Riley Stats at Age 3

Had Riley's regular doctor visit today so here are her stats: 32.6 lbs. and 36 inches. "Well proportioned" according to the doc and he was impressed with her verbal and imagination skills...One of her imaginary friends joined us today:) Ironically, a Space Alien friend of hers...She did well on knowing her shapes and stuff too. She even hopped right in his lap when he asked if she wanted a sticker:)

Turns out, I need to add our favorite nurse at the clinic to our list of people expecting in 2010...Geez it's gonna be a baby boom year for us! My hair stylist, now our nurse, and over half a dozen of our friends are expecting starting this November and into mid-next year. Fun stuff!

As for the Flu Shot saga, our family practice doc who is Riley's doc and my regular doctor when I'm not pregnant, strongly recommends the seasonal shot, and for pregnant mom's he STRONGLY suggests the H1N1 shot. He said if it were his wife and young children even, there would be no question he would get the shot, but especially for pregnant women. One of the latest reports he heard was that of the most recent 100 people who died from H1N1, 28 of them were pregnant women. Nurse Angie already got her seasonal shot and thinks she will also get the H1N1 shot for herself, though she's not sure about her little guy at home who is about a year younger than Roo. Based on that info, Riley and I are on a call list for the seasonal shot and we will probably both be getting the H1N1 shot too, me for sure...still not sure about Riley 100% yet. I case that helps with any of you trying to make the decision for your own family. (The doc opinion, not of course, whether or not we're choosing to do it!)

Riley's Official Birthday

Here's a brief run-down of the day: Bowling...Riley lasted about 4 frames and then got bored and let Daddy help. She "beat" Mommy 92-90, Daddy beat both of us...Then we wanted to kill some time before dinner so we headed to Northtown to visit the puppies and fishies and other critters at the pet shop...She loves this activity, it kills Mommy to "visit' and not bring home! Motivation for potty training!!! Then off to Space Alien's for dinner. Riley got a special b-day treat AND she got to see the "giMORmous" Alien that comes out the greet the kids. What a day!

Happy Birthday Riley Rose!

Today our baby girl turns three years old. Where did the last 3 years go? Since today is Riley's last "only child" birthday, we have a very special family day planned with our big girl. After nap (if she naps...she's singing the "Wonder Pets Teamwork" song to her kitty cats right now) we are taking her bowling and the to Space Alien's for dinner. Next year at this time we will be a family of four...weird?!?!

Thanks for all the birthday wishes already today. She loves telling people she's a big big girl:)

On a Public Service note, for those of you who read this for informational purposes, (yeah right!), The Maple Grove Just Between Friends (JBF) Consignment Sale is going on today, through Saturday and I highly recommend it for parents of small children or pregnant women. I came home with a bouncy seat for baby, 8 maternity items, 3 sweaters for Roo, a dress for her, a velour 3-piece outfit, shoes, fancy black pants, 6 onsies for baby boy, one pack of pacifiers, two formula dispensers, 2 blankies, and probably one or two things I'm forgetting for under $95...And I even missed two whole sections for girls 4T that I didn't see until I was in the checkout. Good quality stuff, some of it still has tags on it. Get there soon, it's a popular sale and by Saturday, I don't even know what will be left. It's at the Golf Dome by Fleet Farm off of 81 and 169 (Technically Brooklyn Park, I think).

Big Girl Bike

Josh and I bought Riley her first big girl bike for her birthday. She couldn't wait to tell the neighbor boy, Jack, about it (she has a little crush). Don't worry, for all you safety nuts out there, we will have a helmet, we just didn't get it in time for the first ride. I'll try to post video later, but I'm not sure that ever works with this new camera...

More from the Party

Here's more from the party. Riley and Zacky and my grandparents, the Greats and my dad with Riley and Adee...

Riley's Tinkerbell Birthday

Saturday was Riley's first of a few birthday celebrations for the big #3! If you ask her now she's already 3 cuz the party is when she turns older...not her real birthday which isn't until Thursday. We always do Riley's birthday as a costume party so the great grandparents can see the kids all dressed up. This year, Riley has been all about Tinkerbell so not only was her costume Tink, but so was the cake and plates, etc.

Josh took Thursday off so we can celebrate her last birthday as an only child with just Mommy and Daddy...We have a special day planned, but weather is going to play a factor in how we party...so you'll have to wait and see what we do on the big day:)

Then next Saturday we will be going to the Mall of America with Grandma Linda and whomever else from the Schuster side can come. Grandpa Mark came to the party this weekend but Linda had to work so we promised her a trip to find a Merry Go Round (notice, we promised Grandma, not Riley...I think Grandma has more fun than Roo does sometimes, I can tell!!) And then we'll probably have cake and ice cream somewhere after that...

Riley should be one tired kid by the end of the weekend!

I wish I had a picture of the cake that Meg made for the party this weekend, but if you want to see Meg's awesome Tinkerbell creation, check out her blog Trackin the Treds on the right side column. More pics of the weekend to come.

Breakin in the Costume

We had a play date on Thursday with my friends Jenny and Aimee and the kids and decided to do a costume party or sorts. It was good to figure out what kinks we're going to have with the costumes...turns out Riley isn't a huge fan of her wings or her crown though...hmmmm....hope she will wear them for the Big Trick-Or-Treat:)

Jenny's Nolan is the Tiger and Aimee's kids are Snow White and a Dwarf...Aimee made her Nolan's dwarf costume...sooo cute! Ava makes a perfect Snow White too:) She was more than happy to smile for the camera!