"Wittle Sisto"

Here are some pictures of Ellie, Marryne and Kaleb at the hospital. Marryne and Kaleb really wanted to go and see her they really missed their "wittle sisto", I think Ellie really missed them too, when we all walked in the door she was all smiles and giggles!!

This moment was so cute I had Ellie on the other side of my lap, she scooted and wiggled herself so she was next to Marryne, so sweet.

Despite everything she was still pretty happy. I missed her little smiles it was so good to see her feeling better and happy again.

She really hated the IV, but she was still fascinated by it =)

He was trying to put the foot rest up, he nearly fell on his head!

We got to keep the blanket she is laying on (she threw up on it). ;P

Hair bows!

I have finally taught myself how to make really cute hair bows for the girls. It's such a fad right now and I am not one to jump on the wagon and do what everyone else does, but I love the girls with hair bows in their hair. Marryne is such a girly girl and she is always askin me to make her bows to match her clothes, and I love the compliments Ellie gets when she has flowers and bows on. So this is what I have done so far. The pictures aren't the best so you will have to forgive me for that, I will try and get better ones on soon.

It's a lot of fun to see my creativity at work. I've had a lot of fun going through all of my ribbon and trims to see what I can make, all these were made with stuff I already had!

All of them are pretty cute but..................................
these ones are my favorites, amazing what you can do with ribbon and glue!

P is for !?

I think it's funny at the lengths a parent will go to get their child to fully potty train or at least go "poopy" in the potty! =) I have mentioned before that Kaleb is potty training and he is doing wonderful except that he refuses to go "poopy" in the potty. At first we just figured that it was that he did understand the feeling till it was to late, but he has proved me wrong he just doesn't like to go "poopy" in the potty. When he has to go he will bring me a diaper so that he can go in that and then he will bring me the wipes and let me know when he is done. Now I'm sure you are asking "why doesn't she just refuse to put the diaper on and encourage him to go on the potty?" The answer to that would be that I do and he is such a clever and sneaky little boy that he just holds it until it is bedtime when I put a diaper on him and then when I go to check on him later in the night I get a nice whiff and have to change him while he is asleep which by the way is harder than it sounds!! We have tried many ways to encourage him last week I was using my cheer leading skills and making up cheers for him, he seemed to like the way the cheers sounded but when it came down to it he didn't like the real meaning behind them! Today we were sitting at the dinner table when he brings me a diaper I of course refuse to put it on him and Dana is trying to encourage him to go in the potty by singing "P is for potty" to the tune of "C is for Cookie". Now Kaleb is a music whizz and caught on right away and started singing but still refused to go, I decided to sing "P is for poopy", this apparently was even more amusing and both kids started singing it and dancing around the house,but of course Kaleb has not yet gone "poopy".I'm sure that we will come up with some other funny thing to help encourage him to do all of his business on the potty. The sky is the limit, it's amazing how creative and fun you can get when you are trying to get something out of someone(no pun intended =)).

Quick update on Ellie most of you already know this but for those who don't Ellie is back home now she is doing great. They released her this morning after she ate and kept it down, she was so happy to be home she gave Marryne and Kaleb a giant smile when we got home and both the kids greeted her with hugs and kisses they really missed there little sister. We wanted to thank all those who helped us out with meals and babysitting and also those that didn't but were willing we really appreciate you all.

Ellie Update

Ok so for those of you who don't know what is going on with Ellie here's the low down, for those that do know here's what we know so far. Yesterday we took Ellie to the Dr. and she sent us to the ER. Ellie has had diarrhea since Sunday and she started throwing up on Tuesday and she was running a fever, needless to say she was dehydrated enough that she lost 1/2 lb since Monday. They admitted us to the hospital yesterday she is doing much better they were able to get the vomiting under control and she is able to keep food down, they still aren't giving her straight formula yet though. Right now we are waiting for some test results to come back to find out if she has an infection. That's all we know so far it looks like we are going to be in the hospital another night. I will be home tonight Dana ended up taking the day off tomorrow so we are switching off, it's really difficult to sleep in the hospital!. Anyway it's not much but it's all we know for now, we are hoping to be able to come bring her home tomorrow they don't want to send her home until the diarrhea is under control which makes sense cause if it wasn't I'm sure we would be back to the hospital. Keep Ellie in your prayers and I will keep ya'll updated.

Dad's are wonderful people!!

I didn't get a chance to blog yesterday we were so busy with Father's Day! The kids were so excited to give Dana the presents we had been working on all week. I just wanted to let my other half know that he is such a wonderful dad, yes there are those not so great moments but everyone has them. Dana you remind me so much of my dad there are so many things that you do with the kids that just make me smile and I think what a wonderful daddy your are. I look at the relationship that you have with Marryne and it really reminds me of how me and my dad are. I am truly a daddy's girl, my mom often tells me stories of how my dad use to rock me to sleep at night, for me going to bed was grabbing my "blankie" and crawling onto my dad's lap! I remember those nights when I finally did sleep in my bed my dad always came in and tucked me in and we said a little prayer together. There are some things that only a daddy can fix. I can remember times when some of my friends weren't so nice and my feelings got hurt and my dad just held me in his arms and let me cry myself to sleep. Whenever I was having any kind of trouble my dad was always there to fix it just like you are with our kids. I am so grateful Dana that I have you to help raise and nurture our kids, I couldn't do it without you I love you so much. I also want to let my dad know how much I love him and I will always be his "little girl" no matter how old I am.

Embarrassing Moments

So yesterday I talked about funny moments things that the kids do that just make me laugh, well last night we had one of those my face is so red it's embarrassing moments, but that still didn't stop me from laughing and wishing I would have had my camera! So here's the story we went to the ward party last night which was great fun, the kids were running around getting out some energy. Dana and I were sitting at the back of the cultural hall when I hear this little voice say " mommy I gotta go poop!" from across the cultural hall I look up right away and you guessed it Kaleb was standing in the middle of the cultural hall pants around his ankles half way bent over!! I had the baby so I quickly got Dana's attention,as he is walking up to get Kaleb the whole room is dead quiet( the quietest it had been all night) and you guessed it they were all looking at Kaleb who was waiting patiently for daddy to help him. Now I should have gotten up right away and passed my baby off to someone to go help Dana, but instead I just laughed and made the comment that I wish I had my camera I mean really a picture of that would have looked great next to the one of Marryne picking her noise during her pre-school graduation! I did get a few scowls from people but hey what do ya do, the boys is potty training, anyway after I got control of my laughter I decided I better get some clean clothes for Kaleb. Little did I know it wasn't just poop it was diarrhea!! Oh yes and I am sure you are saying oh that's so gross and trust me it was and I am sure that those who were still eating lost their appetites!! Luckily for us the party was pretty much over anyway, so with our heads held high we said good night and went home to laugh some more.

I guess that pooping in front of everyone wasn't enough embarrassment for mom and dad cause today he managed to do it again. I have mentioned before that I sometimes say the "d" word as we call it now, well this story is about that word. Today was the pinewood derby for scouts great fun and for most of it Kaleb was asleep in my lap which was really nice for a change. Towards the end the adults got to race there cars by this time Kaleb was awake and cheering, it was the first race for the adults and Dana's car aka bat mobile was on the track, they said go and the cars raced Dana's car came in last and to my surprise Kaleb yells at the top of his lungs " Damn it car" followed by "stupid, stupid car, oh man!" and yes he did learn the word stupid from me to but that's another story, now I don't think to many people heard him because of all the commotion but it was still and little embarrassing. So life with Kaleb is definitely busy, and fun and yes sometimes a little embarrassing but we love him anyway!

Funny moments!

Ok so this morning I was sitting in the living room feeding Ellie and Marryne asks Kaleb if he wants to dance. He looks at her for a minute and says "yeah". I think this is so cute, I figure they are going to do their usual little spins and stuff and to my surprise they start doing the tango!! And Kaleb my little music man is even humming the music. I was so surprised I wish I would have had my camera.I figured that they got it from So you Think you can Dance. I don't usually watch that show but lately we have been. After they were done doing the tango they kinda went into what I think it was suppose to be the graceful Waltz, but they inherited my genes so it wasn't so graceful!=)

I just love when my kids make me laugh here are some things they have done that certainly made me laugh maybe they will make you laugh too.

Dana was trying to show Kaleb how to stand up and go pee pee in the potty. Marryne walks in the bathroom and says "daddy I tried doing that!", I am in the kitchen but I can hear everything on the baby monitor and he says " or really and how did that go?", she smiles and without missing a beat says " it didn't go over so well!!!" We couldn't stop laughing.

When Marryne was around 2 yrs old she used to give herself "swirlies" in the toilet!!

The other day Kaleb runs past me in a panic and says " I have to pee!" I just smiled and laughed I could here him talking to himself over the baby monitor and then all of the sudden in a very shrill voices he yells " Hey mommy I can right my name!" he's cheering himself on and quite proud that he discovered that he doesn't need a pencil and paper to right his name!!

Kaleb kinda has a barbie fetish ( actually it's really just because of the hair.) and Marryne really hates it when she sees Kaleb with her barbies. One day I was in the kitchen making lunch and they were fighting and arguing, I ask what's going on and she tells me " buddy has my barbie and won't give it to me." now Kaleb had had this barbie all morning and it was just now bothering her. Anyway she's chasing him around the house and they are both screaming. Normally I give them a warning and if they don't listen they go to there rooms and I take away the toy so no one can have it. Well I give them the normal warning and tell Marryne that he is not hurting her barbie she looks at me and says very seriously I might add " YES HE ARE" and the chase continued! Kaleb finally got tired of her chasing him and he pitched the barbie.

Kaleb is potty training right now but he refuses to go "poop" in the potty. One day I was in the computer room and he brings me a diaper he tells me he needs to go poop and hands me the diaper again. I try to encourage him to go on the potty but he won't, instead of fighting over it I just put the diaper on him. He goes into the corner of the room and bends over and he exclaims as he is pushing and turing bright red " urgh that's a big one urgh!!", then after he was finished he brought me the wipes and said " ok I'm done!"

Ok so sometimes I have a little bit of a potty mouth ( oh come on who doesn't!) anyway Dana laughs and says that "damn" is my favorite word. And he is right I say it more often then I should, but I have been trying really hard to stop and this is why, Kaleb caught onto the word and now uses it all the time and he uses it in the right context! He isn't the only one that caught onto it, although Marryne doesn't say it all the time like Kaleb does it does "slip" out once in awhile, like the other day when I was on the floor of her bedroom having my "mommy melt down" she pats me on the shoulder gives me a hug, wipes away my tears and says " come on mom let's clean this damn house." It did make me smile and it gave me the little boost I needed. =)

Ok so those are just a few, there are so many more but if I shared them all then I would be here all day. Anyway I hope that made ya smile. I am still laughing!