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7/23/17

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Knew it was going to be a challenging day today after Tatum woke up, came out into the hallway, and promptly threw herself face down on the floor and began her morning of whining.  Good lord, the Drama Diva was totally in the house and on fire today!

Wade took her for a walk and then some playing outside with sidewalk chalk this morning while Wyatt and I spent the morning crafting.  For lunch Tatum announced she wanted HAM, so we went over to Honey Baked Ham.  This is where the real adventures started.

She was acting kind of funny when we first got there, but too late I recognized the signs of a poop coming.  I hustled her into the bathroom only to find the gift had already been given, and no changing table.  For real, people, WHO HAS BATHROOMS WITHOUT CHANGING TABLES ANYMORE?

So, I earned a SERIOUS “Mommy Badge” today for my successful, amazingly mess-free, STANDING poopy pull-up changing skills.  For real y’all.  A STANDING UP POOP CHANGE. I’m feeling pretty boss at this point.  #SuperMom strikes again.

AND….. AANNNNDDDD….. after that she ate ALL her ham.  Boom.  Mike Drop.  Yassss.

Naptime was short, but my head was full of ideas for my booth, so I didn’t sleep at all.  When everyone woke up I announced my plans to Wade and told him I wanted them done today.  He wasn’t super happy with me, but since I’ve been such a good housewife this week I think he humored me.  =)  We packed the kids up in the cars (he had to take Truck Norris to pick up the wood) and headed off to Home Depot and Lonestar Mercantile.

This is where “Bad Mood Betty” entered the picture.  Drama Diva didn’t have enough nap before she woke herself up, and so the mood in the mini-van was pretty intense.  Luckily, #SuperMom was prepared for such shenanigans and brought my trusty sidekick, iPad.

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We made it to the booth and Wade really busted his hump to get this thing done for me.  I think he really surprised even himself at how fast we accomplished such a task with TWO kids in tow.  Luckily I packed snacks, iPad, and when the native started to get restless improvised and built her a fort from my shelves that were waiting to go in the booth.  #SuperMom- 3, Bad Mood Betty- 0.  Woot Woot!

Tatum really did well for the hour and a half we were at Lonestar, so I promised her ice cream.  #SuperMom isn’t above bribes.  You work with the tools you’re given.

The booth turned out really good looking!  I can’t wait to get the finishing touches in and start loading it up with goodies for sale!  I have so many ideas swimming in my head it’s hard to keep them all straight, so I’ve started emailing them to myself as they come.  Needless to say, my email box is rather full.

We had another “funny” this evening when Tatum came back into our bedroom to give Wyatt his third goodnight hug.  She was standing over his Rock and Play about ready to bend down and hug him when he had a massive, noisy, gross, liquids-sounding poop.  It was loud and nightmarish sounding.  She totally stopped mid-stoop, looked up at me, and asked “What happened?”  I said “Baby Wyatt pooped, Honey.”

She stared at me for a second, looked down at him, straightened up, changed her mind about the hug, and quickly walked away.  I had a good laugh about that behind her back before she went to bed.  *grin*

Back to the regular grind of SAHM-hood tomorrow!  Need to get some of these To Do list things marked off!  ❤  Night all!

7/22/17

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A few things to report today!

First off, Wyatt is officially ONE MONTH OLD!  I can’t believe it’s gone by so fast, it really seems like yesterday I was freaking out because they were sending me home from the ER in what I knew was actual labor.  He’s definitely growing, and staying a little more awake during the day.  He loves flapping his arms and legs, and boy is he a GRUNTER.  This baby grunts all the time.  ❤

We had an almost-adventure with Tatum this morning as well.  Lately she’s been getting up in the morning and wanting to play with her dolls in her room.  I usually keep a baby gate on the outside of her door to prevent her from wandering around the house if she wakes up at night.  Wade always told me he didn’t think it was necessary because he thought she’d just come straight to our room.  I told him I just didn’t want to take the chance of her wandering outside or getting into something in the living room or kitchen that she shouldn’t.  Since I’m the mommy, I put the gate up.  *grin*

This morning she was playing with her dolls, and I went and took the gate down but left the door to our room open and the monitor on so I could hear her.  A few minutes went by and I hear her closet open and shut, then I don’t hear anything.  I walk down the hall and she’s sitting in the foyer on our front door mat with her sandals on.  I ask her where she’s going and she told me to go back to my room.  Since she was just sitting there I didn’t think anything of it.  No sooner did I walk back in our room but I heard the click of the front door deadbolt and went running back for the front door just in time to see her open it right up, no trouble at all, and start on her way outside.  GAH!  “What Mommy, I was JUST going outside.”

So tomorrow’s project is a chain lock for the top of the front door in addition to the deadbolt…… just in case. *sigh*

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Started brainstorming ideas for the decor of my booth at Lonestar Mercantile this afternoon too.  I got some neat barnwood shelving units and I think Wade and I have come up with a neat configuration of those (Not shown below, because I still have to paint and redo some of the shelves) plus some pipe and cedar shelves for half of the back wall and some pipe hangers for my friend Stacie’s t-shirts and whatnot.  I think with a little more creativity and thought we can make it look really good, but I won’t lie, I’m slightly intimidated by the booth decorating game some of the other vendors have brought to the table!

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Tomorrow we have to find some kind of indoor activity for Tatum to burn off some steam because it is just too dang hot outside for any outdoor activities.  I wish I could think of something more fun than the mall!