We're Almost 2!

Lily and I turn the big number 2 next Friday so we headed to Green Bay today to celebrate our birthdays. Our cousin, AJ, got to celebrate with us too since he turns eight on Wednesday. We thoroughly enjoyed every moment of the day from opening presents to eating cake and ice cream. I enjoyed the ice cream part so much so that I had three scoops before I called it quits. We received lots of cool presents and Grandma Jackie got Lily and me each two balloons and AJ eight balloons to remind us how old we are going to be. Great-Grandpa Williams was there too...can you imagine if Grandma Jackie had bought him 93 balloons for his birthday??? We're excited to turn two in our world!

Rainy Day Fun

We have had a lot of rainy days since moving to Wisconsin, and today Mom found a way for us to get out of the house. This morning we went to a place called Generations at Play with our friend, Jack, and his mom. Imagine an entire store filled with toys that you can play with while your mom sits back with a cup of coffee and takes a break. Great, huh!?! We played for nearly two hours and we barely made a dent in the mounds of toys they had. We definitely have to go back soon, and I don't think Mom will object to that. Rainy days aren't all that bad in our world!

The Verdict Is...

...unknown. Whatever it was I had, I am finally feeling better! I came down with a nasty fever last Friday night, and it finally broke late yesterday. I had no other symptoms, but after what was a long weekend for myself and Mom and Dad, I got to meet our new pediatrician, Dr. Hagerman, a little earlier than expected. Mom took me in Monday to find out that I may have Roseola or a bladder infection. After waiting it out to see if I developed a rash, I was back at the doctor's office on Wednesday with 104+ degree fever and no rash. I was tested for strep...negative, then I had to be catheterized to see if I had a bladder infection...negative. After all of that, Dr. Hagerman decided to give it a few more days to see if it was just a virus that needed to pass, and ding, ding, ding, looks like he may have been right. After being couped up for so long Ryan and I were starting to go a little crazy so I sure am glad I'm feeling better. It stinks being sick in our world!

Round 4 - Wisconsin

We made it...we survived 29 weeks and 4 days without a home to call our own. We almost had to go one more day too because Lily ended up coming down with a high fever the night before. She's a fighter though so we decided to make the journey anyway, and boy are we glad we did, although we weren't much help when we got there. Lily laid around a lot and just supervised the movers. I figured out how to get Mickey Mouse Clubhouse to play on Mommy's computer, and that kept me busy most of the afternoon. We watched so many episodes that even Gigi went to bed singing the hot dog song. Once Lily felt up to it she joined in on the show and she even figured out how to open the shutters so she could keep on eye on things outside. It was great seeing all of our stuff again. Of course I jumped on the couches to make sure they were in okay shape, and we tested out most of our toys we hadn't seen in over a week. It is amazing that no matter where we go our toys seem to end up in the same place. We even got our own rooms in this house to store them in. I'll definitely miss sleeping in the same room as Lily every night, but having my own space is kind of cool. Mom and Dad told us that hopefully we won't have to move again until we decide to move out on our own. Why we would ever want to do that, I'm not sure?!? We're loving Wisconsin in our world!

The Big Truck

A big truck arrived at Gigi and Pop Pop's house today and Uncle Tom, Titi Nery, and Uncle Angel helped Daddy and Pop Pop load the truck with all of our stuff. We tried to help as much as possible, but in the end I was best at cheering on Pop Pop and Lily did well running around the truck making sure all of our toys were okay. I guess the truck leaves tomorrow and we will be following it on Saturday up to our new home. Hopefully this is true because we really want to see our toys again. We're ready to enjoy another adventure in our world!

Emilia

Since we're moving at the end of the week we decided to make one more visit to Indiana to see our friend, Jack. We received a huge surprise when we got there though, Jack had a new baby sister, Emilia. We love babies in our world!

Our New Home

It is October, which means that we turn two this month. I guess Mom and Dad decided to buy us the best present ever...a new house. They closed today so let the adventures begin!

Rivera Family Pictures

Since we'll be moving soon, we spent the afternoon of September 20 having our two year old pictures taken. Although it was almost six weeks early, it worked out well because we were able to take some family pictures with Gigi, Pop Pop, Titi Molly, and Uncle Craig. Mommy decided to dress us based on our personalities and I think we filled the shoes well. Lily wanted to sleep in her tutu that night so at least I know her outfit was perfect. We enjoyed walking through the woods looking for sleeping deer and playing near the waterfall. We finished just in time to beat the rain and here is what we have to show for it. Enjoy!