3 months old!

While in Missouri Riley turned 3 months old! She had a weight check on Tuesday and now weights 10 pounds. The doctor doesn't think she is gaining enough weight so we have added formula to her diet. She didn't take well to it today so hopefully that will get better. Riley is quite the flirt she smiles and talks all the time. She has been sucking on her hand for awhile now and it just now finding her legs and feet. It is so funny to change her diaper, she holds on to her legs. She talks to her stuffed animals and has found the television. Even though she is so small it is amazing how much she has changed in the short three months we have had her!

Happy Turkey Day!

Hopefully everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We spent the day at my parents house eating lots of yummy food. Riley had on a great Thanksgiving day outfit but it didn't make it through one diaper change, she peed on it while I was changing her :) After lots of good food we headed home to make sure we had everything packed up for Missouri.

We left Friday late afternoon once Ron got off work. We knew it was going to be a long trip (7 hours) but we were ready to get out of town. Riley stayed away the whole drive there. Once we got into Springfield we stopped by my uncle's house and visited for a little bit. We were all exhausted so we headed for the motel. Saturday we got up and headed down to my Mom's side of the family Thanksgiving celebration. It was good to see all my family, I hadn't seen some of them in several years. Ron and Tony played and played, they were both exhausted by the time we got back. We went out to eat with some friends and the boys headed to the pool while I headed to bed. I hadn't been feeling good since Wednesday so I was exhausted by this point in time. Sunday we got up and went to visit more family and then Ron, Tony, and I headed down to Silver Dollar City. I had been looking forward to this since we decided to go to Springfield. Of course the day we planned to go, it snows and the wind about blows you away. We all still had a really good time. Tony got to ride a indoor roller coaster, a few other rides, and we all drank A LOT of hot chocolate! They closed the park down early because it was so miserable. We got up Monday and headed home. It was the longest ride of my life, just past St. Louis I got sick and let me tell you it is no fun being sick in a car. Once we got to Terre Haute things got worse, the roads ice over and we got stuck for almost three hours. We finally made it home safe and sound and I think I am on the road to recovery.

Sorry about the lack of pictures I was not feeling good!

More faces of Riley

Since my last post of the many faces of Riley she has changed so much. She smiles all the time now and even laughs some! She has the best facial expressions in my opinion, I can already see how she is going to be when she get older. She is quite the talker, she is going to be just like Tony ;) She rolled over last week and everyone missed it! My Mom had Riley in her crib while she went to throw away a diaper and when she came back she was on her tummy. She has rolled over three more times. Riley has great head control for her age, which is officially 12 weeks now! She seems to be gaining weight, we are finally out of newborn diapers, but she can still fit in most of her newborn clothes. We go back to the doctor the week after thanksgiving for a weight check, hopefully it is a good one.

Children's Museum

Ian and Anthony checking out the dinosaurs
They are hunting dinosaurs

Now they are hiding from the dinosaurs

Special request for Terri, I do exists!

BFF's!

Today has been another busy day in the life of the Petersen's. We had our Christmas picture taken this morning and they turned out great! I can't wait to get them back.

Tony has been saving his money for a month to take his best friend Ian to the Children's Museum. If you don't remember Ian is his best friend ever :) In my opinion we are very lucky to have such a great museum in town for kids. Tony learns something every time we go there. This time they were hunting dinosaurs, we stayed in the Dinosphere for over an hour watching them play with their imagination,much better than video games! We had a blast and the boys are playing a Pokemon board game now. I have a feeling it is going to be a wild night!

I am going to start packing for Missouri, we are headed there for Thanksgiving and I am sure Ron is going to keep the boys under control, whatever that is!

Randomness....

Tony's way of raking leaves.

Our dancing dog, Chase!

Riley loves bath time!

Is that even a word, randomness? We don't have much going on this weekend, I really don't know what to do! So I thought I would add some random pictures we have taken in the past couple of weeks. Anthony is not feeling well and Ron and I are both exhausted since Riley likes to wake up a lot in the middle of the night. It wasn't so bad the first 8 weeks but now that I am back to work it isn't as much fun. I am sure she will get the sleeping down soon. I think this will be a lazy weekend, we don't get those often and I think we could all use it. Of course I say that and I am sure we will find something to do!

2008 KRA Banquet

Saturday was the KRA championship banquet. Ron, Tony, Terri, Riley, and I headed up to New Castle for an eventful evening. Steve is slacking down in Florida, so he missed it. I think everyone asked where he was at, he was definitely missed. Even though Ron and Tony didn't win a championship this year it was an awesome year and a good learning experience for both of them! Ron won some good prizes and we all had a great time. It is nice to visit without all the chaos of race day.

Happy Halloween!

We had a great time trick-or-treating! Anthony got a ton of candy like usual and Riley slept through half of it. We walked around our neighborhood then headed up to the fire and police station. We were all wore out by the time we got home :)