Pachelbel Bedtime

I saw this on my friend's blog a while back, so I stole it from her, but this video is awesome and so true. Definitely a good laugh!

Some pics of TK's party

The party was at a local park

The playground was very entertaining!

We painted pumpkins.

there go "my plans"

I am by nature an obsessive compulsive person; before I had kids more than once I have been accused of being a perfectionist. That being said I like to have plans and goals and always know the direction that I am headed ~ leave nothing to the imagination! But I have kids AND I don't work. So God has taught me much this past year... for instance leave everything to Him and pretty much plan nothing. Everytime I think I have a great plan that will be just perfect for us, I'm brought to the realization life is no longer about ME. So currently I'm setting in a house that desperately needs the toys picked up, the floors cleaned and the dishes done, but TK and I have been so sick for the past week so nothing is done! Right before she got sick we had actually gone 2 days with no breastfeeding and I was so excited. (I have lots of friends who breastfeed well beyond the first year, but for me that's all I can handle.) But TK is not a fan of milk (she'll tolerate it with chocolate), she'll drink juice if it's a 1/2 ounce in about 5 ounces of water and she hates the pedilyte so I was afraid she would get dehydrated and we started breastfeeding AGAIN! I'm thankful it had only been two days of not doing it and I think she will be ok ~ we might see the dr tomorrow, since tomorrow will be day 4 of this for her! On the funny side, one of the first times that she had one of these diapers she was sitting by AJ, he looked at me and said, "eeww, mom it stinks in this house, would you please clean this house." I just started laughing and explained we could just open the windows and it was because TK was sick. So today when she was sitting by him again and it happened he immediately jumped up and said, "We gotta to get get this stinky air out" and then went to open the playroom window and the patio door out in the living room.

AJ has decided that he will no longer wear diapers at anytime- that includes night time. I was soooo close to being able to sleep through the night. TK normally just wakes up twice and a couple of times only once, so I was getting close. But I have to say AJ knows what he is talking about. Out of the last 3 nights that he has does this he only had 1 accident and that was at 6:30 in the morning, so I think that is awesome. I totally wasn't ready for him to do that... I thought it was more around 4 or so that kids potty trained all night, but I got him out of the tub the other night and he informed me that those were TK's diapers not his and he was wearing underroos. I tried to argue with him, but he got upset and I figured it wasn't worth it ~ thinking 1/2 hour later he would have an accident, but he proved me wrong (: (smart little booger!) So now we keep a plethora of sheets and blankets and pjs, etc. out in the hall to replace the wet ones if need be. I can't believe this kid is just over 2 1/2 and potty trained ~ I just figured it would be more likely I would potty train the kids together rather than him so early. I have a feeling though TK might make up for it though (:

It seems to me that whenever AJ goes through a process in his life he stutters. So for example right now switching from diapers to underroos at night, or back a few months ago when he did it in the day, or sometimes if it a big event we are getting excited for. Lately when he talk to me he will start off with, honey mommy ~ which comes out hun hun hun honey mom mom mom mommy, so by time he actually gets to what he is saying I'm just laughing inside because he is so serious about it and i don't think he really realizes exactly what he is doing. He wasn't really stuttering last weekend when we had TK's party, but he was saying honey to everybody. We really need to get it on video and put it on here ~ hilarious!

Catch Up! and Happy Birthday to my Baby Girl

It seems like forever since I've written anything.... I'm not even sure what the last thing I wrote was (guess I could have looked). Anyways here's a little update on everyone~ AJ is totally potty trained, as far as I'm concerned. Not at night, we'll work on that in a few months, or in a year, just not now! We checked out a book from the library called Zoo Poo and he loved it. After reading it for a week he wanted to be like the rhino and doo doo while charging on by. (You would have to see the picture to fully understand.) Well it worked, even last night while I put TK to bed he went and took his diaper off and #2 in the toliet. I was so proud of him, because normally he'll wait until after bath and the diaper is on and then he'll go take care of business. So we have definitely come a long ways! AJ is also doing this new thing ~ not sure where he learned it from ~ but when he wants something he'll fold his hands and say "PLEASE, it is my best!" For instance if he wants candy ~ Please candy is my best. And his face gets all scrunched up and he gets really intense. It just totally catches me of guard.

TK has not been eating during the night for the past week!!! YEAH!!! You can tell how excited I am about this since I mention this before I even mention her birthday! Yes my baby girl is one today, I can't believe it just went so fast, somehow even faster than AJ's first year. Maybe because I know it is my last and my kids will never be that little again.... makes me a little sad, but then I just think surely soon, maybe this year I will get to sleep for at least 4 or even 6 hours in a row ~ oh the luxury!!

We did 2 activities this last Saturday ~ quit a feat for me! I just haven't been doing hardly anything for fear of the "accident". Now that I feel we are all a little more comfortable with the situation I think we are ready for more. First we went to the Farmer's market, this used to be a regular event for me, but I'm not sure I had been since TK was born. We found an excellent deal on pumpkins for TK's party, which was great, except I drove to a friend's house and then we walked there. Let me tell you pushing 20 pumpkins in a stroll with 2 kids that weigh about 60lbs together is not a good idea!! And my friend had almost have the pumpkins! I seriously thought some hamstrings or something were going to start exploding! But they are great pumpkins and AJ thought the market was great so it was well worth it! Our second activity was a trip to the local cheese farm. We hadn't previously been there so I wasn't sure what to tell AJ to get him ready. Well once he got over the flies he thought it was the best!! I put some pics on with him feeding the cows. He gave ALL the cows some corn ~ this farm is not big at all, but we spent probably over 2 hours there. We even went for a ride on the hay trailer behind the tractor. Now AJ will tell you he loved it, but don't be fooled, there was MUCH protest and even crying before he got on. His new thing is to say, "NO I don't have to, it's my choice." ~ That's a whole different story, so here's the pics:

the sleepover

We are having our first sleepover, well as much as it counts at this age. Needless to say AJ thought it was the best thing in the world. My friend's little girl that I watch sometime, needed to stay the night, since her mom had an emergency case late night and had to work again early in the morning. So we moved the pack-n-play and AJ was throwing everything into.... "here Lucy can have my pillow and my blanket, and my zebra and my sheep." I had to secretly sneak everything back out of there so there was actually room for her! AJ may be a little temperamental at times and persnickety about how things are done, but I love the way he always wants to do stuff for people.

I think he is pretty much potty trained, in fact there have been several days where I rarely tell him it's time to go... so I think we are getting there. Now we just have to work on the poop training.... no one ever told me this was 2 separate events!! We have been telling him how proud we are that he is going in the potty and he should be proud of himself for being such a big boy. Well tonight when TK & AJ were getting ready for bed, he said TK I'm going to give you a hug and then he told her he loved her so much and looked at her and patted her back and said I'm so proud of you! It made me laugh and made me want to cry at the same time. (Don't worry he's not perfect all the time... just wait until she pulls up on his chair or something that is doesn't want to share, he'll knock her down fast.) But now he is learning is going to get in trouble for that so he'll push her and then walk to the other side of the room and look at her like I have no idea what just happened. Kid is smart!

This paragraph is about my faith: Lately I have been so stressed!!! and then the fridge broke, obviously doesn't help at all, so I was upset and trying to figure out what in the world God was trying to teach me through these trials lately. Well today we get a check that the electric company overcharged us or something... didn't really read why, just went and cashed that sucker! Anyways is should cover the cost of fixing the fridge (again... 3rd time to fix this thing and it is less than 6 years old!) so amazing ~ once again you just never know how God is going to work things out!

our neighbors

We have the best neighbors in the world!! Seriously I think I am going to list that as the best feature of our house whenever we get around to selling it. I don't think I can even possibly start to remember all the things they have done for us ~ they are so generous. For instance last night she stopped by to ask if we wanted to have some dinner because they had made to much ~ it was delicious, plus you know I was just going to make a frozen pizza or something else on my level. AJ thinks they are they best people probably because they keep popsicles in their freezer for him and have turtles in their backyard. Since TK was born they would come get AJ and take him for walks, ice cream or just over to their place to play. It has been so nice just to have a few minutes to do the dishes or sweep the floors or something. Also a couple of weeks ago they gave us a gift certificate to one of my favorite resturants and the watched the kids for us ~ this was the first time we had been since May '06. One more quick neighbor story last night I decided to take the kids and the dogs on a walk when we walked out the door, the other neighbor's pshyco dog came run at the dogs and bit louie!! Both Ellie and Louie were their leashes so everything was all tangled up and I was worried about the dog going after AJ who was standing next to me or TK who was strapped in the stroller. Well the nice neighbors came running yelling at the dog and lady ~ saying things I wanted to, but don't have the guts to say. Louie is fine and the lady said she would keep her dog on a leash... I was thinking... mmm, isn't that the same thing I asked to do last week when I went over and talked to you about psycho. I was just so glad the nice neighbors were out to hold Ellie and get AJ settled down while I checked out Louie. Well I need to go write them a thank you note and get TK sleeping ~ that little boogger doesn't want to take a nap today (-:

the kids

Well for those of you know AJ, you know how particular he can be. So Mark put him to bed tonight and everything seemed fine and quiet and then we hear him talking... so Mark goes to see what is wrong and he says he needs mom. Well he has a teddy bear that we put on outfit on a few days ago and he keeps in his bed, he was holding the bear saying get it off and I happen to catch out of the corner of my eye that the light is on in his room.... not the night light but the 4 bulb big overhead light. This probably won't be such a big deal BUT he shares a room with TK. So I hit the light and look at her... just sprawled out in the crib and could care less. Now seriously how does this happen that she can sleep through that light being turned on, but can't possible start to sleep through the night!!! Anyways I go back to AJ who is saying mom just get the yucky stuff off. I'm guessing he must have wiped his nose on the bear, 'cause something crusty and gross was on the bear's outfit. Well thankfully we got it all off and taken care of and everyone is sleeping. This was so surprising to me because whenever he has need to check something out before he always goes in our room and looks at it there using our light (I leave our reading lamp on until we go to bed), so I surprised to see this bright light on.

On a different note , fall kinda of surprised me this year and I am totally unprepared. Meaning I didn't have any clothes for the kids for this cooler weather. I think they each had a sweatshirt and that was about it. So we have been doing some shopping these last couple of days. I think AJ is going to be like his dad and love shopping!! The only probably is he has no concept at 2 1/2 that we don't just pick up whatever we want, we actually have to pay for it... he thinks we should just always take one of each. One of the purchases we made was his halloween costume ~ a dragon (he's been asking to either be that or a dinosaur). Well he loves that costume, of course he wouldn't try it on until we brought it home and cut out the tags. It was the first thing he put on this morning and he took his nap in it this afternoon. The only problem with the costume is it has wings which means mom or dad gets to fly him all over!!! We should have great looking arms by time halloween gets here (-: