Making Memories......

Well kids, we have survived the monster virus. Neither of my kids has ever been sick like this and for this long. Roman woke up puking Tuesday morning last week, and gave his final performance Saturday evening. So 5 grueling days of whiny, sick, clingy, pitiful toddler. I seriously hit my breaking point Saturday. The stress of Roman being sick AND getting my house ready for guests on Easter Sunday came to a head and I was ready to run away.
Thankfully I have a great husband who did his share of vomit and poop detail........he also got clung too at times by the pitiful sick boy. I'm so happy this wasn't one of his weeks away. I seriously would have went batty.......like padded cell batty.

Kailey & Roman had a good Easter......Roman was on the mend. The Easter Bunny was kind and didn't put TOO much candy in the baskets. I think he knew Roman couldn't stomach it just yet. Plus we have just gotten rid of the Valentine candy around here!

I made Easter dinner: Ham, sweet potato casserole, baked beans, deviled eggs and Bob just HAD to make sausage and peppers (gag).....my MIL made her infamous potato salad and brought a couple of cream pies and a cake. Yummo! We all stuffed ourselves and then sat around talking and laughing for hours. I love hearing stories about my husband's younger days.

While reminiscing about how we grew up and how we missed watching the classic cartoon's that we grew up with (Bugs Bunny mainly) where our kids are watching Japanese Anime on Saturday mornings, my husband and I along with his brothers realized that our children won't have the same kind of memories we do/did. All the bad haircuts at the hands of our mothers trying to save a few dollars......when eating out was a TREAT......roaming the neighborhood and cringing at the sound of our mom screeching to call us home for dinner. The world is such a different place now. And we are all still pretty young! I mean 30 isn't "old"?!
Thinking back to the things we did as kids......I can't imagine being OK with letting my kids do the majority of that. Either I'm way too paranoid or the world is a scarier place now.......maybe it's a combination of both.

As I sit and think about this, I take comfort in knowing that my kids will have the memories of things we do together as well as things they do with their friends.......not the same kind of "fun" that we had a kids......but fun none the less.
On road trips.....Bob, Kailey and I often get on the "Remember that time...." train and end up in hysterics over some of the things we have seen, done or even eaten (if you know us, we have alot of food memories/trips). There is a classic memory we all have that never fails to get us to roaring.......now I'm telling you this in the strictest of confidence.....if Bob knew I was telling you, he'd just die!

We often go to a seafood buffet out of town at a popular ski resort. Every time we have gone, we pass a restaurant that boasts of this lavish smorgasbord aka buffet. I would also ask Bob if he had eaten there and if it was any good. He said yes to both questions. However, I never thought of the place unless we were on our way to this wonderful seafood buffet and no way in hades I was going to pass up all you can eat lobster for a regular buffet!
Well, one day we decided we would just go and eat at this smorgasbord LOL. We get there and it's a nice enough place.....kind of country themed with knick knack things for sale in the waiting area. It was cozy. So we are seated and Kailey and I head up to the buffet while Bob sits with Roman. I wasn't impressed to say the least........have you ever seen the movie "Vegas Vacation"? LOL, yeah this place wasn't far from the buffet Chevy Chase and Randy Quaid visited in that movie..........we came back to the table and Bob went up. So we were chowing down and Bob had what appeared to be a nugget of fried fish on his plate. He grabbed it, dipped it in tarter sauce and then took a healthy bite of it............he promptly made a horrid face and said, "I don't think that was fish!" ROTFL.....turns out that in the "fish area" of the buffet, they also had a bin of breaded and fried BANANAS!!! How that has ANYTHING to do with fish and WHY they would have that in the same vicinity of fish is beyond me. But alas poor Bob fell victim to the misplacement of those fried bananas........I thought Kailey and I were going to choke at the table from laughing so hard. Poor Bob *snicker*

Hope that little story put a smile on your face! I know I had to fight the giggles just typing it out for you!! LOL Have a great week and make some memories!

Kailey Makes Her 2nd Donation!

Last night, my husband was kind enough to give me a break from the sick fest going on at home (thankfully we are on the mend now) to go get something done to my hair and also Kailey wanted to cut hers.

Right before Roman was born, Kailey cut her hair and donated it to Locks of Love. She was really proud of herself, heck so was I! Her hair had always been longer, so it was the first time she had above her shoulder hair. It was a bit of a shock, but she is a beautiful kid, so she looked great :D After that, she said she wanted to donate again. So the hair growing began again.

It's been almost 3 years and several trims later, she finally had enough to donate! Man it was so time.....her frustrations with her hair had started to drive me batty. It was to the point where she was asking me to do her hair again LOL Of course I don't mind, but I'm doing GREAT to get my own hair presentable these days hehe

So last night we went to the hair salon and after many "Are you sure?", "Really you want your hair this short?" questions.......the stylist just did it. Put her lovely long locks into a ponytail.....measured the required 10" with her comb......and WHACK! A few minutes later Kailey had a great looking haircut and the stylist did a fab job drying it and styling it. WOW, she looked so much older *sigh* They grow up to fast kids.......

Without further adieu.....here is Kailey with her new do and the locks that we will be mailing in for a great GREAT cause, Locks of Love:

Puke, Poops & Doctors OH MY!

Fancy title eh? *sigh* Well I was really stoked to sleep in today since I had my 30week appt after lunch......usually they are in the morning, so I have to wake up "early" (like 8am or so LOL) to get ready and all hehehe
Roman was up late last night, so he was sure to sleep in too.....perfect

6:30am - Roman wakes up in his crib and is screaming for me. I feel bad and want to continue sleeping, so I go get him. He tosses and turns in my bed and keeps asking for his water. He's drinking his water blah blah. Then he starts whining because he's hungry.....typical Roman. I swear the child has a tapeworm lately and as soon as his eyes open he wants to eat. So I ask him if he wants some cheese (string cheese) to tie him til breakfast. He says yes, so I get out of bed.....go downstairs......get cheese out of the fridge.......go back upstairs. The light in my room isn't on, but I can see from the night lights in our bathroom and hallway that he is sitting straight up in the bed crying.........and I SMELL it *gag* You guessed it..........he puked ALL OVER my bed! *sigh*

So he's freaking out cause he has puked......I gently tell him it's OK, no big deal and I'm stripping my sheets and blanket. The only 'backup' sheets I have are the CRAP OLA-100 thread count-you can practically see through sheets that came with my bedding set. So at 7am I'm attempting to put these sheets on only to find that the pockets aren't big enough to accommodate my ginormously thick Tempurpedic mattress *sigh* Oh well, I had to put something on there......

We laid in bed as Roman writhed whining until we fell asleep again. The phone rang and after I hung up, he sat up again a puked the juice and crackers he had eaten......luckily I was more prepared and had a towel to catch it *shudder*

I don't have a problem with bodily fluids. Blood, pee, poop, spit, what have you.......but vomit my friends......whew.......that is a TOUGH one for me to deal with. PLUS being pregnant with this heightened sense of smell.....MERCY! I give myself major props and pats on the back when I deal with things like this. It totally skives me out :\

So after the 2nd puke incident, I decided to go ahead and get up to shower for my doctor appt. That went fabulous. I put on 1lb in 2 weeks, my blood pressure was 122/70 and the results of my glucose tolerance test were perfect. He actually was surprised the results were so good considering how out of whack my 1 hour test results were. So, yeah me! LOL I have my next appt and u/s on April 1st.....yes April Fools Day LOL

After running a few errands I went home to the sick house. Thankfully Roman hadn't puked again. He waited to do that for dad while I was at our niece's 16th birthday party this evening. So I missed that action......thank goodness! But I did get to change a major liquid poo diaper awhile ago.....ugh. But I'd take a few of those over the puke mess ANY DAY!

So that was my day in a nutshell. Not exactly what I was hoping to blog about, but alas it is my life LOL

Here's to hoping my diligence in hand washing will prevent this mess from passing to me, and to you and yours staying healthy!

Busy, busy & pretty boring.....

So I haven't blogged in almost a week! *gasp* Life has been pretty busy actually, and pretty boring at the same time! Not much to blog about I'm afraid.........

I went to the hospital on Friday to take my 3 hour glucose tolerance test. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't fun either LOL. I have yet to hear anything, so I'm hoping that means all is well. I'm such a chicken and refuse to call to find out my results! My guess is that if I had gestational diabetes the office would have called by now since I'm pretty sure they got the results the same day I had the test.......we shall see! I'll know for sure at my next appointment on Wednesday (yikes the 2 week appts have already begun!!).

We went to see little Owen on Sunday. The whole family went pretty much! Then we took turns going back to visit and hold him. He's growing so much and so fast. He's doing great and we hope he gets to go home end of this week or beginning of next. His mommy and daddy are dragging having to go back and forth from home to the hospital. I just can't imagine! But they are doing a great job and Owen is a lucky little boy to have such great parents :D

This week I have had a little bout with 'nesting', so I've been busy cleaning things here and there. Doing my domestic duties *gag* LOL.

I also went to watch my friend's daughter play basketball Monday night and tonight......they are a GREAT group of kids and played so SO well, but they lost both games and are now out of the playoffs :( It was pretty sad since this is probably the last time they will all play together as a team since most will start high school next year.......some will continue playing basketball, and some won't. There were some tears rolling, makes you remember your days in jr high and high school. How important your friends were to you and how you just knew that with most, once you graduated things would never be the same......so sad, but alas it is a rite of passage!

I was hoping to get away to buy the baby's crib and dresser this week, but man again the week has flown by. I know there are two days left in the week......but you know how it is LOL

And on the potty training front......I am happy to report we are making huge strides. I watched my friend's youngest daughter (she is 3 weeks older than Roman) yesterday. She has been potty trained for ages and is a GREAT influence in that aspect for Roman. I didn't change ONE diaper yesterday. I took off his overnight diaper that morning and didn't touch a diaper until bedtime. He did all his business on the toilet.....yes the BIG toilet! He even shooed both Bob and myself from the bathroom when he was doing the #2 LOL.....it's was HILARIOUS! I still don't trust him enough to take him out of the house without a diaper, but we are well on our way and that is good enough for me!

So, that is about all that is going on with me at this point.......I hope something interesting happens in the next few days so you don't have to read more about potty training LOL

Have a good one all!!

Where and when did you learn that?

*setting the scene*

After a long day, I was laying in my bed after giving my son a much needed bath. I had sent him downstairs to get a diaper as I was getting him ready for bed.

Of course he didn't return right away due to the fact his sister was downstairs. He totally loves to hang with her.

Hey, I have no objections.....I was quite enjoying some quiet time (a rare occurrence in these parts) and the ability to actually hear the TV program I was watching.

Suddenly, I hear little feet bounding up the steps......the boy returns!

"I gotta go pee mom", he blurts as he runs into my room and into my bathroom.

My thoughts are #1 his little potty is not up here, so what the heck & then #2 he is just being his usual turd self and wants to mess around in my bathroom.

I'm laying on the bed and I start to hear what sounds like pee going into the potty.........I mute the TV.........OMG IT IS PEE GOING INTO THE POTTY!

I then proceed to jump off my bed (hahaha if you have any clue what kind of condition I am in you know this is merely a figure of speech......it was more like a turtle trying to roll itself back over.....but I digress) and see my son standing in front of the BIG POTTY gently putting the lid down and attempting to flush.

Immediately I push open the lid to see for myself this miracle........holy CRAP he really DID pee in there! Next I ask my boy to show me how in the heck he managed to pee in the potty all by himself.........*snort*..........he says, "Like this mom!" as he gives himself an extra inch by standing on his tip toes and shoving his little bottom forward. I LOST IT! I was laughing so hard! Then I went on and on about how he is SUCH a big boy........

I'm still in shock over this. Isn't it just amazing what these kids pick up? And then one day it clicks and they do something all on their own. No prompting. It's crazy!

Now I'm not saying he never saw this peeing on the potty standing up technique before.....Roman has always been welcome into the bathroom with his daddy LOL So he has seen the way big boys potty. I'm just in awe that this little boy retained that information and put it to use on his own like he did.

*sigh* My baby boy really is growing up!

So tonight my friends, I add another proverbial notch on the potty training belt!

28 Week Appointment

Wow.....this is my first blog post about the soon to be new addition to our home! Today I had my regular 28 week appointment. I also had an ultrasound to check on the squirt's size. My belly is measuring a bit on the big size this time around, so we are making sure I'm not growing a giant in there LOL

The ultrasound showed that I have a great looking boy with LOTS of hair......no big surprise as all of my kids have been born sporting some great looking, long dark hair ;D It was so funny to see his hair waving in the amniotic fluid.....much like our hair does when we are in the tub or pool LOL so funny!

According to the ultrasound, this squirt is weighing in at about 3lbs 8ozs.......does that weight sound familiar? It just so happens to be the same weight my new nephew was when he came into the world at 32 weeks! I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I actually saw and recently held a baby about the same size as the one I am now carrying.......phenominal!

Here are a few pictures from the ultrasound with an explaination of what you are looking at LOL.......I hope it helps!

1. Profile picture:

2. Picture looking up to the baby's face, so you see his nose and lips:

3. A yawn! Looking up to his face from below, you see on the right side his nostrils then the big black opening is his mouth open and the round white part in the middle is his lil tongue :D

4. Oh......and yeah he is for SURE a boy!

5. His itty bitty foot!

Hope you enjoyed taking a peek at our new baby boy......we are so excited to finally meet him. But we have a few months yet to wait!

OH and I also failed my 1 hour glucose tolerance test :\ So I have an appointment on Friday to take the dreaded 3 HOUR glucose tolerance test (testing for gestational diabetes). Wish me luck!

Have a great day everyone!

OMG Potty Training Success!

So.......for those who don't know, we have been "working" with Roman on his potty training. I am not one to rush the issue......I know very well that my kids will not start kindergarten wearing diapers, so I take the cues from them when to start potty training.

Kailey was my first and EASIEST. I think because I was so young, someone upstairs had a little mercy on me LOL. I simply forgot to take off the little Elmo panties that my mom had gotten her. We got home late that night and she was already asleep, so I just laid her to bed and hit the hay myself. Upon waking in the morning, I panicked just knowing I would walk into a soaked toddler and bed. Nope. She was dry as a bone! I put her on the potty and that was that. I was amazed and KNEW any children after her would NOT be so easy!

That brings me to my dear Roman........he initially found interest in the potty around 6 months ago I believe. He took to peeing on his little potty really well. Now he wasn't fond of the pee guard that comes with the potty for use by the little boys......we quickly ditched that and Roman developed an.......ummmm.......interesting technique to insure his pee made it into the potty and not all over the floor. He would (I say would, he is still doing it LOL) sit on the potty and lean ALL the way forward with his hands on the floor in front of him for support I guess *snicker*

After a couple of weeks, Roman was a peeing on the potty pro. He would pee on his potty ALL day long on his own......I never had to ask him if he needed to go or anything. He would even drop what he was doing upstairs to run down the steps and pee in his potty! Amazing, I know. BUT.......there's always a 'but' isn't there?........Roman had to be to be completely bottomless to do this. If he was in a diaper, pull up or underwear - forget it - he'd pee on them. *sigh* So I was faced with a kid who would go pee on the potty all day, but ran around naked LOL. What can you do, right? He has been a streaker almost everyday since HA!

A few weeks into the nude peeing *snicker*.....Roman realized the urge to poop. So he would be running around nude and promptly run up to me BEGGING for a diaper. He knew poop belonged in the diaper.....smart kid.....but NO, mommy now says poop goes in the potty?! This was too much for him LOL. He was having no part in *gasp* pooping in the potty! So every time he was running naked and needed to poop, we would succumb to putting a diaper on his to do his dirty business *sigh*

So basically this boy KNEW what was going on with his body. Obviously he recognized and acted on the urge to pee. And we now knew he recognized the other urge since he would ALWAYS come beg for a diaper while dancing around holding his legs together.......we just had to get past that last hurdle. Pooping on the potty!

Well folks......it FINALLY happened! I almost hate to blog about it and totally jinx myself LOL, but I'm so stinking PROUD! Bob and I decided not to cave today......we just kept directing him to his potty. He would whine and cry and I simply said,

"OK Roman, then go sit on your potty and poop!"

He quickly came back with, "But I don't want to poop on the potty mom?".........

I then resorted to bribery........"Roman, when you poop on the potty you will get a Thomas the Train sticker!"

"Mom I peed on the potty, come see!!"

"Great job buddy!" *high 5*

"I want a Thomas sticker mom"

"No Roman, only if you POOP on the potty......you get hugs and high 5's for pee on the potty."

Have I lost those of you without children yet? LMAO

So after several episodes like this throughout the afternoon, Roman FINALLY gave up the good fight and pooped on his potty!!

An exciting day here in this house........so we have been peeing on the potty.....and now he's pooped on the potty.......now we have to get him used to wearing underwear AND tackle doing all this business on the BIG potty *sigh*

Maybe.......just maybe I will get him trained so I won't have 2 in diapers come May LOL