Vacation

So this is a little late... but better late than never, right? Our vacation was great. It was so nice to get out of the house for a week and do whatever we wanted to do. We went to Pennsylvania and mostly did stuff in Philadelphia. We went to Adventure Aquarium, Sesame Place, The Philadelphia Zoo and The Please Touch Museum. The kids loved all of them, especially the Zoo. They are both into animals so they loved to see all the different ones they've never seen before. I of course loved Sesame Place. I love all amusement parks!!!

Our days were filled with things to do and our nights were very long. Since we were in one room we had to try and get to kids to bed. We tried letting them cry, rocking them, letting them stay up till they passed out, car rides, EVERYTHING. They just didn't want to go to bed. I think it was a combo of all the things listed above that got them to sleep and by that point Matt and I were exhausted too. We didn't want vacation to end but we were happy to get home too. The 7 hour car ride home was very long since Hannah screamed for the last 2 hours of the ride. Fun, huh?? We finished our vacation off with a trip to The Flume. Carsen walked the whole way and loved seeing all the water and we let Hannah walk part of the way which she loves so she can try and run away from us!

Tissues anyone?

Oh Carsen, my dear, sweet little Carsen!

I thought it was just one of those bad days. The ones where Carsen screams at Hannah because she is screaming, the ones where he takes all her toys and moves them across the room and when she gets close to them he moves them again, the ones where he pushes Hannah and yells at her. Yes, all very normal around here. One of THOSE days! Things got a little more interesting today. I was doing my laundry and went to get Hannah out of the bedroom. When I came out Carsen was standing next to the washer and I asked him what he was doing. He didn't say much and just walked into the living room. I didn't really think anything of it since he didn't start freaking out when I came into the room like he had done something wrong. WELL when the load was done I went to take the clothes out and realized that my oh so innocent little boy had thrown a little pack of tissues in with the wash. YIKES! Can I just say disaster. It looked like it snowed in here after I got done shaking out all of the clothes. ONE OF THOSE DAY!!! The ones where I put my kids to bed at 6pm to try and get my sanity back!!

Cankles??

So this is just to make every other pregnant woman out there feel great about themselves that they didn't look like THIS! Every part of my body was swollen, especially my legs and feet. I could push on my leg and the indent would stay there for 1/2 an hour. This was me, pregnant with Carsen on the day that I went into the hospital. I don't think I could have lasted another day. Oh and look how skinny Matt looks standing next to me AND look at how much hair he had before we had kids!

Just thought I'd share this lovely moment with everyone else!

Yummy Popsicle

Hannah had her first taste of a popsicle (at Stacy's house) the other day and she certainly loved it. Since she still can't have anything with dairy in it she misses out on lots on yummy snacks and foods, including ice cream. Just imagine not being able to eat ice cream in the summer. TERRIBLE! We'll be stocking up on popsicles this summer just for Hannah.


I'm still not sure what the whole problem is with the dairy thing either. I don't know if it's a milk allergy or a lactose problem. The doctor's don't do testing till they are older so for now we just try and be safe and keep her away from it all. She still sneaks some of Carsen's crackers and those don't seem to bother her but if she has anything with straight milk or cheese in it she either gets very bad stomach cramps and screams all night or throws up. Fun, huh? For now it's not a problem because I control what she eats and she eats healthier than Carsen ever ate and even healthier than Matt & I.

a day of fun in the sun

Oh The Word

So Carsen really does pay attention to the things I say!

Whenever I get mad at something he does or something surprises me I usually say " Oh my word". Well lately whenever Carsen drops a toy or something happens with one of his toys that's not supposed to he now says " Oh the word". It's so cute to hear a 2 1/2 year old yelling "oh the word" to his toys.

Randomness

I still can't get a good pic with both of them looking at the camera. I'm guessing that maybe in a year or so I might be able to get one. Carsen hates to have his picture taken now and as soon as Hannah sees the camera she starts walking towards me.

She is walking all over the place now. The only time she crawls is when she falls while walking then she just gets to where she was going by crawling there. I love seeing her walk. I'm not a huge fan of her learning how to get on furniture though. As soon as I turn my back she has climbed up into a chair and starts jumping up and down. She's already fallen off a handful of times (well some of those were pushes from Carsen).

Oh and I need to just say that I hate laundry! I always have!!! I don't mind the washing and we don't have a dryer so I don't even mind hanging all the clothes on racks. I just can't stand to fold it all and put it away. I'll sometimes just leave it on the rack for a week or I'll take it down and put it in the basket and leave it there for a week or I'll fold it, put it in the basket and leave it there until the basket is empty! Occasionally the clothes will make their way into drawers. I'm guessing maybe once a month.

Sleepless Nights

Ok... I love my kids but they really need to start sleeping again. It's been a week and neither of them has slept through the night. Carsen has a bit of a cold and his nose hurts because he keeps rubbing it and Hannah is getting more teeth. YAY! She's been a terrible sleeper from the beginning. I think since she's been born we've had maybe a total of 20 nights that she has slept through the night. Not only are they not sleeping through the night but they won't take naps either. Carsen just sits in his room and screams and Hannah takes her first nap but cries for the second one. This makes for a VERY long day. With Matt working 9am-7:30pm most days I don't get him for dinner and bedtime and that is the worst time of the day for me and them. So the last few nights I've had them in bed by 6:30 in hopes that they would finally fall asleep by 8pm. I think I need a day of shopping or something before I lose my mind... and grocery shopping doesn't count!

Someone give my husband a hint that for Mother's Day I need a little pampering!!! :)

Motivate Me

You would think that after having two kids, gaining 60, losing some, getting pregnant, gaining 30, losing a little, that I would want to get to the gym and get my butt moving. Well I do... but I don't want to get off of the couch to do it. This is a problem. I need some motivation. Let me know where I can find that because I don't think it will be next to the box of Ring Dings that I have become addicted to. I'm going to attempt to make it to the gym twice a week. That may be a stretch though. Ugh... stretching. I can't even touch my toes. This is going to be a long journey!! Anyone have a membership to Planet Fitness and want to join me at the gym????

Update on Life

So I'm still trying to figure out how my kids have so much energy. They run around and play all day, skip naps and are still going strong at bedtime. Cranky but still going strong! By 6pm I've had it and want to curl up on the couch and pass out. I've even had to start drinking a cup of coffee at night to keep up with them! It's hard to not have Matt home for dinner and the kids' bedtime every night.

I'm still working with Carsen on the whole potty training thing. I just need to get him in there more during the day. He's done really good with pooping on the potty (for those of you who wanted to know). He's gone on the potty almost every time in the last two weeks!

Hannah has FINALLY been sleeping better at night. Thank goodness and it's about time since she's one already! I'm sure in a weeks time that will change because she'll start to get more teeth or get a cold or who knows what. She now knows how to make a cute, sweet face to get what she wants and it's pretty hard to resist. She also loves the camera and loves people. I think she'll go to just about anyone who will look at her and talk to her. Whenever I tell her "you're so pretty" she gets a great big grin on her face like she knows it.

Carsen seems to like Hannah much more now that she can walk. He tries to give her eskimo kisses and give her hugs but then two minutes later he'll be pushing her down because she touched one of his trains.

Oh and ever since Aly had her baby I've been trying to talk Matt into having another one BUT I don't think it's going to work. We'll see who wins to battle! Or maybe we'll just get a dog then we don't have to pay for a 3rd to go to school!