Potty Training Progress

So mid-week last week Holiday decided that she didn't want to wear pull-ups anymore.  Usually any daytime accidents are a result of a wardrobe malfunction so that's less common to happen but occasionally does.  She can make it through nap time easily without an accident.  Over night is a different ball game but she is trying.  Some nights she has an accident and doesn't wake up.  Other nights she does and wakes up upset.  Night before last she had a dry night...total A+!!!  I have two sets of bedding for her so I do a lot of laundry.  It's now an extra task for the morning routine and bed down routine but a task worth doing.  Basically like I get Johnny up before we go to bed to feed him again so we have an attempt at a decent night's sleep, we take Holiday to the bathroom to go one last time before we go to bed in the hopes that her bed is dry in the morning.  Her record so far is 7 1/2 hours but hasn't consistently made that mark yet.  But she's trying oh-so-hard and still insists that she doesn't want to wear the pull-up...just the panties.  We got some errands done over the last weekend.  David and I both got hair cuts and David got the oil changed in the car.  Did some birthday shopping around too.  Yesterday we saw Anna dance at the Irish Festival at the Seattle Center.  She's been the group long enough to rank the embroidered dress and the hard shoes.  Toni embroidered the dress herself since it's such a money saver, I guess those puppies run around $500.  WHOOWEE!!!  I'd be getting out the needle and thread too.  In a couple years Anna will rank the sequined dress which run thousands of dollars (OMG) so Toni will be sewing those too.  But Anna looked great out there and the whole troupe of dancers were real sharp.

Weekend in Review

Holly did much better in dance class this week.  It wasn't a viewing week so David and I peeked in the window and she was all into the lesson.  I also think the colds are pretty much gone now so that probably helped.  We got outside on Saturday, we just set up Johnny in his saucer in the shade in a nice grassy spot.  I  knocked out the pruning on the butterfly bush and David cleaned up the bush/holly/blackberry trimmings.  Holly got to play in her sandbox and played a little badminton with Daddy.  David also checked out our lawnmower and thinks he can fix it, that's worth a shot anyway.  If he can that saves us from buying a new one and we'll need to mow soon.  All in all, it was a good block of yardwork done and even filled up the green bin for this week's pick up.  Sunday we did the usual leisurely morning and grocery shopping.  Johnny had a little tumble while cruising the living room.  He's being a little more adventureous by trying to take a step on his own.  He was doing just that and crashed into a pile of toys.  He's okay but he got a cut under his eye fairly high on his cheekbone.  It looked better this morning now that the swelling is gone but it's still fairly red.  We're just focusing on keeping it clean so it doesn't get any worse.  Poor baby boy...

Colds are Lame...Part 2?

Either this is a second bug or the last one is taking its darn sweet time.  Holly is a little sniffly and coughy.  Johnny is doing better on the runny nose and the cough.  David feels as if the cold has never left him.  I feel like there's a new one starting up on me.  Or I could just be a little run down by the lack of sleep factor because I feel better today after getting a solid 6 hours of sleep last night.  I have some post-nasel thing happening with slight sore throat and the mildest of headaches and muscle soreness.  It's like feeling generally mildly crappy so I don't know which direction this is going yet.  To add to this Johnny's teeth were hurting him really bad this morning...those little teethies have got to break through soon.  It's so weird that he got his last 8 teeth incredibly early and it's taking such a long time for the next round.  Holly was acting up last Saturday during her dance lesson and it's hard to say what the issue was.  It could be that she wasn't feeling too well or she felt a little too much pressure being first on stage during the lesson.  In either case, it wasn't her fault but it was still upsetting.  It'll get easier when can communicate her feelings better.  But it wasn't all bad either, Grandma and Grandpa took us all to the Museum of Flight and the kids had a lot of fun checking stuff out.  I actually got out in the yard on Sunday and pruned all the roses...finally.  Our grass is getting super happy with all the rain and sun so it might need the first mow of the year soon.  We'll have to see what we have time for this weekend, especially if we're in for more sickness.

What's happening lately...

This latest round of colds have been quite lingering for the kids.  They still have a little bit of a cough, mostly when they wake up.  Johnny still has a runny nose but it seemed considerably less this morning.  So hopefully that will wrap up soon.  We spent last weekend running errands, getting the computer part recall taken care of and getting Vader's yearly shots.  Johnny has let us sleep a little, but he still wakes up in the early morning hours every couple of days.  We think it's the teething.  He's so close to have more teeth coming in, they are just taking their time.  He has 8 teeth total right now...6 of those he got all at once early November.  It looks like he'll have another batch of teeth when the next round makes its appearance.  He's been drooling out his clothes and gnawing on his fingers.  He's also been cruising around the house, getting into stuff...he always seems to know what he shouldn't get into.  Our house is fairly babyproofed but there's some of those toddler things that we didn't think much about.  So the babyproofing just happens as we go.  Holiday has been 'helping' lately.  Like helping Daddy cook or helping me fold clothes.  Little helper Holly.  She goes back and forth through her books, her bunny house, playing Rollie Pollies, art projects and the like.  David and I have been busy with errands lately so there hasn't been a lot of free time.  Usually the time we get we either play board games or simply decompress on the couch watching tv or cruising around on our tablets.  This might be the weekend that I can actually get out in the yard because the time is now for getting those roses pruned.  The yard is coming back to life...and that includes the weeds so I got to get out there and get to work.

Colds, Valentine's and Sleep deprivation...oh my!

We're still working on all our colds.  Today there seems to be a lot of coughing and sneezing just because our little selfs are just trying to get rid of the rest of the snot.  Poor little Johnny is just a snot rocket right now,  the good news is that it's getting out.  On Valentine's Day when I went to put my shoes on I was met with Holiday saying, "Happy Valentine's Day Mommy."  It was so cute.  She made little Valentine's with David's help for her friends at daycare.  After dance class we took the kids to Pike Place Market and the weather actually turned out to be pretty nice that day.  David and I went on a date night on Saturday.  Uncle Drew, Ellie and Anna came to our house to babysit the kids.  We had dinner at Mojimi and dessert at Diletannte's.  Everything was great.  The only rough part of the weekend is that the kids keep getting up early or waking up in the middle of the night.  David had it rough yesterday.  I know today my brain is super fuzzy and I have a headache.  Holly woke up twice last night and I'm not sure what the issue was.  She was crying so it might have been a bad dream.  All I could make out was her saying, "I'm upset."  She did go back to sleep both times and today her mood seems much better.

Johnny's 9 month check up

I guess my brain was so snotted up yesterday that I forgot to tell all about Johnny's check up from yesterday.  Basically he's a big, healthy boy.  I don't remember the numbers off hand but his weight and head circumference were somewhere in the 90's percentile and his height near 50th percentile.  The doctor was passing off the height measurement as an inaccurate read since Johnny is so squirmy that it's just difficult to get a good measurement.  Johnny didn't like his ears being looked at but he liked trying the get the light from Dr. Hutchinson.  No shots this time but there will be more at the 12 month check up.  Since Holiday's birthday is just 3 weeks before Johnny's I'll just piggy back them when it's time for Johnny's next check up, then we'll get all the shots over with together.  The doctor suspects John will be walking be the time she sees him again.  He's drooling like mad so maybe he's cooking up another batch of teeth.  Both the kids seem a little better from yesterday, at least they're sleeping pretty good.  They're not waking up in the middle of the night coughing or anything like that.  Holly had a couple crash 'n burns last night.  She always had this thing that she could do anything she wants and the universe was going to take care of her.  Maybe last night has opened her eyes that maybe she should listen to mommy and daddy when they say no running in the house and no jumping on the couch.  Slipping on the floor and falling off the couch on your head is less fun.  The night before she ran without looking and bowled Johnny over, but luckily he was on the rug...didn't even cry. She felt really bad about that one and was worried that she hurt Johnny, but he was fine.  David and I definitely have our hands full with a precocious toddler and infant that will soon be walking.  'Toddler' just doesn't seem like the right word for Holiday anymore she's so grown up.  Perhaps 'pre-schooler' would be more accurate.

Colds are Lame

Holiday and Johnny picked up a cold from daycare last week and now we all have it.  Mine just started yesterday and so far I wouldn't say it's the worst cold I've ever had.  Holiday missed her dance class on Saturday because of it but is otherwise doing okay.  Fevers are pretty low grade, so as long as Johnny nurses fairly usual that will be enough for me. So it's kind of a bummer that we just stayed in the house all weekend, better luck next time.