November

November 2nd our sweet little cousin Riley turned 1. Missy planned a crazy fun Carnival Party for him. It was so fun and she did a great job.

Their was chili dogs, pretzels and cheese, popcorn, cotton candy, cupcakes and so much more. I was in Junk food heaven.

She even rented a bounce house for the kids (and adults).

Ryker has been in Karate for 2 months now. He moved up from his white belt and is now a orange/white belt....a snow tiger. We love going to his classes twice a week and watching him. Kids doing karate is possible the cutest and funniest thing EVER. 

WARNING: This may be the greatest thing you have seen this year. My dad is a crazy guy and likes to push the boundaries in life. Well he saw these beauties and couldn't live without them. When I first saw them on his feet I thought he looked like big foot. I laughed my head off. Yes these are shoes and they have a slot for each toe and yes he wears them in public....he has no shame.  

My parents took Ryker to see my grandma Mema who lives in Cottonwood. They stayed the night and the next day went on a 4 hour train ride through Verde Valley. 

On Vetreans day we went to the Zoo with my mom and brother. The weather was great but it was crowded. The kids had fun but it ended with tantrums and crying kids, Rigdon was not one of them. We waited in line for like 30 mins to see the new Koala, it was cute but not a good thing to do at the end of the trip. 

Amelia and her little friend started a little "Movin and Groovin" tots class. They are so cute.

Well just a few things to document for the month of November.

Best Family Feud Answer EVER

I'm sorry, I had to post this. This made me laugh so hard.

Just watch it =)

Halloween

What a fun Halloween we had this year. First off my kids didn't mind one bit that they didn't go trick-or-treating on Sunday. We had so many parties that by the time we got to Sunday, they had fun passing candy out with their Pa.  Ok lets back up, so Wednesday before Halloween, Ryker came home from school and seemed fine. An hour later he complained his head hurt, then his stomach hurt and 3 hours later the boy was throwing up. I was so sad for him and hoping he would only have a 24 hour bug because Friday was his Halloween party at school and guess who is the room mom, yep me and how sad that would be if he had to stay home while I go and throw a party for the rest of his class. But he was feeling better the next day so he stayed home to rest on thursday and was as good as new on friday. So I have always wanted to be the room mom so I can plan and organize the holiday parties. I came up with 5 stations and the kids rotated to each station, then we ended with a calk walk and food.

One of the stations was "Pin the wart on the Witch" I made this witch poster, laminated it, then used green play-dough rolled into a little ball for the wart. 

Another station was "Spooky Pumpkin faces" I cut out tons of eyes, noses, mouths and random shapes so the kids could take their felt pumpkin and design many fun faces. 

 Ooops, forgot to rotate this picture but this station was "Don't Eat Mr. Pumpkin". Most of the kids in the class never played this game before so it was alot of fun.

 I also made a Halloween memory game and then we did a Ghost craft at the other station. I was bummed I didn't get pictures. We also made these Frankenstien bags to put all their goodies in to take home. They won a prize after they completed every station.

 We also had these skeleton sugar cookies. I saw them on another blog and had to make them. So cute hu?

Then Saturday night was our wards Trunk-or-Treat party. So I'm a weirdo and love when all the kids have coordinating costumes. I what them all to be something completely different but Ryker had to be spiderman so then Millie was a Ladybug and Rigdon a Bee, so they all were  BUGS, yep that was the theme.

Seriously, have you ever seen a cuter Ladybug....I think not!!! =)

This brought back so many great memories. As soon as we got home Ryker and Amelia ran into the kitchen and started going through their bags to see what they got. I remember Abe and I staying up for hours after we got home, sorting and trading our candy. I always tried to trade my yucky candy for Abe's good candy. Ryker takes after his mamma.

I love my little skeletons. Happy Halloween!!

Life with a new babe

Having Rigdon in our family has brought nothing but joy. We love this little man so much. The first week Rigdon was born Shaun was home with us and my mom was helping me out as well.  Then the next week was going to be the true test....Shaun back to work and my mom back to CO. It was also Fall Break so Ryker didn't have school. It was a bit hard because my kids get bored so easy but I didn't want to  take Rigdon out. So we did venture out to San Tan mall so they can play outside and go to the Disney store to look.  So here is Rigdon's first outing....yep he slept the whole time. 

Good Boy!

Shantay and Briss Briss came for a quick visit to see Rigdon. Oh I love this love girl. She is so so beyond cute and has such a fun personality. Abe and Shantay are now off to Idaho for a few years, while Abe goes to school. I will look forward to many more visits.

Ryker loves weapons his Uncle Blake got him this fake gun and Ryker takes it everywhere. He said he would protect us all from the bad guys with it. So if an intruder broke into our house at night, Ryker was ready for him.

Now that the weather is slowly cooling down the kids are outside playing all the time. I was in feeding Rigdon and hadn't checked on the kids in a while and I hadn't heard from them in a while, which is unusual because normally one comes in to tattle on the other one every 5 mins. I finally go check on them and Ryker had turned the hose on. They were having a blast jumping with the water. I smiled and said...."be careful" and went back in the house. Hey as long as they are playing nice and not bugging me, I don't care. =)

Rigdon's first bath. He loved it, well he wasn't smiling or anything but sat and looked relaxed as we gave him a warm bath. Since he is my only baby to have this much hair, it is funny to have to wash it all the time because it get greasy really fast. Mostly because the kids are always touching his head.

Rigdon 2 weeks old

 Poor kid, his big brother and sister are ALWAYS in his face......they just love him to pieces. I love how Amelia calls him Rigg Riggs or Little Buddy and Ryker calls him Bud. They always want to check on him sleeping. I'm glad they love him so much but wish they would give him some personal space =)

We went to the Vertuccio Farm with our friends the Spindles. It is a cute little place right off of Power road.  The kids had so much fun going through the corn maze, riding the tractor train thing and just being silly kids.

Ryker, Jackson, Bryce and Kyla

Ryk, Bryce, Kyla and Jackson (Millie didn't want to be in the group shot) we were also missing Porter- 5 months and Rigdon- 3 weeks

Amelia boycotting the group picture

Riding the cow train

Go-carts with dad

Here is sweet Rigdon 3 weeks old. He really has been a good baby. He started getting fussy when he was about 2 weeks old but we realized he always had gas so we solved that with those lovely anti-gas drops. 

 Next up ....... Halloween 

Rigdon Shaun Martineau

Our little man is here and arrived Wednesday, September 29, 10 at 7:16am. Here is the story.

Tuesday I had a doctor appointment and I was dialated to a 4 and the Dr said any day. Well That evening I really wanted to go to my Tea Party meeting and since I wasn't feeling anything I convinced Shaun to let me go. I got home and all was well. I was of course not sleeping much through the night because I was so uncomfortable and so I asked Shaun to sleep on the floor so I can take up all of our king sized bed. He willingly made his bed on the ground. Well around 2:30 in the morning a "pop" occurred and water went everywhere. Sorry for the details but it was the funniest feeling ever. I sat up and said....."well Shaun it is time to have a baby, my water just broke". I wasn't really packed so I threw some stuff in a bag, grabbed the kids and drove them over to my in-laws.

We got to the hospital around 3:30am and they checked me and I was dialated to a 6. They got me to my room, started my meds for my group b strep and the epidural lady came in. I was numb and comfortable by 5:00am. So Shaun and I sat and talked for a bit. I started texting my mom who was going to be flying in later that day. I called Sarah to come down to the hospital, I needed a photographer. (so you can thank Sarah for all these wonderful pictures). I told her to come be there around 7:00am.

We are not flashing gang signs, just showing this is our 3rd kid =)

Sarah comes strolling in around 7:00am and a few mins later the nurse comes in to check me. I was now at a 10 and ready to go. They put my legs in the stirrups and the nurse said, ok push you are having a contration...I pushed but couldn't really feel what I was doing so I asked the nurse "am I pushing right?" Then Dr. Holmes said, ok here he comes and lickity split out pops our sweet baby boy. They took put him up on my chest and normally I'm crying for joy at this point but I just stared at him and said "that's it, he is out". It was weird not having to push and do a full on workout having a baby. Sweet Rigdon was 7lbs 11oz and 20.5 inches long.

Good ol' Dr Holmes!! I just love him and grateful he is my Doctor.

Proud new parents

Seiously, It was so nice not to be exhausted afterwards.

Millie brought treats for baby brother.

Our little family, well not so little anymore.

Male bonding

My mom and sister flew in a few hours to late but were excited to meet the new little guy.

Wugs, Mom, Rigdon, Me, Sarah

He of course sleeps most of the time but after eating I would try and keep him awake for a bit, and he would be so alert. Ryker and Millie didn't have as much hair as he does. I just love it!

Oh isn't he the handsomest boy ever!!!!

Ryker just LOVES his baby brother. He is so sweet to him and loves to touch his squishy checks.

Amelia is the other mother hen. She wants to hold him and feed him and burp him.

The kids have been great, they have actually been playing better together this past week. So I hope they continue to play together and have fun together.

Rigdon has been the best baby. He eats, stays awake for an hour then sleeps for 2 or 3 hours, then repeats. He is very content and I love to just sit and stare at him. I hope he continues to be this amazing. Well I'm in love all over again and can't believe I have 3 little kiddos. Being a mom is the hardest thing ever but SO worth it. I'm so grateful for the AMAZING family and friends who have helped us out. What a true blessing Rigdon is and I'm so glad I'm his mommy.

End of September

Well here is the wrap up of the month of September. Ryker's school has a "Dads Club". They plan activities each month for dad's to go do with their kids. This month they went to the Diamondbacks game. I drove Ryker over to Shaun's work and from there they went to dinner then the game. The next few pictures will explain the headband thing =)

This month Ryker also started Karate or actually Taekwondo. I made a bunch of Ninja turtle costumes a while back so when he started Karate, he wanted to wear the headbands. Here is Ryker showing off his fierce moves.

Millie is trying to copy him =)

As most of you know I'm on my neighborhoods HOA board and over the Social committee. We wanted to plan a huge carnival night in November but with new baby and such we had a movie night instead. We rented this gigantic screen and had snowcones and popcorn. When the sun went down we watch Monsters vs. Aleins. It was a blast and I hope the communitty enjoyed it.

My friend Amanda and I working the machines. She too is on the board so we have lots of fun together. Mind you I was 39 weeks pregnant. I thought after this night was over I would go into labor but no luck =)

It was a good thing I didn't have the baby yet because the next night was Women's Conference, which was wonderful as usual, very uplifting. Then afterwards many of my aunts and cousins went over to my grandmas house for some food and visiting time. I LOVE these girls and missed the ones who weren't there.

Well that sums up September, oh I forgot, I ended the month with having a BABY!!! It was a great month =)