Our Newest Addition

Meet Ellie (Ellie Von Elderhaus). She is the newest addition to the Wilson Family. She is a 4 year old German Shepherd. We just got her yesterday. She is a really good dog and so calm. She isn't house trained, but so far it has been really easy. She hasn't had an accident and goes to the door when she needs out. She is still adjusting, so she stays to herself for the most part. She is so gentle and calm with Ryleigh (which is a change for us). Ryleigh is still adjusting to her too. She is a little scared of her. She really likes her and wants to pet her and play with her, but she gets a little scared. This morning she did much better and was giving her kisses and letting Ellie lick her hands. It's such a huge difference from a 10 pound Jack Russel to a an 80 pound German Shepherd, I would be scared too if I were Ryleigh! ;) She slept in her crate last night without any problems at all and was more than willing to go in there this morning when I left for work. I think she is going to fit good into our family. Tom is very happy that he finally got a German Shepherd! She is a little smelly, so we are hoping to get her groomed this week. Check out the slide show to see pictures of her.

Happy 2nd Birthday Ryleigh!

Ryleigh turned 2 years old on January 6. It's so hard to believe that she is already 2 years old!!! She sure has been the highlight of our lives though and she has made these past 2 years so incredibly special to us. It has been a joy to watch her grow over the past two years. We are VERY proud of her.

For her birthday, we took her to the Magic House and out to eat to Red Lobster (I think that was more for daddy though). However, we discovered that she likes shrimp. She had a good day, she was crabby, but we decided that turning 2 has been rough on her because she has been crabby everyday since. ;)

On Saturday, January 10, we had a birthday party for her (a princess party). She had a blast and got a lot of cool gifts. Thank you to all of those who came!


Click on the slide show to see pictures of her actual birthday, the Magic House and her birthday party.

Playing with Mimi

This is a really cute video of Ryleigh and Mimi on Christmas day playing in Ryleigh's Princess castle.

Ryleigh can get it on!!

Dancing (especially to Elvis) is one Ryleigh's favorite things to do. Here is a really short clip of her dancing. As soon as she spots me, she stops and walks away.

Christmas with Tommy and Logan

The day after Christmas, Tommy and Logan came up to visit us for Christmas. Logan gave Ryleigh a Princess Tea Set, which she loves!! Logan seemed to like all of her presents as well. They stayed the night and hung out with us before going home the next day. We enjoyed their visit very much. And Ryleigh enjoyed hanging out with Tommy's pitbull. Click below to see a few pictures that were taken.

Christmas Day

Christmas was so much fun with Ryleigh. This was her second Christmas and she understood the whole unwrapping presents this year. The night before she had left Santa some cookies, milk and a picture that she drew for him. When she woke up, she saw that Santa had finished almost all of his cookies and his milk (what cookie was left Ryleigh finished for him) and he left her a letter. She went straight for the presents and the kitchen set. She spent the morning opening her gifts and playing with them all. And of course she loved her stocking with all the chocolate in it!! Some of her favorite things that she received were the kicthen set and all the dishes, her baby dolls, the baby stroller, her new outfits (she loves getting new clothes and shoes), her princess castle and much more!! All of her toys have been a big hit so far. We spent the morning playing with her and having breakfast. Papa came by for a visit and Ryleigh gave him is presents. She also showed him everything that Santa had brought her. Later in the day, Mimi came by for a visit. Her and Ryleigh played for a long time and had a lot of fun in the Princess castle. That evening we had a turkey dinner (my first turkey ever!!). Tom said it tasted pretty good, I'll take his word for it. The day was wonderful and Ryleigh really had a good Christmas. We loved the time we spent with her and watching her open all of her gifts. Click below for a slideshow of the pictures of her opening her gifts, papa and mimi's visit and a few misc of Ryleigh that day and the next day.

Playing with her toys

We got home late from Mimi's house on Christmas Eve, but that didn't stop her from taking a few minutes to play with all of her new toys that she has just received. Click below for a short slide show.

Christmas Eve

We all went to Mimi's on Christmas Eve... Tim, Christa, Dennis, Dean, Devan, Matt, Sarah, Andrew, Gabriella, Tom, Me and Ryleigh all were there. We started the evening with some really yummy food and then we all went to church. After church we came back to Mimi's house for cookies and coffee and present time!!!! Right before present time, Santa made his visit. We spent the rest of the evening opening gifts and hanging out. We all had a wonderful time and the kids had a blast playing together. Ryleigh got some really cool stuff too!! She got a Little Mermaid table and chairs (which is used daily), an art easel, a baby bathtub (she takes great care of her babies), art stuff from Mimi A barbie and a set of My Little Pony flash cards from Matt, Sarah, Andrew and Ella. A My Little Pony toothbrush set and a Tinkerbell musical toy from Tim, Christa and the kids. She had so much fun opening up her gifts and loved all of them.

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Santa's Visit

Santa (papa) made a stop by Mimi's house on Christmas Eve. The kids loved it and thought it was so cool. Well, not Ryleigh so much. She is very afraid of Santa. When Santa made his entrance through the back door, Ryleigh let out a horrible scream and started crying. She eventually calmed down, but never took her eye off of Santa. She wanted to know where he was at all times. Santa brought some really cool gifts, even for the adults. Ryleigh got a really cool baby doll. She loves the baby doll and tells everyone it is from Santa. Santa's visit turned out well and we were all so glad that he stopped by.

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Catching up

I have a lot of catching up to do!! Since my last post, we have had Christmas and Ryleigh's 2nd birthday. I will be posting all about Christmas and her birthday over the next day or two, so come back and see how her holidays were!!!!

Christmas Pictures

We had our Christmas pictures taken a couple of weeks ago. Ryleigh did WONDERFUL!!! We were so proud of her. She HATES getting her pictures taken and it's usually pretty stressful. Daddy came with us this time because we were getting family pictures taken and he made her laugh for every picture. They turned out so cute!! Click for the slide show of the different poses.

Decorating the Christmas Tree

Here a few pictures of us decorating it. The kids put lots of candy canes on it. Ryleigh loves that part, I think she has probably eaten most of them by now (or stuck them to something, I find them everywhere).

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Cutting the Christmas Tree

A little late posting....

This year we got a REAL Christmas tree. We went last Sunday (the 30th) to Scheer's Tree Farm to get our tree. We wanted to make sure that Logan was able to be there, so we did it the weekend she came up. It was snowy, muddy and cold, so we hurried. When we got it home, it wasn't as full as we thought it was, but that is ok, it's still pretty. Logan, Ryleigh and I all decorated it. Here a couple of pictures of us getting the tree.

Deer hunting

We went up north over the weekend for deer season. We all had a good time. Daddy went hunting all day Saturday and some on Sunday. Ryleigh and I just hung out at camp with grammy, Aunt Sarah, Andrew and Ella. It was too cold to do much outside. We did go visit family on Saturday night. Ryleigh also shot her pink 22 gauge that papa had given her last year. This was her first time shooting it. Daddy helped her. She only shot it once, but she didn't cry or even move when the gun went off. We have pictures, so I will have to post them soon. Maybe next year she will shot it more.

Papa and Uncle Tim both got a buck. Ryleigh was not too thrilled about the deer hanging from the tree though.

Ryleigh is a real trooper

This is late posting, but here is the update on Ryleigh's ears.

She had tubes put in on Friday the 14th. She did GREAT!! We were so proud of her. They took us back to the room and had us put some yellow pj's on her and they hooked her up the blood pressure cuff and the monitors that go on her chest. I thought for sure she would cry, but she didn't. She sat on Grammy's lap as they hooked her all up and she just watched them. They got all of her vitals and the surgeon, nurses and the anesthetic team all came in and explained everything to us. The nurses carried her down to the operating room. I watched her as far I could see and she never once cried or panicked in any way, she just looked around. The procedure took about 10 minutes and the doctor came to tell us that she did wonderful. She never did cry, when they put the gas on her she fussed a little bit and played with the mask and then fell asleep. After a few minutes in recovery they brought her back to us. She was still really groggy, but wasn't crying and doing really good. After awhile she did start crying like they said she would and it lasted about 30-40 minutes. About half way home, she stopped crying and just sat there. Once we got home, it took her a few minutes to come around. She ate something and then just hung out while we packed the car for the weekend. She slept almost the entire way up north and did great all weekend. We were so very proud of her!!!!!

She did start running a fever again on Sunday, so Monday I took her to the doctor, but they couldn't find anything viral. They ran some blood work to check for anemia and any bacteria infection. The results came back normal. One of them did show some inflammation, but not enough to be concerned about a bacterial infection. Her doctor seems to think that once her body doesn't have to fight off constant ear infections that she will start feeling better.

All we have to do now is get her sleeping in her bed again!!!!!!

Her first sentence

Ryleigh put her first sentence (that consisted of more than 2 words) together yesterday. She had brought me this big stuffed puppy that she has grown an attachment to. She handed me the puppy and then a diaper. So I put the diaper on the puppy and handed it back to her. A couple minutes later I saw her with her wipes and she was walking across the living room saying, "shew we" and she went to the trashcan. She then brought me the puppy without a diaper and handed me a new diaper. I asked her where the other one was so i could put that one on so that we were not wasting diapers. She looked at me and said, "No, Puppy poop." It was so cute!!!!!!

She is really starting talk and put words together. She can pretty much communicate everything through words. I just can't believe how fast she is growing.

MORE UPDATES

This is just another update on the doctor's appointments, I sure feel like I have spent a lot of time at the doctor's office between Ryleigh and I.

I had my prenatal visit on Monday. Everything looks good. The baby's heartbeat was in the 150's. All of my blood work came back good. I have gained 21 pounds so far.... YIKES!!! I start going every 2 weeks now. I just can't believe how fast this is going by and I have nothing done! My next appointment is Nov 24.

Ryleigh is starting to feel better. She is no longer running a fever. She had a cold and a bad cough all last week. Then Friday, things really seemed to get bad. She started running a high fever and her chest and cough was getting really bad. By Sunday, she had ran a fever between 100 - 102.5 all weekend, so we took her to Urgent Care, where they said she had ANOTHER ear infection. Her lungs sounded really good though (which is what we were really concerned about). Her cold that she had last week settled in her ears really quick because we were at the ENT doctor on Thursday and her ears were completely clear. Anyway, she has been on antibiotics for 4 days now and she seems to be starting to feel better. Her cough still sounds bad, but her fever has been down since Monday and last night she finally slept a little bit better. We slept on the couch, but at least she stayed asleep for the most part.

She will have surgery to have her tubes put in on Friday (the 14th) at 8:10 am. I know it's just tubes, but it makes me tear up every time i think about it. Ryleigh will probably be a better sport about it than I will. The procedure will only take about 20 minutes once she is asleep and then once she is awake and doing good, we get to go home. I am praying that the tubes work and we can get her feeling better really soon!!!

UPDATES

We had our follow up ultrasound on Madison's kidney on Tuesday. The doctor called Wednesday morning to let us know that everything looks GREAT!! He said that the dilation of her left kidney has gone down and that the other one still looks great. The doctor seemed very confident 2 months ago that it probably wasn't an issue, but it sure feels good to hear that everything looks good now. She weighed about 2 1/2 pounds!! I did my glucose test yesterday, which is always fun. ;) I have a regular scheduled appointment Monday, Nov. 10. And then I start going every 2 weeks. Little Madison is going to be here before we know it.

Ryleigh saw the ENT specialist yesterday. I liked him and he was good with Ryleigh. Other than the temper tantrums that she let lose in the waiting room, she was a real sport in the doctor's office. She didn't cry or throw one fit. She sat very still for the doctor and talked up a storm to him. We have her scheduled to have the tubes put in on Friday, November 14. They are suppose to call next week to let us know what time and our instructions as to what we are do to. She is having it done St. John's in Washington. We are really hoping that the tubes work and she starts feeling much better. She has been sick with so many ear infections over the last few months. She is fighting a cold right now and so hopefully we get these tubes in before it turns into an ear infection. We will let everyone know how it all goes.

Trunk or Treat

Friday night the church had their Trunk or Treat for Halloween. We (me, mom and Sarah) did a Princess theme. We decorated the back my Expedition to look like a castle. It turned out really cute. Ryleigh dressed up like Cinderella, I was a married Cinderella, Aunt Sarah was Snow White, Andrew was Prince Charming, Gabriella was Tinker Bell, Grammy was a Princess and Devan was Sleeping Beauty. Ryleigh and Andrew had a lot of fun together and they looked adorable. The church had a good turn out. Ryleigh wasn't as afraid as I thought she would be. She DID NOT like Aunt Christa's costume at all!! She was dressed as a chicken and you couldn't see her face at all, Ryleigh and Andrew were both very afraid of her. There was only one other person that she noticed and scared her, it was a boy with an ugly, bloody mask on. Other than that, she did great. She had a lot of fun. Grammy took her trick or treating and took her to play in the corn pit. She was exhausted by the end of the night!!! And so was mommy!!! Standing for that long being 7 months pregnant is a lot of work!! ;) Also, dressing like a Princess Bride at 7 months pregnant will get you a lot of stares!! I don't why, but everyone stared at my belly all night.

Below you can click on the picture for a slide show. There are a lot of pictures of the adorable Prince Charming and Cinderella. Ryleigh had a really hard time keeping her dress on so it looks like she was trying to be sexy Cinderella.

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The prettiest little ladybug!

Ryleigh was going to be Elvis for her Halloween party at school today, but the costume still hasn't come in. So this morning before we went to school, we stopped at R&R Ace to see what they had. I couldn't let her go to school without a costume!! We ended finding this adorable Ladybug costume. I dressed her in the parking lot and snapped some pictures of her before dropping her off. She looked so cute!!!! I will have to get some more of her this weekend. Tonight she is going to be Cinderella (incase you are wondering why I didnt dress her in that, we are borrowing it and i didn't want anything to happen to it). Monday I will post more picture of her in both costumes.