Sickness, potty training, etc.

Why is it that I seperate my paragraphs when I am typing, but on my blog, they all run together? Can anyone help me?!

Since I blogged last, I feel like life has gotten crazy. Hayden has been sick this week with a fever, cold, and stomach flu-needless to say he is miserable and I feel so bad for him. Luckily, the one day he felt good and went to school was Tues., and the PTO sponsored a roller skating party that night. I forgot my camera but I can download pictures later we got from our phones. Both the boys had fun and of course Hayden got the hang of it right before we had to leave. But they gave us free passes as we left, so we will go back again soon.

Connor has been taking medicine for an ear infection this week, on top of the potty training which I am trying to be diligent about doing. Sometimes he ends up in a Pull-Up for a few hours while I am running around, but he always manages to surprise me by going on the potty again. He poops on the potty about half the time which I'm not complaining about, it's just really gross to clean out that underwear! And he's two. I love him to death and he is so cute and makes me laugh a lot, but he knows how to push my buttons. It has been a great day if he doesn't go to time out AT ALL, which happens about once a week! We are also working diligently with him on his speech. The speech therapist has been coming for about a month now and we are slowly seeing some progress. He seems to make an effort to say a word now, whereas before, he would just say "Uh!"

Serena is a good little girl and is very patient with Mommy, but of course she needs my attention too. And she smiles and coos at me a lot, so when I am stressed I can talk to her and she cheers me up!

We are in the process of going through my Grammy's apartment and cleaning it. I started cleaning the bathroom on Tues. and it is taking much longer than I expected.

My mom now has this terrible flu-like virus that is going around, and is miserable. Her and Dad were supposed to babysit for us tomorrow night so that Mike and I could go on a date for the first time in two months. Our hopes were shattered yet again.

I really miss scrapbooking too. About the only time I have found to work on it the past 3 weeks is if I have enough energy around 10 or 11 at night when the kids are in bed, dishes are done, toys mostly put away, etc.. I'm also trying to keep up with two bookclubs.

It's time for spring, and healthy kids!

My wonderful children

I wrote this entry on Feb. 26th, but didn't publish it. (Life got crazy I guess.) It seems like in the past week, each one of my children has blessed me in some way, or made my life easier and more enjoyable. Serena has started sleeping for 7 hours at a stretch which has helped me feel more like myself again. Connor is doing a remarkable job on the potty, and Hayden ceases to amaze me with his reading and writing skills, his creativity, and his thoughtfulness towards others. Mike said when he and the boys were at the Y last week, Hayden had gone ahead and was waiting for Daddy. In the meantime, he opened the door for another lady. That is so unlike him because it is out of his comfort zone. He takes after his Daddy who sets a good example for him.

Calgon, take me away!

Read "My wonderful Children" first. This day came just two days after that one (Feb. 28th). My, how things change! Is it one step forward two steps back, or two steps forward one step back? All I know is that I have got to type out my feelings or I am going to explode! I'm on almost no sleep again because Serena got a cold and can't sleep, and I'm on my third bath of the day and third load of laundry because every time Connor puts on a pair of underwear, he pees or poops in them! We've had two successes with pee on the potty this morning, but that is not enough to keep me sane! Calgon, take me away!!!!! We only bought one pack of underwear so far, but I think I will go to the store today and buy a million more! What did women do to deserve this punishment of potty training?! That's on top of childbirth. Frankly, I don't know which is worse at this point. At least you know that labor will end shortly! Make that 4 times now. Too bad, he is staying in his wet underwear now, I can't keep up.

Pictures of the kids

The past 2 weeks have been full of sickness at our house-sinus infections and ear infection. Of course Mike is the only one that didn't get sick (thank goodness!) We weren't nearly as sick as some families have gotten this past month though! We count our blessings. Once a week the boys get to go swimming, usually with just Daddy. They look forword to time alone with Daddy, and it helps them keep up the skills they have learned. Right now Connor has the art of kicking mastered. He just hangs on to Daddy! Hayden is doing a great job of swimming without floaties on, and they both like to jump in. Pretty in pink! And blue! (It brings out her eyes.) Just this past week Serena started showing some more personality. She loves playing with her hair! Any chance she gets her hand is back there. I keep telling her she's going to rub her hair right off!

Isn't this a great picture of big brother with Serena!

This is the best one I could get with all three.

Learning about nature

One day last week when the weather was warm, we went outside to clean up our yard. As we were clearing a pile of leaves that had collected around our landscape area in the side yard, I noticed a pile of fur. And under the fur were about 5 or 6 bunnies! I had never seen that in our yard before, and the boys had never seen baby bunnies before. They were so excited.