Little Miss Manners

Payton has learned how to say "thank you," it's the sweetest thing. I have been trying to capture it on video to share with you all, but she clams up where I put the camera in front of her.

Essentially, it's any time she is given something or gives something to you she says, "tain-too."

Life has gotten away from us!

Apologies for the major delay in my blog upkeep, the end of summer proved to be super busy for us ... but quite fun! I'm not going to spend much time in this post recapping the last month and a half and will rather entertain you with pictures. Enjoy! I promise to do better in my blog upkeep moving forward. As usual, life has been pretty entertaining her at the Boise Bordner household.

Ryder and Jeremy went on a day-long flight with my boss ... up to McCall for pancakes at the Pancake House and over to Baker City for some lunch & ice cream! Ryder had a great time!

We had a major BBQ with loads of kids, adults and fun! Thanks everyone for coming.

At the Idaho State Fair! Ryder & Jeremy went on the swings! I was nervous for Ryder, but he LOVED them!

We went to the Mariner's game with our friends Ryan and Heather Skene.

Ryder & Jeremy were in cousin Roy & Erin's wedding this summer. Quite the dashing boys they were!

Grandpa Tucker is really good and reading stories!

While in Seattle we went to the zoo with Grandma Susie and Harper & Bennett (the kids Susie watches).

Payton Turns One!

It's been quite a year for Miss P ... I'll entertain you with some pictures throughout the year.

Yoga

When I was pregnant with Payton I went to prenatal yoga twice a week for several months. We drive by the yoga studio every now and again and when we do Ryder always says, "there's momma's yoga." I showed Ryder what yoga was ... you know, "the downward facing dog" and Tucker's favorite, "the cobra." Well, last night my yoga mat was out in the living room floor from my "morning routine" (I won't go into those details now) and I'm down the hall and I hear Ryder say, "momma, I'm going to do some yoga." I said okay, buddy. Then he says, I need to do some yoga to push my baby out." Of course, that's what he associates yoga with ... me being pregnant with Payton. So I ask him where's his baby and he said, "it's in my belly."

Needless to say for a few minutes Ryder entertained me with many yoga poses/moves on how to get the baby out!

1st Birthday

We celebrated Payton Frances' first birthday this weekend, co-hosting a joint party with the Hamilton's, as Delaney Jane also turned one (the girls' birthday is one day apart, Aug 4 for Miss D and Aug 5 for Miss P)! The party was at the Hamilton's house, and Molly did a beautiful job with the decorations and set-up!

The theme of the party was "tiny two," naturally, since they are two tiny girls. For food, we had tiny-burgers, tiny dogs, tiny cupcakes, tiny veggies, even tiny water bottles (among normal sized food and drink). It was a great time! Miss P finally got her first girl toy ... a stroller and baby doll.

Impossible to get all the kids to look and smile at the same time.

Present time!

Mommies & birthday girls.

Getting ready to dig in!

Payton loved the mini cakes Molly made for the girls.

Funny.

Mommy Weekend

Jeremy was gone this weekend (re-enacting the movie "The Hangover" LA-style with his cousins for Roy's bachelor party) and then I picked him up at the airport at1:20 for a 20-minute tease. What do I mean by that? After picking him up, I dropped him off with some Boise friends (through EO) for a trip up north of McCall for their yearly "planning" for the group. Mmmmhmmmm. Lots of planning will get done, I'm sure.

I don't want to complain though, the kids have actually been quite wonderful this weekend and we've had a blast. Ryder has been the sweetest boy and it's been fun watching Payton get into all sorts of mischief. And Ryder has been my snuggle-bug at night. So while I haven't had the best nights sleep, it's fun to have slumber parties with my little man.

I must also give many, many thanks to the Kaerney's for letting us come out on the boat with them yesterday! That was a great break in the day and a good way to wear the kiddos out for the night. Both Ryder & Payton fell asleep on the drive home and were out until the next morning. Ryder & Morgan went tubing and didn't want to get off until we finally forced them off after about 30mins of bouncing and whipping.

Anyway, Jeremy gets back on Tuesday and I can't wait. I miss him terribly. He's such a good daddy & husband and our house just isn't the same without him here.

Oh, and I've stalked/bugged my mom long enough and she's coming into town this week too! We're getting ready for Miss P's 1st birthday party on Saturday. Molly and I are hosting a joint birthday bash for Payton & Delaney (born one day apart!). I'll update you next week on that!

Owweeee!!!!

Payton got an owwweeee. On Friday she was crawling out the front door, I saw her heading that way ... didn't think any harm. I was chasing Ryder and when I went to grab Payton, she started crying. I looked down and her little hand was on the threshold (the metal part on the bottom of the door), which had been baking in the hot sun. She burned it so bad, I felt awful for her. I had to run her hand under cold water for a good couple of hours and then I held her on the couch until 3am with her hand in a bucket of cold water while she slept.

We took her into the doctor on Saturday and they said she had second degree burns on her hand. She'll be fine though, the biggest concern is if it gets infected. They gave us a prescription for some medicated burn cream that we put on twice a day. We keep her hand padded pretty well with gauze and coban so she can still crawl around.

This poor girl! My hope is that she's going to get it out of her system now ... we'll see.

A Visit from Tucker & Susie

I love summer. It's a time when friends & family come to visit us in Boise! This weekend we had Jeremy's parents come into town. What fun we had! We went for a LONG bike ride (for us - it was 8 miles! On our cruisers, that's long.) out to Lucky 13 after a quick swim at the Nat with the kiddies. Ryder wanted to show Grandma & Grandpa what a good swimmer he is.

Then Jeremy and I finally got to go out on a date! It has been a while. Susie & Tucker put the kids to bed and Jeremy and I jetted out. I forget what fun what Boise is. We stopped by a local coffee shop, grabbed a few iced drinks and walked around downtown in the Basque block and in BoDo. There were a ton of people out ... the Basque block closed the street down and they had this great band playing and a huge crowd of people doing some fun dancing. No worries, there was no dancing on our part. As I said, we only had coffee that night ... not wine.

While in BoDo ... we noticed that a whole new crop of restaurants & bars had popped up. Who knew? We decided to spend our night going to the movies though. We went and saw "The Hangover." Hilarious, awkward and several "are you kidding me?" moments ... it was most definitely a dude movie.

Many thanks to Susie & Tucker for coming to visit us this past weekend and letting Jeremy and I sneak out for a bit ... it was definitely needed. Plus, we didn't have to pay for a sitter!

I didn't have my camera out much during the weekend, but I did grab a few pics of the kids with Susie & Tucker.

Fourth of July Weekend

For the Fourth of July we loaded up Jeremy's truck and headed to the Tri-Cities to spend some time with my parents. We spent a lot of time on the boat, went for bike rides, took some much needed naps, and played endless games of baseball with Ryder.

Highlights from the weekend:

• The boat. There is nothing better than being on the water and I am so glad that Jeremy feels the same. Thanks mom & dad for taking us out and letting Ryder drive! We had a great time.
• Going out for cocktails with my high school friends, Kelli and her husband Jeff and Melissa. It was so good to see them ... we're planning a for them to come visit sometime in September. I would love to show them what my Boise life is all about.
• Talking with Ryder about what he wanted to be when he grew up ... the conversation was post time-out from Jeremy so he was a little sad and even more dad-clingy than normal. When we were walking down to my parents boat on the 4th I asked Ryder if he wanted to be a baseball player when he got bigger. He said "no, I want to be a daddy." It was so sweet.
• Watching Miss P spend some time with her grandparents. I may be biased, but she certainly is the sweetest little girl around.
• Getting to see my brother, Brad, and having him spend time with Payton and Ryder.
• Stopping by to see my Grandma Jo and Aunt Debbie & Uncle Eric. My grandma had this beautiful green velvet settee/love seat for years. She gave it to me this weekend, which I absolutely love. It looks so good in our house. And she gave Ryder an old vintage radio that he put in his room ... such cool pieces. Thanks Grandma!

Ryder and Payton enjoying time with Grandma Jan and Grandpa Chris on the boat!

Both Grandpa Chris and Ryder were about to fall asleep while watching the fireworks.

Grandpa Chris feeding Payton limes ... she loved them. She had about three.

Ryder and Grandpa Chris going for a ride in the dinghy.

A Visit from the Headlee's

We had a visit from our dear friends Tom & Deborah Headlee, along with their two adorable little girls Kiara and McKenna. Per usual, we had a great time barbecuing, playing games (our own version of Jenga) and watching the kids play together.

Here we are: the Headlee-Kearney-Bordner crew. I wonder how much bigger the brood is going to get?

On Saturday while the boys went golfing the mommas decided to take the kiddos to the Natatorium pool down. To wear the kids out we decided to walk - three mommas, six kids, three strollers, one Razor scooter and one bike. It was a circus ... but it gets better. After about a 30 min or so walk in the hot sun to the pool we arrived ... and it was closed. Seriously. Luckily there was a snow cone stand right next to the pool, so we opted for that and some play time at the park instead.

The kids. Aidan (yes, he's naked again), McKenna, Payton, Ryder, Kiara & Morgan.

My favorite pic from the weekend. McKenna looks like a cross between an eighties rocker and a jazzersizer.

And sweet Miss P in her cute Paul Frank swimsuit.