The Riviere Family

Leyton is 4 years old and Nolan is 1!

2010-04-30T19:44:00.001-07:00

I can't believe that Leyton is 4 and Nolan is 1, time is just flying by!! I never get to post, I work full time and spend all my time taking care my boys when I am not at work. I love it! They are getting so big. Leyton and Nolan got their well checks today and receive a total of 6 shots! Not fun! Grandma Irene was nice enough to join me so I could keep my sanity with two boys at the doctors office for almost 2 hours. Yikes. Both boys did great and are measuring in the 75th percentile.

Leyton loves all sports! Baseball being his favorite, and loves that his daddy is a baseball coach. He can spell his name, count to 50, always has a clever line for everything, knows all the songs on the radio (Lady Antebellum), and loves his baby brother!

Nolan is running all over the place. He has been battling ear infections the past month but I am hoping we are over them. I am really hoping to avoid ear tubes, but if we have to I know they make the world of difference since Leyton had to have them. Nolan is really starting to babble all kinds of things. He says uh oh, dada, mama, and bubu. Can patty cake, wave bye bye, and blows the sweetest kisses! He also wants to do everything his big brother is doing! Leyton is pretty good at going along with it. :)

Rhett is coaching at St. Michael's academy in Austin and they are in the first round of the playoffs tomorrow. Good Luck Crusaders!!! We are really looking forward to the summer and get to spend some time with family.

Since I don't know when the next time I will get to post, I hope everyone has an amazing summer! Enjoy the beautiful weather we are having!!!

My Boys

2009-08-19T09:45:00.001-07:00

My Boys! Leyton 3 and Nolan 4 months

Where does the time go?!? Nolan turned 4months yesterday and Leyton will be 3 1/2 on the 25th! They are both doing great! Leyton loves his little brother, always wants to give him a big hug and kiss. Things have been pretty busy for the Riviere family. I started back to work on July 13th, Leyton went back to school and Nolan started daycare. Both of the boys do really well with daycare, we are lucky to have two great places that love our boys!

Leyton has been taking swim lessons at his school and playing 3 and 4 year old t-ball for the Round Rock YMCA. Daddy coached his team the Volcano's, I coached a couple of times when Rhett was out of town. T-ball is about the funniest thing, we had to tell them every time the ball was hit not to tackle each other! I will say it isn't an official t-ball game unless everyone on the team has cried! Leyton loves baseball and that is usually how he will introduce himself to anyone that will listen, I am a baseball boy! Our t-ball party is this weekend and we will hand out trophy's, should be fun.

Rhett and Leyton

Nolan is doing great and getting bigger everyday. I took him to the doctor last Friday and he weighs 16lbs 3 oz.!! He has started to really laugh, he thinks his daddy and big brother are hilarious! Leyton likes to run around and roll on the floor and Nolan just laughs and laughs! Love it! He likes his tummy time and is doing really well, he can roll from his tummy to his back (since about two weeks) but not quite from his back to his tummy. He is such a happy baby!

Football season is right around the corner, Texas has their first game on September 5th! It has taken me awhile to get excited about football season this year, just because I was so disappointed last year. But it is almost here and hopefully this will be a great year! Go Horns!

Hook'em

Nolan Lee Riviere is here!

2009-04-23T16:28:00.000-07:00

Our sweet baby Nolan is here! He was born on April 18, 2009 at 7:32, 8lbs 14oz and 20 1/2 inches long. Another easy labor and delivery, I was very fortunate with both boys to have wonderful pregnancies and easy deliveries! We are home and enjoying getting settled with the new baby. Leyton has been wonderful, telling everyone that he is a big brother! Nolan brought him a few gifts like a World Best Big Brother shirt. He wore it around the hospital and told everyone that he was the world best big brother! So cute! I just wanted to let everyone know that Nolan is here and hopefully I will be able to blog more later.

Leyton's 1st Soccer Game!

2009-04-06T18:21:00.000-07:00

Leyton had his first soccer game on Saturday and loved it! It was the cutest/funniest thing ever! He scored the very first goal and then ran back to the middle of the field and waited for everyone like okay lets do it again. I loved it! He asked me all Saturday morning who was coming to watch him, his grandma, his pawpaw, his uncle ryan, I had to tell him no. But Mrs. Danna came to watch him and he was happy about that! Thank you Danna! His daddy had to coach a baseball game in San Antonio and was really upset he had to miss his first game. I taped the game so Rhett could watch it, it is even better to watch it back on the video! :) He scored three goals for team extreme and has been telling me since Saturday that he is a great soccer player. Just love it! I took a couple of pictures from the game. Enjoy!

Leyton and proud Mommy!

Leyton and his friend Steven

Team Extreme

Worst Blogger Ever!

2009-04-01T19:31:00.000-07:00

Okay, I know I am the worst blogger ever! I wish I had more time to upload my pictures and write about what is going on in our lives. Family, Work, and baby number two soon to make his appearance! So I am going to give a run down of the past couple of months. Our sweet Leyton turned 3 on February 25th, wow I can't believe my little baby boy is 3 years old! I am posting some pictures from his birthday dinner with PawPaw Rob, Grandma, and Uncle Ryan at Buca di Beppo. Yummy pizza, they brought out a candle opera and sang happy birthday to him along with some sherbert cones. They ran out of birthday cake. We had a small birthday cake for Leyton at home. PawPaw Rob and Grandma brought him about 30 presents to the restaurant to unwrap, he loved it! His favorite was a pair of baseball pants that had to sit on the table through the entire dinner.

We had Leyton's birthday party on March 14th at Goin Banana's in Austin. It has a ton of bouncy houses, slides and toys. Leyton just wanted to play basketball until we finally were able to get him to go into one of the bouncy houses with his friend Steven. Then there was no stopping him he wanted to try every bouncy and slide they had.

I will be 37 weeks on Friday so baby Nolan will be here before we know it, we can't wait to meet our little bundle of joy! I am posting some pictures from the wonderful shower that Mykla and Tammy gave me in Rockwall! Thank you, it was beautiful. Leyton dressed up as a cowboy since it was a cowboy theme. Cutest cowboy ever! Nolan got lots of great gifts that we definitely be using. Thank you to everyone that made it such a special day!

Leyton had his first soccer practice today and just loved it. He is a sports fanatic and he can finally play something with other kids. Daddy was very excited and got him everything he needed for his big day! Soccer ball, shin guards, and soccer shorts. I have a short video but I am not sure if I will figure out how to post it we will see! :)

Leyton and Daddy have been going to play golf with PawPaw Rob and Grandma on Sundays, I am posting a picture of Leyton in his golf gear.

Anyways, like I said just a little overview of what has been going on in the Riviere family. Hope everyone is doing well! We will let everyone know when Nolan arrives! :)

It's A Boy!

2009-01-07T07:27:00.000-08:00

Well it has been a really long time since I have blogged! Holidays, work, etc. Anyways we found out that we are having another wonderful little boy! Nolan Lee Riviere. Leyton is very excited about having a little brother and can't wait for him to make his arrival. We asked him when we found out what he thought his name should be and he said Colt McCoy! He loves Colt and thought this would be the only appropriate name for his little brother. I think the name Nolan is growing on him. :)

Christmas Affair

2008-11-22T13:42:00.000-08:00

It officially feels like the holidays! Sabra and I made our annual trip to the Christmas Affair put on by the Junior League of Austin. They do a great job putting on this event that includes a ton of vendors. Every year is a different theme and this year it was Noel de Paris, just beautiful! I told Rhett I thought it would be great to visit Paris during Christmas, he didn't seem to agree. There is always so much to see and buy. I ended up with up a great ornament from Feel Good Frames, personalized with Leyton's name. It will be a great addition to the the tree this year. Sabra did some Christmas shopping and we ended our shopping getting cupcakes from Hey Cupcake! I think it was one of the most popular booths. Hey cupcake is another great place on South Congress in Austin, they sell cupcakes out of a little trailer. I had the red velvet and got Rhett one as well and then Leyton the Standard (vanilla cake with chocolate icing)! We had dinner at John and Sabra's last night, yummy fajitas. Thanks John and Sabra we had a great time!

Busy Weekend!

2008-11-11T08:43:00.000-08:00

The Riviere Family had a busy weekend! We went to dinner at South Congress Cafe with Rhett's family on Friday night. Rob, Irene, PawPaw, Eloise, Hamilton (Eloise's Son), Erica and Derek(Hamilton's cousins). The South Congress Cafe was so good! I highly recommend trying the beef milanese! After dinner we took Leyton to a new place in West Campus call The Cookie Lounge, they actually let you pick out the dough and what you would like to put in it. Leyton thought it was great! He had Stacey's Super Sweet Dough and he added chocolate and reeses peanut butter cups. :)

Saturday we headed to the UT game to watch them play Baylor. My friend Amanda came in from Dallas to go to the game, she brought Nathan with her. Amanda and Nathan both went to Texas and had a great time at the game. It was so great to see Amanda, thanks for coming! Leyton always looks forward to the UT games. He has only missed one home game this year. I think his favorite things at the game are when the team comes out onto the field and then the ice cream bar at half time. Daddy and Uncle Kyle tried to keep it in his mouth and off is clothes!

Sunday my college roomate Courtney got married at The Plantation House in Pflugerville, thank you Courtney it is only 5 minutes from our house! Leyton loved getting dressed up in his suit and kept telling Rhett and I that he looked sharp. It was a beautiful outdoor ceremony followed by a reception at the Plantation House. She looked so beautiful! Leyton had a blast, Courtney had a quesadilla bar so he had them make a cheese quesadilla just for him! He loved the music and danced like no one was watching. I got a couple of cute pictures of him dancing. Gandma and PawPaw attended the wedding as well, Courtney's mom is one of Irene's best friends. Irene leaned over to Leyton while we were eating and said didn't Miss Courtney look pretty, Leyton put his hand on my lap and replied yes but my mom looks pretty too! So cute, I don't think I will ever forget that moment!

That is the Riviere Family wrap up, I hope that everyone else had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed the beautiful weather!

TX/OU Weekend

2008-10-12T19:25:00.000-07:00

What a weekend, we drove to Dallas for TX/OU Weekend!! We took Leyton to the Texas State Fair on Friday and had so much fun! He had a famous fletcher corndog along with mommy and daddy! Yum! Then we made our way to Big Tex and took a few pictures. Leyton rode a few of the kiddie rides and he told us all day that he was ready to go to the football game. He is still a little young for the TX/OU game so he spent Saturday with PawPaw Rick, TaTa, Aunt Mykla, and Kallie while Rhett and I went to the game. Wow, what a game! We had a great time! Got there about 8am and had some breakfast and headed over to college game day, we stood in the very back and watched the beginning. Walked around for a little while and then made our way into the Stadium. The longhorns looked great and took our team to an amazing victory! Way to go horns!

Sweet Berry Farms Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-12T17:42:00.000-07:00

We took our 2nd annual trip to Sweet Berry Farms in Marble Falls. Leyton had a great time sitting on all the pumpkins. We went and had lunch at Chili's in Marble Falls and then headed to the pumpkin patch. We took Leyton through the kids maze, last year we did a maze that was in the shape of Texas but they moved it across the rode this year. So he got to go on a horse ride, go on a haw ride, and see all the farm animals they had. The haw ride ended up being more of a dirt ride, we were all covered in dirt by the end of the ride. Leyton picked out a few small pumpkins and he painted them when we got home. We had a great time this year at the pumpkin patch!

Welcome Baby Kallie!

2008-09-30T13:46:00.000-07:00

I have had no time to update on the newest addition to the Rhodes Family. Mykla had Kallie Ann-Marie on September 15, 2008. Mommy and baby are doing great! Kallie was 6lbs 11 oz and 19 inches long. I should have some new pictures soon, she has already grown so much. The Riviere Family will get to meet her next weekend, we can't wait! Leyton has been going around the house saying my cousin Kallie! So cute! Congratulations Mykla and Jeremy, she is beautiful!

Saying goodbye to a best friend!

2008-09-19T19:00:00.001-07:00

Some of you may remember Cole my chihuahua that was part of my family since I was 10! He passed away on July 29, 2008. It has been really hard for me to say goodbye, he brought joy to lots of people. He was completely black when I got him and was eventually almost grey all over. Cole loved to smile! I just wanted to say how much I miss him!

Colorado & Weekend Plans

2008-07-17T06:28:00.000-07:00

We leave a month from today to go to Snowmass Colorado. We are so excited and Leyton can't wait to go on an airplane. Rhett and i have both decided that once we get to the airport and onto the airplane he might not think it is so great! I hope we are wrong and he loves every minute of it. It is a vacation that is long over due, it is so nice to get out of town for a little while and take a break from everything. There will be tons of pictures and i am sure lots of stories to share.

This weekend we are headed to Dallas for Mykla's first baby shower her friend in Dallas is throwing for her. She is doing great and Miss Kallie Ann-Marie is due September 15th. Very exciting stuff, can't wait to see everyone!

Back to Blogging!

2008-07-12T13:51:00.000-07:00

It has been awhile since i have blogged, Leyton was 5 months old. To say the least, he keeps us pretty busy! This picture was taken in January but it is so cute! Our little Speedy Gonzales!