Wordless Wednesday - Brush, Brush, Brush Your Teeth

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"You Always Do Sumpin"

After Miss Priss' bath tonight, I swaddled her in the towel and scooped her up like I always do. {They're so cuddly after baths aren't they? Love it!} I walked toward her room and banged her foot on the doorway when I was walked through. She cried and said "You always do sumpin!!"

Laugh.Out.Loud! The reason she said this was becasue this morning I was carrying her in the same position, down the stairs, and bopped her head on the railing of the stairs. She cried then too. I told her I was sorry a million times, but it obviously stuck with her. {frown} I feel really bad, but it was the cutest thing when she said that. "You always do sumpin!" meaning "Listen here momma, you've bonked me a bunch of times today and i've had it!!"

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It.Never.Fails

I'm having a stressful day today, but I can sit down and laugh about it now.

Last night{around 3am actually}, I took some cold medicine and it knocked me out! My body doesn't handle meds very well. I did get up this morning and go about my regular activities, but around 9am when CB went down for a nap, I napped too. I'm not a napper, but my eyes would not stay open. It felt good to sleep and the meds wore off, but I felt like I let half the day slip away without getting anything done. I woke up angry at the world, when really I was upset with myself. I tried to hurry and get ready, get the girls ready and get out of the house because i had some errands to run.

The girls were being crazy whiney! I mean both of them wailing at the same time for thirty minutes. AHHH!! I got all of us ready and left the house, in a heaping mess. We got all of our running done and came home. CB was sleepy, so I took her upstairs to rock her and she fought me, with everything in her, she fought me good! Miss Priss shows up at the doorway, whispering, "I need you wipe my booty" So I have to get up wipe her booty, then go back to start the rocking process all over. Ugh. Then Miss Priss shows up again whispering "I come in there, I be quiet, Care Bear go to sleep, and you come put my movie in." I tell her "No ma'am, you wait just a minute and she'll be asleep" She continues to show up at the door.

Thirty five minutes later, Care Bear is finally asleep. I went in and talked to Miss Priss, helped her with everything she needed and then tried to start cleaning the house. Nope. Not happening. Miss Priss wants juice and a different movie because she doesn't like that one. Then she wants a snack. Arghh. I can never get anything done around here. I gave myself a little break just to sit down and eat a bite. It never fails that when I try to do something or rock CB, something always comes up. So is motherhood right?

On a good note, the city Christmas parade is tonight! Yay, that'll be fun, even though it's 54 degrees out right now.

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Con {Wo}Man

I'm sorry, I thought I had a 3.5 year old living in my house. I think I may be wrong. Apparentley, I gave birth to an adult with years of life experience.

Experience in the life of a Con Woman.

While playing in the floor this afternoon, Miss Priss decided she wanted to play with the toy Care Bear had, but knew she couldn't take it away. So what did she do? She bribed her sweet gullable little sister with a different toy.
"Here CB, look at this telephone. It's cool, watch *beep beep beep*"
CB takes the phone and lets her toy drop to the floor, then *snatch!!* it's gone. CB never noticed, but I did! I instantly told MP that there was a better way of getting a toy that you want. WAIT. Don't bribe! lol.

No, i'm joking.. that isn't what I told her, but I wanted to. I told her "CareBear was playing with that toy. That means she was having fun with it. You know when you're having fun with a toy? {Insert head shaking by MP} Well you wouldn't want her taking your toy would you? {No} Okay then, just wait your turn and you'll get to play with it too." {Hmph}

That's not all though.

If Miss Priss is being told to take a nap or pick something up etc.. etc.. She will say "Moma, I want a big hug." with arms outstretched and a huge smile on her face.
Ohmigosh. Who taught her that?! Who says no to a big hug? I don't.

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That's What I Love About Sunday

I woke up late this morning. My first thought was "OH! I've got to get ready for church." But then I got distracted and let a few things get in the way. But, I did manage to tear my mind away from those "other" things and get my hiney ready. We were a few minutes late, but we made it!

I enjoyed today's sermon, much like every other Sunday. Our preacher is awesome! The girls went to Sunday school. Miss Priss loves it and asks to go back all week long. Care Bear though is not used to being away from us or other family, so she has a rough go of it. She managed to stay in there though, so I think she is getting better.

After church, we decided to go the park to take advantage of the beautiful fall weather and snap pics of the girls . I feel that it was a success. We got a few good shots {read..potential Christmas card photos!!!}

Miss Priss is so.very.photogenic!! I can take a picture of this girl covered in mud and messy hair and she still looks gorgeous in photos. It's just comes natural to her.
{Let me know if you think I over edited these pictures. I just changed the Contrast and Color Temp}

As most of you know with two or more children, they are exact opposites. Care Bear is not.so.easily.photographed. It isn't completely her fault. Her Albinism plays a big part as she cannot open her eyes all the way in bright sunlight and her nystagmus makes it difficult for her to look directly at me for long periods of times. Oh and the transition lenses in the glasses are so darn dark outside! Plus, she is one year old and loves to explore!!
Once again, model much?! I can just see her at age 16 posing for pictures like this with her friends. =) I know because, this was me at one time. I was the same exact way.
Another almost impossible task. Getting a decent picture of your kiddos together. Yeah, it's not going to happen. You just gotta live with it.
Care Bear has learned a new thing. She now loves to "Call the Hogs" If you aren't from Arkansas, you may not know what that means. But if you are, say it with me "WOOOOOOOOO PIG SOOIEEE!! RAZORBACKS. Go HOGS!!!!" Mm hmm, my one year old can do that and does quite frequentley and it's stinkin.hilarious!
These black shoes {from Wal Mart} and I are not getting along. They fall off of ONE foot only. Every time she tries to take a step in them, they will just fall off. The sizes are the same, maybe she just has a wonky foot..or maybe their cheaply made. {I'm going to go with the latter}
What was that about never getting a decent picture of your kiddos together? I take that back. This is pretty sweet. I sorta love it.
This one isn't bad either. {yes we did let her walk around the park with no shoes. We got tired of putting them back on, only to watch them fall off .2 seconds later.}
Did I say she was absoloutley gorgeous and oh.so.photogenic? Oh right, I did.
See, I think I over edited this picture. It was so dark and dull looking. Now it's bright and perky, but a little to bright maybe? Either way, she's such a happy girl and I love this picture. It shows her essence completely.
This is how most of the day went. She ran away from us no matter where we went.
At home, later in the evening, I tried again with a more subtle light for Care Bear's eyes. {Oh and she modeled a new hairdo and shoes! Way.to.cute for her own good right?}
This might have been a keeper if that darn paci wasn't in the shot! Girl loves her paci..no doubt!
Really? REALLY?? She waited all day, up until the last shot to give me this angelic, amazing picture? Of course she did, that's how she rolls. Make mommy stress all day then BAM. Perfection.

Love my girls so much. We had a fabulous day together. Oh and daddy had a good time too. He was the wrangler. hehe! He also finished the 1/2 bathroom this weekend. Go hubs!! I'll post pictures soon.

If you're wondering about the girls dresses{that's always what i want to know when I read a blog}, they're from Target! Of course, where else{besides Old Navy}..I loveeee me some Target! The one that MP is wearing was on sale for $6!

This is what I love about {this}Sunday!!

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Two in the Bed and the Little One Said

"I'm sleeping with yall!"

When Care Bear was born, I made a point to put her in the bassinet right away. No sleeping our bed, I said. Remember, in my last post I made sure to list that Miss Priss still sleeps in the bed with us every.single.night and that Care Bear prefers her crib? Yeah, not so much last night.

C tried to rock CB to sleep, but she wasn't having it! He brought her into our room and laid her in the bed between us and she went right to sleep without putting up a fight. We moved her to her crib right after we knew she was fully asleep. She woke up screaming at 2am. I rocked her for an hour and nothing! She laid there in my arms staring me in the eyes. It was really cute and funny even, but I was getting aggrivated. She wasn't giving up. I kept fighting the urge to take her to our bed, but finally, I was so tired I did it. Guess what? She fell right to sleep..again. I moved her back to her crib.

She woke up at 6:30am and I didn't even care by that point and just took her straight to our bed. She fell back to sleep and we all got to sleep in until 8am!

Good gravy, I hope this isn't a pattern starting. I don't think I could stand four little feet kicking me in the back all night long.

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Random Thoughts for Thursday

I'm tired.
The passed two days i've been so exhausted. I can't figure out why. I haven't done anything strenuous.I haven't done much at all to be honest. I'm just tired. Yesterday and today, i've not wanted to get up. My lil Care Bear ensures that I do though. She wakes up smiling saying "num num" while doing the 'gimmie' gesture with her hands.

One of my best online friends that i've known for about 2.5 years now, Janet, made Care Bear a tutu for her birthday. {I forgot to mention on here that she was 11 months old on Monday}It is one of the most precious things i've ever seen!! I'm making a Hair Bow to match. Once it's all finished, i'll post pictures. {I also made a Minnie Mouse Bow that is so freakin cute}

Speaking of making her things, i'm also sewing her an A Line dress for her birthday. I'm so excited about it!! I made Miss Priss one when she was about 13 months old and thought it'd be cute for Bear to have one too. I'm taking it to my monogram lady to get her name on it.

My grandma still wants to buy me an embroidery machine. I looked up prices on those and my jaw dropped, so I told her no! It would be nice to add that kind of stuff to my buisness, but I would feel horrible for her spending that kind of money.

I also forgot to mention that C and I's fourth anniversary was last Thursday. We had sort of a shotgun wedding so that day isn't really special to me. I like to remember our first date and we celebrate that night more than our wedding. For our 5th wedding anniversary though, we are going to have a real wedding with all of our family. I can't wait! My daddy will actually get to walk me down the isle =)

I'm so tired. Oh right, I mentioned that.

Hmm..so it's Fall, but the temperature went up! What the heck? It's been so nice and cool for the passed few weeks and now that Fall is officially here, it's humid and hot again. Blah!

I do love Fall though. This is my favorite time of year. From September to December..ahh so nice. I'm getting my decorations out this weekend. Pics to come!

That's all for now. I''m going to have to make myself get up and do some stuff around here. Sigh.

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Why Can't I Be Both?

Mommy vs. Good Looking Woman

About a month ago I started vigorously excercising to get toned up. Since starting the Gluten Free lifestyle, i've lost a little bit of weight and wanted to 'put it back into place', so to speak. I started to get really toned and started looking pretty good{as good as can be expected after two kids}, but I noticed that I let my responsibilities go in the process. My house started looking like a disaster and i'm not one to live in clutter. I had to reevaluate what I was doing.

It seems that if i'm focusing on the way I look, I let my mom/wife duties go down the drain and that doesn't make me happy. I do like when I feel good about myself, but it isn't worth the most important part of my life being neglected. So I ask myself, why can't I be both? I honestly and obviously don't know the answer to that question or I already would be.

For some reason, my mindset changes when I start getting in shape. I start wanting new clothes, my hair done, nails done, new makeup, etc.. That's not me{granted it would be nice, but i've never been that person}. I'm perfectly content sitting around the house in my pj's, hair thrown up in a messy pony, and playing with the girls. So for me, it seems that the choice is either..or.

Still no definite answer, but it'll be something I continue to ponder and work on.

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