These last couple of weeks have gone by really fast.  Let's see...where to start.  Well Stephen did make the cut, so on the 23rd he is going to Boise to do the physical test which he will pass with flying colors.  We looked up the requirements and some of them are pretty low, so no worries there.  Then after that the next day is the interview.  So we have our fingers crossed because right now it seems like the best thing for us to do.  However there is a group leader position opening up out where he already works, and his boss has encouraged him to apply, and everyone is telling him that they will be surprised if he doesn't get it.  We are just hoping one of them will pan out.  We will find out about the same time for both of them.  I have been able to go to the gym on a pretty regular basis these last few weeks, and I haven't lost any weight, but I tried on some clothes yesterday that I haven't been able to fit in, and I was able to.  So that was some good motivation to keep going.  So can I just say how amazing my niece Nikki is.  She babysat for me on Friday night.  She was nervous to do it by herself because my other niece Jelly usually comes to, but she didn't this time, but when I got home my dishes were done, counters cleaned, laundry folded, toys picked up, and the kids were bathed. I was very impressed and grateful.

So my cute little Bailey girl is still refusing to crawl.  She is so close though.  The other day Stephen was with Bailey and she was so close to crawling, and then she just dove after the toy she was trying to get.  She did however get her first tooth on the first of Feb.  It was the bottom right one, and the bottom left one followed a day or two later.  She had her nine month apt the other day, no shots needed luckily, but she definately did not like the doc checking her out.  This was a first, in the past she never cared.  She is a fiesty little girl, and when Riley tries to take toys from her she pitches the biggest fits, and pulls back, and then if he wins she looks over at me like what are you going to do about this mom.  I got her a jumperoo, and she has a blast in it.  I babysat for Enid the other day and and I was feeding Lindsey a bottle, and Bailey was right beside me, and Bailey just grabbed on to Lindsey's hair and pulled.  I felt so bad...I'm sure with them being so close it won't be the last cousin attack, and I'm sure there will be paybacks.  She loves to discover...  She loves to empty out the diaper bag, and toy buckets.  She just pulls things out one at a time.  The only time I minded was when we were at here ped apt and I went chasing after Riley and I came back from around the corner and she had just dumped the diaper bag and my cash I had just in a pocket was flailed over the floor. 

We were riding in the car the other night and Riley said the sun went out, it's time for us to go to bed.  He got mad at me the other day, and in his madness and his bink in his mouth I couldn't understand his lecture but I did make out "spanking" and he followed me in a circle trying to spank me.  It was funny the first time, but then he tried that a second time in porters, not as funny in public.  He wanted one of my tater tots the other day, so I went to put it in his mouth, and he accidentally bit my finger, and I have a little blood blister now.  We were at walmart and the guy in front of us asked if we wanted to go first, and I told him no, but thank you, and Riley pipes in and says "thank you, thank you grandpa".  The guy thought it was pretty funny, and said oh good now I have five grandkids instead of four.  So the new pull ups that have a the "cool alert" on them, yeah they don't work, he doesn't even notice.  Riley is very sweet, and well manored, but he does not listen.  You tell him no, or not to do something, and it's like you were invisible, he just keeps on doing it.  Something he say a lot is "I'm on my way to save the day".  He likes to act like he's flying a lot.  The other night he was refusing to eat dinner, and I told him he couldn't leave the table until he took one bite.  It only took about ten minutes, but he did take a bite, and not only did he take a bite, he decided he liked it, and he ate it all.  I hope it's always that easy.  I know there was more that i wanted to write, but I can't think of the stories anymore, but hopefully I'll remember them later.