Summer Time...

and the living is easy...not!  David is just a preschooler and I already wish he was back to school.  We are doing a summer program that's every Wednesday morning so that will help.  He thinks he is so big.  If you ask David how old he will be on his next birthday, he will tell you 6.  Age of choice I guess, by the way he will be four. He is too cool for a nap, but will often fall asleep watching a movie or in the car after 4 o'clock.  David is my sweetheart! He is always giving hugs and kissing, and is so thoughtful sometimes.  He'll notice and tell me when I look nice or am wearing something new. 

Brody talks more and more all the time, I don't notice because I am here all the time.  Some new favorite phrases are:
"ont an it" I don't want it
"where dadid o?" where'd david go?
"i ont ow?" I don't know? (said with a super cute inflection)
"i ant bappy" I want passy.
 "dada home" yeah he says that one well!
"uppy down" for up or down very creative and efficient
  He loves sucks, fruit snacks, waffles and oranges (which I have to monitor the intake of carefully!)  Brody loves Riley to a fault.  I just had to leave because he loved her right of the couch.  Don't worry he must have let her down easy because she really didn't cry.

Riley is learning so fast.  It's fun to compare her to the boys because she is better at different things then they were. It's those fine motor skills like getting her pacifier in her mouth or playing with toys.  I think is more aware of herself too.  The boys roll over a few times by accident before they knew they could do it. She did it the first time and has been intentionally rolling ever since.

Joe and I just started watching the Office from the beginning again.  With no cable we really have fun getting into a series on netflix.  the last one was lost, which is funny because there are quiet a few references to it in the Office that I never got before.  Joe is busy as every at work, and well me too.  Three kids... wow still surprises me.

N.A.P. spells happy mom!

Would you believe that all three of my little angels are asleep right now! So here we are, blogging away.  I just found out that I have to have a root canal next week, yuck!  The bigger bummer is the bill that will follow.  I cannot say I have much room to complain, I just got back from an awesome girls trip a few weeks ago very rested.  Here we are at my sisters graduation.  After that we shopped till we dropped and Riley slept.

On top of being with the kids all that week, my o'mazing hubby has let me do something with my friends once a week since. I wasn't planning to ditch him so much, but when the invite comes I love to go... Riley too. She slept through her first date the other week.


Last Friday was cowboy day at preschool.  Lucky Dave, I have been feeling in the mood to create so I made him this awesome vest.  He loved being a cowboy so much he wanted chaps like his friend at school.  I went to work and made these sweet tiger chaps.  He wore them all weekend.  Alas they are so last week, now we are running around with underwear outside our pants and on our head, Spider-man style apparently.  He put up a pretty big fight when Dad would let him were his costume in to Chipotle last night. David is also in the habit of changing his clothes dozens of time during the day, but my favorite is when he puts on all his clothes at once.  I think his record is 8 shirts and 10 pairs of pants.


Did I mention, yeah we went to the opening of our very own Chipotle in Fayetteville!  Life in Arkansas just keeps getting better.  I think we will be getting out on the lake soon too.  Joe has been faithfully working out his knee the past week in preparation. The boys are ready to jump in the pool too.  Brody just says "wawa wawa" (water water). I hope he likes swimming this year.

Brody follows David all around like a puppy.  My favorite is when Dave will say, "come on Brod, lets go jump!" Here's a video of them doing tricks.

Speaking of tricks... watch Riley roll. Seem to me when the boys first rolled it was half by accident and they didn't do it again for a while.  Must be a smart girl because she started rolling and wheeling around on Sunday and hasn't stopped.

Giggle giggle

This video is too cute! I am not sure she'll do this again for a while, but I got Riley cracking up! She sounds a little like she's crying but she's not.  This next video is sideways but couldn't resist putting it in too.

Smiley Riley

Isn't she just the cutest thing ever!  I just adore her.  It is fun not to be so out number at our house.  Love you RyeRye you're my girl.

 We had a super busy weekend filled with all kinds of fun.  Our biggest adventure was going to the Gentry Safari Zoo.  It's a drive through and petting zoo.  The kids had a blast!  All through the driving part Brody pointed at the animals saiding "horsey" then would make all kinds of animal sounds.  The car in front of us had a loaf of bread they were feeding the animals with so they came right up to the windows looking for food from us too.  The ostriches were the most aggressive.  They would come up to the window with their beady little eyes and poke around.  

David a one point whipped out a butter knife and armed himself.  He said it was his "bashette knife" not to be mistaken with a machete. 

 

 We saw all kinds of aminals.  When this buffalo came right up to the window we thought, "better not make him mad he could probably roll the car.  Brody, "woe big un!"  (aka big one)

 Not sure if you can see well in this picture, but this is a baby camel.  I had no idea their legs were so long!

 We had to get a car wash to get rid of the animal drool.  Yes this camel is attempting to eat the window.  He had nasty breath!

I had this nice lady take our picture.  can you tell it's the end of the trip? The boys were so tired, David wouldn't even look at the camera, but I had to prove we were actually there all together.  This is our first family shot with Riley, pretty pathetic.  Can't say I didn't try.

Doggie Dave

We have had some major highs and lows today and it's only 1:45.  Lets start at the beginning shall we...

David jumped out of bed this morning excited for picture day at school.  He was insistent that he needed a hair cut, so I got out the clippers and pretended to trim around his ears.  When we went to pick out clothes and I suggested a nice polo shirt for pictures, "no mom" he said politely "I wanna wear my red striped shirt."  He had his look all picked out for pictures  I guess, and he didn't want gel in his hair if you were wondering.  Threw a few waffles in the toaster and we were off to school.

I took Brody and Riley to the store to grab a few things.  Brody found what he needed too.

I handed cute Riley off at the gym to workout, but before I could leave she threw up all over!  Poor thing, just her reflux acting up, it still happens every few days.  Got her all cleaned up and had a good workout.  By the way, one of my favorite things about working out is picking up my kids afterwards.  Brody comes running up "mama mama mama mama" and throws his chubby little arms around my legs.

Had a good lunch and put Brody down for his nap.  When I came out couldn't find David.  I go out into the backyard to find David in the corner with his pants around his ankles.  WHY DOES MY CHILD THINK HE'S A DOG!  This is the second time he has gone number two in the backyard.  I cleaned him up and put him in one of Brody's diapers just like I said. It didn't last long though he was waddling around pulling at it.  "I don't like diapers mom!"  I guess I should be glad, glad that it's outside instead of on my walls like finger paint.  It's now 2:30, I wonder what the rest of the day will bring.  Oh yeah, girls night!

GOOD LUCK DADDY

Coloring

We have a little problem...

David is enjoying coloring so much I am finding it everywhere! Yes, that is permanent marker and it goes all the way up those skinny little legs. Just when I think I have relocated all the markers and crayons, there is another incident! My mom would tell you it runs in the family. When I was little she heard me singing, "rida rida rida." When she found me it was too late I had colored all over her piano with a permanent marker. Payback I suppose.

He is definitely going through another "test the limits" phase though because we have a few things going on like this.  Things he knows are wrong but does them anyways.  His other big issue... well lets just say I told him today that if it happens again he has to wear a diaper like a baby. It's been a very messy week.  

We had an great weekend, which included getting a new grill! Joe and David worked outside for a good hour putting it together. All my boys were so excited to use it. I almost made Joe cry when I told him he had to wait till dinner to use it. Here they are lighting it up.

 What did we do with the old grill?

What everyone does with a well loved grill, sawed off the legs and used it to burn our Christmas tree! It worked great and now we can roast marshmallows anytime we want. Yum yum! David liked his burn and Brody's didn't even make it on the stick.

The boys got a little close and were singeing off there little eyebrows.

 We were outside today and the boys were hovering over the grill hoping for more marshmallows. Brody said pointing to the grill, "babaaba, dada home!" In other words "dad come home so we can have another fire. He has been saying "dada home" a lot lately. We get the message Brode, Dad's the best! Work is over rated!

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More more MORE!

Three posts in one day... ohh ho ho this is too good! Actually the video of Riley I just took was too cute not to share.  Enjoy

Date night

Here's a little face time for me and Joe on the blog. Last Friday we went out with some friends and let me tell you it's the youngest I have felt in a while. Here's a link to my friends blog and you can see some pictures she too. I think you should notice that I am a head shorter then everyone else in the group picture. Also, don't ask what I did with Riley!!!

http://stapleyfam.blogspot.com/2011/03/triple-first-date.html

All Girl

Our little Riley is becoming quite the talker. She will smile and coo for anyone, and she is doing it more and more every day. Just this morning I got her up and she started talking right away. She will even talk with me when we're driving in the car and she can't see me. Brody likes to join in too. Here's a video of her talking, I will probably get a better one here in the next week.


Speaking of Brody, he is a great little talker (if you can understand him). Joe and I were working in the garage Saturday when Brody comes in and says "aut ooing" aka what are you doing. So cute! In the morning he throws everything out of his bed then calls to me, "mama, mama bappies, mama!" how do you say no to that? Makes it easier for me to get out of bed when he's not just crying at me... oh and that he is sleeping till 8:00 these days!

Boing Boing!

Our Favorite activity... jumping on the trap check out my kiddo's mad skills

Brody is a little copy cat and will say and do everything
In case you are wondering what Riley does while we jump...She also has some new tricks which are to die for, but they don't come out on camera real well. I'll keep trying.

Look What I did!

Gotta give the credit to Erica and Joy for inspiring me to bust out the old camera. It's been so long I forgot what a difference it makes to use a lens and a good camera. Hopefully you will see less mobile pix and more real pictures!

The newest Saumweber

Welcome, Riley Paige!

Riley is now almost seven weeks old! It's gone by so fast, so fast I had to cut out blogging all together! Don't get too excited I cannot promise I am back on the horn again... I'll blame it on being the mother of three. Wow it's been so long I am speechless. Updates here we go...

David Started preschool a couple weeks after Riley was born... not sure if anyone would have survived if we hadn't! He loves it and was so ready for a little extra... input. He has been a big help, sometimes a little too much help when it comes to Brody. Brothers don't make good mothers!

Brody is so big! He is learning to talk and love "baas an udy" a.k.a. Buz and Woody. He is always sharing the love with Baby. For the First month or so every time Riley made a peep, Brody would perk up, "Baby". Now he likes to give her hugs and "nose nose nose" which means he sticks his face in hers and rubs he's snot all over her. She's not the biggest fan, but who would stop him when its all to show love!

The past few days you could tell Riley wanted to smile, but today I think she is finally figuring out which muscles to use. So cute, I have gotten a few real cute ones, and lots of cute attempts. We have put away most of the newborn clothes and are now in size one diapers.

Joe has been so busy! He just got back from a scout camp out, and is super excited to get our boys out. David begged Joe to take him, it would have worked too if it wasn't for the hiking they were doing today. Work is rewarding and overwhelming all at the same time. But, just like to say he is kicking butt!

He spent a week down in Dallas two weeks ago and it was a good test of my skills and nerves. Three has been a big adjustment, and if it wasn't for the gym and preschool we would probably have all gone crazy. Both my boys just climbed up to give me a big hug, I must be doing a good job or they wanted to help me on the lap top. How I love my two monkeys and little angel! It's fun to not be so out numbered in our house, little Ry-Ry's got my back!

I had a bunch of pictures to attach but it's not working, next time