I big puffy heart you Mom!!!

I totally needed to get out of the house tonight so I just called my mom up and BANG! 10 minutes later we're hanging at a tavern. 1 pitcher of beer, 1 bottle of wine, and 1 big ol yummy authentic Italian pizza later and I'm a happy mommy ready to head home. I don't know what I'd do without you, Mom!!
Just a funny side note: As I'm typing this I'm listening to Jeff is giving Shelby a bath and I hear him talking to her about how Mommy has privates like her and how Mommy will teach her how to keep it clean because Daddy doesn't know all about that stuff. ) hahaha. what a great daddy.

Monday evenings = UGH

Mondays after work are such a beating for me! I am of course, fine and able with the kids all by myself, but for some reason on the days Jeff has to work late and I am left to cook & feed dinner, then bathe both of them by myself, it is simply crazy. I can't enjoy one second of either of them because I am just running back and forth between them, putting out fires. Coleman has become the biggest piggy ever and SCREAMS at the top of his lungs if he is not stuffing his face. So, he decided to get hungry just as I was about halfway done cooking dinner, so I had to stop and find him something else to eat because he just couldn't wait. He quickly gobbled up the chicken that I gave him so I didn't have much time to do anything else before I was giving him more food. Then dinner was ready and I had to beg Shelby to come to the table and eat. She's not much of a dinner person. When dinner was over, it was Coleman pulling up on drawers that pull out and make him fall, to Shelby nicking her finger on something tiny and demanding a bandaid, to finding 2 little play gems that Shelby had torn off her dress-up shoes IN Coleman's mouth, to "no boy get back here you can't crawl into the bathroom!", to getting Shelby the piece of cake that she was demanding that I had promised her, to Coleman trying to eat my face off because he was apparently hungry again, to "Mommy I have to go poopoo" just as I sit down to feed him. And this was all before the bath. It was a freak show. Now I know why I usually have a little wine buzz from a glass or 2 before Jeff gets off work on these late days! :) A stubborn, "independent"ly needy 2 year old and a mobile 9 month old who NEVER stops moving can really wear a momma out!
Yesterday Coleman's first day at Sunshine House was great. They said he ate EVERY bite of his lunch, which was lasagna, green beens, and garlic bread. Haha! Somehow I doubt he'll be eating the jar foods I took up there for him "just in case." This boy likes food, just like his daddy!

From the weekend...

Today is Bubby's first day at his new daycare. We are so excited about it. When we walked in today lots of babies were playing on the floor amongst TONS of toys (something that didn't happen at the last place) and a few were sitting at the table eating breakfast. We put him in one of the chairs at the table so he could have some cheerios and yogurt for breakfast. I wish I had thought to take my camera in- he looked so cute and he's gonna have so many friends his age at this place! Yay!
Right now I am also working on uploading tons of pictures to shutterfly and then I'll be posting a few new albums so be sure to check them out (link on the left.)
This weekend Daddy was off on Friday, so I took off too and we had a family day with the kids. It was nice since Saturday was Daddy's day to work and Sunday he played baseball for 6 hours (He pitched 13 innings! Go Jeff!) We went to the pumpkin patch- just a little one on the side of the road- to take pictures. I didn't really get any great pics because the sun was bright and right above us and Coleman wouldn't even look up. I think it was too bright for him. Oh, and Shelby got into an ant pile and got several ant bites on her feet and hand. Saturday night the kids got dressed up in their dinosaur costumes and we went to Green Valley park for the fall festival thingy. We pulled them from Nonnie and Poppy's in the wagon with Nonnie, Poppy, Heather, and Tyler. It was fun but kinda crowded. Then we went home and ate some yummy pasta fagioli soup, lemon pie, and german chocolate cake. Yum!
Happy Birthday Uncle Ty-Ty!!!
Here's a picture from Saturday. My shirt said, "Dino Mom" (oh yeah, and I got my hair cut short on Friday, too):

Things to remember

Shelby is constantly saying the funniest things. Yesterday when we were leaving to go to Nonnie&Poppy's house and then to the Halloween festival, Shelby said, "Where are we going Mommy?" So I told her our plan and she said, "Oh yeah Mommy, that sounds like a great idea!" 2 nights ago she was lying down watching "The Lion King" and I asked her to come cuddle with me. She said, "No mommy I can't cuddle with you right now, I'm busy." Too busy to cuddle with mommy already!! :(
When Coleman tries to take a toy or a book from her, she yells, "Swiper no swiping!" 3 times just like Dora does. If we ask her if she wants something, like "Do you want some milk?" She always responds, "Oh Sure!" or "Ummm no fank you Mommy."
I just want to write all this down so we'll remember all her cute little phrases one day. She is so sweet and polite. Yesterday she told Poppy, "We use our words poppy." When she is in the room with me when I use the restroom, she says, "Oh mommy I'm so proud of you Mommy. Yay mommy!" She still thinks she should get a prize everytime she pees in the pot. It's getting a little expensive ;) haha

Shelby's leotard

It is so much fun having a girl. Yesterday I ran into a cute little leotard and some ballerina shoes that I just HAD to buy for Shelby so last night we played dress-up. Complete with the bun in her hair. We had fun :)

I am so ready to leave work and see my cute little kids. This morning around 10am Shelby's teacher called me and the class came and walked over to my office. I went outside to meet them and got to hug and kiss on my babygirl for a few minutes. She is such a bright place in our lives. She talks nonstop but it is so cute. I love how her personality and attitude are showing more and more on a daily basis. She is so polite. I'll say, "Shelby do you want .[whatever]." and she says, "Um no fank you Mommy." When we cough it's "Scuse you Mommy," when we sneeze it's "Bless you Daddy." When we're in her way she says, "'scuse me Mommy. Beep beep!" This morning on our walk to school I told her about how we're going on vacation with Reagan and her mommy and daddy and sister, and she said, "Oh YAY Mommy!" She was jumping up and down so excited. She said, "And I want to go with Mommy and Daddy and Coleman too." I assured her we would all go. :)
Cole has also been changing so much and it's so great. He waves and says, "Hi." He says "Mama" and "Dada" and "Baba" and uses them all in the correct context sometimes. He says "Dada" to Jeff and "Mama" when he wants something (of course) and "baba" when he sees us fixing his bottle. He also says "Dah!" for Dog when he sees one of our doggies. But my favorite is just his sweet smile that is never gone from his face for long. He's been waking up at 2:30 am and seems ready to crawl around and play. He's not hungry but just wants to be with us (and maybe a little cold with this weather we've been having.) It's really hard to not keep him up longer and LOVE getting to see him more, even if it's in the middle of the night.
Ok, 15 minutes to go!
Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPPY!!!

Thank you for the pie.

I was just saying a prayer with Shelby for bedtime. I was almost done with the short prayer and said, "Thank You God for all the things You have given us..." and Shelby added, "And thank you for the pie." I just grinned and said, "Amen." :)
We made a pie tonight for Poppy's birthday tomorrow. haha.

Weekend wrap-up w/ pics!!

I was wrong. Coleman did nurse all weekend. And he didn't bite at all! Good boy! I had forgotten how hard it would have been to pump and take care of both kids for 2 days by myself. Now, I wasn't alone with them all weekend, but quite a bit of it. It was daddy's fun weekend. He was gone for about 8 hours on Saturday to play golf. No, golf doesn't take that long, but driving to Rockwall in State Fair traffic, playing golf, eating w/ the guys, and driving home from Rockwall does. Then on Sunday he played baseball.
Shelby got herself in trouble a couple of times this weekend. She started "Spanking" Coleman when he was doing something she didn't want him to, like taking her toy. Luckily she SAYS that she's spanking him by saying, "Spank spank spank" while she taps his hand, so even when I wasn't directly in the room I knew she was doing it. They fought like sisters and brothers this weekend. He's starting to fight back :) Coleman is ALL OVER the place and so much fun.
We went to Daddy's baseball game on Sunday morning. He pitched and they won! Yay! The kids were actually really great although they of course required a lot of attention so I didn't get to actually sit and watch much of the game. We took the red 2-seater wagon and Shelby made a little friend named Chimita (his daddy is Chima) who hung around us the entire game. They played with balls and loved it when I pulled them in the wagon. It was quite a workout! Chimita is 3 yrs old and 48 lbs, plus Shelby's 28 lbs, plus Coleman's 22 lbs, equals...well, a workout for me. The bad part is that even though it was cool out, that sun must have been blazing more than I realized because both of my little cuties came home with pink faces. :( I know I've been a mom for 2.5 years but I still don't think about sunscreen every time I should. I am a person who never really burned and never really had to worry about sunscreen so it still skips my mind sometimes! I feel horrible- the little sunburns aren't anything that is horrible, but they definitely got too much sun on their faces. Jeff was plastering cold Aloe Vera gel on their faces all day yesterday. If anyone knows how to treat a sunburn, it's him.
We also went to Nonnie's school carnival on Saturday morning. Shelby came home with Purple and hot orange hair, and Cole's was green. I have no idea how that happened ;)~
Here are a few pictures from our weekend:
Silly Shelby:



A family self-portrait (Friday night after Cole was asleep):



The hair:













And finally, our lego highchair for Dolly. I am the queen of the legos.




Oh and another thing Daddy did all weekend: Scratch. Because of this:



Poison ivy. It's a lot better now. And it should be since he's been taking steroids for 2 weeks to knock it out! We will wear long sleeves along with the gloves next time "we" decide to work in the yard!!!

Top teeth + Bottom Teeth = No Nummies

I have been too scared to actually nurse Coleman since 2 of his top teeth came in a few days ago. They are sharp suckers and I just cringe to think what it would feel like if he actually bit me. So I think it might be the end of physically nursing. We really only feed him milk one last time in the evening, so it's been a bottle and no boobie. Kinda sad :(
We went to Reagan's house on Wednesday night (Kelly and Chris are her mommy and daddy but to Shelby it is REAGAN's HOUSE.) Shelby had a great time. Reagan's mommy had pumpkins for them to color on, and then they baked cookies and the girls got to decorate them with icing and sprinkles.
Now it's almost time for the weekend and I am R E A D Y. This weekend I hope to do a lot of laundry, play with my kids, go to the pumpkin patch, and get some good sleep. Amen!

A message from Shelby's teacher

Sorry Dad (Poppy!) I know that all I talk about is potty training but here's a story that Shelby's teacher Debra emailed me yesterday:

Shelby has had a wonderful day. She did have one accident. I was so sad she ran to the restroom (I guess she waited too long) and pulled down her pants but as she did so her te te went everywhere some in the potty some on the floor some on the wall some on her clothes. I think she was trying to hold it and this is what caused the spraying affect. She said, “oh, no! Mrs. Debra my te te just went everywhere”. Poor baby girl she really did try to make it. :)

Tooth #3

Oh! I almost forgot! Cole got his 3rd tooth last night. He really didn't want me feeling in his mouth but I think it is the eye (cuspid) tooth on his right top. It could be the second tooth but I think it's the cuspid. It's a sharp little sucker! Bottom teeth + top teeth might = no more feeding from the booby. I've been bit between bottom teeth and top gums, and I can't imagine if teeth had been on both sides of that bite!!!
My pump and I are BFFs anyway.

The Sunshine House

Ok, I think we found a new daycare for Coleman. It was the 2nd (and last) place we visited today and I totally had that WOW feeling when we walked into the infant room. It was so bright and cheery. It had a big wall of windows and it was literally at least 5 times the size of the room at the house Coleman's in now. And that's just half of the room. There's a half-wall that divides the "up to 12 mo olds" from the "12-18 month olds". Oh the toys! There were so many toys! And the babies were crawling around and playing together. And they each have their own crib, not playpens or things that are stacked on top of each other along the wall. It was so pretty! The only problem is that it's a little more expensive so it's going to cost us an extra $55 a week, $220 a month. Whew! We have to keep telling ourselves that this is only a short time - someday we won't have to pay $1500 a month in daycare. But for now, this is what we do. You can't really put a cost on great quality care for your lovelies, can you? I am SO excited about this new place. Tomorrow we're going to meet the main infant teacher. She had already left for the day when we visited, so we need to meet her. She has been there for 8 years.
Now we have to tell Carolyn that we're leaving, and then I have to tell the lady we were supposed to meet w/ on Friday that we changed our mind and found something else. And Shelby's teacher too, who put us into contact with that lady. I hate all the formalities!

I love the holidays!!

Yesterday was the first really FALL feeling day and I loved it! We opened windows throughout the house and there was just that crisp feel in the air. It was short-lived though- today's supposed to be "warm" again. But even so, it got me in the mood for the holidays! We're having Thanksgiving at our new house this year and I'm really excited about it. Jeff has gotten a lot of our backyard/driveway cleaned up and I hope it is nice out so we can sit outside and enjoy our patio and some good red wine w/ the family. I am still looking for a wooden swingset for the kids, and we are going to clear out a lot of the foliage/mess along our back fence. Oh we're also going to replace our back fence. Jeff is planning on installing speakers outside but only after he finished grouting the tile! The kitchen tile is done and the only thing left is to grout the tile in the pantry. I love my little do-it-yourselfers! Here's our pretty tile. The flash makes it look a little different than it really is- it looks so great in our kitchen!


I've been burning pumpkin candles and shopping for Christmas presents [online.] Less than 2 months left of work and then we'll have our much-needed Christmas break! Jeff is off for a week of it too so it will be a great time.
Come on cold weather, I'm ready!

Bathtime!!

And people wonder why I made this a private blog ;) Because I like to post booty pictures!

Cole is crawling

He's crawling for real now. A lot, like from one room to another. All weekend we couldn't keep him in the living room- he heads up into the playroom (which is a step up but he can do it!) Yay bruddah!
Shelby and Mommy had a photo shoot yesterday:


and here's one after we threw brother in:


The rest of the weekend was filled with football and snot. It was a good one but some fussy babies are born when snot invades their little noses. It's time for flu shots!!

It's Friday!

We had a wonderful night last night! Shelby pooped in the potty without medicine, all by herself! Then she said, "Don't you flush my poopie mommy! I'm gonna show daddy!" and she was running around boasting "I did it!!! I did it!!" We definitely did a poopie dance, I was so excited and she was so proud.
This morning, she didn't want to peepee when she got up so she was sitting on the pot going, "No I don't need to mommy." I crouched down and said, "Remember how we're going to Chuck E Cheese today?" and as soon as I finished the sentence the pee started. I know how to work this kid...or is she working me? :) Lately every time she asks for a kiss she says, "You can have a kiss at Chuck E Cheese Mommy." Basically I have to take her to CEC to get a kiss.
And Coleman- oh, the sweetie! I know I always say it but he is just all smiles and so happy all the time. Here he is with Nonnie at Southlake town square:


And here he is this morning:

A poop story

Last night Shelby was on her 4th day of not pooping, she was having a hard time trying to go on the potty. She kept saying she needed to go and sitting on the potty and then not going, and her little tummy looked so blown up, so I gave her
an infants suppository. Once she could feel it she started crying. I told her it was ok, it was going to help her poopoo, etc. She sat on the potty and bawled for a few minutes, mostly I think she was a little scared of something going up her butt (good girl!) She said she couldn't poo so she went to the living room to watch dora and YES
she poo'ed in her panties. Fine w/ me, I'm just glad that she poo'ed and YES she needed to- let's just say that. But later, when she was sitting on the pot w/ Jeff there w/ her to peepee, she told him, "Mommy put something in my booty (pointing to her front part) and she hurt me! Mommy made me cry, mommy put something right here and hurt me." O.M.G. I was mortified- thinking, she's gonna go to school and
tell them that today and they're going to call CPS on me! We told her that mommy wasn't hurting her, she was just helping her go poo poo. So the moral of the story, if you have a 2 yr old w/ a large vocabulary who can basically say anything she wants to, don't give them a suppository. (I told her teacher this morning about the suppository so hopefully if she says anything they'll know that's what she is talking about.)

A quick funny

Last night Shelby was wanting cereal for dinner yet again and I had already told her that we weren't having cereal. Then she asked Jeff if she could have some and he said "Sure" not knowing I had already said no. I said, "No, I already told her we're not having cereal for dinner." Shelby yells from the kitchen (I am in the living room) "Yes we ARE, MEGGGAN!" CUTEST thing ever. But she still didn't have cereal. :)

Other than that, I'm stressed and overwhelmed lately. Don't know what's going on, I'm in a funk :( Byeeeee!

My big boy!

This morning I went in to get Coleman who was making some fussy noises in his crib, to find that he was STANDING UP in it! It is the first time that he has pulled himself up all by himself in the crib. As Jeff said this morning, now we can look forward to some difficult bedtimes as I am sure he will be trying to stand up instead of lay down and fall asleep!
Here's the video of him standing up on Sunday:



Here's another video. You can barely see him clapping and then sister takes over :)

A potty training update

Well, Shelby went all day at school yesterday without an accident! However, I found out that they put a diaper on her for nap and to go outside. Since I didn't expect that and she hadn't had a diaper on for over 2 days, I was a little disappointed. Today they are supposed to go completely sans diaper and see how it goes.
I'm a little concerned she'll have a poopy accident since she didn't poo yesterday. Last night she told us 5 or 6 times that she needed to poop on the pot but then she sat there and wouldn't/couldn't go. We'll see... She slept all through the night again without an accident and woke up dry. I'm amazed that she can do that since she definitely woke up with very wet diapers when she was wearing them.
Just an update! :)

AWESOME weekend!

Oh wow, what a great weekend we had!
Coleman changed so much in one weekend! Yesterday he was STANDING on his own for 10, 15, even 20 seconds. I have a video of it but I left it at home. I'll be sure to post it later. Also yesterday he started doing "pretty picture" and clapping. He was so happy and proud of himself. He is the sweetest and cutest little boy EVER. For real.
Our weekend theme for Shelby was "NO MORE DIAPERS!" Saturday morning the diaper came off and will never go on her again. She wore panties all weekend. Naps, night time, outings, everything. Nana and Nonnie were here and at our house most of the weekend and they helped coach Mommy (Me) and were great moral support. They shared their strategies with me (which is basically that Diapers aren't an option anymore, no back and forth!) and we did it! She woke up dry from both naps and dry this morning. She tells us when she needs to go. It is really cool.
The guys (my dad, Jeff, & Garland) worked on the kitchen all weekend. I am the proud owner of a beautiful tiled kitchen, laundry room, and pantry! Yay! They are such hard workers and Garland has taught Dad and Jeff a lot about tiling. We are so lucky to have men in our life like him and Dad to help us out with stuff like that.
Ok, I've gotta get to work. Work all week and LIVE on the weekends! :)

Another mommy creation

Family is Everything

I keep forgetting to write this down, but it's funny so I want to remember it. For a while now, whenever we ask Shelby something, if her answer is yes, she crows like a rooster. So "Cockadoodledoo!" means Yes.
This morning she asked for "Fruity Trouble" instead of Fruity Pebbles. We didn't correct her b/c it was so cute! I want her to say Fruity Trouble as long as possible :)
Coleman was a sleeping fool last night! He went to sleep easily before 8:00 and slept right up until 7:20, when I went in there and woke him. Now if I can just get them to stop waking him up from his morning nap at daycare.....
I bought a new sign for our house at HObby Lobby this week and it's so funny how when I bought it, I just thought it was a pretty sign to hang and I "liked" what it said. Since then, it has become the theme of my life. Friends WILL come and go, but (as the sign says) "Family is Everything." Love it!

I'm all grown up Mommy!

Shelby RAN up to her school today and reached up as high as she could and finally barely reached the little button to buzz the doorbell. She was so proud, she said, "I'm all grown up Mommy! I'm all grown up!"
Also, she's in the TCC Newspaper today. It's a story on Hispanic Heritage month and there's a picture of her whacking a pinata at her school. So cute! When we walked in Ms. Patti showed us the paper and Shelby looked so proud. She started telling me and showing me how she had hit the pinata "I did it like this mommy!" as she motioned like she was swinging a bat.
Last night I went to "ladies night" happy hour at a local Mexican place w/ my mom and sisters. It was SO fun. $1 drinks = awesome. $1 drafts, bottles, margaritas (BIG ones!), wine and call drinks. Crazy!

Wednesday ramblings

Coleman has had a hard time going to sleep the past few nights. I've had to hold him, rock him, bounce him, rub his back, etc until he's completely asleep. When he's lying in his bed he repeatedly lifts his cute little head up to make sure I'm still standing there by his crib. I think this is the separation anxiety stage beginning.
Anyway, last night I was holding him and bouncing him and I decided I might as well get some exercise while doing this so I started doing squats and lunges. He opened his eyes from his half-sleep and grinned the biggest grin at me, almost a giggle. It's like he was laughing at his mommy who was being so silly as to try and exercise while getting him to sleep. Or maybe he just liked the dropping sensation as I went up and down with him.
It is Wednesday morning and I just walked Shelby to school. She was being a little toot, after insisting on coming to Mommy's office before school which I allowed, she was refusing to obey anything I said and was screaming "No! No!" repeatedly. I quickly packed her up and told her it was time to go. My office is quiet and I'm sure everyone could hear my defiant girl. So I walked her to school, where she refused to give up her bagel she'd been eating on all morning, so the director of the school was going to sit in the hall with her until she finished that huge bagel. Then I left the school to find it's raining. Great. I get to walk back across campus (not really a short walk) in the rain. So now I'm a little wet but ready to relax and start my work day.

Spoiled? Not at all!!

Last night we were leaving my parents' house and Shelby was BAWLING because she didn't want to leave. So, Nonnie (my mom of course) was trying to console her and as Shelby was sitting in her carseat and Nonnie standing at the car door, Nonnie was telling her, "If you stop crying Nonnie's gonna come see you tomorrow. Do you want me to bring you something when I come over?" Shelby's wailing, "YEEEeeesssssssss.... boohoohoo." Nonnie says, "What do you want me to bring you?" and Shelby pathetically cries, "Caaaaaaakkkke." Nonnie: "You want me to bring you cake?" Shelby: "Yeeeeaaaaaaah. waaaahhhh." Nonnie: "ok."
Of course I forgot about it but I just talked to Mom on the phone and she remembered. She HAS to bring Shelby cake in case she remembers, she doesn't want her to be disappointed. :) What a wonderful (and spoiling) grandma! :) So Nonnie is now going to bring over a box of cake and icing to make cupcakes with Shelby. She'll be so excited.

Our 2 yr old's humps

Shelby's laying in our bed trying to go to sleep, and since she was on my side I told Jeff I'd just sleep in the middle. Our bed is indented where we usually sleep so there's a hump in the middle and I said, "I like to sleep on the hump." Shelby then started singing, "My hump, my hump, my hump, my hump." We started giggling at her and she said, "You know the lump song daddy? Do you know it daddy?" Haha! Then she started singing "Ella ella ella ..." (The rihanna song Umbrella.) This just proves that even when we don't notice that she's listening, comprehending, and becoming able to repeat WHATEVER she's hearing, she is. haha.

What a weekend!

What a weekend! It was a whirlwind.
Friday: Shelby was still not acting like herself and didn't seem to be feeling well. We just stayed in and I really don't even remember any of the evening. ?? Mommy brain. Oh no, I think it was that bottle of wine I drank! Gewurztraminer = Yummy!
Saturday: Jeff had to work so I was at home with both the kids. Shelby was still fussy but showed no signs of fever or anything physically wrong that we could tell so Nonnie and Poppy took her to Millie's apartment while Bubba and I stayed home so he could nap. He got a great 2 hour nap and I got about 6 loads of laundry done. While at Millie's, Shelby decided that she wanted to "Sleep on Millie's bed" so she crawled up there at 11 (way before her usual nap time) and slept for 3 straight hours. When she woke up asking for ice cream, Millie was happy to oblige. She took her to Braums, where she got her to eat chicken fingers and orange sherbet ice cream. She hadn't eaten much in the past few days so I was glad about that. We were supposed to go out to dinner with some friends while Nonnie and Poppy watched the kids, but since we still weren't sure what was wrong with Shelby, we decided to stay with her instead. GOOD decision! When Daddy got off work, we all got in the car to go pick up some dinner, and Shelby was falling asleep and kept asking us to hold her. Then suddenly massive amounts of vomit came flowing out of her mouth. ALL over her, her carseat, and my car. She was like a fountain of throw up. Poor baby! Jeff pulled over asap and I ran around the car to rescue her from the river of vomit that she was sitting in. Every nook and cranny of that massive carseat was covered in the yuck. We got her and the seat as cleaned up as possible. All we had with us were some dried-out baby wipes, and a towel for her to sit on in the seat for the ride back home. Poor thing! So that evening after one more throw up and 2 baths, Shelby and I slept in the living room. She fell asleep pretty quickly on the living room floor (with a pallet we had made her) so I slept on the couch next to her. She was a little restless but no more pukies during the night.
The next morning, since Shelby seemed to be feeling ok, Jeff went ahead to play baseball. He pitched and hit and they won. He got home around 2 after a morning-full of the kids and I lazing around watching tv and playing on the floor. I was still trying to get Shelby to take it easy and not eat anything that would upset her tummy again. She kept asking for more cereal though, and she had 3 bowls of wheat thins!
The rest of Sunday afternoon consisted of a 3 hour nap by Shelby and mommy, the Cowboys winning, a family trip to Wal-Mart, and no more throwing up!
Coleman wouldn't take an afternoon nap. He doesn't want to miss anything. The boy never stops moving and wants to stand up ALL the time now. He's so grabby and grabs anything he can get his hands on. I wouldn't be surprised if he's an early walker...Maybe he'll be walking by Christmas, that would be fun!
So it was a good weekend. I did literally over 15 loads of laundry (the pukey clothes and towels added a few!) and got to spend LOTS of time with my babies.
Coleman has had a couple little spit ups after eating in the past 2 days, which is abnormal for him, but not enough for me to consider them "throw up" like Shelby's were. Of course he will probably get it but I can hope not! Maybe he's gotten some immunity from Mommy's milk! :)
Oh one more highlight- cleaning up the mess in my car and the carseat. Let's just say that thing is HUGE and has lots of little crevices, all of which were filled with orange puke. And smelly. Since I had given my husband the job of cleaning the car and the seat, I thought that would be done. It was last night that I realized it wasn't. He had thought he could just rinse it all with hot water. Uh, yeah. NO. So we tag-teamed it and scrubbed everything. The straps were so stinky so we even had to take those out and wash them. Finally everything was clean and fresh-smelling and we got to go to bed around midnight. Oh and since my car was a little pukey smelling, we left the windows cracked overnight. This morning we discovered that our new neighbors had flippin' WATERED my car with their sprinkler and Cole's seat was soaked. How rude!
Oh, water. I forgot about this. Amongst everything else, we have a huge round water spot in our hallway coming up from the foundation. It is really wet and is now stinky like mildew. Like we needed something else to deal with. We are hoping that it is covered by the home warranty that we got when we purchased the house. Rescue Rooter is coming out this morning, and Jeff is working from home. Actually I think taking care of this might be the easiest thing we dealt with all weekend. haha
Here's to another week starting, as we work toward another great weekend.