Confessions of a Tired Mom!

I am sitting here with a wide awake Timmy at 6:31am after being up with him every hour last night starting at 12:50am. He wasn't up with anything serious except that he kept loosing his pubby and needed it to get back to sleep. It was a hard night that followed two hard days of Joya and Timmy having fits. Timmy's fits were gas related and Joya has started having little tantrums! They are wearing and not fun in public as she displayed yesterday. So I have decided if the tantrum is small to just ignore it, as I do not want to give her any positive or negative feedback, if it escalates then I send her to her room until she cans stop crying and come out with a better attitude. She usually goes in there and lays on her bed with her pubby and does come back out with a better attitude for a while! If it is so out of control and she is being dangerous to herself or me, as she has started hitting then I have no other choice than to spank her and then put her in her room until she calms down. This has only happened once, but it has stuck with me and has been hard for me to forget. I know this is just a stage, but it is wearing on me and makes me sad that she acts like this. We were on a hike yesterday and I had both kids in the double jogger for a while and then I let Joya walk for a while too. While she was walking she went too far ahead of me and I called her back, she turned looked at me and then started running the opposite was of me. I had to run after her to catch her. It was so disobedient and so defiant that I was so mad at her. I told her because I could not trust her to walk with me that she had to get back in the buggy. She got back in, with a fight, I fed her a snack and then she acted as if nothing had happened. The day was perfect for her! Its amazing to me how fast she can turn her attitudes from defiant to compliant, its like she's bi-polar! I had to take her cue and let it go too, it was hard and I am glad we had a drive home from the hike so that I could cool down! Anyway its been two days in a row of all of that attitude and then I am not sleeping at night because of Timmy...I am tired, emotionally and physically. I wish that Tim would wake up early and refreshed and say, "you go back to bed for an hour, I'll take the kids." No such luck though! I am praying hard for myself and Joya today!Here are pictures from the wedding in Boise that we went to, we had a great time!
Timmy's first shoulder ride!

Joya and her cousin Josh loved playing together. Josh is 5 and did a great job of playing with Joya and keeping her in the boundaries I had set for her and keeping her out of the pond water...good job Josh!!

Here are the red heads together!! Jeff didn't know that Timmy has red hair and was joyfully surprised!! Evidently we forgot to tell him!

4th of July

This last weekend for the 4th we went with my parents and aunt/uncle to the beach. The first night, like Bend, was horrible for Joya to fall asleep. Which inturn makes the next day so long and not really fun for anyone. That day was Saturday the 4th. and we got some good outlet shopping in, and some fun beach time in, and Joya fell asleep on the way to the outlet mall so Tim stayed in the car with her and I took Timmy shopping with me. She was asleep for a good 30 min, and then she woke up and they came in to join me. We shopped quick and then went home for lunch. We ate lunch and Joya tried going down for a nap and I did too, I fell asleep several times and was woke up several times by little Miss Mae waking me up. Anyway she didn't get a nap so by the time fireworks came she was a handful! We went to watch them on the beach and we had taken our chairs and some sand toys for Joya down earlier that day to reserve our seats. Its a good thing we did because by the time we got there at 9 the beach was packed. We stayed there until dark and then came home because we could not see any of the fireworks, it was so foggy. It was fun to watch other kids set off their fireworks both Timmy and Joya were just mesmerized by the lights of the fireworks. It was fun and a bust at the same time. We brought Joya home and washed her hands and feet and put her to bed. She fell asleep before we even finished praying! Timmy was up for just a little bit longer and then we all got a good night sleep! It was well needed. We went home the next day and after nap time on that day we all went for a nice long bike ride with Tia and our family and ended at the pool. We came home and BBQed and went to bed...another excellent night of sleep. Monday both kids were sick and we stayed home all day and rested. I caught up on laundry and cleaning!!
The last couple of weekends have been fun, but the first night is brutal with Joya not sleeping. I hope she gets better at sleeping in motel rooms!

A lot has happened...

A lot has happened since the last time I blogged. Joya has done excellent at her potty training. She loves wearing her big girl panties and loves to have a nuddie bottom when shes at home. I have dressed her in dresses because its easier to get to the toilet and go, and she loves wearing dresses! Shes such a girly girl!! Last Thursday the whole family drove to Eugene, Tim did some business there and once him and Paul were done with we drove to Bend. We got in around dinner time and went to Red Robin...one of our favorite places. Then back to the motel, which we had a suite room with Paul and Marilee. Needless to say Joya was too excited to go to bed, so she tormented us all until midnight when Tim took her out to the car and put her in her car seat and then drove around until she fell asleep!! It was a short night of sleep for me because 30 minutes after Tim got back with her, Timmy woke up! I slept very lightly because I didn't want Timmy to wake everyone up after Joya kept us all awake!

The next day Tim did business in Bend and then we drove to Boise. We got to Uncle Alan and Aunt Marie's house, in Kuna ID, for dinner and for Joya to play with cousin Josh, who flew in with Uncle Dan from Houston, TX. J So that night was a late night for Joya again. This time she tried pulling the same stunts as the night before but I told her I couldn't do it again and she had to lay down and go to sleep, or else... She did so and slept until 8 the next morning! It is so nice that Timmy is still small enough to cart him around anywhere and he can take a nap or sleep anywhere. Praise the Lord for that!
The next day we played with cousin Josh in the pool and then went to lunch with everyone which included Uncle Jeffrey, who evidently no one had told him that Timmy had red hair so he was pumped up for that! Sorry we forgot to tell you, I guess next time Uncle Jeffrey will have to come visit after the baby's born and not wait so long!!haha. The wedding was at 5pm at a local vineyard, it was a beautiful setting. There were a ton more kids Joya and Josh's age to play with there, most of them were from the Willis side of the family (Marilee's side), so it was fun for them to meet each other and get to play and run all evening. We finally left at 9ish when Josh and Joya were starting to loose it, both of them complained that their feet hurt from wearing their boots all day, I had taken my heals off, but Tim's feet hurt from his boots too! We went right to sleep that night after saying goodbye to Uncle Dan and Cousin Josh, and woke up the next morning to go have one last family time at Allan and Marie's house for breakfast. We hit the road by 10am and got into Eugene at 8pm. We stopped several times for Joya and Grandpa to use the bathroom, but the last hull was from Bend to Eugene and it was a long one. Timmy had decided he was done sitting in his car seat and let us all know that the whole way home (about 2.5hrs) That's when Joya wet her panties too. She had very minimal accidents with the potty training the whole weekend. The few accidents she had were while she slept in the car, and while playing with cousins, it was just too much fun to leave and go to the bathroom!
Anyway we had a wonderful weekend and now both kids are sick with head colds, so I know they had a great time too!
I will add pictures when I get them. We had everyone else take pictures for us and then they will give us copies soon.

Potty Training Round 2

I haven't blogged in a while because Joya woke up last Wed. and said she is a big girl and didn't want to wear a diaper anymore she wanted to wear panties!! She made the decision and has gone with it. There was a build up to her decision, about two days before her birthday we went to some friends house for dinner. Their youngest boy is 2.5 yrs old and just potty trained and was telling Joya that Timmy is a baby because he wears diapers, and that he wasn't because he went pee pee in the potty. She listened to him and wanted to go pee in the potty that night, it wasn't a big deal we put her on the potty every night before bath time, so I didn't think anything about it. On her birthday she went to the doctor and the doctor told her she couldn't have her pubby outside of her bed because she was a big girl now. She also asked me if Joya was potty training, I said no, but I think it will be happening soon because she loves sitting on the potty! We had a fantastic birthday party and the next day she said, "I'm a big girl!" Se we went with it! She has done excellent! Saturday she didn't have one accident, Sunday was a mess! We set her up for failure there, because she is still in the "Starfish"room, there is no potty in there. I tried to come and take her to the potty every 20 min, but it was just a few minutes too late! She also pooped while she was there, which is normal, but it was not normal for it to run down her legs!! That was a huge mess! After church we went down to Eugene for Tim to see a good friend that was in town, and she did great all the way there and back! Monday she did not have an accident with peeing but she pooped on the rug and then made it to the potty the second time. She completely has the peeing down but the poop is another story. She even prayed for it last night to happen in the potty last night!

Here is a picture of where we have set up camp in the kitchen for her to have quick and easy access! Oh and the other big motivation is that she gets a m&m for every time she makes it in the potty. She gets several if she goes poop in the potty!!

This is a picture of the dress I made her. i got the fabric on clearance at JoAnn Fabrics for 3 dollars a yard. The dress cost me 2dollars and I had the ribbon for the straps!! I thought it was a cute dress. It has ballerinas on the bottom, and ballet shoes and crowns on the top...very cute and Joya loves it!

Joya is 2!

Yesterday was Joya's birthday, we celebrated with a Luau! This was Joya's idea after going to the OSU's Luau. We had a great time, it was close family and three of Joya's friends that we see on a weekly basis. We had a quick party from 5:30 to 7:30, we started with dinner; I made a teriaki chicken, rice, and cut up some fruit. It was a very simple menu. Then we quickly moved on to cake as it was tempting to all kids as it sat on the table we at our dinner at. Then it was on to presents, Tia just kept Joya busy with handing her one right after another so that she didn't get distracted with wanting to play with any of them. Joya got several nice outfits and wonderful toys...she's set for quiet a while! Then all the kids headed outside to play on Joya's new swing set(it's new to us). My father in-law found it at a garage sale for $25 and we re-painted it blue, it looks really nice now and the kids loved it!! Joya has pushed her boundaries with it, in swinging the teeter totter as hard as she and then standing there and letting it come back and hit her in the face!! She's still learning how strong she it! When all the kids were outside, I stayed in and fed Timmy, which was a nice break of quiet and relaxation after go, go, going all day!!
We started the morning with both kids having a doctors appointment, Joya's 2yr, and Timmy's 2 month. They both got shots! Timmy had three, one in each leg and then one oral. Then Joya got hers and she laid there very nice and still for them and then the lady was not good and re stuck her twice, but Joya did great. While the needle was in Joya screamed out, "Ouch that hurts a lot!" The nurse tried not to laugh because it did hurt, especially how she gave it to her. Joya cried hard and told me the bandaid was what was hurting her, so she wanted me to take it off. I took it off, showed her the little spots of blood and she told me she felt better and that is what was hurting her!! It was funny. Timmy is huge, he weighs 15lbs 13oz. and is 24.5 inches long, they didn't give me the percentages of that, but I am pretty sure he is up there!! Joya weighed 31lbs and 8oz and was 36inches tall!! They didn't give me the percentages of the her measurements either, but I will ask my sister if she knows what they are. Joya's doctor told her that her pubby has to stay in her bed from now on, now that she is 2. I prompted that conversation, but because a Doctor said it, she will do it!!

We then headed from the doctors to a new park over on that side of town with our MOPs group. For a while I thought I had the wrong park but then Diana showed up with her daughter Audrie, whom I think Joya is now in love with. Audrie did a great job of playing the Joya who is 2 yrs younger than her.

After the park it was home for lunch and then cleaning up and decorating!! Auntie Kalen came over to help me because I foresaw it being very difficult with both kids to get everything done in time, but of course since she came the kids were perfect. Timmy slept the whole time and Joya played outside on the swing set, until she went down for a nap. Then right when we were done with everything my mother in-law came and played with Timmy so I could get a shower and not smell bad for the party. I even got a little rest!!

WE ended the day by putting both kids in the bath. Then we got Joya ready for bed by the usual reading and praying with her. After an hour of her talking and calling us back into the room we invited her to come out and watch a little TV with us and relax. It took her a long time to wind down. We put her back in bed at 9:50 and finally after 10:15 we didn't hear her talking anymore. She is now up at 7:30 like usual...it could be a long day, but it was worth it!

A few Firsts...

Timmy can now support himself enough to sit in the exersaucer, which we call the poops-a-saucer. Joya loves to run around him and make everything make noise and rattle...what a great big sister to entertain him!

The kiddos had their first bath together last night! Joya loved it and Timmy could have cared less. I wanted to go running last night, so this was the most efficient way to bathe both kids in a minimal amount of time!

I thought this was funny, I put Timmy in Joya's Elmo seat and she moved Timmy's seat next to him and crawled into it. I thought, what is wrong with this picture?

This is Joya with her new costume and doing her ballet, she first does a plea and then an arabesque.

This is a video of Timmy smiling and cooing, its very cute!

Its been a while!

So it has been a while since my last blog and a lot has happened since then. Tim has started his new job and is liking it. He goes to hospitals all over and watches knee and shoulder surgeries. He is building relationships with the doctors and their staff. He has made his first sale in Eugene to Slocum Surgery Center!! It wasn't a huge sale, but it is a start!! Tim fills his spare time with basketball, and two softball leagues. He is having a blast and filling that competitiveness that is now not being fulfilled with football. He is also training for a weight lifting competition, which up until his last lift he was ready for, but in his last lift he felt another pop on his hammy. The competition is next weekend, so we will see if he is ready or not.

Joya is doing great she fills her time with playing in the back yard, which she weekly looses her privileges out there by putting something in her mouth she is not supposed to!! She is still doing gymnastics, story time at the library, and now is swimming at Papa and Nana's pool. She has learned that she can swim by herself with the floaties on her arms...and she will remind anyone that "I do this by myself!" We had our last MOP's of the year last week and had a great time with a bouncy house. If you ask Joya how old she is she will tell you, "I'm almost two!" She will also tell you her birthday is "June nineff." She knows she is getting a swing set, that we are repainting, and wakes up wanting to go outside to see it! This picture is of Timmy sleeping and Joya wanted to put her babies to sleep next to Timmy...its probably not the last time Timmy will have to play with her dolls!

Timmy last night slept for 7 and a half hours!! I feel like a new woman, we will see if this is the beginning of sleeping through the night or a fluke. He loves to play under a little gym and has started playing in the exersaucer, which we named the poops-a-saucer with Joya and it is keeping its name with Timmy! He loves smiling at everyone and Joya loves making him smile at her. He is a way better sleeper than Joya ever was at this age. Timmy has been put on acid reflux medication and it seems to be helping. It is a peppermint flavored liquid that he takes twice a day. He gets a horrible look on his face whenever he gets it, but swallows it anyway. He lately is not liking his pubby(pacifier) and is preferring his first finger on his right hand...I am not a big fan of finger suckers!!!

I took the kids to the zoo a couple of weeks ago, with Christi, Kalen, and my dad. We had a great time and Joya loves the animals. Timmy did great and slept until we got there and was awake most of the time we were there and then slept the whole way home.

As for me, I am finally getting to work out and run, which makes me feel better, even if I don't loose any weight! I am excited to do a mystery quilt this summer, I also want to take a cake decoration class, logistics have not been figured out for that yet!! We are looking for houses right now and have an option, but the house needs some work! We will see!! I have taken on a leadership position for MOPs next year and we had a planning meeting yesterday, Joya got to spend the day with her Daddy and Timmy was with me. I know I have forgotten a lot, but its a quick update!!