Sickness has left us!

YAY!! To answer a question from Megan, Alli has had gastroenteritis twice now. There have been a few times we were afraid she was getting it, but thankfully, she has only had it twice. One thing we were afraid of, was how this would affect potty training. It has had no affect at all! Allisyn even wore big girl panties to church tonight!

A tip for those who ever encounter the type of diaper rash that leaves your baby's bum raw, try Maalox. Do NOT try to go cheap and get a generic brand because it is watered down. The real stuff is thicker and covers better. Top it off with some aquaphor, generic is fine, and it does wonders. Even if it does take two adults practically sitting on the child to get it applied, but we don't know about that part first hand. I wish.

We were actually able to get out for a much needed play date on Friday and a birthday party on Saturday. I even made to church with both girls by myself this morning! Somedays, I wonder why I bother. Especially when Allisyn has to go potty 3 times during worship. I got lucky that both girls were asleep when we got home that I actually had some time to myself! Not too much, but it was nice.

Miss Piper is continuing to grow up way too fast. She has let go a few times after pulling up. Thankfully, it always been on soft-landing areas. She thinks she can eat whatever anyone else is eating and lets you know she is mad if you don't share! She has such a precious laugh and it is great to see her and Alli laugh at some inside joke! Right now I'm letting her shred a napkin because it is keeping her off my laptop. As I was typing that last sentence she started trying to eat said napkin. Since I took it away, she is now trying to get the laptop...which means this blog is done!!

Sickness

has taken over. Well, we are praying that today is not another fluke and it is on its way out. Allisyn got a stomach bug that turned into gastroenteritis. This included extreme stomach cramping followed by poop explosions. No really, explosions. Do you have any idea what it does to the spirit of a little girl who just conquered potty training to have a blowout? It's horrible. Add that to a horribly raw bum and we have had a horrible time.


So what does mom do when ordered out of the house by dad? She goes shopping for things to make a little girl feel better. We have done a lot of painting and gluing and building of blocks last night and today to try to take away from the the horribleness of it all. So now we are hoping it is really gone and that Piper isn't getting it. Her last few diapers have not given us hope.

Well this was going to be longer but mommyhood call via the whining of a miss Piper.

Hey Chandra.....

Yes, I'm still here. It's just hard for me to get on to blog because both laptops are down. Mine still has the jacked up keyboard, thanks to Alli and the Michael's power cord fritzed out us. It was actually smoking and burned me before we stopped using it. We tried to get a universal power cord, but it didn't work so we took it back. Then Michael got the bright idea to try to solder it back together....it didn't work either. So now, I have to come all the way upstairs and use the desktop if I want to blog....terrible I know.

Sooo, what's been going on here? Potty training is going GREAT!! We had a really bad day last Thursday...actually everything about that day was terrible, and since then we've had only had a few accidents. Most of those on the day and the day after Alli got sick. I'm very proud of her.

That horrible Thursday was also the day that I knocked over almost an entire can of paint on our hardwood floors. Thankfully, most of it came up. The exception being the stuff in the cracks. It was bad, I was covered in paint, the 2 girl cats got their tails in it and got in on the couch....that hasn't came out.

Piper is still growing leaps and bounds. She is in the beginning stages of pulling herself up. I think she might start walking earlier than Allisyn did, I'm not sure I'm ready for that. Allisyn is a WONDERFUL big sister and helps Piper get things and watches her for me when I need to get stuff done. Piper is under the impression that she can eat anything so you have to be very careful while eating around her or she will do such things like steal french fries off your plate.

Today the first of 9 days off for Michael! He is taking some vacation time. Today and tomorrow his dad and brother Steve are here helping start the assembly of the girls' new play set. The SKY FORT is it's name. The ran into a big snafu right off when they were missing one of the biggest base boards. They are improvising with a piece from Home Depot until we can get it replaced.

Yesterday we got a wonderful visit from Katy. She was here from Spring Sing at OC and spent a good part of the day with us! The girls absolutely adore her and were happy to get to spend some time with her.

Other random tidbits.... I joined a Bunco group! We had our first official Bunco night last night, it was sooo much fun!! I will definitely be looking forward to it every month!

***BREAKING NEWS**** Piper just pulled her self all the way up on my computer chair!! Now she is in my lap to grab Puck who is sitting on the desk.

I'm sure there is other stuff but it is really hard to type with a squirmy baby in my lap.....