Potty Training is Officially Under Way!!

Over the past weekend, I decided it was time for Brady to wear big boy underwear. The size 7 diapers that he is in have been snug for awhile and he will be three in a few months, so it was time to take the plunge! He has had a few accidents, but today his teacher left me a note that said "Doing great on the potty!" YEAH for Brady!! He even woke up from his nap dry!

My baby is getting to be such a big boy! And when I say "big boy underwear," he really is in "big boy underwear," boys size small (6-8)...and they even seem a little small! It was funny the other day when Jason was at Walmart. I told him to pick up some more boxer briefs for Brady. He called me while at Walmart and said, "Are these by the baby stuff?" I told him no and that he needs to go to the little boy section to find them. :) He looks so cute in his little man underwear.

He is struggling to go poopy on the potty chair, but what toddler doesn't? Jason is currently in the bathroom with Brady trying to make him go. He only "goes" at night.

Time for New Brakes (AGAIN!!)

Somehow, all three vehicles that I have ever owned always needed major brake jobs. Jason tells me that it's the way that I drive, but I think it has to do with the make of cars!! Today, he is changing all of my brakes and rotors at 35k miles. It will be so nice tomorrow driving and not having to hear that awful grinding noise when I go to stop! YIKES! :) Thank goodness I have a handy man because we would be racking up the mechanic bills! Thanks babe!

"It's Good To Be Us" by Bucky Covington

This weekend as I get caught up on one of my favorite shows, American Idol, I thought I would post another video from another past American Idol star. His name is Bucky Covington, and he was in the 5th Season (2005/2006). He made it to the top 12. His identical twin brother, however, was cut from American Idol early on that same season, but as you will see in the video, he is Bucky's drummer now.

I love this song and video because "it's good to be us!" :) We've been blessed with each other, two wonderful healthy kids, great friends and family...what more could you ask for?

P.S. For those of you who watch the show, I think this season Danny will take the place of Sanjaya from last season! Oh crap!

"He's Mad!"

The other night as we were watching TV, Brady was drawing on his doodle board like he always does. When he was done drawing, he picked up the doodle board to show us his creation and he said, "He's mad!" After looking at what he drew, Jason and I just looked at each other and laughed! It was hilarious! Not bad for a two year old! :)

I think he is going to be a future artist. He LOVES to draw!

Here it is...

Ears Pierced 1 Year Ago

Tonight, I noticed that one of Anabelle's earrings were broke. One of the hearts came out of the prongs. So, I switched her earrings to her "diamond" ones. It got me thinking of when we had her ears pierced. It was Sunday, February 18, 2007...almost exactly a year ago. All that weekend I kept thinking that it would be a good time to take the plunge and get her ears pierced. She was two almost going to be three in a few months, so I thought it would be a good time. So, the four of us headed to the mall with all intentions of getting her ears pierced. She was excited but didn't understand that it came with a little pain. We headed to Claire's, and there was a line of little girls waiting to get their ears pierced. After watching two little sisters, probably about 18 months old and 4 years old, get their ears pierced, Jason took Brady out of Claire's. He told me that if I wanted to get Anabelle's ears pierced that I would have to do it by myself because he didn't want to see Anabelle go through what those little girls did. A few minutes went by, and Anabelle and I left Claire's too. I was thinking how can I put her through that?? We walked around the mall for about an hour pondering on whether or not we should go back. As we were walking, we passed by the two little girls that we saw getting their ears pierced. They were fine...all happy and eating ice cream with their pretty little earrings. We decided to go back to Claire's and get the job done.

We waited in line for a little bit. I picked out what kind of earrings that I wanted for her starters. They were pink flowers with a "diamond" center. I signed the waiver so if anything happened you couldn't go back to the account of Claire's...geez...that was a little scary! It was just a couple of piercings! What could possibley happen? Anabelle got in the chair and was all excited. The lady marked on her ear of where the earrings would go. Then, the "guns" were placed on each ear and CLICK....DONE...SILENCE..THEN...CRYING AND ALLIGATOR TEARS OH MY!! I quickly got her down from the chair and hugged her trying to comfort her telling it was okay and to look at her pretty new earrings. They gave her a green sucker for being such a big girl, and of course, mommy had to buy her something. She picked out a couple of flavored chapsticks, which was the start of the CHAPSTICK QUEEN.

Every once in awhile I'll ask Anabelle what happened when she got her ears pierced, and she will hold her hands out in front of her in a fist and say "CLICK". Then, I will ask her what they gave her, and she always remembers that it was a GREEN sucker. I also ask her what did mommy buy you when you got your ears pierced...her answer, "Chocolate Chapstick." In fact, I just asked her a couple of days ago, and she gave me the same responses. Man does she have a good memory or what...or maybe it was just such a memorable experience. I am just glad to have it done because I think the older she would have got the harder it would have been to get her in there to get it done!

Our Valentine Sweethearts

Last week, the kids and I made over 60 Valentine's Day cards for their friends. Anabelle drew an "A" on all of her cards, and Brady drew a circle on all of his. Anabelle helped me assemble all of them. Brady wasn't too interested in the assembly process!

Our Valentine Sweethearts...aka...our future heartbreakers!

Time Out X Two

This morning as I was cleaning, Anabelle came in with a cookie and said, "Mommy, here is a cookie for you." I told her that mommy didn't want a cookie, and then I quickly went to see how many "grammie cookies" were left. Come to find out...she saved the last one for me! Somehow she was able to get the "grammie cookies" that we made yesterday down from the counter. She shared them with Brady and saved the last one for me. Brady's face was all "cookied" up. Jason and I had a little talk with the kids about the cookies and asked them if they were supposed to have the cookies. Brady's answer..."Yeh." We explained to them, as we have before, that they need to ask mommy and daddy before they get something. They were both put in time out for getting into the cookies without mommy and daddy's permission. I guess it was a good thing that we ate a lot of them yesterday! I can just picture them in their hay day eating the cookies, jumping around, and watching cartoons! :)