My final post of the year...

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Happy New Year!
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Just wanted to wish everyone a very happy, healthy, safe and wonderful new year!

RIP 2010
(January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010)
You were a year of ups and downs.
Wonderful and yet sometimes troubled.
Maybe misunderstood.

Welcome 2011!!
May you bring many new and exciting adventures and opportunities to us.

Quick note...

POTTY TRAINING SUCKS!!

Why can't kids just be born knowing how to use the potty when they hit a certain age...you know, like chewing! Walking, crawling, talking, eating veggies...nothing was as hard as this!

Potty training, take 1...

We are in full swing now!
We've gone all day with just big girl undies on, except for a quick trip to WalMart (which we had to use a diaper for).
So far, we had 1 pee accident and 1 almost poop accident that we caught in progress (TMI, i know)
I think she is starting to understand that in her big girl undies, she can't just pee whenever she wants to...that's what the accidents are teaching her.
Plus, we bought her some Dora and SpongeBob big girl undies, so hopefully that will help her not want to pee in them even more.
I'm not so much worried about the poop part, i know that will take a while. But if we can get the pee part down, i'll be thrilled.
We are going hard core right now, since i have 4 days off.
I've heard that if you go hard core for 4 days, you can potty train your kid.
We'll see!

An update...

I know it's been a few days since i've posted, but this house has been under quarantine.
As i said previously, Mady was sick over the holidays.
Well, she started feeling better, but only because she passed her germs on to Frank and I!
We have been sick all week, and we're finally feeling human again.
So needless to say, it's been a long week for the Stiffies.

On a different note, i think we had a break through last night.
Mady went to sleep without her binky!
No fighting, no crying, nothing!
I couldn't find where it was, so i simply said to her "Big girls sleep without binkies. Do you want to be a big girl?" and she said "Yea!", so i said "Ok, then you need to sleep without your binky. Cna you do that?" and she (amazingly) said "Yea!" and fell right asleep!! It was amazing, wonderful and just what i wanted.
We were going to try to make the switch tomorrow night anyways, so this makes it much easier.
Now hopefully we can keep this up...especially when the new baby gets here.

Now, today we're getting some more big girl pull ups instead of diapers, and i think we're going to work pretty hard on potty training. Hopefully we can master that before the new baby gets here, and that's ANOTHER thing i don't have to worry about. That would be too good.

Post Christmas sugar rush...

So Christmas is over.
It was so hectic getting here.
All the prep work, all the wrapping, all the stressing.
And it came and went, and i feel like it was quicker than any other day.
But we had a wonderful time.
We opened way too many gifts.
We spent time with family.
We celebrated the REAL reason for the season.
Everytime i look at Madylinn, or my quickly expanding belly, or my family in general, i am reminded that i am truly belssed with more than i deserve. I may not have everything, material possession wise, but i have my share PLUS many other peoples shares when it comes to love and happiness and real blessing that matter.

I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas.
Pictures will follow soon.

Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to get on here quick and wish everyone and their families a very Merry Christmas!
According to NORAD, Santa just left Pennsylvania and is on his way to Ohio next.
It was good to see him again, hehehe.
I'll have to tell Madylinn that he loved the cookies and beer we left him, and the reindeer loved the oats and carrots.
Now it's off to midnight mass, and then home to try to get a little bit of sleep before the big day tomorrow.
Mady's very excited for Santa to come.
She actually had a great time opening presents at Aunt Marian's house tonight. She actually OPENED them this year! lol.
Oh, and i'm sure she would want me to tell all of you to wish Jesus a Happy Birthday too!
We intend to sing to him tomorrow.
I think that's a really good tradition to start.
Remember the reason for the season.

A rough few days...

I know i haven't blogged since monday, but i've been a bit busy.
Monday night and Tuesday night i had basketball games, so i was working late.
I came home tuesday night to find that Mady was sick after dinner, but that she was fine after that, so i thought nothing of it. Sometimes she jams so much food into her mouth that she gags herself, so i thought that's what she did.
Well, yesterday morning Mady was very clingy and just wanted to snuggle and cuddle all morning. I should have known she wasn't feeling too well then, but not an hour after breakfast she was running around like a mad woman.
So i dropped her off at daycare while i went to work for a little bit, and i got a call at work that she was sick. So as soon as i could, i rushed out of work to go get her.
Well, to my surprise, when i got to daycare, she had eaten lunch and felt fine, and was in the middle of a loooonnnnngg nap.
So i took the opportunity to go home and bake some cookies without a pair of little hands reaching up and taking them off the counter.
When i went back to get her from daycare, she was fine. She was running and jumping all over the place. And she was fine all night too.
This morning, she is fine so far...but i made sure she only ate toast and a little bit of banana for breakfast, just in case.
Hopefully she won't be sick for the holidays...knocking on tons and tons of wood!