Shopping, Relaxing, More Driving, and Family Time!

The above title pretty much sums up what has been going on the last few days. There hasn't been too much to report and I really didn't want to post a blog to say I just went shopping. Like you guys care. All I can say is that Riley has so many clothes. He went from a half suitcase full of stuff to overflowing. Carters was having a 50% off the whole entire store plus my mom got a 10% discount because it was grandma's day. Of course we had to take advantage of that.

The next day was awesome fishing. It was one bite after another and caught lots of fish. We also went and caught some fresh blackberries, a whole gallon which were made in into pie yesterday. It got cold and rainy so spent most of the evening inside keeping the little one warm. It was a great last night.

Friday was spent driving to Spokane/North Idaho. Tony's dad had surgery on his shoulder so he is all slinged up and couldn't hold his grandson but was excited to see him anyways. We spent the night relaxing which was well needed.

Yesterday was a beautiful day. Sunny and warm once the afternoon hit. For those of you who aren't familiar with the whether up here, it gets very cold at night so the mornings are quite chilly most of the time. You dress in layers here. That's why our suitcase looks like we will be gone for 3 months not 3 weeks. We had a big breakfast of biscuit and gravy and home made hashbrowns. Yummy. Riley got to meet his 2 uncles and his future aunt Sara. It was nice for everyone to see Riley. We BBQ some giant steaks and Tony made his first pie, pie crust and everything. 1 apple and 1 blackberry. Yum Yum Yum!!!

Day #5 and #6-A day of relaxing and trip to San Juan Islands

Yesterday was gloomy and very cold. It was windy and gray and too cold for Riley to be outside so most of the day I spent relaxing indoors keeping Riley warm. My great uncle and aunt came out fishing along with my dad's cousin and his wife and my uncle Jerry came out to go fishing. We let them fish most of the day which was okay because I needed to be inside with the kiddo anyways. After they left, Tony and I both caught big Humpeys. Mine was 6 lb and Tony's weighted in at 5 1/2. In the picture mine looks smaller...i was having a hard time holding mine up. My cousin Jason smoked a giant turkey and made some stuffing and corn. Mom made mash potatoes so we pretty much had Thanksgiving. It was so good and I ate too much.

Today, my rents, Tony, Riley, and I rode the ferry out to the San Juan Islands. We just drove around and had lunch at Friday Harbor. It isn't very big out there so we managed to catch an earlier ferry back. It was beautiful out there, not much to do but I'm glad that we got to see it once. Hoping for warmer day tomorrow but the cold is a nice break. The 2nd pic is the 3 of us on the Ferry ride to Friday Harbor. Now off to make some smores.

Day #4-crabbing away

Tony was in heaven yesterday, after running a few errands yesterday we started off the day with a boat ride down the skagit river. I forgot the camera so I could not take the hilarious picture of Riley in his life vest. Tony caught a picture of it on his phone so its probably floating around facebook somewhere. It was adoreable. After the boat ride, we headed to Samish Island, not to far from where my parents house. My dad's high school friend Karen and her husband Clint have a house right on the bay at Samish Island. Caren took Tony and I out to pull the pots. We only caught 6 and one of the other pots are missing. It isn't uncommon for people to come and and take the pots. After we went back to shore, Caren and Clint provided oysters, clams, and fresh crab. We finished the night with smores. I haven't made smores in years!

Vacation Day #3

Yesterday was day #3 of our adventure. Riley has been doing great. Above is his little play/sleepint area so he can stay outside with all of us. It was kind of a busy day yesterday. We went and had breakfast and came back to do some fishing. My cousin picked up my grandma and brought her out so Riley could meet his great grandma and so she could visit with the family. My cousin's daughter had a birthday party so we stopped by there for a few minutes and then headed out to see my great aunt Helen (Riley's great great aunt) and my uncle Ed. We stayed there for about 20 minutes. Aunt Helen got to hold Riley and he did awesome. I was hoping he was nice and chill for her which she was. We went to a hibachi grill for dinner and fished some more in the afternoon but no bites.

Vacation Day #2

Tony and I eating by the inlet in La Connor, WA

Riley chilling at lunch time

Instead of trying to remember everything I did during vacationa and posting one long blog, I thought it would be a lot more fun posting as I go along.

Yesterday was day #2. Riley got to meet his uncle Matt for his first time and then after he left, my parents, tony, riley, and I headed to Walmart to pick up a few things and then off to La Connor, WA which is about 20 minutes from my parents place. La Connor is a typical seaside town in WA. It's actually an inlet that we are on that's why it looks like a river in the background. Tony got his fish and chips which he was excited about. Can't beat fresh seafood I guess.....I wouldn't know because I don't like it. I had some chicken strips, mom had a small bowel of clam chowder and a hot roast beef sandwhich, and dad had a giant bowel of clam chowder. My mom decided to let Riley try some clam chowder (don't panic people, just the broth part, he did not eat any clams). Now, if anyone knows what has been going on with Riley---he will not eat passed his cereal in the morning until his dinner at 7 pm. He still will not eat any snacks, eat vegetables, or drink anything at all. We have to force stuff down him. It's weird because he doesn't fuss until he is ready to eat. Of course we figured he would hate clam chowder but grandma thought it would be fun for him to give it a whirl....and he LOVED it. He ate one of the biggest amounts I have ever seen him eat. Once my mom ran out, he helped grandpa with his bowel and then we had to order a 2nd big bowel which he ate at least 2 tablespoons of that and we brought the rest home. I couldn't believe it. That was his first time eating people foo. He didn't get sick or anything. I was a little worried about the richness but he ate it right up and no diarreah. Strange....

After lunch, we walked around La Connor which is pretty small. We looked around in a few shots and got some icecream before we left. We came back to my parents place. I caught another fish and I think Tony caught 2. It was nice and relaxing.

And Vacation Is Here!!

This is my view right now. My parents live right on the river. Tony has caught 1 salmon already and plans on cooking it for dinner.

The time we have been waiting for has arrived.....our long awaited vacation. I felt that it would never come. Tuesday night after I got off work, Tony packed the Jeep. He worked until 12 am so we left pretty much as soon as we got home. I was pretty sure Riley would fuss a lot. I takes 24ish hours to drive from Surprise, AZ to my parents house in Seedro Wooley, WA. Riley did awesome. We drove straight through....just stopping long enough to feed and change Riley, get gas, and let Enzo out to pee. Tony and I ate while we drove. We drove all night and arrived this morning (Thursday) at 12:45 am. We were very tired and Riley went right to sleep in his pack and play which he's never really done. I will be putting up pics here and on facebook. So far, we've just relaxed and visited with my aunt and parents.

Another Dr added to the list

Thursday Tony and I had to take Riley to the opthamologist....a visit we were hoping to avoid but unfortunately Riley's eye still seems to be goopy and runny so we were referred to a pediatric opthamologist. So, after working a late night, Me and my boys got up and headed to Mesa for his 8:40 am appointment. I don't even wake up at 6:30 to go to work and I worked until 10 pm the night before so I really didn't get that much sleep. It's very difficult to fall asleep after working a day in the er which happened to a busy day.
Anyways, after sleepily making the drive we saw the opthamologist. He was very nice and did confirm that Riley has a clogged tear duct that will need to be opened up surgically unfortunately. Unfortunately, he cannot do it at the same time as when Riley's palate is fixed as Cardon's hospital does not allow inpt eye surgery that can be done outpt. It literally is a very short procedure....about 5 minutes but will have to be put all the way under via a mask so no intubation which is good. The good thing is that the opthamologist said that Riley's eyes look great and no problems yet have been spotted which is something we were nervous about as Tony and his side of the family have eye problems. Tony had to have a surgery when he was 4 to realign his eys.
Tony is such a wonderful husband. He set up a surprise babysitter for Thursday night so we could have a date night. He was a little nervous because on Monday moring I got really sick and started vomiting at like 2 in the morning. There was absolutely no warning what so ever. I felt fine all day on Sunday at work. I only got about 3 hours of sleep and had to be back to work at 8 Monday morning. I did go thinking I must have eaten something bad but then I got very achy and could hardly sit or stand still because my body hurt so bad. I spent all night on the couch on Monday and threw up everything I ate and felt horrible Tuesday but luckally was keeping food down at that point. By Thursday I felt fine like nothing happen and we were able to go on our date. We went to Chilis and then went to Harry Potter. I liked it but Tony only thought it was so so. It was a romantic gesture since we don't get out much alone lately. I'm excited to have grandpa and grandma back down for the winter so they can babysit :)
Only about 1/2 weeks for our first vacation as a family....a road trip up to WA and ID to visit family and friends!