Potty talk!

So yesterday was a monumental break through day! Lily peed and pooped in the potty!! So we were all so excited and jumped up and down, called all of the family & sang the potty song(those of you who don't know this classic favorite can call me and I will be happy to sing it for you!). And to finish off the celebrating we went to chick-fil-a with ALL 4 grandparents for ice cream!

So today nothing...nada...zilch! You would think after potty training 2 other precious little girls, that I would have this down.(Oh, I know "every child is different, blah, blah, blah..")But SERIOUSLY!! I can't figure this out. I just hope that she want be entering middle school still wearing garfield pull ups!

A side note, Grace lost her 7th tooth on Sat night! She was very excited and recieved $2 from the tooth fairy!

Its a dog eat dog world.

So last night the family and I went to the pet store to "look" at a dog. My hubby has been wanting a dog for several months now and I am slowly giving in!! I have always had a rule that I would NEVER have an inside animal. (Just a preference for all you dog loving, snuggling letting them lick you on your lips people!) We never had inside dogs growing up, so I guess I never got used to them. The one time we did have friends with dogs, there house stank! I mean it was RANK smelling, so I guess I got a bad impression.

Anyway my sweet hubby has been wanting one for a while now. He wants a boston terrier, which are pretty cute, but it's kind of like having 15 month old triplets in the room, I mean they can't be still and want to chew on everything....so here we are in the pet store and the very nice helpful gentleman suggests we get the dog out and play with it in one of there "rooms" and by rooms he meant a 4x4 gated area with a bench.

So here we all are in this tiny little space with Grace, Belle, and Lily standing up on the bench screaming (yes SCREAMING) everytime the dog looks there way let alone gets near them. Doesn't this sound fun? Eventually Lily(the youngest) gets down and kind of plays with the dog. She pets him a little and isn't completely terrified. We are in there a while and honestly he did grow on me, I kind of feel sorry for the little fella having to be in that cage, but not enough to spend $1000 (crazy, huh?) on him:) So back to the fun time in the gated community. Grace and Belle finally touched the dogs back while I was holding him very tight. (I bribed them with donuts!) And we left! I stank like dog after. Still not 100% what to do~ I guess we shall see!

Getting back up on the wagon...

And by wagon I mean the Nordiak Track up in the bonus room!!So moms have you ever decided that today is the day you are going to start exercising, AGAIN?? I mean I have started and stopped 4 billion times. Just always seems so inconveinent, and when you finally figure out a time, your kids become very needy! I don't know if you can actually call it "exercising" if you don't get more than 3 minutes in at a time. Maybe I should just get up at 6:00, but then I need to go to bed at 9:00(yes that is 9 hours, which I need to function!), but that takes away time from the hubby! Which I want time with. Anyway if anyone has this whole schedule/time thing figured out, just let me know!! One day I will look back and wish I had little girls to help, I'm sure. So for now I will just do what I can and maybe be fat for a while!! I'm sure one day I will have hours to devote to myself! (ha)

Boy I wish I had started this a long time ago!

Well I really feel like I should write down every memory I have of my life so far, so one day when I can't remember someone can read this to me. But for today I guess I will just write about now! We had a great Christmas! The girls really enjoyed it. Lily is still singing "Happy Birthday to Jesus"! She is so precious. There have been so many times John and I have looked at her and just been in awe of her. She is the baby, well not so much anymore because she is 3. But she's our baby and forever will be. Belle and Grace also enjoyed the holidays. They always love spending time with there cousins and get to do so even more around the holidays. They are just growing up so fast! They are such delights to John and I.

Today we tried to get back into the routine of life. I still haven't taken down the Christmas decor. Always so sad!! We did some homeschooling this morning and I messaged an old friend of mine, Julie, for an hour on FB. Made lunch and read 15 books to Lily! John will be home soon, I am glad. I'm feeling a little under the weather today. Sinus issues I believe!

Anyway so glad it's a new year and so thankful that God allows new begginings! He is always so faithful, even when I am not! Lately I have been learning about just how much He loves us. How special we all are to Him. What a blessing that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. This truth is too much for me to comprehend. 2008 was definetly a life lessons year, I have grown tremendeously. Thank you Lord. I hope that this year brings more opportunities for me to bring Christ glory!