crazy antics

What in the world????? I have no idea what she was thinking.....maybe her colors just needed a bath or something. She was washing them in the dog's water bowl and then putting them in their food bowl. Silly girl! She was having a blast though. Those crayons were so slimy and nasty....ugh! Did you notice that the only ones she took out were the orange and blue ones....I think she is a Gator baby.

we're getting ready

We're almost there! We are working on the potty training. This is the third time that Emilia has gone pee-pee in the big girl potty. She moves up to the Sophmore class in August, which is when they really push to potty train, but she is really showing signs of being ready. she sits on the potty at daycare now, but she won't go in it. Oh well, we will get there. At least she is interested in it and knows what to do with it.

NIckelback...

...rocked my ass off last night! They rock!

new background...

...I wanted something really fun and summery for my new background, but I couldn't decide on anything, so this is what picked...lemon and lime slices...it reminds me of lemonade and margaritas....my fav summer drinks! Here's to summer!

almost 2

You know, as much as I gripe about staying up late or getting up in the middle of the night or breaking my rules or just being frustrated till no end, I have to say this is the most fun time with Emilia. It's the little things that make me laugh so hard....like, yesterday, she found a dog turd in the yard and was sooooo excited that she found it. She would not leave that turd, "Mommy, poop.....Mommy, poop." We were trying to clean up the porch a little and she had a Lysol wipe and she was fanning the turd, like it was steaming or something....it was almost petrified. She was so excited though, it was like buried treasure or something. She got so mad at me when I used her wipe to pick it up and throw it in the bushes....you would have thought that I just beheaded her favorite baby doll or something. Then, later that night she gave herself a bath for the first time...I wish that I had the video camera handy because she was adamant about washing her "butt." Speaking of the word "butt" I don't like her using it and I want to know where she learned this word....I am going to have to do some snooping! Anyway, back on topic, she got on one knee in the bath tub (proposal style) and reached around and wiped her "butt" for at least 5 minutes, then she thought that it was hilarious to put bubbles in her butt crack. Ohhhh, it was toooo funny! Too damn funny! And she is starting to make her little sentences now...she has been doing the two word sentences for a while now, but now we are making our way up to three words. She can put her shoes on by herself (mostly) now. She still may need a little help, but for the most part, she's got it down. She is showing big signs of being ready to potty train. They are working with her at daycare and we are also transitioning to the big girl cup, which she is using pretty well. All these changes.....my baby is growing up...she can wipe her butt, spot some poop, tell me when she pee-pee's, and almost dress herself.

ugh!!!!

I broke my NUMBER 1 RULE last night. I can't believe it....I let Emilia sleep with us last night. WHAT!?!?!!?!?!!? I know what you are thinking. This is what lack of good sleep will do to you. Here she is, just shy of 2 years old and has never slept in the bed with us, not one night, until last night. For some reason she has gotten this aversion to sleeping in her own bed and I swear, will stay up all night just to get her way. Night before last, we were up until 2:30....I know, I know, what in the world is a toddler doing up at 2:30 in the morning....that is my strong willed child that we are talking about.....talk about Mama being tired. I didn't have the fight in me last night. We put her to bed at the normal time and she screamed and cried for 45 minutes until she literally fell asleep standing up with her head on the side of the crib. She didn't throw up last night, but she tried. This is a new thing that she has learned through getting sick....Mama and daddy come running when she throws up....now she tries to make herself throw up. I have to say, it was funny to listen to, but it pissed me off too. She is no dummy, that's for sure! Anyway, needless to say the crib is being turned into the toddler bed TONIGHT! If I have to sit in there and rub her back for however long it takes to get her to go to sleep, then so be it, but come hell or high water, she will be sleeping in her bed again. Maybe she is back to having night terrors and she is scared of her room. I don't know, I am all out of guesses anymore. At this point, I am doing good to get through the day.

update of picture day....

They sucked! My child took sucky pictures, so we didn't order any. I feel so bad, I almost felt obligated to buy them since they were her first school pictures, but then the reality of wasting money set in and I didn't feel so bad....but we did pay an OUTRAGEOUS $20 for 1 class photo. WTH????? Oh well, I think those are a "must have," so it was worth it, I guess.