My heart is heavy today, yet I am overcome with joy. My baby girl (and by baby I mean my 2 and a half year old, Kaylee) is finally potty trained. She woke up one morning this past week and decided that she didn't need pull-ups anymore. Yes it was that easy. We started "trying" to potty train her at 18 months but never were very serious about it because we had always heard that she'd let us know when she was ready. Plus, with baby sister on the way we knew that that in itself would make things a little harder so we never really enforced it. I had finally decided that now that I have figured out how to be a mom of 2 and had my routine down that I would start really working with KB and have her potty trained by the end of this month. Guess she decided she'd do it for me! YAY!
So why am I sad at the same time? I'm so proud of her accomplishment (we've officially been in panties for almost a week now with no accidents) but at the same time this is just one more part of babydom that is gone. She's growing up on me. Every day I look at her and see more and more the little girl that she is becoming. She has a laugh that is contagious, a heart of gold, and an imagination that will make you want to get on her level and only hope that you were her age again.
Kaylee says the funniest things. I love you sweet girl and am so proud of you, even if it means you are growing up on me.
It's moments like this that make me love being a mother. (who knew you'd get so excited about someone using the potty?!)
P.S.- I'm a pro at the "potty dance".
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Fall, Football...and Work...
My favorite time of year is here! Fall has slowly started creeping in, college football season is underway, and Halloween, Thanksgiving, & Christmas decorations are out in full force!! Why is it that my favorite time of year also happens to be at the same time I'm returning back to work after 3 months of maternity leave?? It really puts a damper on things...at least for today.
I knew today was creeping up on us and I knew that I should be preparing myself to return, but with how busy life has been this past month I really thought I could push it off another week or ten. My hubby however felt otherwise and alas I am at work today...although not being very productive. I know I'm only working part time this year and for that I am so grateful, but it is still hard to leave your little bitty baby in the arms of someone else and trust them fully with them. Keslie is in great hands....she's at the same place her big sister is at and I loved them. It's still hard though and I still bawled like a baby when I left. Now I'm staring at the clock every hour just waiting for it to say 5pm so I can leave and go get my sweet girls!
I knew today was creeping up on us and I knew that I should be preparing myself to return, but with how busy life has been this past month I really thought I could push it off another week or ten. My hubby however felt otherwise and alas I am at work today...although not being very productive. I know I'm only working part time this year and for that I am so grateful, but it is still hard to leave your little bitty baby in the arms of someone else and trust them fully with them. Keslie is in great hands....she's at the same place her big sister is at and I loved them. It's still hard though and I still bawled like a baby when I left. Now I'm staring at the clock every hour just waiting for it to say 5pm so I can leave and go get my sweet girls!
Monday, August 23, 2010
No More Paci (aka..Pacifier)!!!
KB never really took a pacifier as a baby but the day we took away the bottle she started taking a paci more often. Once she started "school" (at 15 months) she began needing her paci even more...the odd thing though was that her "school" doesn't allow paci's, for sanitary reasons, so she'd go all day without it and then couldn't live without it in the evenings. I attribute a lot of this to her being tired at the end of the day and her paci being a source of comfort (not to mention she knows mom will give in).
Most people are horrified when they hear of a child who still uses a paci after the age of 1, but her pediatrician always said not to worry about it until it started affecting her speech and for anyone that knows my KB you know that she definitely is not lacking in the speech department. Anyhow, my husband and I have been scheming on ways to kick the paci to the curb and we had decided that we would give her until Christmas to adjust to her little sister and the new house without having to also adjust to not having her paci anymore. We have been telling her for quite some time that when the paci fairy comes she will take all the paci's in the house and give them to babies that don't have paci's. KB was okay with this and could tell you exactly what was going to happen but then would say "not until Christmas momma". She knew. She understood.
So, last week I decided that in order to help this transition we needed to gradually start limiting her paci time. We told her that from now on she could only have her paci when she was in her bed. The first day she would consciously go get in her bed and lay down to suck on her paci...when she was tired of being in her bed not playing she would take the paci out of her mouth, put it on her bed and come play. On day 2 she continued this but the time she spent in her bed became less and less. By day 3 she wasn't using it at all except for nap-time and bedtime. On day 4 she spent the night with my parents (her DeeDee and PopPop) and didn't ask for it at all...not even at bedtime! By day 5 she had completely forgotten about it and hasn't asked for it since!!! I am so proud of her!!! Secretly, I'm a little sad too....not because she doesn't want her paci anymore but because this is just one more sign that my baby is no longer a baby, but a beautiful little girl. I know she'll always be my baby but every mother out there understands what I'm trying to say. My baby is growing up on me. I couldn't be more proud of her though...now if only we could conquer potty-training!
As for my baby baby (KK is her nickname as decided by KB)....well she still doesn't act like she wants to take a paci and that is fine in my book. She's so sweet and so content. She'll just stare at you with her big beautiful eyes and grin ear to ear....I love it!
I live a blessed life.
Most people are horrified when they hear of a child who still uses a paci after the age of 1, but her pediatrician always said not to worry about it until it started affecting her speech and for anyone that knows my KB you know that she definitely is not lacking in the speech department. Anyhow, my husband and I have been scheming on ways to kick the paci to the curb and we had decided that we would give her until Christmas to adjust to her little sister and the new house without having to also adjust to not having her paci anymore. We have been telling her for quite some time that when the paci fairy comes she will take all the paci's in the house and give them to babies that don't have paci's. KB was okay with this and could tell you exactly what was going to happen but then would say "not until Christmas momma". She knew. She understood.
So, last week I decided that in order to help this transition we needed to gradually start limiting her paci time. We told her that from now on she could only have her paci when she was in her bed. The first day she would consciously go get in her bed and lay down to suck on her paci...when she was tired of being in her bed not playing she would take the paci out of her mouth, put it on her bed and come play. On day 2 she continued this but the time she spent in her bed became less and less. By day 3 she wasn't using it at all except for nap-time and bedtime. On day 4 she spent the night with my parents (her DeeDee and PopPop) and didn't ask for it at all...not even at bedtime! By day 5 she had completely forgotten about it and hasn't asked for it since!!! I am so proud of her!!! Secretly, I'm a little sad too....not because she doesn't want her paci anymore but because this is just one more sign that my baby is no longer a baby, but a beautiful little girl. I know she'll always be my baby but every mother out there understands what I'm trying to say. My baby is growing up on me. I couldn't be more proud of her though...now if only we could conquer potty-training!
As for my baby baby (KK is her nickname as decided by KB)....well she still doesn't act like she wants to take a paci and that is fine in my book. She's so sweet and so content. She'll just stare at you with her big beautiful eyes and grin ear to ear....I love it!
I live a blessed life.
Friday, August 20, 2010
"Pink Chicken"
My 2 year old is hilarious. I have known this for quite some time but she just continues to amaze me on a daily basis. She can count to 10 in spanish, knows most of her basic colors in spanish, knows her shapes, knows her abc's and has begun to sound them out, can spell her name, and most importantly can actually carry a conversation with just about anyone and not only do they understand her but she understands them enough to respond. My 2 month old is super sweet and loves to smile so big it melts your heart. I can't wait until they can talk to each other and my husband and I can listen in on their sweet conversations. Children at play and their laughter is contagious and just what this house needs right now.
So, last night my husband and my 2 year old were playing and pretending they were dinosaurs. Imagination is what my little girl does best. Anyways, daddy was the big dinosaur that made loud noises and she was a little dinosaur that made tiny noises (her words)....haha. She decided to play bite my husband and I asked her what does daddy taste like and she responded with "pink chicken". I asked her what pink chicken tasted like and she responds "well duh mommy, it tastes like pink chicken". Haha, I guess I should know what pink chicken tastes like. It's the little moments like this that I will treasure forever in my heart.
So, last night my husband and my 2 year old were playing and pretending they were dinosaurs. Imagination is what my little girl does best. Anyways, daddy was the big dinosaur that made loud noises and she was a little dinosaur that made tiny noises (her words)....haha. She decided to play bite my husband and I asked her what does daddy taste like and she responded with "pink chicken". I asked her what pink chicken tasted like and she responds "well duh mommy, it tastes like pink chicken". Haha, I guess I should know what pink chicken tastes like. It's the little moments like this that I will treasure forever in my heart.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Ready, Set, Blog...
So for some time now I've been thinking about blogging....since my first was born in fact. I just never felt like I had the time to do it. I have friends who have blogged since their children were born and what a neat way to "journal" your child's life as they grow up. Most baby books are just about the first year (and I haven't even finished that yet) and a blog can be as long as you want it to be!
This blog will mainly be dedicated to my two little girls and what goes on in their daily lives....with some added bonus of what my life is like as a part time stay at home mom. I'm excited to have this to look back on a few years from now and remember what I felt and what happened on a particular day!
So, just a background.....my husband and I started dating almost 10 years ago, got married 4 years ago, welcomed our first beautiful little girl to the world 2 1/2 years ago, and just recently brought home another beautiful little girl 2 months ago. To say our life isn't busy would be an understatement.
About 3 weeks ago we had a realtor knock on our door to tell us that the client he has been working with had randomly picked out our house as a house that he wanted to buy for his daughter...without ever even seeing the inside. The realtor asked if we'd be willing to entertain an offer on our house and for those of you that know my husband you can imagine the response. You can sell anything for the right price, right? Well the knock on our door happened on a Monday, the realtor came to our house on a Wednesday after doing some research to see the inside and tell us what he would list our house for. Before we "listed" the house we told the realtor to have his client come look at the house (keep in mind I'm on maternity leave and a new part time stay at home mom so I've had the girls with me all day and cleaning was not on my mind)....well the client came over in 10 minutes!!! I was mortified that the house was not show ready, but oh well. We left and within 20 minutes we received a phone call with an offer on our house. Again, for those of you that know my husband you know he does things his way. Well the offer that was made was already an amazing offer...not to mention they wanted to pay cash! What did my husband say....he said let me think about it and called them back the next day asking for more money if we were going to be out of the house in 30 days. Low and behold they accepted and we signed paperwork Friday. WOW is right. The hunt for a new home for our family began Saturday and after looking at 45 houses (literally) we found the new place we will call home as of the end of this month!!! I'm excited but it sure has been a whirlwind of a time for this momma.
August just keeps on happening though...not only are we enjoying our new baby girl, adjusting to life with 2 kids, and in the process of moving, but life threw us another curveball last week. My husband's little brother was in a car accident early Monday morning, August 9th and passed away. We received the phone call at 5am that morning and I will never forget it. It was horrible. We ended up heading to his family's home 8 hours away that morning and were there for a week taking care of funeral arrangements and grieving as best we could. It still hasn't really sunk in that his little brother is gone for either of us, but we just keep telling each other we'll get through this one day at a time. I know that once the craziness of moving dies down it will hit us and it will hit us hard, but we made it through my husband's deployment to Iraq, so I know we can make it through this albeit a lot harder, but we can do it.
So.......long blog to start off but I just wanted to share what a crazy, emotional, exhausting, stressful, joyful August it has been for this household. I think I've felt just about every emotion one can feel this month. Anyways, my youngest is hungry so I better feed her before my oldest wakes up from her nap to play. I look forward to blogging and sharing my every day life with you!
This blog will mainly be dedicated to my two little girls and what goes on in their daily lives....with some added bonus of what my life is like as a part time stay at home mom. I'm excited to have this to look back on a few years from now and remember what I felt and what happened on a particular day!
So, just a background.....my husband and I started dating almost 10 years ago, got married 4 years ago, welcomed our first beautiful little girl to the world 2 1/2 years ago, and just recently brought home another beautiful little girl 2 months ago. To say our life isn't busy would be an understatement.
About 3 weeks ago we had a realtor knock on our door to tell us that the client he has been working with had randomly picked out our house as a house that he wanted to buy for his daughter...without ever even seeing the inside. The realtor asked if we'd be willing to entertain an offer on our house and for those of you that know my husband you can imagine the response. You can sell anything for the right price, right? Well the knock on our door happened on a Monday, the realtor came to our house on a Wednesday after doing some research to see the inside and tell us what he would list our house for. Before we "listed" the house we told the realtor to have his client come look at the house (keep in mind I'm on maternity leave and a new part time stay at home mom so I've had the girls with me all day and cleaning was not on my mind)....well the client came over in 10 minutes!!! I was mortified that the house was not show ready, but oh well. We left and within 20 minutes we received a phone call with an offer on our house. Again, for those of you that know my husband you know he does things his way. Well the offer that was made was already an amazing offer...not to mention they wanted to pay cash! What did my husband say....he said let me think about it and called them back the next day asking for more money if we were going to be out of the house in 30 days. Low and behold they accepted and we signed paperwork Friday. WOW is right. The hunt for a new home for our family began Saturday and after looking at 45 houses (literally) we found the new place we will call home as of the end of this month!!! I'm excited but it sure has been a whirlwind of a time for this momma.
August just keeps on happening though...not only are we enjoying our new baby girl, adjusting to life with 2 kids, and in the process of moving, but life threw us another curveball last week. My husband's little brother was in a car accident early Monday morning, August 9th and passed away. We received the phone call at 5am that morning and I will never forget it. It was horrible. We ended up heading to his family's home 8 hours away that morning and were there for a week taking care of funeral arrangements and grieving as best we could. It still hasn't really sunk in that his little brother is gone for either of us, but we just keep telling each other we'll get through this one day at a time. I know that once the craziness of moving dies down it will hit us and it will hit us hard, but we made it through my husband's deployment to Iraq, so I know we can make it through this albeit a lot harder, but we can do it.
So.......long blog to start off but I just wanted to share what a crazy, emotional, exhausting, stressful, joyful August it has been for this household. I think I've felt just about every emotion one can feel this month. Anyways, my youngest is hungry so I better feed her before my oldest wakes up from her nap to play. I look forward to blogging and sharing my every day life with you!
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