Mama's Grumpy!

Well......maybe I'm grumpy because my baby girl (who just turned 18 months on the 20th) has decided in the last month that she isn't going to eat anything except pasta, or maybe it's because she has decided that sleeping in no longer a necessity, or maybe it's because I can't get the theme to Sesame Street out of my head.....All I know is that I am tired and I am grumpy! It sucks!

Anyway, I know it has been a while since the last blog. I just have not been all that inspired to write. We really haven't done anything all that exciting lately. We did go to the fair, but I don't have many pictures from that because my camera died. Other than that, we just sit at home all week watching Sesame Street.....I tell no lies. Savannah has discovered the show and has to watch it all the time. She bursts into tears when Elmo's World goes off. It's actually really cute. She'll come running to me with tears rolling down her face and says, "Elmo bye-bye, Elmo bye-bye." So...to keep myself sane until daddy gets home from work, we watch it again! Thank goodness for nap time, or I would watch it ALL day! We won her a Cookie Monster at the fair and it is almost the same size as her. She has to go to sleep with it every night. If we don't have it, she growls at us. (her imitation of Cookie and way of telling us we forgot him.) Bryan says I have got to be tired of watching the show so much. I am okay with it....it's her whining whenever there are people on the show instead of puppets, that makes me crazy! She is such a character!

I just wish I could get the child to eat and sleep. She is not a picky eater. She has always eaten pretty much everything. She just fights us. For some reason she has decided that smacking our hands away and throwing her food on the floor is more fun than actually eating it. Do they make baby straight jackets???? j/k. I would settle for high chair arm straps. LOL. The sleeping is what is getting the best of me. For instance.....she woke us at 1:30 last night and I couldn't get her back to sleep. It was 4:15 before she went back to sleep. See why I am so grumpy??? Now...one night isn't that big of a deal, but this happens at least 3 times a week. Fun times for Mama!

Has your child done this???

I was getting ready the other day and I turned around to find my daughter like this. I guess you could say that she has found a new use for her potty! Don't worry though...It's clean! My mom's friend says this makes her a "pothead." I personally think that she has updated the "swirly." What do you think??? Has your child done this?

What a weekend!

We had a busy few days this weekend and most was irritating. It started with the cable guy coming over to replace our DVR box for the 4th time. When we moved to this house, we had to switch companies because the one we were with was not available here. Anyway, the first box we got broke. It just stopped working. The second box wouldn't record shows. The third box overheated and now we have the one that we just got. So far, it hasn't failed us.

Then, we spent a good hour on Friday trying to figure out how to get replacement parts for the computer armoire we just bought a few weeks ago. We bought it online and when it arrived, some of the parts were broken. We got the replacement parts from the company, put it together and everything was great. Then, on Friday, I went to close the door on the armoire and it just fell off. So, we had to call the company again and try to get the parts to replace it.... again. The problem was we didn't have the instruction manual anymore or the ID # for the part that broke. We finally figured it out, but it was annoying for a little while. We spent the rest of Friday watching a movie and spending time together. Woo Hoo for family time!!!!!

Saturday, we went to Lowes and bought the blinds for our house. The house we are living in is over 60 years old and was in desparate need of new blinds. When we painted we put newspaper on the windows so that people wouldn't be able to look in. Well, we just hadn't had the time or the money to get them replaced. My brother came over one day and told us that the house inside looked good, but we should get curtains or blinds because we look like we live in a "crack house." That's when we decided we should get something up....LOL. After our trip to Lowes, Bryan's dad came over and we made dinner. Yummy! Steak!

Saturday night was not fun though. We got Savannah down to sleep and at 1:30, she woke up screaming. Bryan tried to get her back to sleep, but after 40 minutes brought her into our room. She just cried and cried. Long story short....she didn't go to bed until after 4 am.

Sunday, we decided to take Miss Savvy to the doctor. We thought that she might have a bladder infection or something like that because she kept grabbing herself and crying. Have I mentioned that I HATE HATE HATE going to the doctor? We took her to urgent care, who then assigned her some random pediatrician. The lady was very strange. Anyway, she decided that we needed to have her urine tested. Since she is too little to pee in a cup, you can guess what they had to do, which was NOT fun. We were supposed to come back an hour later for the results, which ended up taking longer than that because the very strange and random doctor decided she was going to take forever and chow down on some M&Ms before giving us the results. After nearly 4 hours at Kaiser we got the results, which came back "suspicious" as the doctor said. Finally, we had to go to the pharmacy get her medicine that she has to take for the next few days while they do a urine culture. Fun times!!!!!

That is pretty much how our weekend went. Now it is Monday and I don't like Mondays. I hope everyone else had a better weekend than we did.

Saving Savvy!!!

Today was our first day back to church since before we moved. It's been kind of hectic around here and our schedules were thrown way off, but we finally made it back today, which was really nice. Previously when we would go to church, Savannah would come in to the sanctuary with us, listen to the music, get cranky half way through, and then I would have to take her to the nursery. This went on for some time because she wouldn't let me leave her in the nursery without me there. Now that she is a little older, I think she would be fine. She loves to play with other kids and toys. However, today I decided to take her in the sanctuary with us because I was worried that she might freak out because it's been a while since we have been there. Anyway, she was really good through the whole service. She played quietly in the pew and didn't even get fussy. Well, towards the end of the service the pastor asked if there was anyone that would like to come up for an alter call and that he would pray for them. My darling little girl chose that exact moment to run out of the pew and straight for the front of the church. Needless to say, I had to chase after her. The pastor started laughing and said " We have our first person already." I guess she felt she needed to be "saved." Therefore...I have declared this day "Saving Savvy Day!"

Is your day like this?

I found this in the back of one of my magazines and thought that a few of you might get a kick out of it. It looks a lot like days I have. Camouflage is my favorite! Enjoy! If you are having trouble reading it, click on the page and it will enlarge for better viewing. :)

In need of pixie dust....

My baby went potty in her big-girl-potty today!!!! I was so surprised and proud of her. We bought her a potty about a week ago because she seemed as though she was getting interested. She has seen us use the bathroom and she always wants to throw a piece of toilet paper in the toilet before it flushes. So, we thought we would buy a potty and when she seemed like she was ready, we would start teaching her....no rush. It takes a lot of work to potty train and I for one am not ready for that...LOL. Anyway, this past week, anytime I was in the bathroom she would run in and sit on her potty. (Most of the time, she just uses it to store her toys.) Every so often if she needed a diaper change, I would say,"Let's go use the potty." I would then take off her diaper and let her sit there a minute or two, then I would put a new diaper on. Well today, I did that and she just sat there. I was getting dressed at the time, so I really wasn't paying much attention, when I heard a noise. I turned around and she was on the edge of her potty and she was peeing, so I pushed her on the rest of the way and she peed in her potty. I was so excited!!!! She was a little frustrated because she peed a little on the floor, but I was so happy that she got the idea of how to use it. Once she knew she wasn't in trouble and that I was proud of her, she started smiling and running around the house dancing. I guess we will see if she keeps it up. Did I mention that I am not ready for her to start potty training yet???? Can someone hook me up with some pixie dust to make her stop growing up so fast? Where is Tinkerbell and Peter Pan when you need them?

Tattling....

My little girl is now 17 months old and has learned how to tattle. This morning, she was playing in the hallway with her popper toy. She likes to chase the animals around the house so that they bark or meow at her. Anyway, today she decided to pick on the dog. She was chasing him all around the house when she comes running to me and screams. I asked her what was wrong and she points to the back room. I told her to show me what was wrong. We go walking to the back room and she immediately gets on her tummy, as low to the floor as possible and points under the bed. So, I too, get on my tummy and look under the bed. There, I find the dog hiding in the corner as far away as possible. Apparently, he was tired of being run over, chased, and hit with Savvy's toy so he hid under the bed. My little angel did not like that he was hiding from her, so she came to tell me about it. She is too funny some times!

On a side note....I found a few more recipes to try. I have not tried them yet, but they sound yummy. If you are interested, let me know and I will send them your way. Then, you can try them and tell me if they are good! :)