Updates...

I can't believe August is almost over???? Where did it go? We have been so busy this month, attempting to get our house ready to sell. Yup. We are selling our house. If you have not heard, I believe I can now officially post it on the blog that we are moving to Wenatchee. Maybe Cashmere. We will see what's available for rent and where. I am not going to lie.... I have mixed emotions about moving. Of course I don't want to leave Moxee. I have lived here my whole life and have never really thought about living anywhere else. That's why, when I met Shawn, I was assured that he was "the one" even more when I found out that he was already looking for jobs in Yakima before he even met me. It was important to me for him to WANT to move over here and not me feeling like I was making him. But there comes a time in life where situations like this have to be re-evaluated and making a decision that is best for our immediate family is a very tough one.

I am moving with a positive mindset and am trying to stay hopeful. I am not good with new situations, new people, new places, and well.... everything new. Definitely out of my comfort zone. But as a family, we have decided that this could be the best option for us. Situations and circumstances change when we least expect them and so we never know when another one will come up. Perhaps someday Shawn will have some amazing opportunity in China (Dear Lord.... I was just joking, please keep us in the United States. I could not bear to live in another country.....surely you know this....!) We have been praying about this decision and we will continue to pray for God's guidance as I may have a period of depression.

The girls are doing amazing! KaeLee has finally gotten teeth buds! They are not all the way in yet, but her two front teeth are poking through! (No April fools this time!) She is getting SO big and we are loving every minute of watching her grow! She is reading so much (we can't understand what she's saying, but she does have the right rythm as when I read to her...!) She is super smart! Yes, I did attempt to potty train her for a couple of days.... I wrote a journal about that during the day.... I will insert it at the end of the blog for you to see why I stopped. I'm thinking she is ready, but after a trial run, I'm not sure that I am ready. It would just be SO much easier to try again once Hannah is crawling or even walking, so I don't have to throw her down on the ground and run for KaeLee when she starts to pee in her panties...... poor Hannah. I don't think she enjoyed those two days either..... haha. KaeLee goes into the doctor on Tuesday for her 18 month appointment (only a month late...) and we are excited to see if she is over 20 pounds yet so we can turn her around!

Hannah is getting SUPER big as well! She is over 16 pounds now! WOW! She is doing super good at sitting up by herself and she just loves life. She has become a little clingy to me lately but we remember KaeLee going through that as well. Now KaeLee is attached to Shawn and is a true Daddy's girl. We both go in her room to get her up in the morning and she reaches for Shawn every time. Thanks KaeLee. Whatever. You just remember that Mommy never forgets these things..... muahahahaha! ;) We will be trying Hannah on solids sometime next week. I think she is more than ready! She goes at all of our food with her mouth wide open and her arms a-flappin! She cracks us up! Shawn only has 4 more days before he thought she would start crawling, so he better get training.... haha! She getting closer, but it's still gonna need another month.

Shawn's birthday was yesterday and he got off early which was a great surprise! We went out to dinner and came back to the house for cheesecake. It was a pretty good day, I think. I pre-ordered the Move Sports Bundle for the playstation 3 and I think he's pretty excited for it. Not that he can use it yet. It doesn't come out for another couple of weeks.

I have not been feeling all that great this week. I have had a fever since Wednesday, off and on. Not sure what's going on. When I think I should probably call into work for tomorrow, then I start feeling okay. Then I get up and get all dizzy and lightheaded and think again. But now it's too late to call in without me feeling really guilty, so I will have to try and tough it out tomorrow. I have an added sore throat today. Ugh. And we have a wedding to go to tonight. I WAS looking forward to it, but now, not so sure......

Anyway, I need to get going. I have a few things left to do before the girls get up from nap (which should have already happened by now....?) I will talk to you all later....

KaeLee's Potty Training Journal:

Night One of Potty Training:

Monday, August 16, 2010
8:45pm
I started potty training tonight with KaeLee. I put her in her new big girl panties instead of diapers. The first time she went potty, it was a huge puddle on the kitchen floor and she start freaking out since she does not like to be ‘wet’. I quickly put her on the potty chair and explained to her that pee goes in the potty chair. After my attempt of trying to tear wet panties off of her quickly in an attempt to get some of the pee in the chair, I decided to let her go commando and be bare-bottomed. I gave her lots of fluids and she drank an entire pediasure and a half and almost her whole sippy cup of water. Now I just had to wait. I could tell a few different times that she needed to go because she would whine and dance a little and want up. So I would take her over to her chair, but nothing. I continuely tried to put her on her chair for a few minutes each time to get her to go, but no luck. Then, while playing with Hannah on the floor, with KaeLee nearby, I heard a grunt, only to look up and see her in mid-poop. Literally with half a terd hanging out of her. Haha. I ran over, shouting, “wait! Wait!” Scooped her up and whisked her over to the potty chair, only to have the poop fall out onto the kitchen floor on the way. However, she DID finish going poop on the potty chair! Whoo-Hoo! She was super excited to see it and proud of herself, but was quite concerned about her dirty bottom. She kept saying “wipe! Wipe! Wipe! Wipe” Over and over again. Yes KaeLee, mommy will wipe your butt.

I continued with the no-panties thinking she has GOT to go soon, seeming how she drank nearly a half gallon of fluids! 4 hours after having drunken all these fluids, I decided that she needs panties on her. Knowing full well at this point, that she is going to go pee as soon as those panties get on her, but I couldn’t take it. It was become a concern of health, her holding her pee that long! So the panties went on, I started getting her dinner ready and watching her. And yes, within a couple of minutes, she started to pee, but she stopped herself as soon as she felt it on her. I put her on the potty, reassuring her it’s okay and trying to explain, once again, that the pee pee goes in the potty. Well, she didn’t finish going. She has holding it.

*Sigh* So I am not sure how to get her to relax on the potty and let her know it’s okay to pee in the potty. Apparently she doesn’t have a problem pooping in it, but peeing is another story. Usually, from what I have heard from other moms, it is the pooping in the toilet that their kids have the problem with.

Potty Training Continues, Day 2! (well, 1 ½)
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
11:45am
KaeLee is down for her nap. This morning has been pretty unsuccessful. I am pretty stumped in what direction to go in. With panties on, or bare naked…..

I started with panties on and every time she went, she would whine and say ewww…… so I would hurry to the potty chair, knowing that she was not done peeing. But she would not finish going in the potty chair. Hmmm…… so I took the panties off again like I did last night, knowing full well that she will try to hold it. But she didn’t. She started to go, and the second she felt it trickling down her leg, she would stop and run to me, half-crying. So I would run and put her on the toilet, being way too excited and we would wait. And wait. And wait. She would not finish peeing on the toilet. Ugh. So after sitting on the toilet for 5 minutes, she got up and continued playing. 3 minutes later, she would start trickling and did the same thing. Frustrating. By this time, it was 11:15 and just about time for bed, so I took her upstairs, put a diaper on her and put her down for a nap. I am sure that when I get her up from nap, her diaper will be soaked.

It is tough stuff, but I will continue to push through and hopefully she will at least go potty in her chair at some point today. Shawn suggested that I get on the potty chair on go potty in it myself. Haha. That’s a picture that will surely stay with you for a while. Haha. For one, I am pretty sure my big butt won’t fit on her little chair and , two, I know for a fact I cannot squat down that close to the ground without falling over onto my face! Haha. We will see how it goes and will see if desperate times call for desperate measures. Haha.

3:30pm
After a 3 ½ hour nap, round 2 begins

5:45pm
Diaper went back on.
She started going pee in her panties and started to run towards me.... then she slipped in her own pee and fell flat on her face on the kitchen floor. My poor girl. I felt super bad and decided we'd be done for the day.

The next day
KaeLee came over and grabbed her diaper and said "eeeewwwwww!!!" So I went and changed her and sure enough she was poopy. A few minutes later, she came over and said "eeeewwwyy eeeewwwyy eeewwwyy!!!) I changed her again, she was wet. About 10 minutes later, she came over and kept saying "potty. potty. potty." Then I looked down (I was feeding Hannah in the chair) and she is holding her diaper out to me and it is full of pee. Yup KaeLee, you went potty. Too bad it was in your diaper and not your potty chair! She was wearing a dress, which enabled her to take her diaper off..... so we will see where this takes her.

I'm not not I have the patience just yet for this. Or if I am quite ready to tackle this hurdle. Time will tell, I suppose.