Oh she's special that one...

So this morning it was all I could do to drag myself out of bed and get into the shower, then I actually mustered up enough energy to blow dry my hair (I just got it done and I'm not over the novelty of having pretty hair)! So I'm feeling pretty good with myself and decided I'm going to be an awesome fun Mom (this is a decision you have to make daily when you're running on fumes).

See my daughter LOVES (understatement of the century) Pink Donuts. That is donuts with pink icing or pink sprinkles on them. She seriously would sell her brother on the black market for one. So this morning I'm like "I'm going to make her day!" and wake her up with some cuddles and then whisper "Do you want to go and get a pink donut to eat at school today for breakfast?", because I'm nothing if not a provider of only the most nutritious meals for my children. Do you know what this kid did? She looked up at me and said "Yeah, we'll get a pink donut AND a cupcake"... WTF?!?! Ummm NO we will get you a yummy pink donut, but no cupcake today.

Enter meltdown. She is pissed because she is only going to get a pink donut and no cupcake. UM wasn't an option to begin with... Do you not realize child that you weren't even going to get the damn donut but I'm SO awesome of a Mom that I'm going to give that you??? HELLS to the No, the kid wants both.

So you know what I do? I get her ONLY a pink donut and she's ONLY getting it because I need a damn coffee from Starbucks or else she wouldn't get that the ungrateful child that she is.

She was pretty damn cute eating it though this morning!~

The Art of a family picture...

First... give up now. It's NOT going to happen, especially if you add in more and more people.

Enter exhibit A: My brother is crazy and my grandmother looks confused.

Exhibit B: Kinsley is now crazy with her Uncle

Exhibit C: Brother got crazier, Kinsley and Mimie aren't looking, oh and dog butt!

Exhibit D: Brother... K is bored, Mimie's eyes are closed, Dad is slumped and dog butt...

Exhibit E: Where is Kinsley looking? and stand up dad!

Not like things got a lot better when there were less of us...

Oh well, at least we had a good time in NC visiting the family!

oooh the poop...

So Kinsley has had poop issues for a few weeks now. It all started, took awhile to go away, thought it did, but then came back so we took her in for testing. See she was having diarrhea and even some blood in her stools.
We did a poop test to test for parasites and bacterial infections, etc... all test came back negative. We had stopped giving her obvious diary and put her on soy milk, cheese, and yogurt. Once the test came back as negative this week the doc said she could eat dairy again so we slowly started adding it back in here and there.

Last night poop-sposion 3 happened. But we didn't know, she didn't cry so she slept in it and woke with a big awful red bum. So we're taking diary out of her diet again and doing soy but here's my question...

Can a kid develop a dairy intolerance or allergy? How do you know? I'm guessing I should call the doctor but to not sound like a bad mother... we've paid a few hundred dollars in co-pays and missed a few days of work that I don't have leave for to not get any answers. It's frustrating to keep doing this, but at the same time I HATE for my poor girl to be going through this!

frustrated!

30 by 30 update

Thirty BY Thirty
1. Loose weight: Currently (6 weeks post pardum) I'm 178. That's only 6lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight, not too bad. Too bad my pre-baby weight was bad and unhealthy. My ultimate goal weight is 140... that means i have to lose 38lbs!!! Whoa, that's nothing to laugh at. Could I get there by the time I'm 30? Probably... but lets be realistic, so I'm setting my goal at 20lbs. If I lose more by then, GREAT, but that's my first goal. this is tricky because i'm changing my current weight since i'm going my the official Weight Watchers scale... so according to THEIR scale i've only lost 4lbs... but we'll see if there's more off tomorrow.
2. Down size clothes to fit the space I have. Currently I have clothes EVERYWHERE! Part of it is the curse of trying to fit back into my clothes again. Part of it is different sizes. Part of it is different seasons. And who am I kidding... I'm a product of the "I MIGHT wear it again one day"... yeah. I want to reduce everything to hit into my closet/drawers and one 30 gallon container. THAT'S IT!  Still purging! Did all my shoes! They almost all fit in my closet now!

3. Church, we need a church BAD. We need one that fits us as a whole family. That fits all of our needs. That makes us all feel at home. We need a church.

4. Visit a city I've never been to. Like a REAL trip, not a we're going to Sesame Place and I've never been there so that counts, because it doesn't. I've been to PA but I've never been to Philadelphia. That would count. I've been to Nashville, TN but I never really visited it (did a mission project there) and got to SEE it. That would count. We drove through Philli to get some cheesesteaks... i know doesn't count.

5. Have Kinsley Potty trained. Hopefully this will happen WAY before I'm 30 but it's a goal none the less. this WAS going weel, then K got a weird poop bug and was in diapers and so reverted back, we put her back in panties, she was doing well then yesterday she went downhill HARD. we're working on it.
6. Have Kinsley off her passy. DONE GONE! WHOO HOO!

7. Consistently work out 4-5 days a week. 1 day this week so far! HA! I'm going today and plan on working out while in NC this weekend... OKAY!?! lol

8. Go on at least one date a month with Chris. We REALLY need to make sure we take us time and often we get caught up in the kids or friends, this needs to end. Bam we saw a movie! Awesome and we might even go on one this weekend!

9. Have a girls night once a month. Whether it's dinner or a drink or a movie. It needs to happen! And Chris should get a guys night too once a month.Yea need to schedule this soon...
10. Stay on top of my cleaning... i guess organization should be part of this goal. Motivation should be? I don't know what the exact problem is but I'm tired of always being behind and dreading someone stopping by my house unexpectedly.

11. Have a new consultant under me in thirty-one (so then i'll have two!).

12. Have TWO of my thirty-one parties reach over 1000k in sales.

13. Still be breastfeeding Parker (I want to make it a year like it did with K).

14. Have my bedroom painted and look like it has style!

15. Have the basement framed.

16. Be able to run 5 miles. well i ran 3.1! So over halfway there!!!

17. Sew curtains for the den.

18. Finish Parker's baby blanket.

19. Have started Parker's Christmas Stocking. Started!!!

20. Sew ruffles for lights in dinning room.

21. Sew the ruffle pants i've bought fabric for for Kinsley. I sewed one pair! I want to do more but at least I did that AND a dress for her!

22. Sew Pillows for Dinning Bench.

23. Deep clean and treat couches.

24. Shampoo carpets

25. Do 10 projects off of Pinterest. I have TONS of things on there I want to cook, make, try and I need to  start Cross them off the list rather than thinking "One day I'll do it"
1. Cleaned my Jewelry with a cleaning solution on there
2. Cleaned my stove top with another cleaning solution from there
3. Made a BLT pasta salad reciepe from there
4. Cleaned my dyson following the directions from a post on there
5. Made a coloring case from a DVD case for K
6. Made a crockpot ck recipe
7. used an idea on there for collecting grease
8. made a crack potato recipe
9. labled a medicine bottle from a idea on there
10. made a lemon cake from there!

26. Get rid of 30 things, baby items don't count. I need to PURGE and clothes don't count either since that's another goal. If Chris and I want to finish our basement we seriously need to make room down there, so PURGE! Yard sale on Sunday, lets see if i can do this in one sweep!

27. Complete THREE 5ks. (or larger) BAM one down!

28. Go 30 days without buying a single frivolous thing. Target is a down fall. Randomness is a down fall. I need to go 30 days without buying something that I feel the need to justify.yea i suck
29. Get 3 pedicures with Kinsley. She and I need that bonding time and she enjoys getting her toes painted. We don't need to go every month by any means (I mean I might but she doesn't) but these outings will be special for her.

30. Have a kick butt party for my 30th!

Won't you tell me how to get...

We went to Sesame Place! While I didn't take a ton of pictures i took a few.

Kinsley Loving her hat (thank the lord!)!

See that rollar coaster inthe background? Yea she went on it... not the smartest idea on my part... kind of turned her off of ALL the rides. Yes i'm an awesome mom.

Parker loved the Sesame

Kinsley still found time to be the center of attention by doing the hoakie pokie down the parade street for everyone without being asked to! Ham.Bone.

And now the real attaction comes (what my kid wasn't good enough for these people?)

Oh well, she loved watching!

It was a successful trip but we never saw ANY characters around Sesame Place that day. I mean we didn't HUNT for them but you would think that you would look around and see a few here or there, nope. Oh well, maybe next time. and there WILL be a next time! We have free (you pay 60 and you get in twice kind of free) passes!

My daughter has her own sense of style...

Toddlerhood if fun because they start discovering who they are as little humans and want to act on that.

Here Kinsley is not acting on that. Here is where I made her wear a dress that I sewed and wanted to see if it fit her.

What do you think?

This is a Kinsley special... comfy clothes and cowgirl boots.

Also another... Wearing the dress Grandma bought her and minnie mouse slippers... i mean what else?

Or we could just wear our PJs with our princess dress, elmo boots and helmate... I mean DUH!

He's three months now but here's his two month shots! lol

So i'm like awesome on being on top of things! HA... But even if i'm not telling you about it like i should i'm still mostly keeping up in person... except I am 5 days late with his 3 month pics, UH! Anyway, here's his two months...

This is his "I'm a dude and dudes don't smile shot"

This is his "HA Mom don't take a picture of me smiling" shot

This is his "How you doin?" shot

This is his "I'm going to kiss you" shot

And this is here just because he's so flipping cute!

So remember when I showed you his completed nursery? No... oh yeah, because I didn't... here it is.

This is the diaper cake from  my awesome co-workers... it's now been used!

His growth chart purchased from Decorative Labels on Etsy. Love!

This room doesn't seem so busy in person but then again maybe it does since my two year old is ALWAYS rearranging something... notice the push trike behind the glider...

Here's a very professional blurry shot of the crib wall

Awesome letters from way cool friend

this is a window... enough said

Baby  on the changing table!

Like his camo bag? You can have one too for your kids just go to my thrity-one website and order!

close up of the knobs!

Boom, because I can

Like it? I do