Also, I am leaving to go on my HeartQuest tomorrow. Stephen is staying home with the kids all week. I return Sunday night. My mom is coming for a day or two to help a bit. So thankful for that!

Keeping busy around here. I’ll post some pictures soon! Have a blessed week!!

I went to Houston a little over a week ago to visit mom and Rickey. I took the kids with me. It was so nice to drive only 2 1/2 hrs to get to grandparents!! AWESOME! I’m gonna enjoy that! We went to the reception for them at church. I love going back to visit church there. I love those people! I know Mom is going to miss her home church, but I know she’ll make some great friends there at Memorial as well. Wonderful people there.

I also got to meet up with some college friends while in Houston. They live in Virginia and I haven’t seen her in 7 years. Last time I saw her and her husband, I was engaged to Stephen and she was pregnant with their first. So, it was crazy meeting up and us both having 2 kids. It was fun. I wish we could’ve visited more and maybe without the disruptions of kids! HA!

Oh, I never wrote about Abriella’s trip away. According to reports from Pap-pa and Gammy, she was perfect! I’m not sure I ever believe grandparents and their reporting skills though! HA! Anyway, she had soooo much fun, and I’m pretty sure she would’ve been happy to just stay with them rather than come home to us boring parents! Boy, was she a toot when she got home though! We’ve never had to experience the detox that had to occur! It took us about a week to get our sweet girl back. She did not like us telling her no to anything (Of course not, since her grandparents never told her no! Why should her parents have to tell her no!? HA!). She threw fits and was disrespectful and what-not. The last few days, she’s been really good. She’s still a 3 yr old, but she has been pretty delightful the last few days. Praise God! I have pictures that David and Janet took from her time in Lubbock, but I can’t find the thing that will allow me to transfer those pics to my computer. I’ll put them up when I can!

I’ve started exercising at 5 in the morning. Insane, I know! There are some girls that organized this time to do some workout videos up at the church (oddly enough, the workouts are called Insanity!). They are working and in school, so this was really the only time they could do it. Well, oddly enough, we had 10 show up the first day and 13 today (the 2nd day). Can you believe there are that many crazy people out there?! It is making me go to bed earlier though, which is good. There are a few of us that are trying to organize an evening group rather than the morning one though. I am so sore though after 2 days of this. I was pretty much despising our stairs today as I had to struggle up and down them with the kids. It’s good for me though, right?! HA!

Ok, my thoughts have totally been lost. I can’t think of anything to write at this point! So, I’ll add the picture albums that I have for now. I really haven’t been very good at taking pictures lately. Well, the fact that the battery died the other day and it took me a few days to recharge it…that was part of the problem. Sorry about that.

Eating with barrettes

Playing at the mall

Eating and playing at a birthday party

Memorial church Wedding Reception

Have a blessed week!!

I have a few pictures from the rehearsal. Of course, I’m not in a single one! And, I had a really pretty dress (or so I thought!). Oh well.

Wedding Rehearsal – Mom and Rickey

And, for some other things that I want to remember about Abriella right now. So, she loves to sing songs and we have done so for a long time at night. Recently, when I was putting her to bed, we were singing Jesus Loves the Little Children. Many times, I just sing the first verse, although we’ve sung 3 verses numerous times and she sings right along with us. So, after singing the 1st verse, I was starting another song and she said, “no, no. the diaper part!” Took a little conversation with her before I realized she has a different version of the 2nd verse—Jesus DIAPER  all the children! HA! Died for, Diaper…it’s all the same, right?!

She is the child that keeps us up at night these days. Colby sleeps great. It’s her that wakes us up. Much of the time we’ve figured out that her urge to potty wakes her up and she starts crying. She doesn’t always realize she needs to go potty though in her sleepiness, so we go up there and ask if she needs to go and she says no and she goes back to bed…yet, we hardly get back in bed before she is out of her room needing to go to the bathroom. ~sigh~ So, we have started just taking her to the bathroom the first time and that is helping. Aside from that, she also wakes up saying “there is a sound” in her room, so she doesn’t want to sleep in there! Uggh. Also, we’ve found her sleeping at the top of the stairs a lot lately. Crazy girl! I’ve told Stephen that I almost want to put a child safety handle on her side of the door and a potty seat in there so that she’ll stay in there at night! You just think I’m kidding! My fear (only because I’ve heard of it happening) is that we’ll have a fire in the night and we’ll go looking for her in her room and she won’t be there…and we won’t be able to find her! Anyway, I’ll be happy when she stays in her room ALL NIGHT without waking us up!

Here are a few pictures from a rainstorm we had before we went to Arkansas. I wish we’d have another one of these soon!!

Playing in the rain

And, another thing that’s going on in my life right now is that I am preparing to go on something called HeartQuest. If you’ve never heard of it, go to Fellowship of the Sword to learn about it, but here is the brief description they have about it online.

“Therefore, behold, I will allure her, bring her into the wilderness and speak kindly to her.” Hosea 2:14

HeartQuest is a passionate encounter with God that allows Him to search, test, and refine the heart. This time away is an opportunity to restore freedom to the lives of women as daughters of the King, reflections of glory. Through a combination of confessing, fasting, and biblical teaching, women are given the opportunity to experience the life-changing presence of God.

Women are taken to a “wilderness” – a place isolated from day-to-day distractions, a place where they can chase after their Father’s heart in a way so very rarely experienced! This event includes 30 days of preparation, a 6 day event, and 30 days of follow-up.

Stephen will be taking off of work for me to go on this in September. I started my 30 days prep yesterday. Please pray for me as I prepare for this if you feel so inclined.

Ok, I think that’s all for now!! Have a wonderful week!!

As I mentioned in my previous post, she had slept with a blanket and pillow one night. Well, that was the beginning of it! She finally sleeps with a pillow and blanket every single night! So proud of her. I just bought her some new sheets and comforter and got rid of her bumper (also a big step!). She slept on the daybed at my mom’s house when we went to her wedding at the end of July. She has never slept in anything but a pack-n-play when we were at other people’s houses, so that was a huge step in her little life! But, since she has to be able to get to the potty during the night, a pack-n-play wasn’t going to work! She did great! The princess sheets that my mom bought her sure helped sell the deal! (Plus the fact that we didn’t take a pack-n-play for her to sleep in, so there was no option!). So proud of her for being such a big girl!

So, back to the aforementioned wedding! My Mom was married to her sweetheart, Rickey, on the last day of July. We went to Searcy for the occasion. After nearly 30 years of widowhood, God brought someone special into Mom’s life. My Dad was so special to my Mom and I know that she has missed him so much since he was tragically taken from our lives when she was just 27 yrs old. My Mom has been so amazing over the years in so many ways that I can’t even begin to list out, and I know she has desired another life partner, but God was waiting for just the right time. I know God was completely involved in the union of her and Rickey. I’m so excited for their journey together. It’s not every day you get to see your Mom get married. It was a special day! If I hadn’t been wrestling with 2 kids, I might’ve been able to soak it up a little more (HAHA!), but I thoroughly enjoyed it nonetheless.

Abriella had a very important part in the wedding. My Mom wanted her as the flower girl. Now, 3 yr olds can be very unpredictable as flower girls. When my Mom and Dad were married, one of my cousins was to be the flower girl. She was 3 at the time. She ended up crying and scared and couldn’t do it! My mom had another little girl that was 6 yrs old that did it in her place. Well, this time, there would not be a back-up! To say that Abriella was excited was an understatement though. On the trip to Arkansas, at one point (when we were almost to Searcy), she asked, “Where are my flowers?” It took us a few minutes to figure out what she was talking about, but then realized she was talking about her flowers (petals) for the wedding! HA!

She practiced walking down the aisle at the rehearsal, but we didn’t have a basket or petals at that time, and there weren’t many people, so we were still wondering how it would go. Thankfully, on the day of, we got the flower petals and basket early and were able to practice a little bit beforehand. Good thing…since her idea of throwing the flower petals was very different in her head. Her first time practicing, she got a bunch in her hand and flung them down the pews! HAHA!! Ssooo, we had a little coaching and more practicing, and she was ready! I was just afraid we weren’t going to be able to find her when the wedding actually started, as she was very  much into exploring the church building, which is quite large, with lots of stairs and a balcony and what-not. I had to retrieve her from the balcony several times before the ceremony started. When it came to her part, she did awesome!! The people looking at her didn’t scare her at all. In fact, it appeared as if she was soaking it all in that everyone was looking at HER! She was looking from side to side and just smiled at everyone as she tossed a few petals down the aisle. It was so precious!! She did awesome!

My Mom was absolutely radiant! She was escorted in by my brother, all dressed up in his military duds. It was a beautiful ceremony! I am so thankful we could be a part of such a special day. So thankful for the union of Rickey’s family and ours. I now have 2 new brothers, a sister-in-law, and a cute little nephew! What a blessing! I am so thankful for all the family and friends that came to share in the day. I think it was truly a wonderful gift to have my grandparents (my Dad’s parents) and Uncle (Dad’s brother) to come. I know they were happy that Mom has someone else to grow old with now.  God is good!

I have just a few pictures to share from the wedding. We were on the stage with Mom and Rickey during some of the wedding, so no pics of the end of the ceremony. Plus, as stated before, we had 2 tired children that we were trying to keep up with. Colby was EXHAUSTED! He does not like sleeping away from home in a pack-n-play. In fact, he screams for hours to tell us just how much he doesn’t like it! It’s quite sad! So, to say he was tired and clingy and not his normal cheerful self is quite the understatement. And, he didn’t want much to do with me. He wanted his daddy all day. So, I didn’t even get a picture with the little man in his tux as he didn’t want to even come to me when we attempted pics. Oh well! Hopefully, we’ll get some in the professional pics!

Mom and Rickey’s Wedding

Currently, Abriella is on her first trip away from home without Mommy and Daddy. She went to Lubbock on Sunday afternoon to stay with Pap-pa and Gammy for a few days. She almost didn’t get to go though. On Saturday evening/night, I lost a few pounds due to a lovely stomach bug. Bad enough when you suffer from it by yourself, but I ended up having company to share in the misery. Abriella woke in the night vomiting, and while Stephen was helping her (as I was still dying downstairs), he broke out into a sweat (you know the one) and felt like he was going to be sick. He managed to help her and get her cleaned up and back in bed, but then he started on his stomach bug journey as well. The rest of the night was a grand time between the 3 of us! I felt better in the morning (for the most part). Stephen was not feeling great yet at that point. Abs thought she was better, but she ended up vomiting in the morning and laying around moaning for a good portion of the morning. She still wanted to go with David and Janet (and they still wanted to take her), so we let her go. Abriella just asked if they would have a “bowl to throw up in” for her! HA! Thankfully, they did, as she did vomit again on the trip there, but they said she seemed so much better after that. She sounded cheerful on the phone last night, so I’m sure she’ll be fine and will have a great few days there!

I’m not completely sure, but I think Colby might’ve had the bug earlier in the week. He wasn’t feeling well a few days earlier and there was one day where it appeared as if he spit up/vomited in his bed. That was the only episode that I know of, but he wasn’t eating well at all. So, it may have been him that started it all. I have no idea. Who really knows how these things start! I do know there has been an ugly stomach bug that has been going around. I think we’re all on the mend now, though! Our new motto is “The family that pukes together, stays together!” HA!

Well, I have other stuff to share, but the little man is up from his nap! I’ll post this and let you enjoy a little bit of catching up! Have a blessed week!

Ok, here is the 13-14 month post for Colby:

Colby is ALL OVER THE PLACE! He is walking everywhere, and it’s so funny to watch him. He looks like he’s going to topple any minute, but he does stay upright and rarely falls, and he is practically running sometimes. It’s hilarious! He’s pretty proud of himself and his walking abilities. His sister is too.

He’s eating a ton of stuff. He loves strawberries, pancakes, mac & cheese, grapes, peaches, pineapple, all kinds of cereal, milk, water, chicken nuggets…well, he likes a lot of stuff. It’s much easier to feed him at this age than it was his sister! He still pretty  much avoids all veggies. How is it that he’ll eat anything off the floor, but if it is green, he will push your hand away before even trying it?!?! Answer me that!

He has his 10th tooth coming in. It’s the matching molar to the 9th one. His gums on the bottom where the molars will come in are super swollen as well (have been for a while), so I figure those will be next whenever they decide to cut through.

Colby loves to shake his head yes. This and saying, “dat!” is his main form of communication! Typical boy! He points, says, “dat,” and shakes his head yes. HA! He also pretty much thinks the sign for eat is an all encompassing sign as well—means “I want that.” We have since reminded him that the sign for “more” still exists and he has started using that again. He also still signs, “all done.” He still says mama and dada, but would prefer to stand at your ankle and raise him arms and be pitiful until you pick him up!

He seems like he gets skinnier everyday! I think he’s definitely got his daddy’s metabolism! Eats a ton, but doesn’t get fat! He’s still got plenty of chub on him, so no fear of him wasting away just yet!

He’s still in all cloth diapers. I’ve actually started using more prefolds in recent times. He has the most sensitive bottom (has since he was born), so those help get a little more air to his bottom and keep the rashes to a minimum. If we ever use disposables, he gets a diaper rash within 1 or 2 diapers usually! So, we’ll stick to the cloth. I really enjoy using them anyway.

He’s wearing 12-18 month clothes still. I figure we’ll be in these for a while. He’s got a cute little tux that he’s going to wear this next Saturday to his Grandma’s wedding! Not sure how much he weighs.

Will bark for a dog sound and moo for cows. His best noise is his car sounds though! Once again, typical boy.  He loves to yell and make lots of noise…best done in the car! That, my friends, is not pleasant. He will stop (at least temporarily) when you tell him to keep a soft voice. He does understand.

CANNOT stand for you to tell him “no.” We have addressed this previously, but it still stands. He will pucker up and just start crying his poor little eyes out if you tell him not to do something (like, you know, throw food) or that he can’t have something (you know, like a knife). PITIFUL! HA!

Loves to give kisses. They are open-mouthed complete with the muah sound. For mommy, it seems that is now has to be an open-mouthed kiss ON THE LIPS! Everyone else gets cheek or shoulder kisses. Not I. So funny.

Loves to play with everything his sister plays with! Even if she doesn’t want him too! Another time he gets mad and gets loud is when she doesn’t want to share (which is pretty  much always!). Loves to be IN HER ROOM! If the door to her room is closed, he gets very upset.

Very smiley boy!

CANNOT sit still in church! It’s totally like the boy has ants in his pants. It doesn’t help that he misses a nap in the mornings for church. We have had a difficult time with him staying happy in the nursery during church lately, too. So, Stephen or I have been paged back out of church for an unhappy child. Of course, when one of us shows, he’s fine. But, we either end up roaming the foyer with him or staying with him in the nursery while he plays (he’s fine as long as one of us is in there). But, you can’t go back into church with him. Too much of a distraction for everyone. I remember this age with Abriella. She enjoyed the nursery much more though. So, one of us may have to listen to the sermons online for a while!

Climbs! We’ve found him sitting in kitchen chairs. We’ve found him on the 2nd shelf of a bookshelf type thing we have in our living room. Amazingly, he was able to climb back off of that safely, but we have since told him that was a no-no. Anytime he gets near it, he will look back to see if you are looking. If he thinks you aren’t, he goes for it!  Can go up and down the stairs. Stephen finally lowered the gate at the top of the stairs seeing as he and his sister could crawl under it. Pretty useless gate, huh? Found him at the bottom of the stairs a few times when I was still upstairs! He’s fast too! We have remedied that problem, thankfully! He also loves to slide! Our little slide that we bought for the girl is getting a lot more use now that he plays with it! She got bored with it rather quickly, but not him!

Still goes to bed around 6:30 and I get him out of his room around 7am. He’s usually awake before this, but he will play in his crib happily until I come get him. Still takes 2 naps a day, generally 2+ hrs each.

Overall, Colby is a great baby! We adore his smiles and his head nodding! We’re so incredibly thankful for him!

Now, a few things on Abriella.

She is completely potty trained! I finally decided to brave the nighttime panties. I had pretty much decided she would be in pull-ups for a long time because she sleeps so hard and never woke up dry. I was ok with that. But, right before her birthday, she started waking up in the night to go potty, and started waking up dry! After about a week of this, she agreed to wear panties at night. She has only had a few accidents, but overall has done wonderfully! I just double up her bed–mattress pad, sheet, mattress pad, sheet. If she wakes up wet (a couple of times, she wets just enough and wakes up and she stops herself), I just help her change and we pull of one layer of sheets, and she goes right back to sleep. So glad to be done with diapers/pull-ups with her! I’d much rather clean a sheet than spend more money on pull-ups!

She had gotten to where putting her to bed was a royal nightmare again! Stephen had been putting her to bed for a long time as that is what she desired. Well, I finally offered to put her to bed for Stephen while he was building his shed. Amazingly, her bedtime went so much smoother. We tested a couple of times, and she would show out anytime Stephen put her to bed. Weird! We’re not sure why she does this. She also turns up the whine factor when Stephen gets home from work. We both discipline her for such, so not sure why she thinks it’s going to get her anything when she does that when Daddy gets home. We have started alternating who puts her to bed though (as I was getting tired of putting everyone to bed as Colby wants me to put him to bed too), and she is getting better for Stephen now. So, hopefully, we’ll be back to smooth bedtimes again.

Her rest time has gotten better since she got some new stuff for her birthday that we keep in her room, specifically her dollhouse. We get that out of her closet and leave tons of books in there, and this usually keeps her in her bedroom outside of the 20 potty visits! She even takes naps some days! She always uses her pillow and blanket to sleep with during naptime, but not for bedtime, UNTIL LAST NIGHT.   We MAY have ventured into her wanting to sleep with a pillow and blanket at night. When she decides to do such, I’d really like to get her some cute bedding. We’ll see!

She’s a good helper much of the time. She loves to help me clean (dusting is her favorite). She also loves to help me put my makeup on.

She is a sweet girl. I think overall, she has been easier to deal with lately. She definitely went through some terrible two’s! I’ve heard three’s can be worse, but, so far, 3 has been better for her. Praying that holds true!

Well, there is a lot more to tell about both kids, but I’m tired (and, you probably are too!).

Finally, Stephen built a storage shed in just over a week’s time. It’s great! He enjoyed his project immensely too! He got a book from the library and figured it out. We just have to finish painting it, and that will complete that project. I’ll post pictures of it, but we haven’t taken any pictures of it since the painting started. Proud of his handiwork abilities!

Ok, without further delay, here are some pictures to enjoy. As always, click on the links to take you to the albums.

silly boy!

Backyard Fun

Storage Shed Project

Have a fabulous week!!

Abriella’s Purple Birthday Party

Have a great day!!

We are doing great! Our formal dining room is being converted to a study now. It should be completed on Friday. I believe the massive amount of rain we had last week (YAY!) slowed the drying process down for several steps, so it’s taking slightly longer than intended. But, we’re ready for it to be finished! I’ll show pictures when it’s completed as I’ve taken pictures throughout the process.

Abriella is turning the big 0-3 on Friday! She is so excited! Her “purple” party is on Saturday and she’s super stoked about that. I’ve been practicing making a purple cake for her. Seeing as I’ve never baked a cake and put icing on it or decorated it, etc, this is quite an endeavor for me. The only cakes I’ve baked are angel food cakes (which really doesn’t take much!) and one cake I baked Stephen for one of his birthdays (it was a near total FAIL, but Stephen acted like it was great anyway…good husband!). But, I wanted to do it for her. It may not be the prettiest cake, but I’m sure she’ll love it! She’s already loving the practice cake. We’ll see how it turns out.

Colby is walking all over the place. It’s so cute. I’m having a hard time getting it on video because he’d rather play with the camera than walk. Same with the still camera. I’ll keep trying! Our one “problem” now is that he won’t walk in shoes. He’s not worn shoes since he was a baby—no need for them, plus I didn’t want to pay for them. haha! Now, however, he loves the idea of shoes, and will let you put them on, but he WILL NOT walk in them. He goes all limp and refuses to walk in them. So, for now, we’ve gone back to barefoot. At least it’s summertime.

Abriella finally overcame her pooping issue (with us having to make her sit on the potty every couple of days until she produced results). Now, she goes on a daily basis by herself. The time she has chosen to do this is during her naptime though. She is allowed to come out of her room to go to the potty and then go back to her room. She can go by herself without any problems. Well, of course, this is the best time to go poop, the way she sees it. It takes up more time! ~sigh~ I am having a hard time lately keeping her IN her room! This is where a 2 story house is to her advantage. She comes out of her room and quietly goes into the bathroom and will close the door—not to go to the potty, but to play! She has been found with the sink filled completely with water, splashing around in it, on more than 1 occasion! She also goes to “Grandma’s Room” (the guest room), and plays with the puzzles or books in there. Also, very stealth-like. She does get in trouble when I finally go upstairs because I heard her room door open and never re-close…I am almost to the point of getting one of those child-locks for her room for that time and put a potty chair in there! HA! I’ve heard of people doing that. All I ask is for her to stay in her room quietly for a couple of hours everyday. We’ve let her take stacks of books in there to keep her occupied, but she still comes out for this or that, even if it’s to put the books out that she has finished. AARRGGHH!

Oh, I noticed Colby has a molar that has cut through. It’s his top left first molar. I don’t think any others have come through. Ah, on the subject of Colby. Yesterday, he turned 14 months old. Such a big boy! I’ll try to dedicate a post solely to that in a few days (probably next week as we have a party to throw this weekend!).

Ah, July 4th…forgot about that! We had a great weekend. Went to the annual Belton Parade. It was on Saturday this year since the 4th was on Sunday. It was one of the coolest we’ve been to since it rained on either side of the parade and had been raining for days. I was still sweating as it was humid as all getout! But, the kids enjoyed it! Other than that, we really didn’t do much in the way of festivities. On Sunday night, some people on the street behind us thought it a wise idea to shoot off fireworks in the empty lots right behind our fence. Nice. After it had been going on for quite a while, I encouraged Stephen to call the police, and he did. He said the officer chuckled and said they’d already had several phone calls about the fireworks and had an officer on the way…he said all this before Stephen even said what he was calling about. Stephen had just stated his name and the neighborhood…! HAHA! I wouldn’t have minded as much if A) it wasn’t illegal inside city limits, but mostly because B) the daughter heard it and woke up and was quite scared…she ended up in the bed with us. Now, as sweet as it was to have her in the bed next to me…she wanted to get RIGHT next to me, and she liked to put her elbow and knees in my side and head. And, she wasn’t even asleep! So, as soon as they finally stopped, I took her back up to bed, so I could sleep! hehe!

Ok, I think that’s all for now. Well, I’m sure there is a LOT more, but I’m tired of typing. I have lots of picture albums that I’ll share now. I found some pictures from back in May that I had never put in albums on picasa! Shame on me! Ok, here goes. Just click on the pictures to go to the album. None of these have captions yet, so you’ll just have to use your imagination as to what may be occurring!

Abriella flying a kite

Splash Day at Preschool

Fun with Abriella

July 4th Weekend

Colby 14 Months

Hope you enjoyed the pictures! Don’t give up on me yet! I will get back to regular blogging soon!

I never did Colby’s 13 month post. I don’t think I’d be able to separate what he had done that month and this month since we are rapidly closing in on 14 months, so I’ll just combine those. I will add his 13 month chair picture to this post though. Stephen wanted me to continue with those pictures. I feel bad that I never did this for Abriella.

Update on the walking front for him. I believe today was our turning point and I do believe we are headed to a fast walking buddy! He finally decided that he wanted to walk today. I wasn’t even trying to get him to do it! (That was probably the key). And, he was walking a lot and he is so good that he can pick things up and carry them while walking and has even turned around/changed directions while walking! So, I believe it’s as we suspected that once he started walking, he would be good at it. He was laughing all day while he was doing it! Cracked me up. We’ll have to get our video camera charged and tape him.

This past week, David visited for a couple of days. We had a mini birthday party for the girl while he was here because he and Janet won’t be able to come for her party. She enjoyed it. We did it while Stephen was at work. We had cupcakes and then a few gifts. Their big gift to her (and really it is for Colby, too) was a wagon. You’ll see pictures of it. She and Colby both love it!

David took her to the park in it while Colby was napping. Then, when Colby woke up, they both played out in the yard in the sprinklers. They had a muddy good time. Colby had done this once before and enjoyed it thoroughly. I have pictures of that. I do not have pictures of this time with Pap-pa present. Maybe I can steal some from David.

This past Saturday, I went and had 1 yr pictures taken of Colby by my fave photographer, Melissa Trcka. Can’t wait to see them! This was before our trip to Abilene.

I can’t believe I’m about to have a 3 yr old! Abriella’s birthday is on the 9th. Wow! We’re going to have a party for her and she’s been saying for months that she wants a “purple party,” so that’s what we’re doing! I also asked her if she wanted a party at home or at church…and she said church! HA! So, we’re excited to help her celebrate her day to turn “free!” It’s all she talks about. “I’m about to turn free!” Love her!

Some things for me to remember about her. She is always taking care of her “kids.” They get sick (and have been sick a lot lately!), take naps, go with us everywhere, and even get spankings (as I learned today). She’s a good mommy to them! HAHA!

Sometime after we moved here, I finally started putting her in panties for naptime (it was pullups before that) and she only wet them maybe a handful of times. So, that was nice. Now, if we can just get her to wear 2 piece PJs at night, we can do the nighttime. She has refused to do this as she loves her footed sleepers. Problem with that is that she can get them undone but cannot get them zipped back up and snapped at the top. So, that leaves her depending on us at night to go potty. So, we are just sticking to the pull-up at night until we can convince her to wear 2 pieces. We’ve been talking it up lately. We’ll see. It is one of those things with her that she’s a bit OC about, like the fact that she STILL will not sleep with a pillow or blanket at night! She’ll nap with them, but will not sleep with them at night. It’s crazy!

Along the potty talk, she has always been stubborn in the poop area. She will not poop unless you make her. Lots of crying and “I don’t want to poop!” This went on for MONTHS!! We finally figured out a way that she finally did well with. We give her a stack of books and just send her to the potty. She will sit there and read her books forever, and will eventually poop. She will sit there for an hour or an hour and a half sometimes! I usually set her in there when Colby is taking a nap. I just go on and do things around the house while she sits in there. She always lets me know when she’s finished her business and I get to inspect it. HAHA! So, I still keep tabs on when she poops and make sure she goes every couple of days. Lately, however, she’s been doing it on her own more. She’ll just go to the potty and then announce that she has pooped. Yay! I’m sure y’all wanted to know all of that information!

Ok, I can’t think about much else right now. I’ll post some albums for you to enjoy.

Little Helping Hands

Sprinkler Fun

Mini Birthday Party for Abs with Pappa

Ok, that’s all for now! Hope that gets me out of the doghouse slightly with some of you!

WE LOVE YOU!!