August 31, 2009
A tisket a tasket!
We have officially started potty training! We're on day 2, and things aren't going as well as I had hoped. I think I just expected her to learn the first day, and that would be it. Wishful thinking, I know. I made a chart for her so we can track what she does in the bathroom. Every time she completes a task (say for instance pulling her pull up down by herself) she gets a sticker to put on her chart. She has responded positively to this type of reward system, but today she only wants the stickers for herself. I'm trying not to get discouraged, and I know this will take some time. I just need to learn to be patient with her and realize that if she's not ready, she's not ready.
August 17, 2009
Somebody to Love <3
We had Claire's pictures taken for her 2nd birthday on Saturday. They turned out SOOO cute!
August 14, 2009
Sleep? What's that?
Tonight started off amazing and relaxing. I went to a wonderful $5 yoga class with Jamie, Rhonda, and Misty and worked my butt of. They had no air conditioning and radiant heat in the floor so it was stinkin' hot. It made for a great work out though.
I come home from this great stress-free workout, climb into bed, and start reading my fantastic post-WWII book. Around 11:40 Claire wakes up and is ready to come into our bed. I get her and her milk and lay her down with me. After she fell back asleep I finished my book, turned off the light, then went to bed myself. I had just started falling asleep when she woke up. She was up almost every hour sometimes sooner. Finally at 2:30 I get out of bed with her, change her diaper, try and give her some water, and tried to rock her. She just cried and cried and cried. When I finally asked if she wanted to go play she immediately stopped crying and said "Yeah!" too enthusiastically for it being almost 3 in the morning.
Now we're sitting in the living room watching Toy Story. She has taken her "pink baby" to the store and back home again. She's also eaten some chocolate Teddy Grahams, and is now playing with a toy music player. I have yet to go to bed, and am hoping that some playing will wear her out enough to go to sleep soon. I think we'll be up til at least 5am. I haven't slept a full night since before I had her. Oh sleep how I miss you.
I come home from this great stress-free workout, climb into bed, and start reading my fantastic post-WWII book. Around 11:40 Claire wakes up and is ready to come into our bed. I get her and her milk and lay her down with me. After she fell back asleep I finished my book, turned off the light, then went to bed myself. I had just started falling asleep when she woke up. She was up almost every hour sometimes sooner. Finally at 2:30 I get out of bed with her, change her diaper, try and give her some water, and tried to rock her. She just cried and cried and cried. When I finally asked if she wanted to go play she immediately stopped crying and said "Yeah!" too enthusiastically for it being almost 3 in the morning.
Now we're sitting in the living room watching Toy Story. She has taken her "pink baby" to the store and back home again. She's also eaten some chocolate Teddy Grahams, and is now playing with a toy music player. I have yet to go to bed, and am hoping that some playing will wear her out enough to go to sleep soon. I think we'll be up til at least 5am. I haven't slept a full night since before I had her. Oh sleep how I miss you.
August 12, 2009
It's been awhile!
The past couple months have turned into being a great summer! We have enjoyed the somewhat mild weather Wichita has been experiencing.
The last weekend of June we went on vacation to beautiful Denver, Colorado for James' cousin's wedding. The ceremony was at Red Rocks which was absolutely gorgeous. We got some really pretty family pictures with some of the rocks in the background. The reception was at the Mariott, and was a lot of fun! Claire made some friends and danced the entire time! She was so cute and the talk of everyone. Saturday, the 27th, we relaxed and spent time with James' family. Sunday afternoon we took Claire to the Denver Aquarium which she absolutely loved. We said goodbye to James' parents and sisters and drove to Ft. Collins later that afternoon. When we got to Colorado we went to see my great grandpa then had dinner at my Uncle Tom's house. We had a great evening with my family. Monday we got up fairly early, and drove into Poudre Valley with my cousin Jenni and her kids. We stopped at Vern's and got cinnamon rolls (delish!), and had a great morning in the mountains. Claire loved playing in the water, and finding rocks to throw into the river. We went back to my Uncles for lunch, saw my grandpa, then spent the rest of the afternoon in downtown Ft. Collins shopping. We had ice cream at Walrus and walked around. Before heading to Jenni's to eat dinner we stopped back by my great grandpa's nursing home to see him. It was emotional because I knew it would probably be the last time I would see him. After dinner we left to drive back to Denver to spend a few days as a little family before heading back home. We took Claire to the Denver Children's Museum, and drove to Castle Rock to do some shopping in the outlet mall. We had a fantastic vacation and were very thankful we could do it. The only bad thing about our vacation was Claire's purple blanket (that was my baby blanket) was lost, and none of the hotels we stayed at have found it. I called them all again today so hopefully I find out something tomorrow.
Since we had just gotten back from vacation for the 4th of July we relaxed at home and tried to get back into our routine. That night we went to the Morgan's and watched their neighborhood fireworks. It was really fun and laid back. Just the kind of holiday we needed.
Claire's birthday is in a week from Friday. I cannot believe she'll be 2 years old! Time has gone by soooo fast. Her vocabulary continues to grow everyday. She is talking completely. There isn't anything she doesn't say. She voices her opinion, and is turning into a little diva. Some days are better than others, but most of the time she is an angel. I love my little girl! For her birthday this year we are doing a Nemo theme. I made her invitations using really bright colors, and a print out of a picture of Nemo. They turned out really cute. Next week I need to run all the necessary errands to get everything done. It's a busy busy weekend that week!
I start my last and final semester of college a week from Saturday. I'm taking 10 hours! I'm taking Medical Terminology, Intro to Astronomy, a Photoshop workshop, and Personal Finance. I'm really excited about the classes I'm taking, but my opinion may change after I'm well into the semester.
Candice and the kids are in town so yesterday Claire and I went over to my aunt's house and had an impromptu pool party. The kids had a blast. Owen and Chellee were running and jumping into the pool and splashing the water everywhere. Claire and Rory were content with just sitting in the water. Steph, Candice, and I sat on the porch and enjoyed the weather. It was relatively nice for being the middle of August!
Claire has been really good today. Except for this afternoon she kind of went into meltdown mode and started crying for no reason. We spent the entire day at home so I could get all of our laundry done. James and I bought new towels over the weekend, so I had to get the old ones washed and put away for a future garage sale. Its been a relaxing day at home. I love days like this.
The last weekend of June we went on vacation to beautiful Denver, Colorado for James' cousin's wedding. The ceremony was at Red Rocks which was absolutely gorgeous. We got some really pretty family pictures with some of the rocks in the background. The reception was at the Mariott, and was a lot of fun! Claire made some friends and danced the entire time! She was so cute and the talk of everyone. Saturday, the 27th, we relaxed and spent time with James' family. Sunday afternoon we took Claire to the Denver Aquarium which she absolutely loved. We said goodbye to James' parents and sisters and drove to Ft. Collins later that afternoon. When we got to Colorado we went to see my great grandpa then had dinner at my Uncle Tom's house. We had a great evening with my family. Monday we got up fairly early, and drove into Poudre Valley with my cousin Jenni and her kids. We stopped at Vern's and got cinnamon rolls (delish!), and had a great morning in the mountains. Claire loved playing in the water, and finding rocks to throw into the river. We went back to my Uncles for lunch, saw my grandpa, then spent the rest of the afternoon in downtown Ft. Collins shopping. We had ice cream at Walrus and walked around. Before heading to Jenni's to eat dinner we stopped back by my great grandpa's nursing home to see him. It was emotional because I knew it would probably be the last time I would see him. After dinner we left to drive back to Denver to spend a few days as a little family before heading back home. We took Claire to the Denver Children's Museum, and drove to Castle Rock to do some shopping in the outlet mall. We had a fantastic vacation and were very thankful we could do it. The only bad thing about our vacation was Claire's purple blanket (that was my baby blanket) was lost, and none of the hotels we stayed at have found it. I called them all again today so hopefully I find out something tomorrow.
Since we had just gotten back from vacation for the 4th of July we relaxed at home and tried to get back into our routine. That night we went to the Morgan's and watched their neighborhood fireworks. It was really fun and laid back. Just the kind of holiday we needed.
Claire's birthday is in a week from Friday. I cannot believe she'll be 2 years old! Time has gone by soooo fast. Her vocabulary continues to grow everyday. She is talking completely. There isn't anything she doesn't say. She voices her opinion, and is turning into a little diva. Some days are better than others, but most of the time she is an angel. I love my little girl! For her birthday this year we are doing a Nemo theme. I made her invitations using really bright colors, and a print out of a picture of Nemo. They turned out really cute. Next week I need to run all the necessary errands to get everything done. It's a busy busy weekend that week!
I start my last and final semester of college a week from Saturday. I'm taking 10 hours! I'm taking Medical Terminology, Intro to Astronomy, a Photoshop workshop, and Personal Finance. I'm really excited about the classes I'm taking, but my opinion may change after I'm well into the semester.
Candice and the kids are in town so yesterday Claire and I went over to my aunt's house and had an impromptu pool party. The kids had a blast. Owen and Chellee were running and jumping into the pool and splashing the water everywhere. Claire and Rory were content with just sitting in the water. Steph, Candice, and I sat on the porch and enjoyed the weather. It was relatively nice for being the middle of August!
Claire has been really good today. Except for this afternoon she kind of went into meltdown mode and started crying for no reason. We spent the entire day at home so I could get all of our laundry done. James and I bought new towels over the weekend, so I had to get the old ones washed and put away for a future garage sale. Its been a relaxing day at home. I love days like this.
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