Friday, December 18, 2009
Crafty?
Oh I so wish I was crafty. Perhaps that will be something that will grow with me as Kelsey gets older. I hope we can do a lot of fun, crafty stuff together.
A friend of mine told me about these and they are sooo cute! I wish I had seen them sooner and I would have made some...well, maybe. I dont' really have fabric extras laying around. I don't have any fabric at all actually! Does it just take owning a sewing machine to get someone into all of that? I wonder what starts that habit...??
But anyway, aren't these nifty?
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
It's funny the little things...
I know I don't really share enough but I had something that I wanted to get off my chest so here goes.
I hope no one will make fun of me for this or think I'm stupid. Trust me...I know how ridiculous it sounds.
So, last night, Barry and I were looking online to try to get ideas for Kelsey's Christmas gifts. I was all excited and thought that it would be awesome to get Kelsey a fish. Then, I look over and Barry and he's all sad.
Me: "What's wrong?"
Barry: "It makes me think of Larry...I don't think we can get another fish."
Me: "Oh. :( Man, yeah. Now that you mention it...it would be hard. Ugh...now I miss Larry."
We both just sat there in silence...both of us seriously close to tears.
I know that most people can get a very fond connection to dogs/cats...but not to a fish right?
But Larry was special. We bought him the weekend before Kambry was born. When we walked past him, she kicked. Larry was "her" fish.
Little did we know she would be born just a few days later. Larry lived for 10.5 months. He was a Black Moor. Gorgeous. Absolutely. I haven't seen a prettier fish in my life. And he was sort of playful. He would come to the front of the tank when either of us walked up to it. And he would even kind of dance a little.
We thought he was lonely so when we figured we would get a new fish for our new baby. (I was pregnant with Kelsey at the time.) We bought another Black Moor...this one had a gimp fin and we named him Squibbles.
We were in no way fish experts. We should have read up a little on what the proper protocol was to adding a new fish to a tank. Within just a day or two of getting Squibbles, Larry just wasn't his regular self. :( He was just staying in this small corner of the tank all day. He lost his spunk. We thought maybe he was just adjusting. But another day went by and we could tell that something just wasn't right. And, Squibbles was now biting at Larry. This totally aggravated us. I know that sounds stupid but Squibbles immediately went into a boring "time out" bowl. We weren't near as attached to him so I could have cared less if he died. I didn't want him hurting Larry.
But there was no helping Larry at this point. Small white dots started to appear on him and after reading up on it, he had some fish disease. We tried as hard as we could to treat him but it was too late. :( Not even a week after getting Squibbles, our shiny black fish was barely hanging on to life. We went to church and when we came home...he was gone. :( I couldn't even bring myself to flush him. And Barry struggled with it too.
I don't know why we got so darn attached to a fish but I told Barry last night I think it's because he was all we had after we lost Kambry. We had a lot of emotion tied up into him. It was so hard to lose him. And no, I don't know that I could get another fish for a very long time. *sigh*
Here's a picture of our sweet Larry. This picture doesn't do him justice though. I think he was about 5 inches long (including his tail) when he died. Who would've guessed after all this time, a little fish would bring back such a flood of memories and emotions?
I know I don't really share enough but I had something that I wanted to get off my chest so here goes.
I hope no one will make fun of me for this or think I'm stupid. Trust me...I know how ridiculous it sounds.
So, last night, Barry and I were looking online to try to get ideas for Kelsey's Christmas gifts. I was all excited and thought that it would be awesome to get Kelsey a fish. Then, I look over and Barry and he's all sad.
Me: "What's wrong?"
Barry: "It makes me think of Larry...I don't think we can get another fish."
Me: "Oh. :( Man, yeah. Now that you mention it...it would be hard. Ugh...now I miss Larry."
We both just sat there in silence...both of us seriously close to tears.
I know that most people can get a very fond connection to dogs/cats...but not to a fish right?
But Larry was special. We bought him the weekend before Kambry was born. When we walked past him, she kicked. Larry was "her" fish.
Little did we know she would be born just a few days later. Larry lived for 10.5 months. He was a Black Moor. Gorgeous. Absolutely. I haven't seen a prettier fish in my life. And he was sort of playful. He would come to the front of the tank when either of us walked up to it. And he would even kind of dance a little.
We thought he was lonely so when we figured we would get a new fish for our new baby. (I was pregnant with Kelsey at the time.) We bought another Black Moor...this one had a gimp fin and we named him Squibbles.
We were in no way fish experts. We should have read up a little on what the proper protocol was to adding a new fish to a tank. Within just a day or two of getting Squibbles, Larry just wasn't his regular self. :( He was just staying in this small corner of the tank all day. He lost his spunk. We thought maybe he was just adjusting. But another day went by and we could tell that something just wasn't right. And, Squibbles was now biting at Larry. This totally aggravated us. I know that sounds stupid but Squibbles immediately went into a boring "time out" bowl. We weren't near as attached to him so I could have cared less if he died. I didn't want him hurting Larry.
But there was no helping Larry at this point. Small white dots started to appear on him and after reading up on it, he had some fish disease. We tried as hard as we could to treat him but it was too late. :( Not even a week after getting Squibbles, our shiny black fish was barely hanging on to life. We went to church and when we came home...he was gone. :( I couldn't even bring myself to flush him. And Barry struggled with it too.
I don't know why we got so darn attached to a fish but I told Barry last night I think it's because he was all we had after we lost Kambry. We had a lot of emotion tied up into him. It was so hard to lose him. And no, I don't know that I could get another fish for a very long time. *sigh*
Here's a picture of our sweet Larry. This picture doesn't do him justice though. I think he was about 5 inches long (including his tail) when he died. Who would've guessed after all this time, a little fish would bring back such a flood of memories and emotions?
Monday, November 30, 2009
Wow! A new post!
Yes, I'm here. I'm such a pathetic blogger. I was really into it in the beginning and then I just didn't know what to write about! :) Is it sad that I have a friend who has way more posts than me and she just started blogging in May?
I suppose I do have stuff to write about, it's just that I don't think my life is that interesting. We just do what we do. Typical daily stuff. I'm just not good at sharing I guess...on paper anyway. If you want to have a conversation with me though face to face I'm sure I'd never run out of things to say!
Thanksgiving was very relaxing this year. Barry had to work on Thursday and Friday (his normal shift) so it was just Kelsey and I at the house. We stayed in our jammies until after naptime. :) That was fun. It was nice to not have to get dressed! When Barry got home from work, we had a mini Thanksgiving day meal sans the turkey.
I do have some really exciting news though! Kelsey was in her big girl undies all day everyday. When we got home from school on Wednesday afternoon, she went right in to her undies! Even during naptime. We didn't put a pull up on her at all except for night time. No accidents at all. :) I was so proud of her. We went to a lot of places on Friday and Saturday and she didn't have any accidents in the car. She did tell me she had to go on our way home from my neices house on Friday but I told her to hold it for just a bit until I could get her to a potty. She held it until we got home. :) (We were only about 6 miles away at the time but hey, I was just glad that she didn't pee in her carseat!) She hasn't mastered pooping on the potty yet though. She waits until nighttime when we put her pull up on her before she will go. I imagine that will take another couple of months. I've read that it can take up to 4 months once you start potty training to get them to poo in the potty so we'll just keep trying and waiting.
She is also talking up a storm. It's ADORABLE! She tries to say every word we say so I'm trying to be careful about some of the words I use. I don't say any curse words or anything, but I do tend to say "pissed" a lot when I'm upset about something. :) And I don't want Kelsey walking around saying she's pissed!
We still haven't put up our Christmas tree. I wanted to do it this weekend but it got really busy so we put it off until sometime this week. I think Kelsey's going to have a blast helping us decorate the tree! Now that I'm talking about it, I think I will try to convince Barry to get the tree out of the attic tonight! :)
Yes, I'm here. I'm such a pathetic blogger. I was really into it in the beginning and then I just didn't know what to write about! :) Is it sad that I have a friend who has way more posts than me and she just started blogging in May?
I suppose I do have stuff to write about, it's just that I don't think my life is that interesting. We just do what we do. Typical daily stuff. I'm just not good at sharing I guess...on paper anyway. If you want to have a conversation with me though face to face I'm sure I'd never run out of things to say!
Thanksgiving was very relaxing this year. Barry had to work on Thursday and Friday (his normal shift) so it was just Kelsey and I at the house. We stayed in our jammies until after naptime. :) That was fun. It was nice to not have to get dressed! When Barry got home from work, we had a mini Thanksgiving day meal sans the turkey.
I do have some really exciting news though! Kelsey was in her big girl undies all day everyday. When we got home from school on Wednesday afternoon, she went right in to her undies! Even during naptime. We didn't put a pull up on her at all except for night time. No accidents at all. :) I was so proud of her. We went to a lot of places on Friday and Saturday and she didn't have any accidents in the car. She did tell me she had to go on our way home from my neices house on Friday but I told her to hold it for just a bit until I could get her to a potty. She held it until we got home. :) (We were only about 6 miles away at the time but hey, I was just glad that she didn't pee in her carseat!) She hasn't mastered pooping on the potty yet though. She waits until nighttime when we put her pull up on her before she will go. I imagine that will take another couple of months. I've read that it can take up to 4 months once you start potty training to get them to poo in the potty so we'll just keep trying and waiting.
She is also talking up a storm. It's ADORABLE! She tries to say every word we say so I'm trying to be careful about some of the words I use. I don't say any curse words or anything, but I do tend to say "pissed" a lot when I'm upset about something. :) And I don't want Kelsey walking around saying she's pissed!
We still haven't put up our Christmas tree. I wanted to do it this weekend but it got really busy so we put it off until sometime this week. I think Kelsey's going to have a blast helping us decorate the tree! Now that I'm talking about it, I think I will try to convince Barry to get the tree out of the attic tonight! :)
Monday, September 14, 2009
randomness
It's been so rainy here lately. I don't like it.
I'm so much more of a summertime girl and I think little Miss K is too!
She loves
being outside
being in the pool
wearing her sunglasses
blowing bubbles
sidewalk chalk
and paint...
pushing her baby in her stroller
and riding her car down the street saying "hi" to all of our neighbors
Oh, and I just have to share this picture! She makes me laugh so hard lately because when I put the camera up to her face, she will say "cheeeeeeeeeese"! Silly Kels...
Oh another note, I have an interview Wednesday morning for a promotion at work. I'm nervous for it and am praying for the right words to say during the interview. Ya'll wish me luck!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
toll roads
now cost us $4.00/day
$120.00/month
seriously?
and what do we get for this $120.00/month
speed traps
that's all
it should come with free oil changes
ugh...
gonna have to find another route to work.
I cringe when I go under the toll booth lately.
now cost us $4.00/day
$120.00/month
seriously?
and what do we get for this $120.00/month
speed traps
that's all
it should come with free oil changes
ugh...
gonna have to find another route to work.
I cringe when I go under the toll booth lately.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Let's get this potty started!
Well, we have officially started Kelsey with potty training. :) I have been really hesitant to start even though I've felt like maybe Kelsey would be ready. I've heard so many stories of starting too early and then it backfiring. That, and I'm a little lazy so I wasn't sure if I would be up for all the work that it would entail.
However, last week, Kelsey started asking the teacher at her daycare if she could go potty! I was so excited and proud of her!! She did it a couple of times last week so I figured, "Hey, I've got a three day weekend coming up...I should take that time and just dedicate it to Kelsey and working with her on the potty stuff."
So, out I went to get her some underwear (Dora the Explorer of course:)) and a step stool so that she could use the restroom by herself.
On Friday, when I came home from work, Daddy greeted me with some big excitment! He said that Kelsey had come up to him tugging at her diaper and he asked if she needed to potty and she said "yes". So off they went. And, Kelsey went poopoo in the potty! :) We were both so proud of her! I felt like that was the beginning of what was going to be a great potty weekend!
On Saturday, when she woke up, we went straight to the bathroom. She went peepee in the potty and I praised her like crazy. Then, we went and picked out which panties she wanted to wear. I had initially tried to time her potty breaks but after the first 30 minutes, I took her and she didn't need to go and so she was getting frustrated. I quickly realized that wasn't going to work for us (I didn't want her to get upset if she couldn't pee) so I changed it up. I waited and waited for Kelsey to tell me when she had to go but 2 hours had passed and she still hadn't said anything. She didn't pee in her underwear either. I asked her if she needed to go and she thought about it for a moment and then said "peepee" and off we went.
That's pretty much how the first day went. We only had one poop accident and one small tinkle accident. She went and then told me and we ran to the bathroom so she could finish up.
Sunday went pretty well too. We took her to church in her big girl undies and in the first hour, she told the teacher she needed to pee. :) I was so proud! The second hour though, I noticed she had changed clothes which meant she had an accident. The teacher said that there was another little girl on the potty when Kelsey had to go so there was nothing they could do for her and Kelsey couldn't hold it that long. I still think she did pretty good. No other accidents that day. We were in dry undies all day at home.
Yesterday went very good! I was actually comfortable enough with her in her underwear by now that I didn't even worry about asking her to go so often. I was much more relaxed and knew that she would tell me when she needed to go. I still had to remind her some because she would get to playing or watching a cartoon. We went to a friend's house yesterday too. I was nervous about the car ride, but we went to the potty before we left and then again right when we got there. She didn't really good. She did have another poopie accident though. I wonder if that might have been because we were at another house and she didn't know I was still there. (I was in the other room.) I wonder if she would have told me if we were home? Oh well...still a good day.
I'm anxious to see how the rest of the week goes. We are still doing a diaper and nap and at bedtime. I was expecting it to be a little more challenging but perhaps I am just getting lucky? I'm totally not expecting her to already be fully trained by now. I'm waiting for the moment when we totally back track. Who knows if it will happen....
I did find out today that she does have to be in a diaper for daycare though until she is completely accident free. I think she will still be ok with the diaper but we'll see. I'll know more after today. I'm sure I'll be annoying her sitter with my many texts today to check her progress! :)
Well, we have officially started Kelsey with potty training. :) I have been really hesitant to start even though I've felt like maybe Kelsey would be ready. I've heard so many stories of starting too early and then it backfiring. That, and I'm a little lazy so I wasn't sure if I would be up for all the work that it would entail.
However, last week, Kelsey started asking the teacher at her daycare if she could go potty! I was so excited and proud of her!! She did it a couple of times last week so I figured, "Hey, I've got a three day weekend coming up...I should take that time and just dedicate it to Kelsey and working with her on the potty stuff."
So, out I went to get her some underwear (Dora the Explorer of course:)) and a step stool so that she could use the restroom by herself.
On Friday, when I came home from work, Daddy greeted me with some big excitment! He said that Kelsey had come up to him tugging at her diaper and he asked if she needed to potty and she said "yes". So off they went. And, Kelsey went poopoo in the potty! :) We were both so proud of her! I felt like that was the beginning of what was going to be a great potty weekend!
On Saturday, when she woke up, we went straight to the bathroom. She went peepee in the potty and I praised her like crazy. Then, we went and picked out which panties she wanted to wear. I had initially tried to time her potty breaks but after the first 30 minutes, I took her and she didn't need to go and so she was getting frustrated. I quickly realized that wasn't going to work for us (I didn't want her to get upset if she couldn't pee) so I changed it up. I waited and waited for Kelsey to tell me when she had to go but 2 hours had passed and she still hadn't said anything. She didn't pee in her underwear either. I asked her if she needed to go and she thought about it for a moment and then said "peepee" and off we went.
That's pretty much how the first day went. We only had one poop accident and one small tinkle accident. She went and then told me and we ran to the bathroom so she could finish up.
Sunday went pretty well too. We took her to church in her big girl undies and in the first hour, she told the teacher she needed to pee. :) I was so proud! The second hour though, I noticed she had changed clothes which meant she had an accident. The teacher said that there was another little girl on the potty when Kelsey had to go so there was nothing they could do for her and Kelsey couldn't hold it that long. I still think she did pretty good. No other accidents that day. We were in dry undies all day at home.
Yesterday went very good! I was actually comfortable enough with her in her underwear by now that I didn't even worry about asking her to go so often. I was much more relaxed and knew that she would tell me when she needed to go. I still had to remind her some because she would get to playing or watching a cartoon. We went to a friend's house yesterday too. I was nervous about the car ride, but we went to the potty before we left and then again right when we got there. She didn't really good. She did have another poopie accident though. I wonder if that might have been because we were at another house and she didn't know I was still there. (I was in the other room.) I wonder if she would have told me if we were home? Oh well...still a good day.
I'm anxious to see how the rest of the week goes. We are still doing a diaper and nap and at bedtime. I was expecting it to be a little more challenging but perhaps I am just getting lucky? I'm totally not expecting her to already be fully trained by now. I'm waiting for the moment when we totally back track. Who knows if it will happen....
I did find out today that she does have to be in a diaper for daycare though until she is completely accident free. I think she will still be ok with the diaper but we'll see. I'll know more after today. I'm sure I'll be annoying her sitter with my many texts today to check her progress! :)
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Archives
I was going through some old photos that I have on my photobucket account, and I ran across this video. It's hard to believe this was just 6 months ago! Kelsey has grown WAYYYY too fast already! She looks like just a baby in this video!
http://s41.photobucket.com/albums/e256/kambry/?action=view¤t=MOV05045.flv
I was going through some old photos that I have on my photobucket account, and I ran across this video. It's hard to believe this was just 6 months ago! Kelsey has grown WAYYYY too fast already! She looks like just a baby in this video!
http://s41.photobucket.com/albums/e256/kambry/?action=view¤t=MOV05045.flv
