Not Much Going On......

We have not had much going on today. The princess went to the nursery again yesterday and did "OK" although I did get a call from the nursery because she was fussy. When I got over to the nursery she had calmed down and they told me they went to wipe her face (she is teething so she has a runny nose from teething and is drooling) and she got very upset. She does not always like her face wiped......I held her and talked to her and then decided to leave her while we were in service. She cried at first (I stood outside the nursery door until she calmed down). Let me just mention again, she is teething, that is why she has a runny nose. If she had been sick I would NOT have left her in the church nursery for other kids to catch something. When we were at the doctor the other night for the busted lip/mouth I had them check her ears and stuff just to make sure there was nothing else going on with the runny nose!!!

This morning the princess and I went on a walk for almost an hour. She fell asleep and I just walked...it was very hot by the time we made it back home. We just hung out at home most of the day except to go get an ice cream cone (that is only 3 points on Weight Watchers). Speaking of WW, I forgot to mention in my post on Friday that I lost another pound. To some of you that may not sound like a lot but my goal is a pound a week so I was pretty excited!!

Tonight is the last night of 24. It is 10:00 and I have so much that I need to do. I am hosting Bible Study again tomorrow night so I need to get up and clean house but I would really like to watch 24 right now to so that I do not read how it ended on Facebook or the internet tomorrow.

An Uneventful Day

Well, yesterday was not eventful around our house - thank goodness! The Princess busting her lip/mouth was enough excitement around our house for a while....we will go for uneventful anytime!!

We did go out for dinner last night and I fed the Princess her dinner from my plate. She had grilled chicken strips, mac/cheese and green beans. It must have filled her up because she did not eat any cereal last night which we have cereal every night!!!

I am really hoping to get some yard work done this weekend! I so hope hubby is up to it. I really want to plant flowers in Kate's Kourtyard so hopefully we will get that done...it is suppose to be close to 90 degrees this weekend....yikes....that is hot!

The Princess is actually napping right now! We still have her swing in the living room and she was standing by it looking at the fish on the mobile so I sat her in it - strapped her in - gave her Elmo and another toy and looked at her a few minutes ago and she is out! Hubby and I were just talking about putting her swing away - well, maybe not now!

Hope you all are having a great Friday!!

Lunch, Dinner, A Visit To The Kids After Hours Emergency Clinic.....

We have had a very busy day today! The Princess is teething again and she is having some pain with these teeth we think. She has a runny nose, is drooling alot and crying! This morning I decided to give her some Motrin (luckily our bottle of Motrin was not recalled) and then I fed her and she was so happy after that so I think it must have helped with the pain. By the time all that happened it was probably a little after 11. We were meeting my friend Jen at noon so I was able to do a few things around the house and then we loaded it to go meet up with her for lunch.

After lunch the Princess and I ran a few errands and she was happy until we went to the grocery store. Luckily I had brought some juice with us although I forgot her sippy cup but we had a bottle in the diaper bag - so I fixed her a bottle of juice and she was then OK for us to get what groceries we needed for dinner tonight. Speaking of dinner tonight, I made another new recipe from my new WW Mag/Cookbook. Tonight we had "Tuscan Chicken served over Fettuccine" and I have to say it was so, so, so good!! Not only good but healthy.

I had just put Hubby's plate on the table and I heard the Princess start crying. Hubby said she fell and hit the couch and was holding her at this point and I made the comment that must be the hardest she ever hit because normally when she falls if she cries it is just for a second but she kept crying and crying. Hubby went to look at her head and realized he had blood on him - she has busted the inside of her mouth (by the top front teeth).

I called the kids emergency center in our area and they told me to apply ice with pressure so that is what we did and took her in.

The doctor said she was fine.  He said most all kids will bust their mouth there at some point.  I was glad he checked her ears while we were there to.  I had thought about taking her to the doctor today and have her ears checked since she has been so fussy and has a runny nose just to make sure it was teething!  Her ears were fine to he said.   We came back home, made her cereal, fed her and I heated up the dinner I had prepared before we left.

Here is a picture of Hubby and the Princess after she had her cereal.  You can see the blood on Hubby's shirt but you can't see the blood on her shirt in this picture - I did not take a picture of the burp cloth we used to apply the pressure with!  It finally stopped bleeding on our way there.

About 9 or 10 years ago I fell and busted my chin.  I remember my face and jaws being so sore the next day and maybe even longer than that.  It even hurt to eat if I remember correctly.  I wonder how sore her little mouth will be?  The doctor told me she should not have trouble eating though. 

I am tired now! I am tired every night anymore:)!

Hope you all have had a great day tomorrow!!

Laundry, Laundry, Laundry.....

(We did not take any pictures today - this picture is a couple of weeks old)

The title of this post is what I think I have been doing most of the day! I am so excited that I have ALMOST all the clothes washed. It is amazing just how much laundry the Princess has - and how many separate loads I do just for her.

No much going on here today. I have finally learned that I do not think I can clean my whole house in one day anymore. I just have to do it in sections and spend a few minutes when I can on each section. That is probably why it seems I have been washing clothes all day - because I can only work on it for so long and then the Princess is ready to play or eat.

I did try a new recipe tonight, Pecan Crusted Catfish. It was actually a Weight Watchers recipe from one of their magazines. It was ok, the next time I make it I will spice it up a little!!
 
Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday!!

Our Monday.....

The Princess woke up around 5:30 yesterday morning. Finally, I realized about 5:45 maybe she was hungry so I fed her and she turned back into the happy baby! She was a happy baby but an awake baby at this point to so I put her in her stroller and she and I went on a morning walk - we walked a little over 2 miles. She fell asleep on our walk so I brought her in and put her in bed with Hubby and then took Sadie on a walk - about 1/2 mile for her. I was really excited that I had already walked a little over 2 1/2 miles and it was not even 8 am yet:)....

The Princess and I went to work with Hubby yesterday to go to one of the ladies in the office Surprise Birthday Lunch. Since we were going with him it meant that we had to be ready to leave our house by 9:30. We left here just a few minutes after 9:30 and made it to the lunch at 11 a few minutes early!! The Princess got a good nap in on the drive there and then she tried chicken, rice and tortillas at the restaurant. We went to Genghis Grill and the Princess had her own number for her little bowl of food and everything! She is such a big girl:).

 Her new thing is to put her hands on her head!!

I was trying to think of something to get for the "Birthday Girl". I remembered while we were at Disney at one of our private breakfast with Beauty and the Beast she had her picture taken with the Princess. So, I found that picture, sent it to be printed, went and got a frame and had her gift ready on Sunday night before I even went to bed! It was amazing as I was putting the gift together how much the Princess has grown since December! She looked so small in the picture compared to now. I have still got to blog all about our Disney trip (and I have got to do that soon so I have it documented when I get time to scrapbook it).

After lunch, we went back to Hubby's office for the afternoon. The Princess and I hung out in their weight room a good bit of the time because there is a TV in there and she can watch her little shows and there is a lot of room for her to play. She actually took a short nap while we were there to!

 The Princess Playing on the floor in Hubby's office.

We finally made it home last night and it was just back to our nightly routine. Oh, a funny thing from last night is I decided that I would try to trim our bushes....I got one done or should I say I butchered one and then stopped! Hopefully hubby will get a chance to work on them soon!! I wish I had my camera outside with me last night when he walked out to see what I was doing....if you could have only seen his eyes and he was trying to be so nice and not say much.....

Hope you all have a great Tuesday!!!

First Sunday In The Nursery!

(The Princess and my friend Heather in the nursery)

Today we left the Princess in the church nursery. I was really, really, really nervous about it! Did I mention how nervous I was? Hubby had said last month that sometime this month we would probably start taking her to the nursery. Last Sunday, Hubby was not at church so it was just me and her (although I did have the help of our friends the Harrison's) and I knew then she would probably have a better time in the nursery where she could talk all she wanted and crawl around and try walking!!

So, this morning when we arrived at church she was sleeping. Hubby said we would go get her signed in and keep her with us until she woke up. Well, she woke up before we ever left the nursery area. This sweet lady told me how to sign her in and they took her stuff and then she took the Princess. Still no crying from the Princess at this point. A few seconds later my friend Heather came in. I found out last week that she is volunteering in the nursery for one of the services each week. She walked in and took the Princess, reminded me that she had my phone number in her phone and I think she said I was the first name that popped up when she pressed "A" and she would call me if she needed me for anything.

So, I handed hubby my phone since we needed to put it on vibrate I thought he could put it in his pocket rather then me staring at it holding it the whole service.

Between BFG (Sunday School) and Service I just had to go check on her. I was just going to peek around the corner because I knew if she saw me she would most likely start crying. I peek around and my friend Heather motioned for me to come over - she was rocking her and she was sound asleep. She said she had played for a while and then reached up for her to pick her up, snuggled her little head against her and fell asleep! Ok, why oh why want she go to sleep for me like that. She said she had found this little toy and played with it the whole time and fell alseep with it in her hand. She took a picture of it and is going to email it to me so I will have to post that on her when she gets time to send it.

We left and went to service and still no phone call while we were in service. As soon as church was over we quickly walked to the nursery and she was sitting in my friends lap and then she saw us and turned the tears on! My friend said that was the first time she had cried the whole two hours or so she had been over there.

She played with my friends kids and with another little one in the nursery. I think we have to say her first visit to the nursery was a success!

Friday Fun!!

Yesterday  the Princess and I visited the MOPS group at our church. I have been wanting to go since the Princess was born but since there was so much sickness back during the winter we did not go. Well, we went and visited today and plan on going back to the next meeting we had so much fun! Today's guest speaker was a contestant on the Biggest Loser - so that was really cool since I have started my weight loss journey! The Princess stayed with me the whole time since I am not quite ready to leave her in the nursery just yet:).

The Princess wore the cutest little dress to MOPS and I did not get her picture in it - she will be wearing it again soon I am sure so I will have to make sure to take her picture when she has it on!

It was such a rainy day here. The Princess just played away in her "super yard play area" though.

Since I didn't take a picture of her yesterday here is a picture taken with my phone from when we went to eat Mexican food the other night. The Princess enjoyed tortillas and chicken or at least I thought she did until we picked her up from the high chair and found lots of tortilla and chicken in the high chair cover!!!

A little of this and a little of that....

As I have said before one thing I really like about blogging is it will help me with my scrapbooks whenever I find time to scrapbook again! So, I do things our of sequence sometimes just so I don't forget.

This past Tuesday night I hosted Bible Study at my house so the Princess got to join us since hubby was not home early enough that evening to help with her. It was amazing how she just sat for I bet 10 minutes and just watched the Beth Moore video. After a while she got to moving around so I put her in her "super yard play area" and let her play with her toys while we watched the rest of the Beth Moore, Loving Well video and watched the Princess as well:).

The Princess got another goose-egg somehow.  I noticed it late this evening (Thursday evening)!  I guess these type things do not bother her nearly as much as they bother me.  The last one she got went down a good bit before she went to bed and this one is still there.  I dont' know when or where she got it today.  She is so mobile so I am guessing she fell and hit one of her toys when she was playing in her "super yard play area". I am hoping and praying that it will be down when she wakes up in the morning.

A couple of weeks ago we drove over to one of the hunting/fishing stores that hubby just loves. Here are a few pictures of Hubby and the Princess that I took with my phone.

Daddy, Can I Please Go In Your Suitcase???

About a week and a half ago hubby had to go out of town. You will notice in these pictures the Princess was trying to hide in his luggage:). The Princess was happy to see him when he returned and he was happy to see her!!

 Also, I need to make a correction to yesterdays post - my  cousins oldest child is 17 not 16.  I don't know where the past 17 years have gone.  One really cute thing about this little boy (ok, maybe he isn't so little anymore) is that when I was planning my wedding he came by my office one day with his mom. They were getting ready to leave and he looked at me as serious as could be and said I will be your "ring burrrier" if you want me to....ok, since I don't think that is really a word and you are probably wondering what it is - that would be pronounced bury-er.  My cousin looked at me and said we have not talked about that at all - so we don't know where he came up with it.  I called her later that day to see if he really could be the "ring bearer" in my wedding because there was no one else I would have rather ask.  I just went and pulled out my wedding album and took a picture of this picture with my iPhone.  This is a picture of me and my cousins oldest son almost 8 1/2 years ago!

I am glad I went and pulled my wedding album out because something I have not blogged about is that I have started Weight Watchers again!  Seeing this picture gives me even more motivation!  As of today I have lost a total of 5.2 pounds....but you have to start somewhere!  My goal is only a pound a week - I don't want too high of a goal and set myself up for disappointment and when I lose all this baby weight (might I add I have never lost all my baby weight from having Kate) I want it to stay off!!  So now, I will periodically update how I am doing on my weight loss journey!

Hope you all have a great day!!!

Road Trip.....

This past weekend the Princess and I took a little road trip. My cousin was a little over an hour away from my house so we loaded up and went to see her. My cousin has 4 kiddos ranging in age from 5-16!! They were here so her oldest could audition to play in a band in Branson this summer and when someone heard them they ask them to play for an "Opry" they hold on Saturday nights! Well, 3 of the 4 of her kids played along with her husband.  I have to say this family is musically inclined.  They play mainly bluegrass music.  I am not sure about the youngest son but most of them play way more than one instrument.   After our night at the "Opry" in this small rural town I have decided maybe Branson would be a fun place to go on vacation this year.  And to top that off, since my cousin will probably be spending alot of time there this summer I would get to spend time with her!!

My aunt and uncle were also in town so we had a nice visit with all of them. The little princess had so much fun with everyone and was great the whole time.  She slept all the way there and all the way home so she got in two really good naps!  The princess and I had no problems getting there or getting back home! We had a blast...how I wish my cousin and her family lived closer by!!

Here are some pictures of our day!

We met everyone at the hotel and then my uncle took us to lunch/early dinner! JB kept the princess entertained through the meal and the princess enjoyed her juice and puffs while we ate!

 After we ate we went back to the hotel so my cousins youngest two could swim before the show.

Here is my cousins youngest (JB),her oldest daughter (EL) and my uncle.  JB wanted to hold the Princess so bad so as you can see EL is "helping" her!!

JB in her swimsuit ready to hit the pool - EL holding the Princess.....how I wished EL lived closer to us or we lived closer to them - she would be an awesome babysitter!!!  Note:  The Princesses outfit really does fit her - it is just in every picture it looks small.....I am going to post a picture where no one is holding her and you can see it does fit:)

My sweet cousin playing with the Princess (this is my cousin that came and stayed with us when we came home from the hosptial last year - her oldest son in the picture is the one who got sick while she was here and had to go home early)

We finally made it to the indoor pool - this is my aunt playing with the Princess!

Another picture of my cousin and the Princess - out by the pool - it was a cool day here that is why they went to the indoor pool!

 

Cute little JB

See you can tell her her shirt does fit:)

My Little Piano Player

The little princess loves to play on her little toy piano so this week I sat her on the piano stool to see what she would do at the big piano....I think the pictures tell all! Looks like piano lessons may be in her future!!