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Wow, it has been a LONG time…..

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So, like almost everything I start with good intentions, this blog has gone by the wayside. LOL!  So sue me, I have a commitment problem. =)

Let’s see….  The Stay at Home Momming thing is going pretty smooth!  Of course, I have the threenager in daycare still so technically I only have Wyatt and myself to care for, but still, I’m feeling fairly good about it.  Ha!  I have dinner on the table, laundry done, bills paid, and even still have time to crank out my crafts AND I’ve started a new booth at The Hilltop Cottage in Sunnyvale!  If you live locally, you NEED to go check that place out, it’s super cute and the owners are AMAZING people!  Love them!

Wyatt is now almost 7 months old!!  Can you believe it??  Time flies by so fast!  Tatum continues to both completely entertain and completely frustrate me with her antics, but I’m guessing that’s just what being a Threenager is all about.  I’m getting ready to read a book recommended to me by a friend, “1-2-3 Magic”, and I’m hoping that will give me some insight on how to curb some of her more….. undesirable behaviors.  The other issue we’re having right now is potty training.  She was doing AMAZING for 5-6 weeks and all of a sudden she has absolutely no interest in using the potty anymore.  She’ll still go #2 in the potty probably 95% of the time, but peeing happens anywhere and everywhere and no matter what I try I just get “It’s ok, Mommy, I’m not potty trained”.

Cue beating my head against a wall….  *sigh*

The other nightmare we’re having right now is bedtime.  I’ve tried just about everything there too and am hugely unsuccessful.  She doesn’t cry or scream or any of that, she just plays by herself in her bed….. for HOURS after we put her to bed.  It doesn’t seem to affect her if I take her animals away, or threaten anything else for that matter, even if I follow through.  Someone tell me this is a phase and it will end.  I’ll give you cookies.

My eyes have improved, I started immunosuppressants beginning of December, and had a checkup last Friday.  He was really pleased with my progress, and I’VE been really pleased that my eyesight has started clearing up and my headaches are coming now few and far between….  YAY!!!  The immunosuppressants are a little scary, but hopefully I’ll only be on them for a year and then they’ll wean me off and see if my immune system can reset itself.  Time will tell, I guess.  I did end up totally embarrassing myself today as I went to get my CBC/Chem Panel drawn (to make sure the drugs aren’t wrecking my liver among other issues) and for the first time in years I passed out while getting my blood drawn….. TWICE.  Super embarrassing because I had taken Baby Wyatt with me and one poor nurse had to look after him while the other one tried to keep me from falling out of the chair both times.  UGH.  I seriously thought I was past that, but I guess not.  =(  I probably wouldn’t have passed out the second time but the person taking my blood decided to launch into the gory story of why she hates the dentist as I was coming around from the first time and that just did me in a second time.  =(  I’m such a weenie.

Some good news though, (though if you’re on my facebook or instagram at all, you already know this), we’re getting a puppy!!!  Her name is Biscuit and she comes home TOMORROW.  She’s an 8 week old Border Collie puppy and I couldn’t be more excited!  Tatum is pretty amped up about it too, and I plan to use them both to wear each other out!  One of Tatum’s “chores” is going to be to “help” me with the evening walk, and also help me with her evening feeding and potty times.  I’m hoping the sense of responsibility will help her with her little hard-headed phase she’s going through.  She does love to help, so I think she’s going to really enjoy having some little jobs to do.

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How can you not go nuts over that cute little face?? (pictured at 6 weeks)

We also finished off the fireplace and tiling projects and I can’t get over how amazing our house looks.  Of course, it’s now COVERED in toddler and baby toys and whatnot, but hey, living the dream right?  Of course we are.  =)  Two kids, a dog, and a cat.  Isn’t that the “All-American Family?”  =P

More to come tomorrow after I pick up Miss Biscuit!  And I hope to keep this a tad more updated now, but we’ll see how that goes….  LOL!

 

9/4/17 Labor Day

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I haven’t posted much lately, but all this weekend we’ve been in the throes of potty training and while the first day went relatively well, the last couple days have been meh… I swear this kid will never get potty trained, she just doesn’t seem to care when she goes on herself. It’s the total opposite of the way I thought she would be. I guess I’m just going to send her to school tomorrow with extra clothes and see what happens! Man, toddlers are tough!!!

We saw lots of friends this weekend! Cory, Emily, Landon, and Logan came over today and the kids had a blast!!! Yesterday we saw Claire and her family at their house, and Saturday morning we met some new friends at our neighborhood park!

We also put Tatum’s dollhouse together on Sunday, what a crazy cool gigantic toy that is!! She loves it!

Looking forward to some time with just Wyatt home tomorrow! 😜 I still need to get over to Lonestar, Stacie and I had a GREAT first month there especially considering it was only open half the month! I’m hoping the momentum continues!

Some pics from this weekend:

8/1/17

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Had a great day with my friend Sarah, which ended in us going to El Flamboyan for lunch, this awesome little hole-in-the-wall Puerto Rican place near the house!  We absolutely STUFFED ourselves, and I was super happy to see an honest-to-goodness Puerto Rican Mofongo on the menu!

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(The mofongo is on the bottom right. Also included are Empanadas, tostones, and yucca frita…. YUM)

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Our otherwise relatively incident free day ended when Tatum somehow pulled a plastic toy down off a shelf with a direct hit to her mouth.  The drama and screaming that ensued… *sigh*  She cut her lip with her tooth, but once she woke up today seemed fine so there’s that. =)

In other news, Wyatt is wearing a 0-3month sleeper!  Woot!  It fits fairly decent length-wise, but much like Tatum at this age it looks like a deflated balloon around his middle.  LOL!

 

7/29/17

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While Wyatt had a MUCH better night and day today, Tatum had probably her worst in a while. She worked Wade and I to the absolute max…

She woke up fairly cranky, and it just got worse from there. We headed to the Farmers Market in McKinney for a little outing and I wrapped Wyatt for a little more practice and she was supposedly going to walk, but instead she tripped (AGAIN) on these damn sandals she has that she insists on wearing everywhere and skinned her left knee. It wasn't bad, but if you know Tatum you know it was a drama fest that ended with her insisting she couldn't walk and making Wade carry her. I wish I'd brought the onbu so I could have worn them both, but I doubt Wade would have let me do that anyway since that makes him look kinda jerky walking all unencumbered while I haul two kids around! Lol!

Of course they also had pony rides and we couldn't get out of there without doing that. At least she was happy for the couple minutes that was going on!

We headed to Lonestar to drop off more stuff for the booth and I ended up taking her in with me while Wade stayed with Wyatt in the car. I'm just realizing I placed the grey frame on the right way too high for someone of normal height so I'm going to have to get back up there this coming week and redo my frames. Poop.

If that isn't an advertisement for a super challenging toddler right there, I don't know what is! 😂😂😂

Then for some unknown reason we decided to take her to lunch at Panera. I won't go into details because it still makes me exasperated to think about it but I came so close to (excuse my french) absolutely losing my shit with her in a public place, which I have never ever done. Ugh. So home we went and all took naps to cool off.

The evening went *better*, and because we're absolute gluttons for punishment we took both kids to El Fenix for dinner. With the aid of the iPad we had a slightly less frustrating meal, but bedtime totally sucked, and now I'm just hoping for any sort of improvement tomorrow.

I know a lot if it is just her age, but dang she is so strong willed, and some of it is we've just spoiled the crap out of her and now we're having to try to backtrack and fix the attitude problem. *sigh* Lessons in parenting….

I spent some time organizing and cleaning out my beads that I'm not going to use tonight and so that settled me a little. Organizing always makes me feel a little more put together for some reason!

Here's hoping for a better day tomorrow!

7/28/17

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Whew, rough day for Wyatt, but hopefully things will be looking up soon!

After his epic barfing yesterday I was somewhat prepared for the cluster that today's feedings have been. He's been getting progressively more fussy/grunty over the last couple days especially at night when he's laying flat, and so I was thinking we didn't have much longer until we'd probably have to try switching to Similac Alimentum. At his 5:15am feeding I got barfed all over with not much warning, and then poor Alli got soaked doing the 8:45 feeding. 😢 Poor kid was really restless and grumpy most of the afternoon and the only real time he fell asleep was after I wrapped him. I DID manage an awesome baby manicure this morning, so there's that! Take the small wins, right?

I practiced wrapping with him when he couldn't really get comfortable to go to sleep, and behold….. the WRAP NAP!!!

I love this wrap, it's "Pavo Lobsters Real" and it's gorgeous! The Carry is called FWCC (I have no idea what that stands for) and I'm going to try it tomorrow with a different wrap. It was surprisingly easy to achieve, so I was excited about that!

Got a lot done today since Wyatt was up so much it precluded a nap, so I got Divine Consign entered, more inventory made and entered for Lonestar, the guest/craft/office closet reorganized, helped a friend with some computer stuff, and generally just felt super productive. Go me! *pat on the back*

Then, we ruined it all by taking the kids out to dinner. Lol! Wyatt slept right through it but Tatum was a total PITA. She wasn't *bad* per-se but just really obnoxious and difficult. Remind me next time #SuperMom knows better than to take two kids under 3 out to dinner on a Friday night.

We started Wyatt on the alimentum two feedings ago, we'll see how this goes. I think I may also let him sleep in the Rock n Play tonight since the incline seems to help his comfort level. Hope some of that works because we're kind of running out of low-key options to try!!

Night all, until tomorrow!!!

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!