Thursday, October 30, 2008
No More Babies!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Dogs In Clothes & Halloween Pumpkins
So I decided to dress Ms. Piggy up in a few outfits given to me by my coworker. I am not too sure she liked it.....She tolerated it for about 10 minutes then gave me the long "I've had enough look".
Piggy's Dracula Costume
Piggy's Christmas jammies, it's a big snug, eh?
This dog is a bit nutty sometimes, thats okay I suppose I am too :) She does have a overly excessive licking habit; and I am working on fixing that.
We had our family pumpkin carving night last week. I will try to have more pictures posted up soon.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Ask A Toddler - Special Delivery#1: "How To Throw A Tantrum"
For all of you new parents and soon to be parents....this is what you have to look forward to!
Racecar Sunday
Hammie spent all day with me yesterday helping me clean up the house. I decided it would be fun to play 'racecar' with the laundry basket.
This kid is on the verge of walking!!
After awhile, he decided it would be fun to climb into the basket side ways.
Nap time for the Ham.
Friday, October 17, 2008
To Dress or Not To Dress....
A Flying Monkey costume from the Wizard of Oz, a German boy, or I thought I could dress Hammie in a black & white striped shirt, black pants, black beret hat, and put a fake mustache on him; and he could be a little Frenchman! lol
Here is a picture of my son:
My last costume idea, I thought would be perfect for him. My coworker, Tasha, has a puppy costume she had used on her son last year; she is letting me borrow it. So alas, my little Ham will be a cute cuddly puppy (below)!
(We will see how long the head piece stays on) I haven't decided if I will dress up or not for Halloween. It will all depend on if I go out later that night. And I am thinking that will be a big fat no since, I cant keep my eyes open past 11pm!
Here is a list of things I have done or need to do before Halloween comes:
(x)Decorate house somewhat of assorted Halloween/fall decorations
(x)Decorate outside with Halloween decorations
( )Buy/Borrow a Halloween costume for Hammie
( ) Buy limited quantities of candy and hide it until the big day
( ) Figure out if I am going to dress up or not, or just half ass it and wear something goofy and
'pretend' I am dressed up ;)
( ) Take kids to pumpkin festival next weekend for food, games, painting and pumpkin finding!
Monday, October 13, 2008
Birthday Madness
Tomorrow my little baby boy will become a toddler. He is my new Toddles since Kelly is a preschooler. I knew before even giving birth to Sebastian that he was going to be trouble. Boy was I right; he has trouble written on his forehead. Over the last 6 months or so he has gotten his little paws into everything that's imaginable. He loves electrical outlets, electrical cords, the table, the chairs, my desk, my computer, the kitchen cabinets, and the list goes on. He has managed to fall more times than Kelly ever did in her first 2 years of life! And the latest accident was last Sunday when a wooden chair fell on his face. He has a very black busted lip; people probably think I did something to him. My little Ham has had a fat lip for several days; hopefully it will be gone by his 1st birthday party on Saturday.
What are you doing Kelly? "I'm just hanging out with myself"
"You need to feed the grass mommy, it's thirsty!"
"Remember, Mommy, when we saw that naked man in his car but it had no doors?"
(I have no recollection of seeing a naked man while driving nor does she)
Kelly's Favorites
TV Show: The Wiggles, Jon & Kate Plus 8
Food: Apple juice, candy, gum, spaghetti
Color: Pink, purple, blue
Loves to sing & dance, collecting rocks and wearing makeup
Dislikes: Putting on her socks, cokes (yes!), Jonathan's monkey costume
Sebastian's Favorites
TV Show: The Wiggles
Food: Spaghetti
Loves to get into everything, play chase the baby, his baths and giving hive-fives.
Dislikes: Having his hands touched, being woken up
Oh You Ooey Gooey Crap!
Ok, so I had to write this and warn anyone who have children (and are probably laughing at me) and those who plan to have children soon (these people are laughing at me too). DO NOT Allow your child to go to bed with silly putty!!!!!! This gooey ooz like stuff looks innocent, but when stuck to material it will stick and seap into the smallest cracks of each strand of fiber. I allowed Toddles to go to bed with purple/glittery silly putty. Bad idea. I just walked in there to find that it was apparently in her hand but she fell asleep, so it kind of oozed itself down onto her sheets. Then she proceeded to roll in it got it on her jammies. Ughh and here I am leaning over trying to get this darn stuff off as much as I can. I think I saved a third of it.
Atleast it didnt get in her hair......ughh wait. I shouldnt of said that, I should go back and double check!!!
Terrible Two-sday
So my daughter, Toddles, has just informed me over dinner that I am no longer 'momma' but 'mommdada'. I can only assume she has given me the duel role as mommy & daddy. Interesting concept to say the least, especially coming from a 2 year old. Of course you can also assume that all of this has come about from our recent separation. It's mommy time 24/7 and she only see's her daddy a few weekends a month, if even that.
And the reason why I say today is Terrible Two-sday is because It's just complete havoc the minute I get home. I have some backup (grandparents) but it's usually just me. Everyday is Terrible Two-sday! lol Toddles & I come home and she immediately wants dinner. So I have to put her on the bar so she can watch me cook, if not, beware of her complete toddler melt downs of not getting her way. Then we have at some point during the night have a nice long conversation as to why she cannot have her blueberry yogurt. I give it to her once a day for breakfast and she is a addicted to the stuff (plus its expensive). Then I chase her around the house getting her to *want* to take a bath. Yes I said, want. This child dosen't like her baths anymore, or at least she is in that 'out' phase. It's like pulling teeth sometimes with her. 7pm comes, I put her to bed and I can sit down, relax and have myself a drink!
Several Milestones that have come and gone over the past 6 months:
*Her hair is long enough to put into a ponytail! (Yes the kid has hair! lol)
*Toddles will pick and choose what she wears for the day. If she dosen't approve it, she throws it away.
*Instead of the usual grunting and pointing of what she wants, Toddles now screams "Momma!!" and rushes over to tell me what she wants. Either that or she repeatedly says what she wants until she gets it.
*No more caudling Toddles when bed times comes by laying down with her in bed, rocking her to sleep, or staying in the room until she falls asleep. I stick her in bed, give her a kiss goodnight, and tell her to go asleep!
*She at one point mastered turning on/off the tv and changing the channels. I remember one night taking a bath and sticking her in my bed with the tv off. I take my shower, come back and caught her with the tv on flipping through the channels!!! heh This also goes for my alarm clock.
*She has a daily chore of feeding the dogs and she is good at it too!
*She has a bad habit of crawling up chairs now. Yes beware! I caught her at my desk, sitting in my chair, putting on my makeup one day!
*Toddles can take off and put on her shoes with the velcro straps on!! My girl!
*She has great table manners....for a 2 year old!! She says please and thank you most of the time. And tells me she loves me when I leave or put her to sleep.
*And the best for last: Toddles knows her ABC's!! She can't pronounce the letters well but she tries her hardest to say them.
Whats to come next:
-Learning to not have a panic attack when I take Kelly to the mall by myself. ( ya I just cant do it yet, she's a wild woman running around in that place).
-Getting rid of that darn pacifier
-I'd like to think I could get her to not be so clingy to me but I know that will take a lot more time. She has horrible separation anxiety without me around. And this is her solely wanting me, and not even Oma & Opa (grandparents) will suffice at this point in time. Shocking I know!
-Potty Training <~~~~~ Terrified Of 
Sweetest Promise
*A Poem for my daughter Kelly
Twinkle twinkle on a starry night.
Your sleepy head must stay in my sight.
For as precious as life can be,
your worth more than any man to me.
For your giggles of laughter is all the faith I have
to make your life the best I can.
Time ticks away your youthful age,
as seconds turn into minutes, minutes into days.
For I have plans to make our lives bitter sweet
and that's my sweetest promise for you to keep.
Toddles' Top 10 Favorite Activities
10. Running away from mommy in the store, knocking things off the shelves and yelling out "Momma!". Then throw a toddler meltdown right there in the store after I've tried to get her to act like a proper child.
9. Finding places to hide away from mommy, whether it be in a small corner or in a closet. Then yell out "Ughh Momma!" and then of course, giggle.
8. Looking through one of my Glamour or Parents magazines hunting for baby pictures then exclaim in a shrieking pitch "Babiiiieessssss!"
7. Grabbing mommy's cell phone off the counter and leaving it in miscellaneous areas of the house (on the floor next to the toy box, on the bathroom floor, etc.).
6. Taking a bubble bath and pouring the water from her 'wash cup' onto the bathroom floor. Then proceeding to throw every wet toy on the floor.
5. Taking every book of from her basket, and putting them on the couch in a big pile, one by one. Toddles will then sit on the pile of books and read each one and then throw it on the floor.
4. Brushing her teeth with mommy's toothbrush, not her own.
3. Taking sheets of stickers, pulling each one off and sticking them to her body (arms, hands, legs, feet).
2. Sitting down next to mommy when she puts her make-up on. Taking all of my make-up items out of the bag and giving them to me one by one. Then proceeded to open up the eyeliner and eye shadow and smear it on her face.
1. Feeding Angelina's (my friend I'm staying with) puppies, guarding their food, and making sure that they get enough to eat. And making sure that they behave by exclaiming, "Noooo puppies!".
Leader Of The Pack
I've always been the type of person to swear to myself and my family that I'd never have children and allow them to become evil, annoying, little hell-ions. Over the past month it has become very apparent to me that Toddles is sinking into an attitude of "I want it now and I will have it and I will do whatever I want to do" type phase. I know it's just the beginning of her "terrible two's" toddler years but frankly it frustrates me.
I had the daycare worker report to me that Toddles has been spending more and more time in the 'time out' corner. The other day she was kicking, throwing, slapping, hitting other little kids. They would be minding their own business and Toddles would come up to them and smack their pacifier right out of their mouth. Not something any parent wants to hear. I can tell you that a lot of this is instigated by other little toddlers. They love mimicking each other.
I was just informed yesterday that Toddles has a partner in crime, Abby. Apparently Abby loves to fill her mouth full of milk and then spit it out everywhere. Toddles sees this as a very amusing trick and joins in on the fun, I'm sure spitting all over the poor daycare workers. When I pick Toddles up she is cheery, wide eyed and ready to go; you'd think she was an angel all day. Not so. So it's very frustrating to hear all these things she has done and I was not there to handle it. I wont allow my daughter to continue her terrible two's until she is well into her teens! Hopefully that will not happen. But it appears Toddles is now one of the lead instigators of the toddler group. It seems to fit her since she is the eldest in her class.
You'd think after hearing all this, this would be all I'd have to say. Let me further your knowledge of how a almost 2-year old acts around Mommy & Daddy. After picking up cuddle-butts from daycare, we head home. Almost immediately Toddles will start to whine and grunt. I'd ask her what's wrong. She'd whine more and her pitch would get higher. I know she's hungry, so after giving her food, she eats about half of it and throws the rest on the floor. Last night was penne pasta spaghetti with green beans. Then add her sippie cup she throws on the floor about 3 times. Lets not get into detail of what my kitchen floor looks like. After playing with her food, I ask her if she is done. She looks at me and starts to cry. I pick her up and set her down on the floor. She starts to bawl. I put her back in her high chair, she cries harder and then starts to kick. I set her down back on the floor and the melt down begins. Kicking, screaming, sobbing. I run into the living room to maybe block out the noise. It doesn't work. All I can do is let her cry it out until she is ready to calm down. 10 min. pass and she finally starts to settle down. And I have a huge tension headache. Here lately I can't clean the kitchen up. Toddles comes to my side and jesters for me to pick her up and hold her. If I try ignoring her for 5 min. she'll start her melt down again. I asked her to go find Da Da. But it turned out that she didnt want her Daddy only her Mommy. She's been a super clingy, whiny toddler. I guess I should feel lucky someone loves me and wants my attention so much. I know I do keep telling myself that this is just a phase that toddlers go through and it wont last forever or does it?
Sleeping Problems
Posted June 19, 2008 6:03am
Anyone have advice on convincing a 1 1/2 year old to go to sleep? I sure dont. It took her 2 1/2 hours for her to fall asleep.
My night went like this:
8:00 pm Mood: 
"Let's go to bed Kelly, youre a cranky baby". Kelly jumping on the bed, looks at me and smiles. I give her cup of milk, lay down next to her on the bed and turn the light off. Toddles sits up and drinks her milk and starts turning from her backside to her front side, switching positions every minute. "Aaabbby Aaabbby. Laaaaaaaaaaaayne!" and then starts mumbling toddler talk (Abby & Layne are Kelly's girl friends at daycare). I tell Toddles that "Abby & Layne are sleeping and Kelly should go to sleep too". She looks at my puts her finger to her mouth and says "shhhhh" about 5 times. She lays down and sucks on her pacifier.
8:30 pm Mood 
I'm considering getting up and just leave her to cry herself to sleep.
8:45 pm Mood 
Toddles is still mumbling to herself and still moving around. Then she looks at me while holding her breathe and starts to turn really red. And I give her this look and ask her what she's doing. She lets out her breathe and starts giggling and then does it again. She does that about 4 times and I get up to turn the light on. I tell her she's not ready for bed and I go start picking up things in the living room.
9:30 Round II Mood 
Time to try putting Toddles back in bed again. She drinks the rest of her milk and start wiggling around again. I lay down and pretend I'm asleep, hoping she will do the same. She slaps me in the face with her cup. I cringe, and ask if she wants more milk. A big shake of her head tells me yes. I get it, come back, pretend to be 'sleeping'. She kicking me in my ribs and puts her face as close as she can to mine and starts to giggle. I tell her to give me kisses and she lays one on me, all slobbery. You can't beat one of those slobbery baby kisses! I tell her to go 'night night'. She lays down..and as soon as I can get away I quietly walk out at 10:20pm.
4:30 am Mood 
I wake up to Toddles crying. I go see what all the commotion is all about. Kelly is awake sitting up. I grab her and put her in bed with me. She immediately rambles on "Daaa Daaa" "Daa Daaa?". "Da Da isn't here honey, go to sleep!". She lays right on me. I think, fine whatever works. I fall asleep.
Gosh I hope tonight goes better.
Warning!! Toddlers Carry Viruses!!
Posted June 16, 2006
9:02 am *Warning!! Toddlers Carry Viruses!!
Toddlers are small little people that are the transporters of all of the nasty viruses you can think of. I swear If you were able to hold a special light up to one of them it would show every type of virus you could imagine covering every square inch of their little bodies. And it doesn't help that they feel that they have to touch everything. I swear I didn't know what I was getting myself into before Kelly turned into a toddler. "No Kelly don't touch that, it's yucky!". "Stop it toddles, noooo touching!". "Don't stick your finger in your nose and then put it in mommy's mouth! That's a no-no!".
So right now I have pink eye for the 3rd time within the last month or so. I also have a sinus infection but that isn't contagious. The usual routine goes, toddles comes down sick and the next day I get the same exact thing. Matt is lucky that he doesn't get whatever virus Kelly and I have except for one. The dreaded rotavirus where it hits you like a ton of bricks. You break out in a cold sweat, you feel dizzy, very nauseous. Then all of a sudden the overwhelming stomach cramps and everything on your stomach decides to come up. Later on you puke so much that all that comes up is the neon green/yellow bile. Ya, it's not a very nice virus. Every time toddles get's it, everyone within a 5 mile radius comes down with it within a few days. Last year 8 different family members came down with it, all within a week. We were calling toddles "Typhoid Kelly" there for awhile.
Despite all the viruses toddles has, I still enjoy taking care of my baby when she's not feeling well. Lot's of snuggling and cuddling in bed. Toddles becomes easily attached to me when she doesn't feel good; she clings to me like a monkey. Daddies are for fun and mommies are there to make their babies feel better but, that's fine by me.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
The Best Week Ever!
When I got home late last night, I never heard one word out of her. She’s a very mellow dog, follows me around, and likes to jump up on the couch, curls up and chills. My kind of dog!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
My New Purse
For my 28th birthday I found this awesome purse on www.Etsy.com. I've been waiting 3 weeks now; it's coming from Thailand. I am a purse addict.
So Much To Do.....So Little Time
Here is a picture of my adorable nephew Damien. My sister Charlene made him a cute cuddly looking animal...not sure what it is.
