21 Gun Salute

For some reason I never posted about this incident...oh wait, I remember. Exhaustion. That was the reason. That and the fact that I was too tired to take a picture and I like to have pictures when I post. I wrote a lot of "poop" posts about Bug so Boo needs at least one. :)

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The incident I am about to describe happened when she was a few weeks old. I was still getting up twice a night with her at that point. It was during one of those fatigue laden times that the event occurred. I believe it was somewhere around 3:00a.m. Boo woke up and I went into her room to feed her. At that point I was keeping the small lamp on in her room so she would get the idea that it was nighttime and she needed to go right back to sleep after eating.

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I fed her for a few minutes and she started to fall asleep so I decided on the classic method of inducing wakefulness...changing her diaper. I put her on the changing table, took off her jammies, and started the process. I had the first diaper off and was doing the wiping. Right when I lifted her legs in the air to get the...undercarriage she decided to let loose. It was like a miniature fire hose. It literally came out in a stream about half and inch in diameter.

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The room was almost completely dark. But not dark enough that I couldn't see the carnage that was EVERYWHERE. Including the warm, dripping mess that was cascading from my hand and arm to the changing pad. So I decided to count the targets. What else are you going to do at 3:00a.m. when you are in the dark and covered in baby poop? It was either laugh or cry, and somehow I managed to laugh. Here is a compiled list of the items that were decimated.

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1. Changing table (wood part)

2. Changing pad

3. Mommy's hand

4. Mommy's arm

5. Mommy's shirt

6. Mommy's pants

7. Mommy's slippers

(yes the carnage was incredible)

8. The A + D rash ointment

9. The wipe warmer

10. The Johnson and Johnson Baby Lotion

(they didn't mind, they are a family company after all)

11. Rubbing Alcohol

12. Baby Oil

13. The old diaper

14. The new diaper

15. The basket where we keep the diapers

16. About ten clean diapers that were nearby

17. The wall (that is several feet away)

18. The kid-sized cow hide rocking chair

19. A blanket that was on said chair

20. Calendar that was hanging on the wall

21. And of course, the floor

And that was Boo's 21 gun salute!

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Here is a picture of the nursery (from last summer). You can see the trajectory she achieved. She was laying in the middle of that tan changing pad and she managed to hit the wall.

Here is a picture of her around the time of the crime.

Unfortunately for me, Mommy was the one who did the time.

Birthday Videos

Okay, there must have just been something wrong with the system yesterday b/c it let me upload today. Here is the video of the bouncing balls. You can see that Bug doesn't quite understand how it works. She's pretty much just jumping up and down while holding onto the ball. She'll get it eventually. :)

This video cracked me up. I don't know if she turned 3 or 13! She was so emotional on her birthday...too much cake and fun? Whatever the problem was she was having major mood swings. If you don't believe me just watch this video. She goes from happy and determined to sad and pouting then back to excited. I hope this is not indicative of the next fifteen years! :)

3 Years Old

Yesterday our little girl turned three years old. I keep telling myself that. It seems like just the other day that I woke T up at 2:22a.m. and told him that I thought my water may have broken. We excitedly got our things together, drove to the hospital and exactly seven hours and twenty-one minutes later we began the miraculous journey of parenthood. It's funny that it seems like such a short time ago and yet it also seems like Bug has always been in our lives.

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Being a parent is definitely the most wonderful, most emotional, most stressful, most amazing, most frustrating, most joyous thing I have ever done. I cannot imagine my life without this precious little girl. She inspires me to be a better person, to live a better life, and to love God with all my heart so that her little eyes will see something in me that makes her want to do the same. I am beyond thankful for her little life. What a blessing she is to us.

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Yesterday morning when she woke up I, Boo and sang her "Happy Birthday" and I let her eat a piece of cake for breakfast. :) We got ready and waited for Daddy to finish up a meeting. He wanted to take the whole day off but had an important 7a.m. meeting that he couldn't miss. It took a little longer than he thought so by the time we were leaving the house it was already nearing lunch time. Bug picked McDonald's for her birthday lunch. We don't go there very often so it is a treat for her. She got a happy meal and we let her play in the play place for over an hour.

After we ran a few errands we headed over to Noni and Papa's house for cake and presents before Papa had to leave for work.

She got some really fun things from the family!

She got new puzzles, books, stickers, and a mosaic tile kit!

My Aunt gave her a book with a cassette of her and my grandma reading the story to Bug! What a fun idea!

Pawpaw and Nana gave her an adorable floor puzzle and book about the Armor of God that is so cute!

This one, of course, is from Aunt Wendy! LOVE it!

Noni made a pound cake with Bug's favorite...strawberries!

She's really getting a hang of the candle thing!

Noni and Papa with the girls.

Hugs for Mama.

And this was her present from Noni and Papa! Those big bouncing balls, one her size and an adult sized one! You can tell by the look on her face that she LOVED it! She didn't quite know how to bounce but she was having a blast anyway. :)

I got a really cute video of her and Noni bouncing but for some reason YouTube will not let me upload them, and blogger is still being temperamental. I will try to see if I can get it to work later.

How many three year olds would choose to go bowling for their birthday? I have no idea, but when we asked her what she wanted to do that's what she picked. I was impressed with the way she stayed with it. She waited her turn and bowled all ten frames. Her score was 73! Pretty darn good! Sometimes we helped her and other times she did it all by herself. Her method is slow but sure. The ball would literally take over a minute to get down to the end but she knocked pins down every time...well, with the help of the bumpers. :)

Noni and Uncle Sean joined us at the bowling alley.

T and I gave her a necklace for her birthday. She has been admiring my jewelry lately so we decided to give her a "big girl" gift. One of my friends showed me a website where you can order little charms with personalized names so we got her one with her name on it and put it on a necklace for her. I think she feels very grown up with it. So cute. :)

Well, that's all for the birthday festivities! I also have a hilarious video of her bowling that won't work so I will try to get both of those uploaded soon.

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Happy 3rd Birthday Bug!

Happy Birhtday Sweet Girl!

I can't believe she's three!

Elmo Likes to Party!

It seems like just the other day we were coming home from the hospital with a tiny newborn but somehow our little Bug is already three years old! Since her birthday is tomorrow we decided to have her part yesterday so that people who had to drive a ways could come. A few weeks ago I chose several party themes and let her choose from them. She picked Elmo.

One of my friends gave me this cute cake pan so I made the cakes and Grandma decorated them. Didn't she do a great job?? I thought they turned out so cute!

We invited a bunch of Bug's little friends and quite a few were able to come!

Boo got to have a bottle with Grandma during the party so I could run around getting things ready.


The kids all sat down and ate so nicely! I was very impressed. I guess they were hungry. :)

Birthday Girl!

Cutie pie!

Bug requested hot dogs...probably not the most healthy thing but she does love her hot dogs!

The kids ran off and were playing in the nursery. When I went in there this was how I found them.

They were playing hide and seek.

But I don't think they knew quite how it worked. :)

I bought "Pin the nose on Elmo" since it was only $3 from the party place. It didn't exactly work out but the kids were so cute playing it. I think it was the blindfold that threw them. They didn't really want to be blindfolded and the two I did blindfold were able to see anyway. :) The 5 year old at the party was the only one who really "got" it, but we had fun. :)

It is so funny how kids help each other open their presents. Bug didn't mind! She wanted everyone to join in her fun!

She got so many cute and fun gifts!

(most of) The party goers!

"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you!"

Bug's little friend S saw that candle and did what any self-respecting 3 year old would do...try to blow it out! Her big brother was on the ball and clapped a hand over her mouth before the air could escape. SO funny! (Love Bug's face!)

Big brother held her off until Bug finally got that candle out!

My mom put up all the streamers and Grandma and Grandpa brought the balloons. Everything turned out so cute and festive!

I let her have a cupcake AND a small piece of Cookie Monster. I figured, what the hey, it's her birthday.

She collapsed into bed about 9:15, and awoke from her sugar coma at 8:40 this morning. :)

Thanks everyone for making her birthday party so special!

Exercisin'

Our little Boo is growing up so fast! She is such a content baby. If I put her down she usually just plays and coos...well, as long as she can see someone. :) She has transitioned to the "extended night" phase of Babywise. She dropped the late evening feeding and is now sleeping 11 solid hours! So nice!

3 Months Old!

Our little Boo Bear turned three months old yesterday! I can't believe how quickly these first three months have flown by. I need a pause button to enjoy my sweet little baby a little longer! I could say we enjoyed a very nice dinner out to celebrate Boo's 1/4 birthday but we didn't even realize it was the 27th until we were already there. But we can pretend. :)

As you can probably guess, we did end up going with T to his conference. Bug laid on the couch chair for three hours straight on Monday, sleeping on and off, and then popped straight up and said, "I'm better now Mommy!" and was off and running. We tried to get her to slow down but there was not stopping her. So we packed up the car and left.

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The ride down was...interesting. Both girls started out asleep but when we stopped to use the restroom (since it was the last facility there would be until we got there) they both woke up. I took Bug to the bathroom but she just sat there and wouldn't do anything. Fifteen minutes down the road..."I have to go potty!" Great. Big pile of brush or medium size rock? Take your pick. And of COURSE it couldn't be a simple #1...had to be #2. On the side of the road. Napkins from the glove box. Yay.

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Moving on. We got another 45 minutes down the road and Bug started asking to get in my lap. Bad sign. Whenever she asks to sit in my lap when we are in the car it usually means something bad is going to happen. I asked her if she felt ok. She answered yes, but then she started getting really whiny. Her face started to change. I told T we'd better pull over. We were on a really windy, steep canyon road with no shoulder. I'd seen that look before so we pulled over anyway. We almost made it. But not quite. Up came the apple and crackers that I'd given her in hopes of settling her stomach.

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So we were standing on the side of the road, Bug stripped down to her undies and shivering, trying to clean apple chunks out of the car. We didn't want to get the suitcase out in our precarious location so we just put her back in the car with no clothes on and wrapped her in her blankie. Thankfully that was the last time she threw up and we made it to the resort with no further problems.

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I think that place is jinxed. Bug got sick when we went there last June and I had morning sickness so bad that I left my mark on the side of that road as well. TMI, I know. I'm thinking that maybe we shouldn't go when T has his other conference in June. I've cleaned up enough vomit for the time being. :) Thankfully the ride home was uneventful and both girls slept almost the entire way.

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And other than all the messes we had a good time! The resort was beautiful, as before, and despite what I thought last year it really wasn't any harder having two to take care of. We spent time at the park both days. We stayed for over an hour each time and barely missed getting dumped on by a huge thunderstorm on Tuesday. The town is built around the lake so almost everywhere you go is a "lake view". It was very pretty.

I thought I remembered taking a picture of Bug on this same set of stairs last year so I got another one.

What a difference a year makes!

And this one was a complete accident. Or as Bug says, an "axe-ih-didn't".

I had forgotten that I took this picture.

I was thinking while we were there that as a parent you really have to sacrifice a lot of your own desires. Both girls slept terribly and woke us up at least two dozen times the first night. Bug's fever came back and she kept waking up and crying, and in turn waking her sister up. The next day I was sooo tired. I just wanted to take a nap, or relax and read a book but I couldn't do any of those things.
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There are a lot of un-kid things to do at the resort...hot tub, spa, weight room...that would have been fun but of course they weren't an option with two little ones in tow. We spent our time at the playground, watching Clifford, reading books and picking dandelions. BUT the pros of parenthood definitely outweigh the cons. I wouldn't trade these two for ANYTHING! I am so thankful for my sweet girls...even when they are driving me crazy. Haha :)
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I just hope our next trip down there isn't quite as...eventful.


Happy 3 monthday Boo!