Monday, October 25, 2010

I think we did it!

Not to jump the gun or anything, but Carson has not had an accident since Friday morning. It's like it just clicked. He's even going standing up. Pretty cool. Way to go Carson! Of course, he is still very proud of it. I have to look at it and give him a high five every time. He told me Saturday that he didn't need candy, so high five it is!

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Potty Training Update.

Big news! As Carson would say "UGE! GIANT!"
I let c play upstairs in his playroom for the first time since this started. I put his little potty up there too bc I don't want him in the upstairs bathroom alone. I called up to him to remind him to go pee and he said, ready for this? "I already did mama! See?" he then showed me the pee pee in the little potty. This has happened all morning!

I'm just stumped on the next step... Overnight. Suggestions?

Friday, October 22, 2010

Lyla Kade at 6 months

Lyla Kade is now 15 pounds! She is in the 30-40th percentile in head, height and weight. And so far, we haven't been to the doctor except for well visits. She sleeps from 6:45-7:30 or 8 every night. Eats a LOT! Can't stand sitting still. LOVES to be played with. LOVES LOVES LOVES messing with her brother. Has discovered Hide and Seek. Yesterday while she was playing in her room, she crawled up under her crib and laughed like crazy when I found her. TOO FUNNY!

Lyla Kade has to be the sweetest little thing I could ever imagine having. She gives kisses and makes the sweetest "mmmm" sound when she does it. She sucks her pointer and middle finger when she's tired. She loves my hair to hang down and tickle her face when I give her kisses. Every single day I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to have such a sweet baby. And EASY. I think I won the Easy Baby Lottery or something. Seriously, God must have know how bad I need sleep when my babies were growing. Two thumbs up to the big guy!

I was cringing inside today when my doctor was going over all the developmental milestones to expect in the next three months. I seriously had to keep reminding myself that growing up is what we WANT! Growing is good. I don't want a developmentally stunted baby. I don't. I don't. I don't. She need to grow. She needs to grow. But a bigger part of me wanted to ask the doctor how to stop it. Because right now she is PERFECT. She doesn't talk back, she doesn't go too far, she doesn't fight eating, bedtime or anything. I make her day just by smiling at her. And she makes mine when she smiles back. She is perfect and I love it. And I feel like I'm fighting time trying to keep her as is.

Potty Training Sage Part 5

We wore clothes AND underwear for the first time today. Well, I wear clothes and underwear everyday, so we means Carson. I had to take Lyla to the doctor for her 6 month check up and C went to my moms while I ran her over.

The day did NOT start well... Carson got up, peed, then came into my bathroom where I was rushing to get ready b/c I had accidently slept in. And I mean SLEPT IN! I woke up at 7:30 and I didn't even know my NAME, much less that I had to leave with both kids in an HOUR! Anyway, C followed my into the bathroom and immediatly crapped his pants. UGH. Josh left at 8:20 thinking things were under control for me to leave at 8:30... long story short, at 9:10 we rolled out of town...At 9:11 I called my friend Erin to see if she wanted to get together for a drink...she didn't answer...

Carson got to my mom's, went potty, then 10 minutes later peed his pants. Good thingI had spares! But then made the car ride home fine. Even with the multiple glasses or orange juice he drank with Dillon.

They are both napping now.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Potty Training Saga Part 4? (can't keep track)

I always said Carson was easy to housebreak. He has taken to going pee outside most times... Naked... and we don't have a fence....

On a positive note, we've had ZERO accidents all afternoon! And that includes naptime!

Potty Training Sage Part 3

Day two.

Things have been much smoother today. So smooth infact that I decided to to a little glaze work on my breakfast bar and my halls. Looks pretty good. I need to work on a few spots but I ran out of glaze.

Oh, this is about Carson. So, while I was painting, Carson came up to me and asked if he could help. I told him that he could help by keeping his fingers away from the wet paint. He then squatted on the tile next to me and peed. I guess that was how he thought he could help.

Josh got the oh so covited joy of saying "GET YOUR FINGERS OUT OF YOUR BUTT"...Proud words for any parent to mutter.

I only used one diaper yesterday. And that was to sleep in last night. One large box of diapers will last forever if I only have to use ONE a day.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Potty Training Saga Part 2

Still day 1. I successfully walked away from the bottle of wine at 4:30. Can not make any promises after 5.

Just changed first poopy underwear. It was nasty. It fell out onto floor. I had to pick it up twice to get it all up. It was spread all over his legs and he stepped in some too. Lyla screamed the whole time b/c she was layin in my closet. Where I had just pumped...

We are training him sitting down, so he went outside to pee, and he normally stands, but this time he sat on the edge of the porch...

Potty Training Saga Part 1

We have been on our potty training mission since 7am this morning. So far so good. I've gotten lots of helpful feedback from friends. Mostly concernig making sure he is ready. I really feel he is. I mean he changes his own diaper....

Here's some scenes from this morning:

First pee pee break SUCCESS! (he goes all the time, just not every time) Carson gets told he can have one candy corn for every pee and two for poo. So he runs through the house naked chanting "candy! candy!"

Carson wet Thomas the Train underwear- and my coffee table that he was sitting on- while I was getting fresh underwear I get to tell him to "get your fingers out of your butt"...

Carson is trapped in the living room with Lyla for the day. I heard a strange noise from the kitchen. Come in to find Lyla choking. On a cheerio that Carson gave her. Don't worry. Baby made it.

The hardest thing we are going to have to do is break him from taking a drink to bed with him. First sessio today at nap. Wasn't terrible. But there were some screams and tears. And of course, false requests to go poo in order to skip out on nap time.

While Carson was going pee he wouldn't stop touching his "wee wee".. I asked him to stop. His reply, "I can't". My reply, "your dad has the same problem"

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Where did my baby go?

Tonight was our first evening that felt normal. Our home is totally liveable, and getting comfortable. We actually didn't have friends or family in our home for the first day. It was just us. It was slow. It was peaceful. I went to put Lyla down and had time to rock her. As I rocked her she chewed on my finger, because you see, yesterday she woke up with a tooth and will soon have a second. And that hit me tonight like a ton of bricks. My little baby is growing up. And I want like crazy to make it stop.

I am having a very hard time with the fact that my time as a mom of a little bitty baby has passed. Sure, I could have more. But why? That baby will also break my heart by growing up.

So, I sat there and rocked. Wishing like crazy that the last four months of her life had not been so crazy and distracting and that I could have had more time to just sit and rock and cuddle and get my finger chewed on. Life outside of being a parent will always be there, but our time with our babies pass without notice.

And it's just not fair.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Just Keep Swimming

Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming... WOW! Did that line from Finding Nemo go through my head about 1,079 times since Thursday morning. Why? Well, let me tell you. I just survived the move from HELL. I'm sure there are worse moves than this, but you see, this IS my SEVENTEENTH move since HIGH SCHOOL. Maybe 18th? Either way, I should have it down by now. And I do. Problem is, I've gotten wiser and started to hire help, and apparently, no one wants to make money these days...

SO, Wednesday afternoon, after a very difficult and tricky closing, we closed on my house. (Many kudos to the ladies at Choice Title in Shawnee, Steve Cotner and crew at Security State and MY REALTOR KARRIE DAVIS!!!) Now, this STARTED bad. WE had the closing date all set up, then it changed, so we changed EVERYTHING. Movers, babysitters, plans for my class. And as soon as it was all set up, things went back to original plan. SO, We closed Wednesday at noon. And as a thank you "gift" my realtor found a painter to paint my sea foam green bedroom. SEE? She IS the best! Anyway, little did we know the fun was just beginning!

We got to Katy about 11 Wednesday night. We CRASHED. And I had the best sleep, (till last night) I had had in MONTHS! Like 13 of them. And I had to wake up early because the movers were coming at 8 and we had some things to do first. So, we get up, do our things. Nine o'clock comes, no movers, 9:15, no movers, Josh calls, no answer. Now, we aren't too mad, because we were told the owner had to take his mom to get a procedure done and may be closer to nine. So, we are assuming something bad happened, and don't want to be mad if she died or something terrible...10 comes, no movers, 11 comes, no movers, Josh goes to their office. OH! THEY MOVED... So at 11:30, I hire new packers to be there between 12:30 & 1. They show up at TWO! We get them settled and leave to figure out the rest.

Over lunch we keep calling the moving company, OMEGA MOVERS FROM KATY TEXAS, they don't answer. We call ALL FOUR NUMBERS, till finally the mom, who is the office manager I guess, answers from her hospital bed. So she didn't die so now we are mad. She says she'll have someone call us. SO JUST IN CASE, we went ahead and reserved two 26 foot UHauls. Two hours later, we still hadn't heard from the moving company, so we hire new loaders and a driver and unloaders. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.

We get back home expecting to find our house ready to go but instead find it just over half way done. At that point we were over the four hours we had paid for so we had to get to work. Just keep swimming...Josh and I packed the ENTIRE UPSTAIRS before one mover had finished the office. In her defense, there were A LOT of picture frames and other decorations stored under the bed in their. (My office doubled as my guest room). Either way, she finished the office and came up to me, WHILE IM STILL LOOKING FOR BOXES FOR THE OTHER HALF MY HOUSE and asked to leave. "WELL, I'd like you to FINISH" I not to politely said. So they stayed, till I finished the upstairs...Anyway, $750 later, I got help packing my house. Just keep swimming...

The next morning the loaders and driver were to come at 9. But at 8 I got a phone call that they were stuck in traffic, not surprising in Houston and I appreciated the call. So, we got a quick break to do one of the many things I had planned to do on this trip, go see my friend TJay and her new baby girl. Well, that was a short visit b/c the driver got there quick. So we went home and found our loaders/driver ready to work. However, when I was going over the timeline we needed to work on with him, he was surprised to find out he was driving to OKLAHOMA. Apparently that detail was left off. He had to work at 8 that night. Just keep swimming, swimming...He assured me he would work it out, so we ALL began working. He even called in a third to make sure we got out by 2.

As we began loading, I found all the packers DID NOT pack. Including all those pictures in the office? Yea. NOT ONE was packed. And my big pictures were wrapped with just one little piece of packing paper. Glass was left all around not even wrapped. SO, I called KATY MOVERS to tell them my complaints. They offered to let me call the owner...which I politely denied b/c I didn't have time. I had to PACK after all. Oh and they also offered to send the same people back. No Thanks.

At 4:15 we were ready to go. However, the driver needed to get his cell phone charger. He had not planned on going to OKLAHOMA and all... We decided easiest was to just follow him (he said he lived "on the way" to 45). So we did. We waited for him at a gas station to fill both UHauls (which BARELY held our stuff). Well, turned out he didn't go the way we did (he lost us before we got around the corner b/c I had to go back to close garage door) and by the time he got there, we had been there 20 minutes and he hadn't even gone home yet. So we decided to meet up 45 after while. So Josh and I continued toward 45 the way the driver suggested we go.

THREE HOURS LATER we made it out of Houston. We met up with the driver in Madisonville at Buccees, where driver bought a car charger. Yes, he went all that way for a PLUG in one. I also had to book the driver a Greyhound ticket home. Because his secretary had not. SO I pulled out my Iphone and called Shawnee's Greyhound service, only to find out, THEY CLOSED THE DAY BEFORE!!!!! I fell out of my seat laughing at this point, and of course reminding my self to just keep swimming.

We booked a ticket out of Norman. I could order for him as long as he had ID. We were good. He went on. We decided we had to stop around Dallas. Because at that point it was going to be 330am before we were home and I didn't sleep ANY the night before, well 4 hours, which is the same as none for me.

So, Josh and I booked us a room outside Dallas and made that journey all hyped up on No Doze and Monsters (another rec from the driver). WELL, let me tell you. NO Doze isn't kidding around. Your BODY may be too tired to MOVE, but your MIND, it just won't doze. And then at 1:30am, we got a call from driver, he couldn't find his ID.... SO I tried to figure out a way to get a hold of Greyhound to work this out, but couldn't, so no more sleep even if I COULD doze, I was so worried. At 5:45 I texted him. He had his ticket and at 6:15 our friend Matt O met him to pick up our Uhaul and give him gas money for the rest of the trip. Because of course we forgot about that. SO THANKS MATT O AND MAGGIE!!!

Anyway, next day, J and I get up, more tired than when we got there and headed back. He was to meet Matt O, I was to load kids. We were one driver short b/c we had two cars AND two UHauls to get back, but that was a little worry. For later. Josh, Matt and I arrive at my house by 1 b/c that is the time the UNloaders said they would be there. Also, my sweet grandma De sent her Handy Man, Steve to help us unpack. HE showed up at 1 also.

Two o'clock comes, no movers. Three o'clock comes, no movers. WE send Steve on home. 3:30, Josh cancels them and hires someone new. (We booked through 3rd party and had already PAID) New guys say they'd be there within the hour. Hour passed, Josh gets phone call, unloader had emergency as he was getting into Shawnee, had to go home. JUST KEEP FREAKING SWIMMING.

SO, we quit. Got in our new hot tub with beer. Right when we "relaxed" phone rings. It's the owner of 2nd unloading company asking how things were. We say, well, no one is here. He was SHOCKED, and assured us HE and at LEAST 1 other if not 3 would be there by 9am. Fine.

8:50am THEY CAME!!! AND THEY WERE AMAZING!!! Of course, we got to find all the things the loaders broke. Including the two pieces we said to be the MOST CAREFUL with, and my sons dresser and our desk......just keep swimming...

Then at 12:30pm yesterday everything was unloaded and in my house!!!

My arms sure are tired!