The Joys of Peeing on the Potty!

It only took 3 days to get Andie completely potty trained! WooHoo. How did I accomplish this impossible feat you ask? Well, it was quite simple, I refused to let her wear a diaper! The first day there were 2 accidents and I was constantly sitting her on the toilet, by the end of the day she was begging for a diaper. I didn't cave in because I know that she wakes up dry every morning and peeing in the bed was not a concern of mine. The second day, she was getting the hang of it and would run as fast as her little legs could carry her when she felt the urge to GO. The only accidents to be had that day were right in front of the toilet and it was just a little bit. The third day was cake. She would get herself on there and occasionally ask for some help. We are officially accident free and I feel so liberated!

I still freak out when we go out in public that she is going to have an accident so I make sure and take every time we see a bathroom. When we were car shopping the other day she had a small accident but we were close enough to the bathroom to where it wasn't a huge deal. Last night we went out to dinner, as I was trying to decide what to order I looked over and Andie is standing in the middle of the restaurant with her pants down to her ankles holding herself exclaiming, "I HAVE to go potty!" My eyes widened in horror as I went right over to her, yanked her pants up, scooped her in my arms and ran her to the bathroom! I saw the entire restaurant silently cracking up and giving me and Cameron that, "I am so embarrassed for you right now but I have kids and know what it's like" kind of look. That was my true 'newly potty trained' moment!

Brady!

Finally...some pictures of Brady!

He is such a sweet boy. He is getting to be so much fun and loves his sister more than anything. I love that he is so easily entertained and always happy (except when there is a tiny top tooth coming in). I am so grateful that he LOVES sleep time, it has been a great change for us. It makes me sad that he is growing up so fast. He can crawl, climb the stairs, eat the same foods as we do, stand up unassisted and mimic your sounds. It is absolutely amazing what 8 short months will do for a baby. We are so grateful to have him apart of our family. I love him more everyday (if it's even possible)!

This is the face Brady makes when there's food to be had and it's not right in front of him!

Brady found a green balloon and was thrilled!

Have you ever seen a cuter boy?!

Here he is again with his balloon, I love this little guy!

A Day With Andie

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Here are some pictures I snapped of Andie while she was playing in the back yard this afternoon. I know it looks like she is posing for me in some of these, but I just caught her actually looking. I know you are probably wondering where Brady is in these pictures, he was sleeping. He is a child who LOVES his naps and I think that mostly has to do with the peace and quiet aspect of it. I don't blame the kid. I will try and take some pictures of Brady tomorrow and post them.

I am sure that you are all pretty much over the things Andie says during the day, but I have to write them down so I don't forget. So here are some more...

Earlier in the day I called Andie "my princess" to which she replied, "no, I am a baby" so I said, "fine, you are my princess baby." This evening she came up to me and said, "mommy, do you want to hold your princess baby?" How could I refuse?!

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Cameron had on a shirt with a tuna fish on the front:

Andie: "Oh Daddy, that is a tuna!!!!"

Cameron: "Yeah, that's a tuna on my shirt."

Andie: "Tuna is my favorite to eat."

Cameron: "Me too."

Andie: "Daddy you are going to take me fishing on the boat to catch a big tuna."

Cameron: "I would love to take you fishing."

Andie: "Grandpa will take me fishing for tuna too but first we have to go to the temple."

Amber: "OK, we can go to the temple first."

Andie: "We need to get the door for the temple too."

?!?!?!?!?!? I still don't know what she means by that

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We were out in the front this afternoon when the school buses were dropping the kids off, Andie was so thrilled about the bus that she started to run towards it.

Amber: "Andie, where are you going?"

Andie: "Look at the school bus, I am going to get on it!"

Amber: "You can't go on it yet, you have to be 5 to go on the school bus."

She stops and thinks about this for a second.

Andie: "Well...I'm 2 so I am gonna get on that school bus!"

Andie Quotes: Part II

I found another paper with more of Andie's Quotes on it:

Cameron came downstairs dressed for work and Andie said:
"Oh Daddy, that's a cute outfit you got on."
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Andie was sitting on my lap before bed and I was playing with the pigtails in her hair.
Andie: "I'm sooooo pretty!"
Amber: "You're always so pretty to me."
Andie: "Yep, I am!"
This child does not have any esteem issues!
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Talking about chocolate milk:
"I don't like the brown milk...I ONLY like the white milk!"
My daughter might be a little racist...towards milk.

Andie Quotes

Here are some more long overdue Andie quotes. I write them down so I don't forget, but I don't always write down the context in which it was said.
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Andie: "That was awesome!"
Amber: "No, you're awesome!"
Andie: "I know!"
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I asked Andie to come into the kitchen so I could cut her bangs, so she walked in with her hand over them and said, "No, no mommy, only Lindsay cuts mymy hair."
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Andie had a wipe over her face and I took a picture then I went to take one of Brady and Andie warned him, "NO Brady...dough not smile."
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While eating an egg and sausage breakfast Andie crawled across the table, grabbed my sausage, and said, "ha ha I stole your meat!" and shoved it in her mouth.
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Driving in the car Andie looks out the window and exclaims, "well this just sucks!"

Exercise?!?

I decided a few weeks ago to run a 10k (which is 6.2 miles) at the end of May. What the crap was I thinking?!? I was doing so great for the first 3 days...then I got sick and have been for over a week. I am starting to feel better so I am trying to get back into a routine but I freakin hate to exercise. I was hoping that running would be my new found love, I had big plans of becoming obsessed. I could envision myself running out all my frustrations and dropping everything to fuel my craving of the wind in my hair and the sweat running down my face. I wanted to be the one soaking in the tub because my legs had such a great workout the day before. I am starting to wonder if I set my hopes too high this time. It is too much to ask that I be overly excited about staying fit? Why can't I be that person? I don't have disillusions that I will become a gym rat and weight 112 pounds and do nothing but workout, come on now, I have kids and I don't intend to neglect them for my own vain reasons. I just want the desire to escape my daily routine and turn to working out as opposed to hmmmm dare I say...SHOPPING! Man, that sounds like a great deal of fun, a mall run! NO! I wont give in, I am dressed and ready to go on a walk with the kids. I'll let you know how the cardio goes.

O Happy Day!

After only 2 short months, Cameron has a job! He is now gainfully employed by the good people at Orange Soda! "Huh? what's that?" you might ask... it is an online marketing company with a fizz. Sounds fancy huh? For all you inquiring minds you can click here to find out more. For the first time in our marriage Cameron is working an 8-5 job with weekends off. The fact that he comes home at night...it just tickles me pink! I love, love, love it! We only have one car at the moment, since that's all we have ever needed, and I'm not a fan of getting myself and the kids up early to take him to work. This is day three and it's already getting old...that is a situation that will need some remedying sooner rather than later. Cameron has already made some really great friends at this job, they're not just work friends but people you'd want to hang out with in your spare time.
Thank you Orange Soda for your employment, you are tip top in my book!

Sick Kids

OK, I have A LOT to catch up on but I am going to start with most recent events for this post. We were in San Diego last week and had a great time but Brady came home sick. I could see a tooth starting to break through on the top so that was enough to explain his runny nose. A few days later he got a nasty cough, I mean NASTY. Poor boy was coughing so hard I was sure his insides were being disrupted. Oh, and since the evolution of his cough, he's had a fever to accompany it. On Monday he slept and slept and slept, I thought, "great I have a chance to get lots done!" Well I felt a little bad when he woke up with a fever of 103.9!!! I have to take him to the Dr. and of course we just switched insurance and our old Dr. doesn't take the new stuff. So I called Cam's cousin, she works for a pediatrician who does take our insurance, and pulled some strings for a same day appointment (any mom knows if you are a first time patient they will not see you the same day you called!). We had an appointment for 5:40, yep folks, they saw us after hours! The Dr. said due to his nasty cough he had a terribly sore throat which was bright red and raw ("oh" frown)...left ear has a bad ear infection (eyebrows up, frown)...right ear is almost a full blown ear infection (mouth open, frown, tear). Poor little guy. We got him some amoxicillin to get rid of the ear infections and the Dr. said if he still had a fever by Wednesday to bring him in for blood work.

Well Monday night the house was quiet and I woke up at 3 am to Andie laying in bed with me crying that her ear hurts. Half asleep I managed to get out, "Oh sh**!" So I get up, take her temperature 101.9 (great!), pump her full of meds so I can get back to sleep, and get her some milk to help with the sore throat. She sleeps the rest of the night and wakes up happy as a clam but still with a fever. I ask about her ear "mine ear all better mom, thank you for mymy medicine!" Good, dodged that bullet. Well as the day progresses she gets more and more cranky and starts tugging on her ear again. Tuesday night was a repeat of Monday night. Here is Wednesday, Brady woke up happier than he has been for almost a week but still pretty sickly. They both feel warm so I take their temps. Yep, Brady still has a fever, Andie has a fever and is complaining that her ear hurts. Perfect! I call the Dr. to make both appointments (again I had to pull some strings for Andie to be seen the same day since she is a new patient.) the only available times they have are 2:50 and 3:20, "great I'll take those!" I get off the phone. "Oh sh**!" Cameron has a job interview at 2:30 and then has to go to an appointment at 4:00, we only have one car cause it's all we have needed while Cameron was working on the boat. Oh well, we will be very early to the Dr's this afternoon!