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It has been a while...

since I blogged. Boy is life crazy with 2 kids and when I find time I'm just tired....so let's see what has been going on.

-Potty training was going GREAT and now not so much! I'm tired of fighting a 2.5 yr old on a daily basis...numerous times over EVEYTHING. So I choose to pick my battles, the potty isn't one I choose to fight right now. I will he will train in time, when he is ready.

-I want my sweet Avery back...he seems to be a MONSTER lately. I know most of it is his age and the fact that he has a new brother, but man does it wear on one's nerves(and daddy's too) we aren't sure what is causing the acting out(fighting bedtime/naptime, throwing stuff, hitting, asking to do one thing and he does the opposite.) He is usually very good whene we get out of the house(which I suppose can be a blessing) but at home well...its yet to be desired.

-Quinn turned 3 months old today. He is still nursing which is great. His sleeping has gotten a lot better at night and during the day well he has good and bad days. I don't know how he got to be so old already!!

-he laughs, smiles, and coos a lot. I love those moments the best!

Keith and I are both still struggling to get things into a rhythm with 2 kids. Its still not working...a friend asked me the other day if I ever felt a disconnect to my husband after having kids...yes and I still do. it seems like we are so busy with the kids and house by the time we get to bed we may have 5 mins together and then we are both out like a light. We have now dedicated sunday as "no housework/chores" day. This way we can just spend the day together as a family and let all else go(except cooking/making meals and i may wash diapers, but those are needed) We want to start going out once a week just the 2 of us...but we need someone to watch the kids and i need to get over leaving my boys. Plus we don't have any extra money but keith even volunteered to go grocery shopping if it means going without kids! I laughed! He hates shopping!

well that's an update for now! ill post pictures as soon as I can.

Potty Training 101

I was really dreading teaching avery to use the potty. Well last week he had a terrible diaper rash and nothing was helping it...(i think i posted this in a previous blog, now that I think about it)

Anyway, we are on week 2 now and we've had NO accidents at home. I don't even need to ask him to go anymore. He just goes when he needs too...he gets mad at me if I ask him so I just let him go. He even goes poop in the potty. I still put a diaper on him at nap, bed, and if we go out. He hasn't used a big potty yet so I need to work on that so he will use it when we are out. But it is nice that I don't have to change his diaper anymore! I didn't even need to buy any pullups/easy ups (sorry cooperate america)

I will also have daddy work on getting him to pee standing up. As sometimes he sits and it ends up on the floor, he still gets a treat as he at least got on the potty...not his fault his boy parts had a different idea!

I can't believe how easy it was for him to go! I have a feeling Quinn will NOT be so easy...so I'll have to pay for more patience!

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What are the boys up too?

I really try to blog more often but it doesn't always happen. Quinn goes in spurts of when I MUST hold him and when he is content on his own. Luckily the mai tai i oredered is on its way and hopefully will be here before sat!

Let's see...Quinn is now 9 weeks(almost 10 weeks old). I still wonder where the time went as I can still remember having him...unfortunately. They say you forget the pain once you are holding the baby, not so in my case. It's still very vivid in my mind! Keith is still holding out that I will want another one someday. This is only being brought up as we are getting ready for a tag sale and I want to sell the baby clothes, but instead I'm holding onto them. I did weed out a few.

Quinn can roll from his belly to back since he was about 6 weeks old. Everytime I put him down for the dreaded tummy time he flips right over. He tries like crazy to roll from his back to his belly, but only manages to get to his side. He is now smiling and cooing...which is better than ALWAYS crying everytime you put him down. I did manage to get a smile with the camera the other day. Keith made the comment that we don't have as many pictures of Quinn as we did with avery. It's not because he is the second child, its b/c he WON'T hardly let me put him down and if i do its not long enough to take a picture. He is slowly getting better with it and is sleeping better at night. last night he slept from 930-4 am...I was quite shocked that happened and it was in his bassinet.

Now for Mr. Avery...his speech has taken leaps and bounds in the past few months. not always understandable but close. Afterall that is the way 2 year olds go. He repeats everything and is now stringing 2 or more words together. He has even talked to the dr a couple times we've been there with Quinn. At least they do have the same dr. and he can see that he does speak.

This past week he has had a HORRIBLE diaper rash...I'm still not sure what it could be from as we started a few new things all at the same time. Laundry deteregent, new juice, new wipe solution, or just the buildup on the cloth diapers. (we have hard water and i hadn't stripped them for a while) It didn't seem like no cream was helping at all and when he pooped it was HORRID! so i decided to put underwear on him and attempt potty training..yeah its going slow, but what can i expect. It's a lot to ask for a little kid. But we have had some successes and a poop so that is good. he seems to think he gets a "treat" just for trying, but I said its ONLY when you actually pee or poo...he knows the drill just trying to get it to connect now.

I think he is sensing some jealously with Quinn as he is acting out more and trying to sit on him or hit him. I'm still struggling to find a balance between 2 kids, a husband, dog, and the housework. I haven't been quite successful yet so somethings have to be let go and the last thing I want to do is disclude avery. So i'm making a valent attempt to spend more time with him.

I also don't know how single mother's do it ALL! there are plenty of days when i do it all, but I thank God when my husband comes home so at least we have a 1 on 1 with the boys, but yet I still feel like I'm being streched in 10 different directions. On the nights keith has church are usually the worse days...being sleep deprived doesn't help my patience. I love my husband but when he goes to bed at 11(b/c he's on the computer) and then complains he's tired the next day as he gets up from work, well I get a little ticked off...I made it 930 last night. Granted I wasn't feeling well and figured I would have to get up to feed Quinn but surprisingly it was avery who work me up at 1230...oh the joys of motherhood!

I can't deny..

the fact that I am totally jealous of my friend all going to NYC this weekend! They have been planning it for a while and I was going up until I realize how much I was going to need to pay to have Quinn. I just could really use the time away...not that I don't love my children because I do and love every day I get to stay home with them, but sometimes it really drags on a person...especially being sleep deprived and nursing.

I have had a very short fuse with my husband lately and I know a lot of it has to do that I never get time to myself and when I do it's doing something for someday. I try to go at least grocery shopping by myself but even that doesn't happen. We haven't gotten into a schedule yet and my husband is not very good with scheduling time and being productive. At least he gets the drive into work to be alone. Even as I write this Quinn who was dead asleep miraclously woke up as I started to type...so what the heck?

mommy just needs a break...but sometimes that break costs money and that I definately DO NOT have any.

Although, if I did have the money a few months ago to go on this trip(which I had some set aside) I do think I would feel really guilty for going and spending that money on me. As there are some weeks I wonder where I get the money to buy food...

So girls, have a great time and I'm envious...

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