So to every 2 year old, potty training is a momentous time in their life.... for the parents it is extra laundry, less diapers and a lot more being aware of what time it is and when they went last.
This past 3 day weekend was one of those hair pulling exciting and frustrating weekends. Kaiya wanted to be naked all weekend (despite the 30 degree weather). She kept pulling her pants around her ankles taking off her diaper and yelling potty potty potty and running to the bathroom. To her this is exciting to us parents it is exciting and a lot of work. She never did once go in the potty but yet in her diaper I imagine right before she realized she had to potty. So countless diapers later and hours of wrestling with her to keep some clothes on we are hoping that potty training will go better.
When I dropped her off at school today, they said that we are going to start working on a potty schedule and that they will call us in and sit us down to discuss the schedule. We will need to keep the same one at home and at school making bathrooms easily accessible so we have little to no accidents. Also always have at school at least 5 outfits, 7 pairs of panties and 2 pairs of school appropriate shoes.. Now this isnt that big of a deal except for the fact that Kaiya's shoe size is an odd one and we have to spend 30.00 a pair. I am not one to throw money away or to let my kid run around in cheap shoes....
I never believed my parents when they said kids are expensive you wait and see... Well now I see, diapers and wipes to tons of clothes, panties and shoes. I wonder how we stay afloat sometimes...
Any potty training tips would be appreciated! I am losing my mind with chasing her down after she has already gone.
YAY for the POTTY
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Kids
As a mother I have learned that kids can be a major blessing but at the same time they can be a lot of work. I am super blessed to have a very spirited, opinionated, loving and emotional child. She will go from being happy one minute to flopping on the ground in a fit the next.
Kaiya has been trying to be a mommy herself, one of her favorite things to do is to put her diapers on her baby dolls (even though her baby dolls have their own diapers). When the diaper wont fit correctly she comes and asks for help by throwing the baby in your face and holding the diaper, however once you get the diaper on the doll she takes it right off and wants it put back on them. I guess she will make a good babysitter one day.
She also loves cars and her kitchen, tom boy and girly girl all in one. We recently purchased her a basketball hoop for her birthday and she enjoys dunking the ball in it. We also just recently rearranged her room so that her bed is in the middle of her room and is only on one wall, we are hoping she will learn to sleep in it and not against the wall (she does have the mesh rails on it to keep her from falling off).
We cannot believe how fast she is growing and learning and accomplishing to be independent and at the same time dependent on us for different things. We are proud parents even when she is driving us crazy!
Our close friends here in Virginia just welcomed a new baby boy into there family last night, we are praying for a very fast recovery for mom and baby and hope to see them soon.
Kaiya has been trying to be a mommy herself, one of her favorite things to do is to put her diapers on her baby dolls (even though her baby dolls have their own diapers). When the diaper wont fit correctly she comes and asks for help by throwing the baby in your face and holding the diaper, however once you get the diaper on the doll she takes it right off and wants it put back on them. I guess she will make a good babysitter one day.
She also loves cars and her kitchen, tom boy and girly girl all in one. We recently purchased her a basketball hoop for her birthday and she enjoys dunking the ball in it. We also just recently rearranged her room so that her bed is in the middle of her room and is only on one wall, we are hoping she will learn to sleep in it and not against the wall (she does have the mesh rails on it to keep her from falling off).
We cannot believe how fast she is growing and learning and accomplishing to be independent and at the same time dependent on us for different things. We are proud parents even when she is driving us crazy!
Our close friends here in Virginia just welcomed a new baby boy into there family last night, we are praying for a very fast recovery for mom and baby and hope to see them soon.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
In with the New and Out with the Old
It was a bitter sweet day yesterday, we had to settle on a horrible amount for the Integra (of course insurance companies don't care about what you have paid to put in the car or what you paid for it) and now it is time to pay off some of the debt inquired to fix the new car and get moving with our lives. We received in the parts to fix the turbo in the Legacy so now hopefully this weekend that will be taken care of and running well.
I have a strange feeling that this weekend I will be doing some much needed cleaning. It is time to flush our house of the excess and unnecessary things and move forward with a fresh start. I have been wanting to get rid of so much and it seems like we bring a lot in and only take out a little every time we do this. Hopefully this weekend will be different.
With Kaiya getting older and "hopefully" putting on some weight we will be able to get her out of her 12-18 month clothing and into some size 2! I know she is growing because most of her regular t-shirts have now become belly button showing shirts. Thank goodness for the CDC, they are helping her to not be so picky and she actually eats there. Its a huge shock to us.
So for our family this weekend will hopefully be a fresh start to a new beginning and a new year.
Have a blessed day!
I have a strange feeling that this weekend I will be doing some much needed cleaning. It is time to flush our house of the excess and unnecessary things and move forward with a fresh start. I have been wanting to get rid of so much and it seems like we bring a lot in and only take out a little every time we do this. Hopefully this weekend will be different.
With Kaiya getting older and "hopefully" putting on some weight we will be able to get her out of her 12-18 month clothing and into some size 2! I know she is growing because most of her regular t-shirts have now become belly button showing shirts. Thank goodness for the CDC, they are helping her to not be so picky and she actually eats there. Its a huge shock to us.
So for our family this weekend will hopefully be a fresh start to a new beginning and a new year.
Have a blessed day!
Monday, January 7, 2013
Internet Bashing
One of the things that I find untolerable when is people feel the need to put someone on blast on a public site (aka facebook, myspace) is there anything more unclassy then someone bringing all their "online" friends into their issues... Its pure childish behavior... Not only do you look like an idiot but you make them look like one too. Save your own personal feelings, drama, emotions and BS for some place else... Its called cyber bullying and its not ok.
So many kids in this world kill them selves because of these people. It is almost always the same type of person who is doing the bullying, the person with no self respect, confidence, class and no happiness. These people feel the need to put others down for fun and to get a rise out of them or to make people feel like crap.
If you wonder as to why this world is evil and cruel its because of the things we let others get away with. Not everyone is a bad person and some people do care about others. If you dont ever trust people and let them in whole heartily and move forward with honesty, dignity and respect, you will never get anywhere in life. I am so blessed with a wonderful family, husband and child and I am scared to see what the world will do to destroy my daughter when she is growing up and going through school. Hopefully if one person sees this and reads it and decides to make a change the rest of the world can too.
So many kids in this world kill them selves because of these people. It is almost always the same type of person who is doing the bullying, the person with no self respect, confidence, class and no happiness. These people feel the need to put others down for fun and to get a rise out of them or to make people feel like crap.
If you wonder as to why this world is evil and cruel its because of the things we let others get away with. Not everyone is a bad person and some people do care about others. If you dont ever trust people and let them in whole heartily and move forward with honesty, dignity and respect, you will never get anywhere in life. I am so blessed with a wonderful family, husband and child and I am scared to see what the world will do to destroy my daughter when she is growing up and going through school. Hopefully if one person sees this and reads it and decides to make a change the rest of the world can too.
Catch Up
What a long week and weekend this has been, time to play so catch up...
Nothing significant happened between Christmas and New Years. Kaiya celebrated her 2nd Birthday last Friday. She was so excited to blow out her candles and eat her Ice Cream cake. She got to celebrate her birthday with one of our friends who shares the same birthday with him. We had 2 cakes, one with 23 and the other with 2. She looks so tiny behind her cake. She was on a super sugar high since we went from
school to our friends and didnt eat dinner until after cake. Its ok though everyone deserves to have fun on their birthday.
Saturday we opened her gifts and she loved her trike and basketball hoop. She was a ball of fun watching ride away and play with her hoop (dunking it every time), we cleaned the house top to bottom and took our friends out for drinks and dinner for a fun night out... (which didnt end so fun, but we all arent adults yet)
Sunday was just a day to relax, grocery shop and get the laundry done. In the midst of our wonderful relaxing day there is always that one person who has to drag you into all of their personal drama.. But never the less. It still ended in a wonderful night of a full week of our daughter not having her binkie and a good nights sleep... well until 4:30am when you daughter wakes up screaming from a nightmare.
Have a wonderful day world!
Nothing significant happened between Christmas and New Years. Kaiya celebrated her 2nd Birthday last Friday. She was so excited to blow out her candles and eat her Ice Cream cake. She got to celebrate her birthday with one of our friends who shares the same birthday with him. We had 2 cakes, one with 23 and the other with 2. She looks so tiny behind her cake. She was on a super sugar high since we went from
Saturday we opened her gifts and she loved her trike and basketball hoop. She was a ball of fun watching ride away and play with her hoop (dunking it every time), we cleaned the house top to bottom and took our friends out for drinks and dinner for a fun night out... (which didnt end so fun, but we all arent adults yet)
Sunday was just a day to relax, grocery shop and get the laundry done. In the midst of our wonderful relaxing day there is always that one person who has to drag you into all of their personal drama.. But never the less. It still ended in a wonderful night of a full week of our daughter not having her binkie and a good nights sleep... well until 4:30am when you daughter wakes up screaming from a nightmare.
Have a wonderful day world!
Friday, December 28, 2012
Over Spending
Now that we have to go and purchase a new vehicle things just seem to be more expensive. How is it that you can not find a decent car for a decent price that wont raise your insurance up 100.00 every month. Maybe it is the fact that Cody wants certain cars that are fast and have parts on them so they are more to insure, what ever happened to a good reliable family car and then a project car? How come everything has to be fast and have aftermarket parts and things like that. I might be the only one but I want something factory that gets good gas mileage that I dont have to worry about things getting stolen from it....
However that case may be, we can not agree/find a car that we are both willing to purchase and pay for. Everyone has a budget on what they can and cant afford, I dont feel comfortable outside of that budget even though we both work full time I want to be able to survive on one income. Call me crazy but with us being military we can always just get moved when ever and then we wont have that 2nd income coming in and then how do you afford bills? I do not know how some families feel that it is ok to run up credit cards and max out loans just to live a "certain" lifestyle. Being a military wife I have found that the army has amazing programs (like the commissary) that offer you things at a cheaper rate or a tax free rate. Some of the specialty shops do cost more then others but thats a way of life. I cant justify buying the same gallon of milk from a grocery store for 4.00 a gallon when I can get it at the commissary for 2.05 a gallon (or less). I see it all the time through friends or acquaintances who complain about bills and have to go and splurge everything on payday because thats when the have the money for groceries for 2 weeks and they go out to eat all weekend and come the next week they have nothing in the account or pantry because they cant budget money..
It has taken me a lot of years and a very difficult financial period to be wise and not overspend what you make. Hopefully my family will continue to keep striving and saving and staying on budget for a while. My goal is to have at least 6 months of living expenses in a separate account for emergencies... Wish me luck!
Anyways thats my rant as far as not being smart with money and over spending.... This weekend we will be cracking down on finding a car that is right for our family and for Cody and our budget.... I can only hope for the best and prepare for the worst....
Have a blessed Friday! Enjoy your weekend
However that case may be, we can not agree/find a car that we are both willing to purchase and pay for. Everyone has a budget on what they can and cant afford, I dont feel comfortable outside of that budget even though we both work full time I want to be able to survive on one income. Call me crazy but with us being military we can always just get moved when ever and then we wont have that 2nd income coming in and then how do you afford bills? I do not know how some families feel that it is ok to run up credit cards and max out loans just to live a "certain" lifestyle. Being a military wife I have found that the army has amazing programs (like the commissary) that offer you things at a cheaper rate or a tax free rate. Some of the specialty shops do cost more then others but thats a way of life. I cant justify buying the same gallon of milk from a grocery store for 4.00 a gallon when I can get it at the commissary for 2.05 a gallon (or less). I see it all the time through friends or acquaintances who complain about bills and have to go and splurge everything on payday because thats when the have the money for groceries for 2 weeks and they go out to eat all weekend and come the next week they have nothing in the account or pantry because they cant budget money..
It has taken me a lot of years and a very difficult financial period to be wise and not overspend what you make. Hopefully my family will continue to keep striving and saving and staying on budget for a while. My goal is to have at least 6 months of living expenses in a separate account for emergencies... Wish me luck!
Anyways thats my rant as far as not being smart with money and over spending.... This weekend we will be cracking down on finding a car that is right for our family and for Cody and our budget.... I can only hope for the best and prepare for the worst....
Have a blessed Friday! Enjoy your weekend
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
What a Wonderful Weekend
Now that Christmas has come and gone it is time to relax, when are all out hustling and bustling for gifts and traveling to our loved ones homes we sometimes forget to relax and remember what the holiday season is all about. I know that for us this Christmas was hectic and bitter sweet.
Not only did they find Cody's car on Friday but it was completely stripped of all parts and so now we have to find out what is best for our family, to pay for something out right or to buy newer and have payments.... Only time will tell for that.
Christmas day in our house was a crazy one, with an almost 2 year old set in her ways about playing with the first gift that she got (her HotWheels in her stocking) and really not wanting anything else to do with opening presents and then the clean up and put away of all the toys, only to turn around and start on dinner.... We found that Christmas really didnt feel like Christmas. This was our first one on our own with no family close by. It was very bitter sweet just spending time as a family of 3 instead of hustling between in-laws and brothers and sisters and niece's, we truly missed our crazy and hectic families.
We hope that everyone has had a wonderful Christmas, no matter how near or far from family you are always remember to breath and relax. We are now on to planning our Daughters 2nd Birthday that is in a week and a half and making sure that that becomes a special day all in its own since its so close to Christmas.
Have a blessed day and always remember to be thankful for who you have in your lives and the many things that you have been blessed with.
Not only did they find Cody's car on Friday but it was completely stripped of all parts and so now we have to find out what is best for our family, to pay for something out right or to buy newer and have payments.... Only time will tell for that.
Christmas day in our house was a crazy one, with an almost 2 year old set in her ways about playing with the first gift that she got (her HotWheels in her stocking) and really not wanting anything else to do with opening presents and then the clean up and put away of all the toys, only to turn around and start on dinner.... We found that Christmas really didnt feel like Christmas. This was our first one on our own with no family close by. It was very bitter sweet just spending time as a family of 3 instead of hustling between in-laws and brothers and sisters and niece's, we truly missed our crazy and hectic families.
We hope that everyone has had a wonderful Christmas, no matter how near or far from family you are always remember to breath and relax. We are now on to planning our Daughters 2nd Birthday that is in a week and a half and making sure that that becomes a special day all in its own since its so close to Christmas.
Have a blessed day and always remember to be thankful for who you have in your lives and the many things that you have been blessed with.
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