My Little Tinker Bell

Madison will be 3 in May and I'm still in awe of how amazing she is. She soooo smart, a few months ago she asked "what's that?" as we passed a power plant, I explained as simply as possible, that it was a place that made power for us, so we could turn on the lights and the t.v. and mommy could blow dry her hair. She thought a minute and said......." Like a battery?" In shock I said " Yes just like a battery, little smarty!!"
Lately she been obsessed with Tinker Bell and has been asking me everyday to fix her hair like Tinker Bell. The first time I did it, it turned out perfect, and second and eleventh time it looked more like a pony tail. And I'm sure you've all read about my mishaps of potty training, well it's happened!!! One day I woke up and said "we're done with diapers!!!" I moved all the diapers out of the diaper drawer and replaced them with panties. And I told Madison we were going to wear panties from now on. Mind you the first two days we had quit a few accidents, but we survived and were much better for it!!! It's been a week and she been wearing panties all day, everyday!!!!!!!! We still wear a diaper at night but this morning she was still dry and went in and used the potty right away, so that's a good sign. Oh and poo poo was never a problem!!! Great hu? Any ways I'm kinda in love with my daughter and I wanted to the world to know how great is......and not just because she's potty trained, because she's smart, beautiful, imaginative, sweet natured, sensitive, and loves her mommy unconditionally!!!! (Even if I haven't showered in 2 days or fixed my hair in 4.)
I've been reading that book Captivating, and I'm realizing how importnat it really is to be that encouraging mom, and how much it impacts us as an adult. I want to be that mom to her encouraging, understnading, loving her so she values herself as a woman of God later in life.

Been Up 2?!!

OK I know it's been forever and a day since my last blog, and well I could give a few good reasons for not posting but they'd take up my time, and I much rather tell you about what I've been up to.
First we had a great Christmas, Ryan and I drove 8 hours on 3 in. of packed snow to eastern Oregon to be with my parents. We had a GREAT time we relaxed, hung out with my brother and his new wife, got to visit with my sister, her husband and new little girl, played games every night till midnight, cut a Christmas a tree, decorated the Christmas tree, decorated Christmas cookies,(and gained 5 pounds) shot a Tommy gun and machine gun (all very legal for anyone concerned), and had the power go out for 18 hours due to heavy snow fall.















































Morgan's walking now and now the slow, unsure walk, the walking down the hall way past mommy and into the kitchen to play in Tupperware cabinet, walking. Very crazy. Also Madison and Morgan are officially sharing the same room, little Reuther secert, Morgan has been sleeping in our closet for the past 7 months. We tried to put her and Madison in the same room but they just kept each other up all night, so in into the next best thing.... the closet. And there she slept very well, all night no crying, quiet, dark little room of her own, well Ryan and I both knew this couldn't last forever, so when we got back from Oregon we put her straight into her room with big sis, and strangely it went fine.

Let see what else? Oh yeah anyone else tired of all the colds/virses running around, well I am!! We've (all 4 of us) have gotten sick 3 times since thanksgiving!! And poor little Morg has gotten an ear infection every time!! So needless to say I've had my hands full. Oh and well let just say potty training is .....well it's nothing in this household. I've tried everything, and my last attempt back fired on me big time!!!! I called my cousin ( she has two little girls and a little 3 month old boy) for some advise on getting this done with. She said she told her daughter that she was too old to be wearing diapers and wasn't going to put them on her anymore and if she( the 2 year old) wanted to wear them she'd have to put them on herself. Well it worked for little Abb. She couldn't get it on and was forced to put on panties, and with in a few days had it down. OK sounds good right? Well it does if your 2 year doesn't have the body of a 4 year old!! I told Madison this same thing and well...... she GOT IT ON!!! And now she thinks she's a big girl cuz she puts her own diapers on, so now I don't even know when she pees cuz she just changes it her self, and because she's always thrown away her diapers after I changed them she throws them away too!! How do I know all this you may ask... well I caught her changing her own little diaper!!! So here's my plan.... I'm not buying anymore diapers!!!!! When we're out, we're out!!! And she'll have to use the big girl potty!!!! Crazy hu? I'm sure there will be a post in store for you all about that one.
Any ways I'm glad it's a new year I have lots to tell you about my plans for this year but that's a whole new post, and I want to take my time on that one. But one thing I can tell you now is that I have a few new jobs, I'm going to be doing a few different things for Owen's Pharmacy from home, we'll see how it goes, lots of calling people and filing of paper work. I'm a little nervous but if I plan it right with naps I should be set. The extra income would be nice.... you know the old "pay off debts" resolution, it's right after my loss 15 pounds.

Any ways bed is calling, and I'm ready for it!! Night.