Go

Your probally wondering what this post is about. Well Riley finally lost his first tooth at the age of 6 years ( and 4 months to be exact) It has been loose for awhile along with the one next to it. Then a few days ago he bit on a block and it started to bleed. Over a few days and a little encouraging, he finally let me pull it out. He put it under his pillow for the tooth fairy, so she can bring him some money. He then asked me where she gets her money. I paused uncomfortably and thought for a second trying to think of an answer and quickly told him that she had a job. He was happy with that answer and no other questions were asked. Whew!
I was looking online about how many teeth a human has when I was trying to think of a good title for this post. Children have 20 teeth ( I even went upstairs where Riley was in bed to count his teeth- they were right) and adults have 32 ( 4 of which are your wisdom teeth- if you have them, so I only have 28, and yes I counted my teeth too, and yes they were right again)
So, Riley was really apprehensive about pulling out his tooth b/c it hurt, but once it was out I think he was happy and more excited to get some money. I asked him how much he thought she would bring, his response was $5.00 - I don't think so, the "tooth fairy" would go broke. Here is a pick of his new smile and the tooth he lost.



Riley showing off his new smile with one less tooth.

Its hard to see b/c its so tiny, but here is his first tooth that he lost

Levi's Baptism

Levi was baptized today. He was 11 weeks old, a little bit later than I did with the other two, but this worked best b/c it was a holiday weekend and John was home otherwise he usually leaves on Sunday. His outfit barely fit him, but I was not about to buy another one + the other boys wore it too, so I wanted him too also. He did really good- no crying and his brothers did well up there too. I will admit I was nervous b/c Carter can have a temper and when he does not want to do something and he will make it known and Riley can be very "active" he has a hard time being still, but in the end I had nothing to worry about. Afterward we had all the family over and cooked burgers/hotdogs and had a good time with family and friends on such a beautiful day. We could'nt have asked for a better day.





Levi and his momma

Levi and his daddy. Levi was to busy looking at his brother, Riley.

Levi in his baptism outfit. All three boys wore this. It was a little tight on him b/c he was baptized about a month older than the other two boys.( I was tight on Carter too, but he was just a big boy :)

His cake-it was yummy!

Levi's 2 Month Stats

Levi had his 2 month appt. today. He is healthy and doing all the developmental stuff that he should. He also had to get 3 shots and one oral medicine. Only one nurse did it this time, usually they have two, so its done quicker, less pain....poor guy, he screamed, can't blame him :( He got some Tylenol and is now napping. He is also one chubby baby!! Here are his stats.....

Height : 24.5" (90%)
Weight : 15 lbs 4 oz (97%)
not sure what his head measured at, but its in proportion to the rest of his body.

He is taking after Carter is body size. Carter was the same height at this age and weighed 4 more ounces. Riley on the other hand continues to be my little guy. At this age he was only 23" and 13 lbs. 6 oz. Riley did not weigh what Levi and Carter did at this age until 4 months. Oh well they are all different and I love them all!!

Levi also started to sleep through the night at 8 weeks. He went 8 hours the first night and now he still sleeps about the same length of time it just varies when he goes down at night. Then he usually goes back to sleep for another 3-4 hours until its feeding time again. Last night he slept from 9-7. YEAH!! So glad that those sleepless nights are behind me for the most part.

8 Year Anniversary

Has it been 8 years already?? Where does the time go?? Well it has been 8 great years and within those 8 years we have had 3 handsome boys. Little did I know on our 1 year anniversary we were expecting our first child (I found out 2 weeks later) John is actually home tonight so we are just going to go out for dinner while grandpa watches the boys- brave man! Below is a pic of us on our wedding day, man we look so young ;p ( I was 19 and he was 21)

Annual Camping Trip

About 2 weeks ago we had our annual VanRhee camping trip, this year was at Hungry Horse again. It was not quite the same as in the past b/c my parents were not there b/c my mom had knee surgery the week before and my brother and his wife had cancelled earlier b/c she did not want to be camping with a 3 week old baby, thats understandable :) but we still had a great time with my sister and my other brother. The weather for the most part was nice except one evening/morning it rained. I was a little nervous about having a 6 week old camping but it went smoothly, John took time off from work and was around to help most of the time. The older boys had a blast too and are still talking about it and looking forward to next year, I think we are going to try Tri-Ponds next year. I have posted quite a few pics, but I have even more on FB. I was not going to download them all again.


Hanging around the campfire. The first photo is of all the cousins minus Levi, he was sleeping in the camper. The second is of some of the adults.

The group playing some Blackjack, even Levi :)

The boys just being boys...

This is how Levi spent his time at the pool

Having fun at the pool. One thing about Hungry Horse that I like is that they have a big pool and a kiddie pool.

This is how they looked most of the time...VERY dirty. We had one night/morning that it rained and we had a huge puddle in front of our camper and they did not miss the oppurtunity to play in it.