Baby Sister will be blessed

Baby Sister will be blessed on Sunday. Most of my family is coming tomorrow for a visit and to see her be blessed. I love having our family get together and watch the cousins and friends play together.

Potty Training Woes

Please don't judge me, but my 3 year old is not potty trained. She will pee on the potty but she will not poop on the potty. We don't know how to get her to poop on the potty. Yesterday I bought her an Elmo and put it in front of her. I told her that when she pooped on the potty she could have the Elmo. She sat there for 20 minutes, I gave her books to look at. Finally, she did it, for the first time!! She opened her Elmo and was happy. The bad news is that she pooped two more times yesterday and they were not in the potty. How do I do this? She still even has pee accidents in her panties, but she will pee on the potty.

The funny thing is she squats on the potty instead of sitting on it.

Baby Sister's 2 Month Check-Up

Weight 10.3 lbs (35%)
Length 21 inches (7%)

Baby Sister got shots today and did not like them. It's so awful to hear their wail of betrayal as they are poked multiple times by the nurse.

Saturday Thoughts

Just some thoughts from this week:

• I finally found a custom photographer to take our family pictures which we had scheduled for today. It was to cold so we are rescheduling for next month. Everyone was about ready so the morning was stressful even though we finally cancelled the session. Next month I just have to deal with it again. I don't like family picture day until the pictures are taken.
• All three kids had cavities and we spent three days at the dentist office this week. Monday we have one more visit and then it's another 6 months for the kids. We have to do better at brushing and flossing.
• We had New Beginnings in Young Women this week and had a fabulous speaker. I was so grateful I attended and was touched by the special spirit in the meeting.
• We are blessing the baby next Sunday so I have lots to do to get my house ready for family to stay with us. The kids will be happy to see all their cousins.
• My sweet baby is starting to smile and she is so precious.
• I am reading Superfudge with ZMan and we are loving it. It makes me laugh so hard, I think I am enjoying it more than he is.
  

Happy Valentine's Day!

Our Valentine Girls

Our Dentist Visit

Yesterday all three kids got their teeth cleaned. This was the Doodles first dentist visit and she did so good. She even let them do x-rays. Unfortunately she does have a cavity. Actually all three kids have cavities, bummer.

Yay Princess Izzybee!

Baby Sister

I took a few pictures of Baby Sister on Sunday before church. She has discovered her hand and when her binkie isn't in her mouth she is sucking on her hand. Isn't she cute?

Way to go ZMan!

Baby Sister with Big Sisters & Grandma

I took a few pictures of Baby Sister with Grandma before Grandma went home. I didn't get a good face shot of Baby Sister but can you tell that she is losing her newborn look? I'm thinking around 6 weeks is when they start losing the "look" and looking more like an infant. The newborn phase doesn't last long enough.

Also Princess Izzybee is enjoying holding and kissing Baby Sister.

Family Update

I haven't posted much. New baby and a busy few weeks at work. I'm starting to feel more normal again, although I am sleep deprived.

Baby Sister is getting so big so fast. She is growing and is so chubby and squishy. I just love to be able to hold her and cuddle with her. She may be our last baby so I am trying to soak up her babiness. Baby Sister has discovered her hands and likes to suck on them and I've seen a few smiles.

My mom was here for a week and a half and loved holding Baby Sister. Mom was a huge help through the festival by spending time with the kids while I worked. The Doodle loved having Grandma to spend time with, she played games and read books. She has missed Grandma this week. Actually Mom will be moving up to Logan to live with Tiffi and Allen and I am excited about her being so much closer. We will be able to see her more. Yay!

Randy has been busy with Allen planning the move for my Mom. They are driving down next weekend to move her up. I am amazed that they are making all their plans by texting instead of talking on the phone (like I would do). It kinda drives me crazy since I don't text and think it is very time consuming. Plus I'm sure they are missing details that they should talk about.

ZMan and Princess Izzybee are doing good in school. We just had parent teacher conference with ZMan's teacher and overall he is improving. We are upping his reading goal and I will spend more time reading with him out loud to make sure the comprehension is there. I'm hoping we can read some good books that we will both like. Princess Izzybee will have her parent teacher conference when her teacher returns from maternity leave. I have upped her reading goal as well and hope to read more with her as well.

The Doodle is into everything as usual. This week she's dumped the Hershey syrup all over the counter and down the sink and ruined half a pie with spices from the spice cabinet. She has her own agenda and pretty much does whatever she wants. I guess she is teaching me patience. It's a good thing she's so cute!

Happy Weekend!