Lent

So I've given up Facebook for Lent. I've decided to go back to the "Old School" way of doing things, calling people on the phone. Is it really necessary for everyone to know that I'm bored or sick or tired or happy or anything else at all hours of the day? No. Or what I should ask, does anyone really care that I'm one of the above? Probably not. The only time someone really cares is if I post about the kids. At this point I should know to call the people that are most important to me and tell them what's going on. I think I do a pretty good job at doing that, but this "vacation" will get me back to talking to people more often.

On that note, I'll catch you up on the kids...

Kaitlyn's feeling much better after her double ear infection. She's still getting teeth and boy does she know how to get teeth. I don't remember her getting just one tooth. It was always multiples. This time it's all her molars. Thankfully I think they've almost all broken though because she's not as cranky and fussy as she had been. That doesn't mean she's still full of hugs and kisses, but more than a few weeks ago.

Speaking of hugs and kisses, she's learned where her nose is!!!! I showed her this weekend and it only took about 4 times to point to her nose for her to pick up on it. You ask her now where her nose is and she points to it and sniffs.

Now for an update on Joshy. The poor little fellow....has a hernia. We found this out on Valentines' Day. He went down for a nap and when both kids got up we went for haircuts. Him and daddy got their hair cut and when we were done Josh wanted to go to Target. We headed over there since we were out and were walking around when Josh bent over and said, Mommy it hurts. Jason asked if he had to go potty. Josh said yes, so I picked him up and head to the bathroom. He tried going, but just told me it hurt. So we went out and found Daddy and Baby and got in the car. We decided to pick up french fries for dinner and when we got home I put Josh in his booster seat and he just wailed with pain and screaming that he hurt. I told Jason we had to go to the docto and I went to look for the phone number for Urgent Care. Jason found the number while Kaitlyn ate and I got clothes for her to get changed into. We got the kids packed up and in the car and headed to Urgent Care down the road. When we got there Josh started acting fine. We got called back and when the doctor came in he said to undo Josh's diaper. Once I did that the doctor took 1 look and said, "You need to take him to the ER right now"! He said there was a possiblity that the testicle was twisted and that they would do an emergency ultrasound to figure it out.

We packed the kids up and headed to the ER. Granddad and Nana met us there and took Kaitlyn back to their place since it was past her bedtime and we weren't sure what was going on or how long we would be at the hospital. We got called back to the nurses station about an hour after we got there and the nurse went and told the doctor what was going on and they got us back right away. The doctor came in and took a look and decided it was a hernia. He was able to pop everything back into place, but not before Josh was crying that it hurt and not to touch it. Once the doctor got it back into place, Josh said, "My boo boo doesn't hurt anymore". We went home shortly after that.

Josh now has an appointment with the surgeon for March 8th. He needs to have surgery to get it repaired.

So that's how we spent Valentines' Day.

Where are my patience?

This weekend was a pretty good one until 3pm today. I don't know where my patience went, but I didn't have any. Jason told me to go lay down and take a nap while the kids were asleep and I did. I wasn't too tired, but I thought I would since I'd been busy all weekend cleaning and doing laundry. Kaitlyn got up and was okay. Jason went and woke Josh up around 330pm. We were all supposed to go to Wal-Mart together, but Jason fell asleep. I took the kids to the store and when we got back.. WHOA! I don't know if they were too hungry, too sleepy, or too thirsty. All they did was cry and fight with each other. We finally got dinner on the table, but neither kid wanted chicken and French Fries.

Off to the bathtub they went with daddy. They got in and I went to go get jammies and diapers. The next thing I know Jason was screaming for me to come back to the bathroom. I ran over there to find out Kaitlyn went poop in the tub. Out the kids came and I took them to their tub to finish up.

I tried to get Kaitlyn to bed, but she doesn't like when I put her down. It was after 7pm when Jason finally got her to sleep. He's putting Josh to bed tonight while I finish up the cleaning.

To top it off, the stupid Dish isn't working and I keep getting an error message.

New Year

Christmas was a blast this year! Josh was old enough to realize what was going on. As soon as he started seeing Christmas lights, it was allllll over! He still points out Christmas lights when he sees them. He went crazy when we put up the tree this year and had to help plug in the lights every night. We also put lights up on top of the cupboards in the kitchen and on the plant shelf in the dining room and he had to turn those lights on nightly too. Kaitlyn played with the tree and the ornaments for the first 2 days then she was over it.

Santa brought Josh a Jeep and he LOVES it! Unfortunately it's been really cold this winter, so he hasn't been able to ride it too much. He loved opening presents and thought he should open all of them. Kaitlyn had no interest in opening presents, so we let Josh open hers too. We did learn a lesson this year. Don't wait until 5pm on Christmas Eve to ask what Santa is going to be bringing. Josh said Santa was bringing him Spiderman, so Jason had to go out and find Spiderman stuff for Santa. He bought a bedspread and a ball. This was great with Josh; he loves his bedspread.

New Years' Eve weekend brought 2 sick kids. I had to take Kaitlyn to Urgent Care on Wednesday and come to find out she had an ear infection. They wouldn't let her back to school, so she went to work with me the following day. She had a lot of fun. She made herself at home and visited everyone that was there. She ran to Mr. Clarke with her arms out and then laughed the whole time he played with her. They both got better by Sunday which was really nice.

They both went back to school yesterday and Josh kept asking for Ms. Amber all weekend, so he was happy to see her yesterday. Kaitlyn still could care less. She's happy where ever she is.

Almost Christmas

It's been awhile since I've blogged about the kids. They've been doing well. Kaitlyn got her 15 month check up and weighs 18 pounds, 15 ounces and 23 1/2 inches long, if I remember correctly. She has the motor skills of an 18 month old since she's using a fork and spoon to eat with and can kick and throw a ball. The doctor wants us to work on body parts now. I told the doctor she knows the body parts if you hold up her clothes and she tries to put on her shoes.

Both her and Josh are enjoying the new daycare still and they haven't gotten sick too much.

Josh went in for his pre-op appointment with Dr. Chicola and he said he wants to wait and due the tubes later, possibly next month, after we complete the hearing test. He wouldn't cooperate when we tried doing the hearing test earlier this month. I'm hoping we can forgo the surgery all together!

Josh has become a huge fan of Christmas! He gets all excited when he sees Christmas lights. He gets really excited when he sees Santa! Santa had visited school and the teachers had to laugh at him. They said he got so excited and ran up to Santa while shouting Santa Santa Santa. I told him Santa will be coming in two days and will leave presents for him, so he's super excited. Kaitlyn is still oblivious to the whole holiday thing, so next year will be all new for her.

I'll try to post after Christmas, but if not, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Bye Bye

Kaitlyn has another ear infection, but the doctor and I are very impressed that she hasn't been to the doctor since September when she had pneumonia.

Tuesday night Boomer got put in timeout in his kennel.

Last night Josh thought I needed to go into timeout. He told me to go up against the wall and sit and stay! I asked what I did and all he would say is Stay! I told him he needs to go to timeout since he was climbing on the couch.

This morning Josh went in and helped me get Kaitlyn up and ready. I was changing her diaper and Josh was closing her bedroom door and waving bye. He called out "Bye"! Babycakes was laying down waving, blowing kisses and then she whispered "Bye bye"!!! This is the first time she said it and I'm so proud of her!

My little girl is growing up so fast it's amazing. Next thing I know she'll be putting me in timeout!

Halloween

It's been forever since I've posted and I'm sorry. Blogging takes a lot more time than I realized. Since I've last posted, Kaitlyn and Josh started a new daycare center and LOVE it!!!! They've been going for 3 weeks and Josh is still excited every morning to go to New School! He sometimes asks on the weekends, New School? He doesn't come home as tired and cranky as he did at La Petite and they have breakfast ready almost every day we get there. Kaitlyn is enjoying it too. They call her K K and I started calling her that too. She's responding really well when you call her name or Babycakes. If she's some where, she'll come find you if you call her. She's also started waving Bye and is blowing kisses now. Sometimes she'll even open her mouth up for a kiss!!!!

Jason, Judy and Charlie are all in Dallas and the boys are in Norman watching an OU football game. Charlie was able to get into a Skybox and entrance to a Tailgate party. I called Jason and he said Charlie was actually on the sidelines at the football game. I have no idea how he scored that, but he did.

I took Josh and Kaitlyn to La Petite today for their fall festival. Josh got his face painted, both kids decorated cookies, they played with bubbles and Josh won a cake doing the cake walk game. After that I bought them french fries for lunch and then it was nap time. I decided on pizza for dinner and when Josh got up from his nap we went and got it. I told them they could have cake with dinner, so they had dessert first, then pizza. I had to throw them in the tub after dinner and then we went to one of the churches for Trunk or Treat. Josh got a good bit of candy, but the biggest thing was the hay ride! A blue tractor pulled us and Josh LOVED it!!!!! He wanted to go again, but I had to tell him no. I let him have 3 pieces of candy tonight and told him he had to save the rest to show dad tomorrow.

I got both kids in bed and I'm heading there shortly. I may go jump in the tub and relax for a few minutes. Tomorrow's going to be another long and full day.

Happy Halloween!!!

Oops

So I've been pretty busy and feel bad for not writing in ages.

This weekend was spent with 2 kids attached to me almost non-stop. Neither wanted Daddy and neither wanted to share Mommy, so that caused lots of tears!

Friday night I gave Kaitlyn a bottle with half soy milk and half regular milk. That did not sit well with her! She woke up with gas pains twice. Poor baby girl. She got a good burp out the first time and then she had a big fart the second time she woke up. That fart must have been the key because she passed out until 730am!

Saturday brought a trip to the library and we checked out a few more books. Then Kaitlyn and I went to Sam's to return the car seat that neither of them liked. We then went to Toys R Us to check out their car seats, but I didn't see any that I cared for. Kaitlyn did find a stuffed puppy that she just "had" to have, so I bought it. She cuddled with it and is really cute when she does, so it was well worth it.

Then one of Jason's friends came over to watch the OU football game. He brought his 2 1/2 year old with him and Josh and her had to check each other out for a bit. They then played together. I did learn you don't mess with Josh and his crayolas. She started to color on his paper and fists went flying, on both sides. I had to get between them and it took some time to get them apart, but I finally did. Around 930pm Josh was asking to go to bed, so I got him down and Genevieve was still going strong. I went to bed at 10pm and she was still playing.

We got up to rain on Sunday, so that wasn't much of a fun day. We did get pizza and breadsticks for lunch and Josh loved the bread sticks. He ate a little pizza and Kaitlyn just eats everything, she's not picky.

Later we all went to Target and got 2 new car seats, so tee shirts, 2 baseball caps, socks for both kids and a toy for a birthday party on Saturday.

Josh then woke up this morning in a great mood. He went and pee peed on the potty first thing, then went and got some juice! Mommy was so proud of him. Then I put on some new socks that we bought yesterday and they are big boy socks. They come half way up his shins! He had to go show Daddy and he was so proud of himself. Jason took Josh to school while I got Kaitlyn ready to go get her 12 month shots.

I felt bad for her, but I know it's for a good cause. I don't want her getting really sick. I then took her to daycare and I was off to work.

After a good day at work, me and Angi, my co-worker, went and met an employee who's down from DC at McGuires for dinner. I had a petite steak and it was very good. We sat around for 45 minutes after dinner and just chatted.

Jason took the kids to Barnes and Noble to see Winnie the Pooh, but got there right as the person was getting ready to change out of the costume. I guess Josh was attached to Jason's leg, but kind of liked it. Kaitlyn was okay with Winnie, but not overly excited. Then he took them to Whataburger for dinner. I called them right as Kaitlyn knocked over Jason's tea, so he couldn't talk.

I got home in time to try and put Kaitlyn down for bed, but she wasn't ready. Her and Josh played for a bit until he pushed her over and she hit my computer chair. He's gotten pretty rough lately and I don't care for it, so we'll have to work on correcting that.

I got Kaitlyn asleep and then sat with Josh while he watched Handy Manny then it was off to the bathroom one last time before bed for him. He made big pee pee's and did his little dance! I laid in bed with him until he was done with him milk and I told him I had to go and he was fine with it.

Now it's time to go change out of my work clothes and watch some tv before bed!