dear riley

ok, you win. you win. you have beaten your sister. you have baked longer than she has. you have given me more false alarms than she ever did. and i pray your next plan of achievements does not include beating her birth weight. i am just not prepared to handle that.

after staying up until 3 this morning making shirts and filling orders, i still find things to do and finish before you come. but all of the important ones are done. so, you can come now.

one of the things that i had on my list was to make a hospital door sign. like everything else, i had no idea what color because your mom thought it would so super fun to keep you a surprise. ha. i am over the fun. anyway, i went with white, khaki and brown and i have to say i love it. i cannot wait to put it on the door. and knowing me, i will probably find a way to sell these, too...by the way, hi, i am your mom, i have a problem filling my plate a little too full.

and before i completely forget details of my last pregnancy, here are a few things to remember...

• i was diagnosed with gestational diabetes at 30 weeks which also means i have been to the doctor every single week, wednesday at 8:30, to check on you.
• i have only gained 14 lbs. that is pretty incredible compared to your sister. she liked mcdonalds a whole lot. and it showed.
• at 31 weeks i got a stomach bug. the worst kind of stomach bug. especially because i had a chick-fil-a #1 combo a few hours before. and now, to my dismay, i can no longer look at a #1 combo.
• i have eaten more eggs, cheese, peanut butter, and veggies than i ever have in my entire life.
• i haven't had anything sweet except for a couple of ice creams since july 1st. can someone please bring me an extra large oreo blizzard to the hospital?
• because of the added protein and the deleted sweets, i haven't had to have any insulin. yay for your mom!
• and like i mentioned, you have beaten your sister. you have proven your point. now come on out. and is you are bigger than 9 pounds, COME. OUT. TODAY.

i love you sweet riley wells.

now seriously, come on out.

preschool and jana

addison started preschool today and i think it was successful. the whole carpool thing intimidated her a little but she did great. heck, the carpool line intimidated me. and as a side note, for some reason i am stuck on 2 things i will never do as a mother: #1 i will NEVER be late picking up my children and #2: i will NEVER miss any event they are participating in. ok, never say never but dang i will try to make those two NEVER happen. and for the record i wasn't late today but i wasn't in the front like i wanted to be...gotta put my game face on for next tuesday. i cannot be in the back of the line.

so i didn't get a ton out of her when i picked her up except that she loves her teacher and the playground was fun. i am pretty sure she didn't say a word the entire time she was there. she is known to only talk to adults in the bathroom when they take her to go tee-tee. so silly. oh and she didn't eat her lunch. she immediately asked for her bag and next thing i know she is chomping down on her pb&j and crackers. huh. i bet she thought someone else's lunch looked better that hers. i wish i could put a spy cam on her to see what super-moms pack for lunch.

so what/who is this jana in the title? well, funny you ask. late this afternoon addison started playing "teacher" where i was finally allowed a little insight into her day. i am pretty sure she was recounting all the things mrs. cheri did at school. it was pretty cute. and of course addison's main student was jana. yes blog world, we have an imaginary friend. jana. i would introduce you but she pops in and out of the house so fast i just can't seem to get a pic. haha. one minute she is here, the next i am sitting on her. such is the life of an imaginary friend. she has been around for a couple of months now and although she has come and gone a few times, i think it is safe to say she is a permanent friend in addison's little world. and thanks to jana i was able to learn a little more about addison's day. and like i said, i think preschool is a success!