Potty training

I know I've already told everyone but I am so excited. Camryn is kicking butt at potty training. I was changing her diaper this morning and decided to put her in underwear and try to potty train her. She is doing so good. She has been peeing in her potty all day. She still has dry underwear. I think she is really enjoying using the potty. She tells me she has to go pee and then she runs to the potty. She even wipes herself and pours the pee into the toilet and flushes all by herself. The idea of not having to buy her any more diapers makes me so happy.

Solid foods

I am very excited to start Jordyn on solid foods. I am hoping that she will be fuller and will sleep better at night. Today I decided since she is almost 6 months old, I will start her on rice cereal. I really like feeding babies with a spoon. I think they look so cute with it all over their faces. After we returned to Kirkland from a birthday party in Marysville, I went to the store and bought a big box of rice cereal. We sat her in my mom's high chair and I made a small portion of rice cereal. She didn't seem to like it at first. She would stick her tongue out so I couldn't put the spoon in her mouth and if I did get the spoon in, she would use her tongue to push the rice cereal out. I kept trying and then gave her some bottle. After a little bottle I tried again. This time she started eating it. :)She finished the whole small portion.

After her nap I made another bowl and this time she seemed excited. She ate all of it and seemed to want a little more. I am hoping she sleeps better tonight. Here are some pics that Kim took.





She also took a couple of Camryn. She is holding cat nail clippers. She really wanted to cut one of Kim's cat's nails. lol Surprisingly Kim said no.





My mom and Camryn were playing in the backyard. Camryn's old little swingset is back there and we put Jordyn in the swing to see if she likes it. She seemed nervous at first but she loves Camryn and when Camryn started pushing her she had a big grin on her face.

Puyallup Fair

Today my mom, Kim, Erin and I went to the Puyallup Fair. I haven't been in several years so I was excited. The only thing I wasn't excited about was the fair food temptation. They have really yummy unhealthy food and I am trying to eat as healthy as possible. We arrived right when they opened at 10am. We first went to see the cows which were big and smelly. I didn't breathe through my nose the whole time we were in the cow building. Then we saw the horses. Those weren't as smelly. I am just wondering why they make it where we only see the animal's butts. I would much rather see their faces. As we were looking at the last of the horses one of them, Nick, let out a nice big fart. After that I was done looking at the big animals.

We walked around a little bit then decided to get some lunch. I brought my lunch but I saw on the menu a 100% whole wheat wrap so I got that. I did also eat most of what I brought which was a banana, a special K bar and a slice of cheese. I thought I made a good decision. After lunch we went to see something called "Mutton Bustin." It is bull riding with sheep and kids under the age of 6. My mom has seen it before and says it is hilarious. Before the competition started, there was a person dressed in a sheep costume entertaining the people in the stands. He was dancing to music and doing tricks. He was pretty funny. I had a gut feeling before it started that I wouldn't like it and I was right. I only stayed to watch the first 2 kids. It was too hard for me to watch for some reason. I know the kids aren't forced to do it but they look so sad holding onto the sheep.

When I walked away I went to the nearby booths. One was selling purses and one was selling hats and sunglasses. I started looking at the hats and found one I really like. I'm not normally a hat person but I figured it would be good if I don't feel like doing my hair. :) Next we walked around looking at the different booths. We found one in the arts building that had glass nail files. They are really cool. They have 3 different sizes and the big one also works on the bottom of your feet. My mom bought the pack of 3. She took the middle size and I got the small one and the big one. I also got a nail buffer that keeps your nails shiny for 6 days. I started buffing my nails as soon as I got into the car.

I was a fun day. I got some exercise walking around and got to spend some time with my family.

New apt

Last Monday Erin, Camryn, Jordyn, Macy(her cat), and myself moved into a new apt in Bothell. I am so happy to be all moved in. I hate having boxes around. I love our apt. It is smaller than I am used to and I don't have my own bedroom, but i think it looks great. Here are some pics. I want to give shout outs to Cori and Alex for helping us unpack. I also want to thank Destiny for making us curtains and a tablecloth. They look great!

Follow up appt

I had my week after surgery follow up appt today. Of course me and the girls left our house late and was rushing to my mom's house to drop off the kids with Erin. She offered to watch them for me while I went to my appt. :) I am glad I called ahead to find out exactly where to go. I was dropping them off right about the time I was supposed to be arriving at my appt, so I got there right before my scheduled time. The receptionist looks at me and asks, "Do you have your paperwork with you?" NOOOOO!!!!! I totally forgot that when I made the appt she asked me to print out the paperwork online and fill them out before I come. I have so much going on these days with moving and my divorce that I totally forgot. I felt horrible. I told her I didn't fill them out and she got on the phone and told someone that I didn't fill out my paperwork. Feeling even worse now. She said that someone was getting ready to go into surgery and it would take me atleast 20 mins to fill out the paperwork. They said I would have to wait about 45 mins before I could be seen. I said that's fine. I'm not going to complain when I was my fault anyways.

Turns out I only had to wait 5 mins after I was finished with my paperwork to be called back. The doctor looked at me and said that I am healing nicely. :) He said it's common to be sore and it will feel less and less sore until it's all better. I went back to my mom's house after my appt. I went to check my mail that was on the diningroom table and guess what was there. The dr office sent me the paperwork. lol If only I had seen it before my appt.

The girls and I spent the rest of the day at my mom's house. We watched some tv, played on Erin's computer and went to Target. After everyone got off of work, we celebrated Erin's bday with a yummy dinner, cake and then presents.

Gallbladder no more.

It's been an unexpected week. I was supposed to have a nice relaxing Monday up in Anacortes but instead i was sitting in a hospital bed awaiting my surgery the following day. It all started about a month ago. It was about 10pm, I was getting ready for bed. All of a sudden I had this horrible pain in my stomach and about a min later the pain went to my entire back. I was in tears from the pain. The kids were sleeping so I tried to control how loud I was. I called my mom and she told me to either call 911 or Denise, my MIL. Luckily Denise lives 2 mins away so she was able to come over. The pain was pretty much gone by the time she got there but she brought me a heating pad and helped me get into bed.

I thought it was a one time thing since I hadn't had any more attacks until this last Sunday. Kim and Pedro got back from Peru, they were gone for 3 weeks. So i packed up the kids and I went down to my mom's house to see them. Everything was going well. I was sitting on the futon feeding Jordyn and i got the pain again in my stomach. I got very nervous. Soon after the pain went to my back again. It got so bad I couldn't hold Jordyn anymore. I tried to find a position that would be ok until the pain went away. But no position helped. Laying on my back made it worse. I just tried to deal with it praying it would go away. When i had the first attack the pain lasted about 30 mins.

My mom suggested Kim take me to the ER. I knew something had to be wrong for the pain to come back but I had no idea what was wrong. My mom said she thought it was my gallbladder. So after about 25 mins, Kim and I left for the ER. I left Camryn and Jordyn with my mom. I was hoping she would be ok. Her ribs still hurt. When we got to the ER i was relieved that there was only one other person ahead of me. I was screaming in pain. I couldn't lay down on my side or my back and I couldn't stand. I was dizzy and worn out from being in pain. It felt like forever but i think about after 40 mins they took me back. Luckily the pain was better by now.

After several hours, they took me back for an ultrasound. Soon after I got back to my room, Cori arrived. Kim had left before i went in for my ultrasound to get dinner and make sure everything was ok with the kids. Cori knew i was alone so she offered to come keep me company. I really appreciated that. Erin was up in Anacortes so she was too far away. After about an hour the doctor came in and said i have lots of gallstones. I needed to have my gallbladder taken out. For some reason i never thought that would happen. I knew something was wrong, but i didn't think i needed surgery. I got a little emotional when i heard that. Surgery is scary.

They admitted me that evening. She said that my gallbladder was inflamed so they wanted to give me antibiotics and wait until either Monday or Tues. I would find out from the surgeon the next morning. My surgery was at 1:30 on Tues. I got my pain meds and got discharged that night. I was ready to go to my mom's house to rest for a couple days. I am feeling really tired, sore and dizzy but I am just happy to have no more attacks.

I am so blessed to have amazing family and friends. I have no idea what i would have done without the help of Cori, Erin, my mom and Kim. Cori: Thank you soooo much for keeping me company in the ER and the hospital. You really cheered me up and it helped to have someone to talk to and walk with. Also thank you for taking care of my kids for a couple days. I never worried once knowing they were with you. Erin: Thank you for taking over and watching the kids for a couple days as well. There is no way i could go straight home after leaving the hospital. I really appreciate all the help.

Decorating cookies

I asked Cori if she and Maddie wanted to come over to decorate cookies. That is something I have been wanting to do with Camryn for a long time. So today Cori, Maddie, Alex(Cori's sister) came over. We had sugar cookie dough, red & white frosting, sprinkles, chocolate chips, m&ms, and Nemo fruit snacks. We didn't have any cookie cutters so we just used cups to form the cookies. The girls had a blast decorating them. I think they did a great job. While we waited for the cookies to bake, we had lunch. Yummy sandwiches. Then after we were all done we watched a little Game Show Network.

Wild Waves

We all went to Wild Waves on the 4th of July. It was crowded and hot but it was an awesome day. Camryn had so much fun riding the rides. She went on the carousel, a parachute ride, the train, a boat ride and a big slide. The big slide she didn't like. She was crying the whole way down. :( We decided to go on the rides first since everyone else would go straight to the water park. We were right. There was barely anyone at the rides. We usually didn't have to wait in line and if we did it wasn't a long wait. Pedro and I wanted to go on some scarier rides. We rode a big rollercoaster and a ride called the Tomahawk. One that ride you go upside down over and over again.

After lunch we went to the water park. Camryn couldn't wait to get in her bathing suit and go in the water. My mom took her to the kiddie pool that had little slides, Kim and Pedro went to the Wave pool and Erin and I stayed with Jordyn. Then we took turns staying with Jordyn. Erin and I went on the Raging water ride where you sit in an intertube and go down hills. There were so many times where we got stuck and couldn't get down the hill. Poor Erin. On the last time, we were stuck for like 10 mins so she got out of the innertube to push us towards the hill and she couldn't get back in before me and the innertube went down the hill.

It was such a fun day. Here are some pics that Kim took.

New tv

Yay! Our new tv has arrived. It looks soooo good. Our old tv was very old and it started acting up. It would go to a half screen. Top half was black and the bottom was normal. Not good. Our new tv is a 32 inch LCD flat screen. It's beautiful!!

Sprinkler time

It has been pretty warm these days so I pulled out the sprinkler the other day. Camryn just got a new suimsuit and was so excited to play in it. I am hoping to get a pool soon. Our pool from last year isn't good anymore. Luckily if we can't, Camryn's friend Liam has one so we can always go over there. I have a feeling we'll be getting a lot of use out of the sprinkler this summer.

Jungle Playland

The girls and I went up to Jungle Playland with our friends Christina and Liam last Wed. It was a lot of fun. It wasn't too busy which is always good. Camryn's favorite part is the ball pit. She spent most of the time in there. She is still a little too small for the big slides so she always goes on the smaller slides. I want to take her there as much as i can this summer because once she turns 3 in Sept the price goes up. :(

Pics that Camryn has taken

Camryn got her own camera for xmas from my mom but she still can't use it. Not as kid friendly as we hoped. When my mom comes to visit she lets Camryn use her small camera. All she has to do is aim and press a button so she loves taking pictures. Some turn out good and some are so hilarious. Here are a few of my favorites.

M's game

I went the the Mariner's game last night. It was sooo much fun. I met my friend Alissa and her friend Jaymi at her house at 4. We drove down to Seattle and found a parking spot pretty quickly. We went down there early because we wanted to get dinner first. We decided to go to Red Robin for dinner. That is one of my favorite restaurants and it has been a long time since i've been there so I was excited. Our food was super good. I tried a new appetizer that I really liked. It was cheeseburger queso. Yum! We still had some time to spare so we looked inside a couple stores then headed to the game. It was a nice walk to the stadium. Not too long and too short. Our seats at the game were on the 3rd tier behind homeplate. It was a beautiful day. Perfect for a baseball game. The game was fun. We took some pictures of ourselves. We were ahead 1-0 until the 8th inning. Then it got bad. In the 8th inning they scored 5 runs. NOOOOO!!!! We decided to leave after the bottom of the 8th because we were losing and we wanted to beat the traffic. Plus i was tired. I got home past my normal bedtime.

Fun upcoming weekend

I am really looking forward to this weekend. The next couple days are same old stuff. But on Friday I am going to get my yearly pedicure. lol I'm not joking. It has almost been one year since I got my last pedicure. I got a gift certificate for Mother's Day so Erin and I will be going on Friday afternoon. On Saturday afternoon I am meeting with my friend Alissa and her friend Jayme and we are going to the Mariners game. I'm not exactly a baseball fan, but I went to a game last season with Cori and it was soooo much fun. FYI Cori: I am not doing the wave this time either. lol That part is not my thing. My mom, Kim and Pedro are going to the game on Friday night. Let's hope they win both nights. :)

New stuff

I found this picture that I took of Camryn on the couch. Do you think Camryn is a little sticker crazy?? lol Camryn LOVES stickers. Doesn't matter what kind of sticker it is. I used to get her sticker books but she would go through them in about a day or so, now I get her cheap stickers at the store and she puts them in her coloring books.


On another note, I am so tired of how messy Camryn books are. They are just thrown on the shelf and it looks terrible. Today I decided to organize them and I told Camryn that if she wants to look at a book she needs to ask me to get it for her. Let's see how long it stays clean. I'll keep you informed.

Jordyn's first real bath

I gave Jordyn her first real bath tonight. Before she has only had sponge baths. Camryn was very excited to help me. She did a great job! Jordyn was upset at first. But soon after I put her in the water she stopped crying. :) She just seemed to be enjoying the nice warm water.

One month old!!

Jordyn is one month old today. It is so exciting watching her grow. She still seems like a tiny thing but she is getting better at holding her head up and she has given us little smirks. I took the girls to get their picture taken last Thursday. Let's just say it didn't go as well as I expected. On Wed I got a coupon in the mail from The Picture People for a free 8x10. I thought that was a great opportunity to get a picture of the girls. I was worried Jordyn would have her eyes closed the whole time but I wanted a picture of her before her baby acne got worse. Luckily, she had her eyes open but Camryn was horrile. All she could talk about was getting her picture taken but when we got there she refuse to go near the camera. She had several crying fits and it took us about 40 mins before she calmed down and would give us a smile. We got one smile out of her. I was frustrated but atleast I got 2 good pictures. One of Camryn and Jordyn and one of just Jordyn. It will probably be quite a while before I try that again.

Our painting project

A week ago my MIL had bought a unfinished rocking chair for Camryn. It is very cute. The perfect size. I decided to paint it the same colors as their room. I thought it would look better and be a fun project for Camryn and me. I had some paint left over from when I painted their names. I decided to make it mainly brown but add a little pink too. I let Camryn paint parts of it at the beginning. I knew it would need several layers so I knew I would be painting over what she was painting. It only took 2 days and I think it looks great. On day 2 I couldn't let Camryn help me anymore so I bought her an unfinished piece she could paint. It was the word princess.