Seriously... GROSS!

So today started out like any other normal day. The usual stuff like laundry, cleaning Carsen's room and today I was changing sheets on the beds. I was in the bedroom putting the new sheets on our bed when Hannah came in and I noticed she needed a new diaper. Well I brought her to the living room to change her and Carsen said "oh Mama, big poopy" so I said yes Hannah had a yucky diaper. Then he said "no Mama, big poopy" and pointed.

Where did he point.... AT THE TV!

Yes, he too had a lovely poopy diaper and decided that since I was in the other room he would smear it all over the tv. Oh and since he was wearing a diaper that means he is still refusing the go on the potty. Ahhh.. such a wonderful day! I think I need a vacation away from the kids and all that is poopy and gross!

Hannah my little daredevil can climb on anything. The only problem is once she climbs up on something she sits there and whines "Mama, doowwwnnnn" until I come over and take her down. She's too afraid to get down once she's up. She definitely knows how to work her cuteness already!

Did I mention that I need a vacation (without kids)?

Potty Training...take 2

Yeah so you know how I said that the potty training was going great and he seemed to be catching on. Well all of that just went down the drain today... actually NO, it went all over my living room floor! He was doing so well then today he just decided that not only was he going to pee all over the floor but he wouldn't even give me the slightest hint that he was about to do it. Usually it would be a "Mama, gotta pee on the potty" and he would have had an accident. Today... noooooo.... he decided that he would just stand there and let it flow. Ugh! I'm not sure if he was just rebelling against me because I wouldn't let him watch the Polar Express (again) or if it was because I yelled at him for killing a frog.




So just wondering if someone wants to borrow Carsen for a while and potty train him for me??!!

Potty Training...

So this seems to be all I talk about lately but I guess it's because it takes up all of my time. Carsen seems to be doing pretty well with the whole potty training thing. He's been wearing undies most of the time except for nap time and bed time and of course there's the whole pooping issue (we don't need to get into that). Most days he does good and tells me when he has to go and then there are some days that he pees all over the floor and I have no idea why. That just frustrates me! I'm looking forward to being able to go somewhere and keeping him in undies with no accidents and for him to tell me EVERY TIME he has to go.

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.