Riendeau Report: 2010

5 months

Trace, you are 5 months old. You are growing like a weed. Here is what you are up to:

*You are 22 pounds. You can still fit in your six month clothes but the 9 month clothes fit better. You are wearing alot of the things that Travis wore when he was a month or two older than you.

*You eat 4 or 6 ounce bottles about every 3 hours during the day and when you are not napping. You are eating all kinds of food and Dad even sneeks in some sweets for you to try like icing off of a cupcake. You like peaches, green beans, and peas. You eat food twice a day.

*You are beginning to get up in the middle of the night again. For a while there we had an easy baby! Now, you sleep from about 8:30 to 2 or 3 and then wake up. When you wake up, I put you in bed next to me and then give you a bottle. You finish the night in bed next to me and Dad. I don't get the best sleep, but I LOVE having you cuddle next to me. I know it won't last long so I am trying to enjoy every second!

*You are teething like crazy. It took a while but you had your 2 bottom teeth pop up at one time. I thought that you were getting more teeth, but still no visible sign of any more just yet. Just the fun teething cues like having both fists in your mouth, drooling, fussing, a ton of dirty diapers and diaper rash. Fun, fun!

*I moved you up to size 3 diapers. You are so big!

*You are trying to crawl and sit up on your own. When we lay you on your back, you try your hardest to do a sit up and sit straight up. When you sit up, you are able to sit there a little bit until you get too top heavy and fall forward. You don't want to miss anything. Also, you are trying to crawl. You are army crawling except for when you get really excited. Then you lay on your belly and throw your arms and legs out and it looks like you are flying. You are getting up on all fours and trying REALLY hard to put it all together. Yikes! You are already on the move.

*Mommy, Daddy, and Trace love you very much. Your brother has been singing you songs on the way to Mrs. Rose's in the morning.

AXIS!!

Brian went to the deer lease in Sonora to take the camper and do a little hunting. (There is no season on axis.) He came back with a 29 inch axis buck! I prefer axis meat FAR more than deer meat. Axis meat is very similar to beef but with even less fat. Now we have a whole freezer full!

All of them came home with meat!

Random Part 1

I'm sure there will be more random posts since I haven't updated in so long. I like to try and take pictures of the boys every once in a while for no reason. Here you can see that Trace is a thumb sucker. It is SOOO cute now, but hopefully it won't turn into a problem later!

The boys watching truck videos on you tube.

Working with Daddy

Okay, let's see if I an keep this updated now.... We have had a crazy summer. Today Brian took Travis to work with him. They are harvesting the rice. I came out to bring them lunch and pick Travis up. When I got there, they were having trouble with one of the combines. Travis is "helping out" by measuring some of the pieces. Brian reported that he was a GREAT boy while they had to work on the equipment. Here are some pictures I got while I was out there. I didn't stay too long because it is SOO hot.

He was not too happy that I was taking pictures of him. He was doing serious work out there!

Unloading the combine...

Me and Trace as we watched from INSIDE the car. Ha!

Travis LOVES going to work with Daddy! When Brian put him in the car he told Travis, "thank you for all your hard work helping me." Travis replied "you're welcome" with a look on his face like he had done most of the work. :)

Trace is here!!!

Trace Austin Riendeau

click on the link above to see pictures

Easter Festivities Part 3

Lots of family came over and we enjoyed a delicious meal. The kids had a great time. They enjoyed an easter egg hunt and playing in the barn. I had a few more pictures to add but the computer is acting up and I wanted to post this before tomorrow. It is the big day. I went to Dr. McDonald and I am still steadily progressing. I was 3 cm dialted already. We decided to set Thurday as the induction day. It has been making Brian nervous that he is an hour away. This way he knows he'll be there on time. :) So tomorrow we will go from a family of 3 to our complete family of 4. I'm experiencing so many emotions!!! We can't wait to meet baby Trace. Stay tuned for pics!

Easter Festivities Part 2

The Easter Bunny came to our house (AND Nana's house) and we went to church with Nana, Grand Bob, and Aunt Katie.

Easter Festivities Part 1

Travis and I met up with my cousin Mandi and her daughter Samantha to particiapte in an Easter Egg hunt at Enchanted Gardens, where our Aunt works. Travis had a great time walking around the place, looking at the ponds and was glad to take a picture with the Easter Bunny. As far as the egg hunt, he could've passed on it and been just fine.

Round 2

My great team and former school nurse held a shower for Trace and I. It was very nice and I think everyone had a nice time. The cake was delicious (and VERY cute.) Trace got alot of nice, new things too. It is so nice that we have mostly everything we need. Here are some pictures that Merideth took.

Diaper cake made by Amanda, Bonnie and Tango.

The great hosts and I. THANK YOU Ladies!!!

Jennifer's daughter, Madi. She is too cute!

The cake was SOOOO good. I would walk by the kitchen and Brian and Travis would be eating it straight out of the box. Those are my boys..... Soon I'll have Brian AND TnT. :)

THANKS AGAIN LADIES!! We are blessed to be so loved!

Spring Break

Here were some of our relaxing Spring Break activities:

Crawfish boil at Brian's friend's house. Travis really liked the boiled shrimp and "mud bugs." He also had fun playing with the dogs and killing the big mosquitoes.

Brian worked on the dresser and Travis was practicing his writing. He can already write mom!! Here he came and knocked on the door to show me. :) He's so smart! Daddy taught him that a few weeks ago.

Visiting Dad at work. They have been trying to plant, but the rain is really slowing them down. As always, Travis loves being around the "big green tractors." We'll be visiting Dad alot this summer when I have two kiddos and need to get out of the house.

Worked in Trace's room, organizing all the great gifts we got at the shower this past Sunday. Travis made "snow" with the packaging from the Willow Tree angel I got. He also liked testing out Trace's crib.

Mailed out Travis' birthday party invitations. His party is getting close and we went out to buy everything (almost everything) we need for his party since I had time in case I was too tired as the weeks go on or if I was to deliver early.

I did ALOT of nesting this week since I am almost 36 weeks. I had Travis at 38 weeks!!!

Showered with Love

My mother and sister-in-law hosted a baby shower for Trace and I. The food and cake was delicious. It was very nice and we got alot of great things for Trace. He doesn't really need much, but it was nice to get some new clothes and toys for him. We feel so loved! :)

Finished Dresser!

Daddy's fine craftmanship:

Brian finished the dresser and it looks GREAT! He did a really good job and it is so much more special since he made it. It looks perfect in the room and will hold alot of baby clothes! I am glad that he decided on making it because it is so much more meaningful. Good Job Honey!!!