He finally made it! My wonderful husband finally caught up with me. The big three O! I love you honey bunny! I am so proud of you. You make me so happy. I couldn't ask for a better father for my daughter and man to spend my life with. Here's to 30 more wonderful years with you!
Love
Darci
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
She wants them already!
Kadyn was laying next to me in bed after her nap. We were watching Curious George to kill some time before the other kids woke from their naps. She looked at my chest, reached out and squeezed one of the ladies, and said, "I need boobs." My reply, "You don't need those yet." She said it a couple more times and I just had to laugh.
The newness has worn off.
I think the newness of potty training has worn off a little for Kadyn. She is still good at always telling me when she needs to potty. The only wet accidents she has are when she's outside playing or when she's upset in timeout. However, the last couple of days she seems to just go number two no problem in her panties. Yikes! I really need to start asking her more often if she has to go. I guess dangling the M&M carrot in front of her for number two in the potty isn't as effective as it was. Oh well, I know this is normal and to be expected. Just a little disappointing.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Rough night
Kadyn woke last night at one in the morning screaming. This has never happened beforep; in fact, Kadyn really has turned into a great sleeper. She has woke and cried before, but not screaming. I went in and comforted her but she was scared for me to leave the room. Her language skills aren't quite good enough to tell me what the matter was. The only thing I could figure was that we shouldn't have let her watch Beauty and the Beast. It's funny how things that once seemed so harmless suddenly aren't that harmless when you look at them through the eyes of your child.
Anyways, I wasn't willing to spend the entire night in the bed with her so I put on a CD of nature sounds and left the room. When she started to cry I told her I would have to turn the CD off if she was going to cry through it. That seemed to work pretty well. When the CD was over she woke again and cried out, "Wake up for me dude! Wake up for me dude!" This time I sent Jeff to the room. He said she was surprised and excited to see him saying a few more "dude" sentences and then off to sleepyland for good with the CD playing one more time.
Wierd night. I'll never know for sure what woke her but I will probably always wonder. No one wants their child to have bad dreams. The thing I found most weird was that it was the one night were we forgot to pray that Kadyn have a good night's rest. I guess that prayer really does work. The one time we forget, Kadyn doesn't get a good night's rest.
Everyone at the daycare has runny noses again. I feel like we are on two week cycles. Two weeks of healthy kids, two weeks of nose faucets. I get soooo tired of wiping noses. It is one of those kid things that is just soooo gross.
Kadyn is still doing well with potty training although I think she's getting more prone to not wanting to take breaks to potty before it's too late because she's too involved in an activity. She had one full accident today while she was banished to her room for something naughty. When she does wet her pants she feels awful about it I can tell, and since I don't use pull ups during the day she often waddles off to the bathroom in tears because she's uncomfortable.
We took Kadyn to the Bass Pro shop (only 5 min from our house) on Saturday for awhile. She has been there before but it's been awhile. Her comprehension of all the animals was obviously much better this time. She really enjoyed looking at the big fish and live turtle exhibit. The ducks were pretty fun too. I don't care for all the stuffed real animals there, but I do enjoy walking around and looking at all the live animal exhibits. It's a good place to learn about animals without having to pay. Our zoo here is pretty great too, it would take all day to get to every exhibit. It is very large. I have been there three times and still have yet to make it too all the exhibits.
Jeff and I are contemplating taking a minivacation this summer to St. Louis while we are still a family of 3. I am dying to get out of the house and out of town for a little while for that matter. We haven't been on a vacation in so long I can't remember. Every trip we take always involves visiting other family. It would be nice to have some memories with just the three of us. It can't be for long because we can't afford to take off of work and have some other bills we want to pay off so can't spend too much, but I think it's needed for my mental health. I'm soooo coped up!
OK the kids are starting to fall apart so I better get going. Besides I'm rambling. Toodles for now!
Anyways, I wasn't willing to spend the entire night in the bed with her so I put on a CD of nature sounds and left the room. When she started to cry I told her I would have to turn the CD off if she was going to cry through it. That seemed to work pretty well. When the CD was over she woke again and cried out, "Wake up for me dude! Wake up for me dude!" This time I sent Jeff to the room. He said she was surprised and excited to see him saying a few more "dude" sentences and then off to sleepyland for good with the CD playing one more time.
Wierd night. I'll never know for sure what woke her but I will probably always wonder. No one wants their child to have bad dreams. The thing I found most weird was that it was the one night were we forgot to pray that Kadyn have a good night's rest. I guess that prayer really does work. The one time we forget, Kadyn doesn't get a good night's rest.
Everyone at the daycare has runny noses again. I feel like we are on two week cycles. Two weeks of healthy kids, two weeks of nose faucets. I get soooo tired of wiping noses. It is one of those kid things that is just soooo gross.
Kadyn is still doing well with potty training although I think she's getting more prone to not wanting to take breaks to potty before it's too late because she's too involved in an activity. She had one full accident today while she was banished to her room for something naughty. When she does wet her pants she feels awful about it I can tell, and since I don't use pull ups during the day she often waddles off to the bathroom in tears because she's uncomfortable.
We took Kadyn to the Bass Pro shop (only 5 min from our house) on Saturday for awhile. She has been there before but it's been awhile. Her comprehension of all the animals was obviously much better this time. She really enjoyed looking at the big fish and live turtle exhibit. The ducks were pretty fun too. I don't care for all the stuffed real animals there, but I do enjoy walking around and looking at all the live animal exhibits. It's a good place to learn about animals without having to pay. Our zoo here is pretty great too, it would take all day to get to every exhibit. It is very large. I have been there three times and still have yet to make it too all the exhibits.
Jeff and I are contemplating taking a minivacation this summer to St. Louis while we are still a family of 3. I am dying to get out of the house and out of town for a little while for that matter. We haven't been on a vacation in so long I can't remember. Every trip we take always involves visiting other family. It would be nice to have some memories with just the three of us. It can't be for long because we can't afford to take off of work and have some other bills we want to pay off so can't spend too much, but I think it's needed for my mental health. I'm soooo coped up!
OK the kids are starting to fall apart so I better get going. Besides I'm rambling. Toodles for now!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Just because....
Just wanted to post these because piggy tails are soooo cute and Kadyn grew her first beard!
Monday, April 21, 2008
Fun weekend
This weekend our church held a picnic outdoors at our new facility. There was horseback rides for the kids, lots of food, and a band from Branson played. We brought our kites and flew them. Kadyn loved the kites of course and amazingly loved riding the horses too. She went twice all by herself. The second time she even got brave enough to let go and wave at me, pet the horse, and crack a smile. Before she even got on she exclaimed, "My horse. My horse." She would make Papa proud. A true cowgirl. Man did she ever look so tiny and cute on that horse. All the other two year olds wouldn't do it. I guess Kadyn takes after mama.
Jeff tried out a new trick kite while we were there, but the only trick he managed to do was make it wrap around one of our friend's neck. He admitted it was much harder than he thought. He never did get it to go up in air for more than 5 seconds. Guess we'll have to work on that next time.
I would post pics but we forgot our camera. Oh well! You'll just have to use your imaginations.
Jeff tried out a new trick kite while we were there, but the only trick he managed to do was make it wrap around one of our friend's neck. He admitted it was much harder than he thought. He never did get it to go up in air for more than 5 seconds. Guess we'll have to work on that next time.
I would post pics but we forgot our camera. Oh well! You'll just have to use your imaginations.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
I think I have a disorder.
I think I have a disorder. Seems I always want a different hairdoo. When it's long I want it chopped off. Once it's chopped off, I like it for a month or two. Then I see all these women with pretty long locks, and I think that's what I want. So..... I grow it out again only to chop it again a few months later. The growing out stage really stinks, and I think I drive Jeff nuts through it all. Why can't I just be content with a doo? One thing is for sure, I'll never be one of those women who gets stuck in an out of date hairdoo.
So all this to say, I'm in that in between stage of growing my hair out. It's not nearly as short as it was, it's not even close to long either. It's a....well a helmet. Just lovely. Hope it grows fast.
So all this to say, I'm in that in between stage of growing my hair out. It's not nearly as short as it was, it's not even close to long either. It's a....well a helmet. Just lovely. Hope it grows fast.
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