I've been basking in the appreciation of the fact that my 3 yr. old is finally potty-trained. No doubt it makes life wonderfully more easy and free-spirited. HOWEVER - I'm beginning to notice a trend with the little trickster. Any place we go, C has to try out their potty. Anyplace!
At first when she'd say, "Mommy, I have to go to the bathroom" I would drop whatever I was doing and make a mad dash to the nearest facilities in fear that she would have an accident in the most inappropriate of places. The panic of a mother trying to avoid a torrential flood in the middle of the grocery store is unique to any other. Throughout the potty-training process, I learned that my daughter can hold it for, like, hours on end. It's pretty impressive! Therefore, I learned to trust that we could leave the house for about 2 hours without having to make a stop.
Before we leave the house, everyone takes a potty break (in the hopes that we won't have to use public bathrooms). Usually this gets her through, but lately, it seems that wherever we go she "has to go to the bathroom." Last weekend at Meijer I had to take her to the restroom 3 TIMES!!! I tell you what, this added like half an hour to our shopping trip. Good lord!
The kid makes me take her to the bathroom at school before we head home, we have to check out the bathrooms at Lowe's, Home Depot, all grocery stores, the mall, grandparent's houses, and even Subway. Although I had to laugh (and shudder) about one time when she was with the husband visiting a bachelor friend of his. Apparently, she asked to use the bathroom twice. Come on - we all know how men live when left to their own devices. I could go into detail, but I'm sure what you picture is close enough to call it too gross for a little girl. Well she used his bathroom anyway, and BLESS HIM, my husband washed and sanitized her within an inch of her life post potty.
At the moment, it seems that my daughter has a facination with plumbing and bathrooms in general. If I had to choose, I guess I prefer having to take her to the bathroom everyplace we go over having her back in diapers. Those Pampers are expensive!
What obsessive behaviors did you have as a kid? What obsessive behaviors does your kid have?
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Tick-Tock
Today I had my monthly visit to the obgyn. All went smoothly, we've quite blessed in this department. Blood pressure is still good, which is a blessing because with our first child, it went wonky and I had to make many a trip to the doctor and many a trip to the hospital for "stress tests" which really only stressed me out more. Anyway, blood pressure.... good. Baby heart rate... good. Ultrasound results... good. Due date, well that's been moved up from May 12 to April 29. Seems that little baby is bigger than one would expect from the given date of conception and since I'm fairly fuzzy on the where and when of several events I can't exactly pin down the date for the doctors. Let's just say the hubby and I were letting life happen and it, well...... it did. The doctor mentioned that she would like to order a second ultrasound in a month or two to make sure we're on track with the baby's development. So that puts me at about 25 weeks.
Great right? Except that it kinda put the mad panic on since our basement is still in the middle of a remodel, I can't work on the nursery until the basement is done (long story) and it needs to have a closet built, a paint job, and the carpet cleaned, further more I can't seem to decide on a scheme for decorating the nursery, I'm waffling back and forth about furniture for the nursery, I need to find a second hand (clean) glider, and I have to plan for a sub at work by writing about 2 months of lesson plans. Whoa! Oh, and I have to pull out all the baby stuff for round 2, while purchasing all that we'll need new for this wee one. Wait - what about names??????? I have this irrational fear that our child will be born and we won't be able to come up with a name for him/her.
Truly I am excited, but I'm also freaking out a bit. With our first child it seemed like we had all the time in the world to prepare. This pregnancy seems to have flown by and I feel so unprepared. I need a plan.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Little Black Cloud
Today - I woke up grouchier than all heck and I immediately wanted to put on the most comfortable cotton clothing I could find, snap my fingers so that a decaf mocha would instantly appear on my nightstand, and I wanted to burrow back deep, deep down into the covers of my bed and cry. Why you ask? How the heck should I know! But... I was grouchy.
However, life slows for no woman so I dragggggged myself into the shower - still grouchy - and attempted to make myself feel pretty. Oh, did I mention that becoming more rotund with baby-belly with each day doesn't help. Somedays I have that maternity "glow" in which I feel like a Greek goddess in all her fertility. On other days, such as this morn, clearly I did not.
I must also mention that I love my daughter with my entire being, but girl.... don't mess with me... PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE just brush you teeth, like I asked so sweetly the first 5 times, and do it in under 10 minutes, and let's head out the door. I REALLY had to work at patiently coaxing my wee angel through her morning process so that, with a hope and a prayer, I could make it to work on time.
Praise the Lord, that my students are so lively and generally pretty sweet. They can usually drag me out of a funk. Sure enough they got me motivated and temporarily out of my grouchiness until I had to start dealing with the garbage that can sneak in and ruin a day - late assignments, other grouchy people, excuses, immaturity,professional demands, questions, questions, and more questions. Unfortunately, as the day wore on, the day began to ware on me and it was just down hill from there.
It was one of those days that when you climb into your car to FINALLY head home you have to make a decision. You let out a deep dramatic sigh and say "Am I going to take this home OR am I going to leave it along the road?" I littered my bad attitude all over the road and put on a winning smile for C when I picked her up.
Things finally picked up while we drove across town (listening to Crazy In Love, like 5 times per C's request) to pick up our honeymoon video that we recently transfered to DVD (courtesy of a lovely gift certificate from B). We haven't watched our video in two years, so the hubby and I decided to get Chinese take-out and to make it a family movie night. It was wonderfully fun and left no aftertaste of the morning's previous bad mood.
Perhaps it's the weather, the hormones, or lack of sleep. Who knows. Tomorrow is another day, and I think that I've shaken my little black cloud for now.
So dear reader, I wonder what can ruin your day and make you want to hideaway in your bed?
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Good News & General Cuteness
Good news!. The hubby and I have been searching for the videotape of our honeymoon for about a month and up until last night had forsaken it for lost. We honeymooned in San Francisco and Yosemite National Park which was so fun and lovely that I'd hate to never see it again.
It all started when I had the brilliant idea to take our tape and to have it converted from video to DVD as a surprise Christmas gift. However, after looking for about 2 weeks by myself I gave up and asked J if he'd seen it. Of course he used this opportunity to say that I'd probably "organized" it into some place that I would never find it. Anyway, he looked and looked as well without finding it.
Then I had the wild idea that perhaps we had left it in the case for the video camera which we had borrowed from A. I ran the idea past A (She is super fabulous by the way) who said that she'd check with M, who had taken the camera with him when they parted ways. Million to one shot - the hubby thought I was nuts - but sure enough - the honeymoon tape has been tucked into the pocket of the camera's case at M's house for maybe the past 2 years. Yeah, I know, sounds like we REALLY missed it. Dude, we've been a little busy.
Whooo-hoo! M is going to drop off the long lost testament to our wedding travels to A later this week so that we can once again be reunited. I can't wait. Although..... guess we can't really watch it until we go ahead and have it transfered over to DVD. Rats. Anyone know a place that does this?
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In other news, C is being so very cute about the expected baby that is wriggling inside of me. Usually she will get very close to my belly button to jabber and talk to the baby within. Recently, the hubby was using a circular saw to cut and saw some whatnot while finishing our basement. As a general rule, C has always hated this sound and will make her "crazy face" while covering her ears. On this occasion when the hubby revved up the saw, C reached out and placed her two little palms flat to the sides of my tummy to "cover the baby's ears." Too flippin' cute!
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I also wonder if perhaps my daughter has a calling as a Gregorian Monk. It's become her habit, which admittedly I love, to "chant" for at least a half hour after church on Sundays. During mass she attempts to sing along by mimicing the sounds. If she's not singing, she's trying to dance in the pew. But the fun really starts after we arrive home and settle in. This past week she headed off to play Barbies and within minutes I heard what can only be described as Gregorian style chanting. I think she's trying to mimic the singing that we do in church. Since she doesn't know the words she chants similar sounds. It's pretty funny to listen to. In the meantime, all the Barbies are sitting in little rows at "church" whether they like it or not.
It all started when I had the brilliant idea to take our tape and to have it converted from video to DVD as a surprise Christmas gift. However, after looking for about 2 weeks by myself I gave up and asked J if he'd seen it. Of course he used this opportunity to say that I'd probably "organized" it into some place that I would never find it. Anyway, he looked and looked as well without finding it.
Then I had the wild idea that perhaps we had left it in the case for the video camera which we had borrowed from A. I ran the idea past A (She is super fabulous by the way) who said that she'd check with M, who had taken the camera with him when they parted ways. Million to one shot - the hubby thought I was nuts - but sure enough - the honeymoon tape has been tucked into the pocket of the camera's case at M's house for maybe the past 2 years. Yeah, I know, sounds like we REALLY missed it. Dude, we've been a little busy.
Whooo-hoo! M is going to drop off the long lost testament to our wedding travels to A later this week so that we can once again be reunited. I can't wait. Although..... guess we can't really watch it until we go ahead and have it transfered over to DVD. Rats. Anyone know a place that does this?
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In other news, C is being so very cute about the expected baby that is wriggling inside of me. Usually she will get very close to my belly button to jabber and talk to the baby within. Recently, the hubby was using a circular saw to cut and saw some whatnot while finishing our basement. As a general rule, C has always hated this sound and will make her "crazy face" while covering her ears. On this occasion when the hubby revved up the saw, C reached out and placed her two little palms flat to the sides of my tummy to "cover the baby's ears." Too flippin' cute!
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I also wonder if perhaps my daughter has a calling as a Gregorian Monk. It's become her habit, which admittedly I love, to "chant" for at least a half hour after church on Sundays. During mass she attempts to sing along by mimicing the sounds. If she's not singing, she's trying to dance in the pew. But the fun really starts after we arrive home and settle in. This past week she headed off to play Barbies and within minutes I heard what can only be described as Gregorian style chanting. I think she's trying to mimic the singing that we do in church. Since she doesn't know the words she chants similar sounds. It's pretty funny to listen to. In the meantime, all the Barbies are sitting in little rows at "church" whether they like it or not.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Welcome 2010
A new year is upon us. Welcome 2010. Let's make it a great year shall we? All in all, 2009 wasn't too bad, but it could have been better. It seems we know a lot of friends and family that have traversed, or are still in the midst of, some rough times this past year.
Thankfully, the Lord blessed us with a beautiful winter morning to start off the new year. The three of us took the opportunity to take C sledding at Richmond Hill, a local sledding hot spot. She has been sledding in the back yard before but that offers nothing to the magnitude or thrill quotient of Richmond. C and the hubby hiked up to the top of the hill several times. C was smiling ear to ear each time they came zipping down. Being the round prego that I am, I was deemed official videographer of the memorable event. C even tried sledding by herself once or twice. We started her off about half way up the hill and let her go. She LOVED it! Even better, at the end of the hill, the child actually got off her sled, picked it up (she's 3) and started running for the top of the hill! Imagine.
Following our sledding adventure, we stopped into Walmart to pick up a wall bracket for a flat screen TV. Two things here: Number one - I usually make fun of Walmart and how scanky it can be, but this was a Super Walmart and I was impressed by how much stuff they actully had. I can't say much for the quality of their clothes, but their toy and video departments were rockin'. Number two - I was under the impression that the hubby was just getting the wall bracket for future (like in a year or two) use to help him pre-install wiring for a flat screen while we are working on our basement and making a grand mess during a remodel. NO, he like actually means to finish the basement and install a wall-mounted (dream of dreams) flat screen within a few months. Squeeeeee! Those of you that know - we are seriously old school in the TV department. We get like 5 channels on our old school (let's call it classic design) TV. I will be so excited to move into the 21rst century with HD.
Otherwise, I am getting really eager to recieve my new book via Amazon for book club. We are supposed to read, Cleopatra's Daughter. I've been looking for a new read and I have it under good authority that this one should be a great read.
All in all, today has been a great start to the new year.
Thankfully, the Lord blessed us with a beautiful winter morning to start off the new year. The three of us took the opportunity to take C sledding at Richmond Hill, a local sledding hot spot. She has been sledding in the back yard before but that offers nothing to the magnitude or thrill quotient of Richmond. C and the hubby hiked up to the top of the hill several times. C was smiling ear to ear each time they came zipping down. Being the round prego that I am, I was deemed official videographer of the memorable event. C even tried sledding by herself once or twice. We started her off about half way up the hill and let her go. She LOVED it! Even better, at the end of the hill, the child actually got off her sled, picked it up (she's 3) and started running for the top of the hill! Imagine.
Following our sledding adventure, we stopped into Walmart to pick up a wall bracket for a flat screen TV. Two things here: Number one - I usually make fun of Walmart and how scanky it can be, but this was a Super Walmart and I was impressed by how much stuff they actully had. I can't say much for the quality of their clothes, but their toy and video departments were rockin'. Number two - I was under the impression that the hubby was just getting the wall bracket for future (like in a year or two) use to help him pre-install wiring for a flat screen while we are working on our basement and making a grand mess during a remodel. NO, he like actually means to finish the basement and install a wall-mounted (dream of dreams) flat screen within a few months. Squeeeeee! Those of you that know - we are seriously old school in the TV department. We get like 5 channels on our old school (let's call it classic design) TV. I will be so excited to move into the 21rst century with HD.
Otherwise, I am getting really eager to recieve my new book via Amazon for book club. We are supposed to read, Cleopatra's Daughter. I've been looking for a new read and I have it under good authority that this one should be a great read.
All in all, today has been a great start to the new year.
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