Me-2

Me-2 is R2-D2! I don't know how Riley arrived there, but he knows Kelly & I say R2-D2, but he calls him Me-2! It's so sweet! And Friday night, Riley actually went to sleep holding his itty bitty Me-2 figure (one of the few he can play with) in his hands on his heart! Awe!!!! My sweet little man!

So Kelly & I ordered him what must be one of the ONLY Star Wars toys he doesn't already have-a plush Me-2 that he can sleep with. The only issue may be that it talks so it may wake him up if he rolls over on it! Ha! I can only hope it will somehow replace 'B'! The one time released white bear from Hallmark for Valentine's day that we will never be able to replace if something happens to him!!! And it's all I can do to not make something happen to him! He's so dingy now no matter what I do to try to return him to pristine white!!

OMG! A cry free haircut!

I can't believe I almost forgot this one! We had our 1st tear free haircut the day of Riley's birthday party too! It's been at LEAST 1.5 years since we've experienced that! Hopefully, we've turned the corner!! But I'll wait until we have a couple more in a row before I claim victory on this front!

Daddy has to leave the place because he can't take it! But it was like Riley just made his mind up that it wasn't that bad anymore. He still HATES the neck hair trimming part though, but not as much as Mommy hates to get home and find a hairy neck!! OMG! I can't take it!  

I didn't tell him where we were going before we got there..although he knew as soon as we drove up, but maybe not knowing helped him not get worked up into a frenzy before we even got there. Before, I felt like I had to tell him b/c I didn't want to spring it on him and feel like I was setting him up! 

The Star Wars Room!

Luke Skywalker life size Fathead & Darth Vader Night Light! As well as some ship hanging from the ceiling that I don't know the name of!  And a Darth Vader cloth bin in the lower right hand corner - not sure what we'll put in that - probably the Star Wars books we also bought!

The Death Star, another ship that all Riley and I know is that R2-ME 2 (R2-D2) is driving it! :) Star Wars emblem and all his big boy bed bedding! This is a daybed Talana got Kelly and I to use as a sofa/guest bed when we got married, so initially it was for "test purposes". Still deciding if we'll keep this one or get him a new twin bed so the duvet fits on it better. We've since added a rail to the open side so he won't roll off during his nighttime circus act!

The figure collection Daddy started...and somehow it magically just keeps growing...and growing...

The duvet cover is the exact pattern of sheets Kelly had growing up b/c they are the Empire Strikes Back 30th Anniversary "re-release" - no Kelly and I aren't old at all! Ha!

No....no one in our house is OCD at all! Definitely not me...and for sure not Kelly! Bless Riley's heart...if he gets it....he gets it honest! 

Riley also has the matching backpack, another towel, a water container with Darth Vader on it, another set of Star Wars sheets, the 1st reader series books, and a matching dishes set that has the same pattern on it. I think we literally bought everything Pottery Barn Kids had in stock the day we went...they even brought things from the back for us! Can you say...SUCKERS?! :) Hopefully boy  #2 likes Star Wars too so we can get some sort of return on investment! LOL!

Riley's Darth Vader Birthday Cake!

I have to at least post some pictures of Riley's CRAZY Birthday cake! I'll circle back later to cover the details of the party! 

Yes! That is his cake! And yes! It exceeded any and all expectations Kelly and I had! And YES it actually tasted as YUMMY as it looked!!! Which even further exceeded our expectations! 

Now our only problem is....how do we EVER top this one?! During Riley's party he came up to me and said - Mommy, I'm ready to go eat Darth Vader's eyes! LOL! 

Later I asked what was your favorite thing about your birthday and he said "Darth Vader!!!" Which was great b/c he started telling me he wanted a Star Wars Light Saber birthday about 2 days before...so glad Darth Vader was able to save the day!

Riley's Actual 3rd Birthday in Pictures!

Riley's Darth Vader Jumbo Cupcake!

Darth Vader with the Light Sabers for his friends!

Light Sabers!

Waiting patiently for grace, birthday song and to blow out the candle!

Still waiting...patiently...

I thought he wouldn't want to eat it, but he dove right in and ate BOTH his eyes first!

Then he wanted a small chocolate cupcake to go with his jumbo Vader.

Yummy!

Yummy! To Riley's Tummy!

His friends Ava & Blake!

Lexi - she's obviously shy! :)

Vanshi!

Opening his birthday gifts at home after his school party! Yes! It's Star Wars wrapping paper, but NOT Star Wars gifts!

He's got this unwrapping thing down now!

Thomas - The Misty Island Rescue Shaky Bridge Train Set!

Tear it up!

Bigger pieces than that!

GeoTrax Toy Story 3 Train Set with Exploding Bridge! Yea!

Okay..so maybe there were a couple of Star Wars presents...we didn't have to remind him about these!

He was telling us every character on the bags first!

Star Wars figures that I can actually PLAY with! Yippee!

And a BLUE light saber! The ONLY one he didn't have! :) Notice who's standing behind Daddy!

More light saber action!

More! With sound effects!

Intimidating Vader! Riley kept standing in front of him saying "I am YOUR FATHER!"

And now we're off to the light saber duel that has to cover the entire house!

Night 4 in the Big Boy Bed!

So we are on night 4 in the big boy bed! Night 3 the newness had worn off, and it took FOREVER to get him to go to sleep! And I'm TRYING not to start a really bad habit of him thinking I have to lie in there with him every night...but it's so sweet and I'm tired so I want to too! :) 

He did really well tonight though! So far he's slept through the night every night too..I'm still a little freaked out about him walking to our room in the dark, etc. So we'll see how it goes when that happens!

And he's given up the paci too b/c you can only have the paci in the little bed (the crib is still in his room as a backup). So 2 big boy milestones down....now if we could ONLY turn a corner on the potty training! 

He got big boy Star Wars underwear for his birthday and cried when we "tried them on"! They are scratchy and hard Mommy! Take them OFF! He may have to follow Dad's lead and go commando...desperate times call for desperate measures! :)

Riley Slept in his BIG BOY Bed!!

YEA! For the first time last night ALL by himself!! AND he slept ALL night! My little man is growing up WAY too fast! Now if we can just turn the corner on potty training! He LOVES his new Star Wars room though! Pictures coming soon! I have lots of birthday activities and posts to catch up on this week! As usual - uploading the pictures is what's holding up the process!