This sums up my day

Caylee dropped Coco's smoothie in The cart at Target
Caylee screamed most of our way thru Target
Coco dropped red nail polish on the kitchen floor, then walked thru it
Coco broke her lamp
Coco didn't take her nap
Coco broke part of the window shade during "nap" time
Belle peed and pooped on the floor many times
Coco had 2 accidents right next to the toilet during "nap time"
Coco went to bed in tears
All our trash/cardboard got rained on (messy mess)

That sums up my day, it could have been a lot worse

"I Don't want to eat it!!"

Both girls were told at dinner that they had to eat at least 1 pea and 1 bite of rice/chicken, in order to get down and play. Both refused. I set the stopwatch and planned to be there til bedtime. I was able to slip Caylee a pea as she screamed and slide a bite of rice in the next time. She wouldn't eat another bite and just kept crying, "Done! Done!" She did the deal so I cleaned her up and she was off to play. Coco on the other hand refused and stood her ground, but so did I! Finally after, crying, screaming, pouting, everything else, she agreed to one pea. Then she ate her bite of rice. I asked if it was good. She said yes. But then said, "Can I get down and play?". Oh my children! They have a way of ruining the tone for the evening sometimes. But I won the battle! I hope Coco remembers it for next time.

Daddy's Softball Game

Tonight Daddy had an early softball game and sonthe girls and I bundled up in our warm coats and boots and headed out. This is the first one since Caylee is walking so well. So we brought the girl's strollers and some stuffed animals. The girls had so much fun pushing their strollers and watching daddy. Caylee was saying hi and bye to all the players and Coco busy chatting with the different wives watching the game. Between the two girls I didn't get to see much of the game. I had my eyes going all different directions making sure they were safe. Those cement steps are not so safe for my Caylee.

Oh my dancing girl

Courtney continues to love dancing. She's still doing ballet and tap.It doesn't seem like she gets much out of it yet, but today, I changed my mind. We were playing a ballet dancing game that she got from, Uncle Chris and Auntie Elisabeth, and in the game she had to do different ballet poses and then put them together in a dance. She was actually doing it and catching onto the moves. It was really cute. We put a song on and she danced her routine. Maybe she is getting it, maybe she will do decent in her dance recital coming up in June.

And this is why I don't like to travel with 2 toddlers...

We were gone for 5 days over Christmas and this is why I don't like to travel with 2 toddlers....

...it took me 5 days just to pack for the trip
...45 min to pack the car
...8 hours of entertaining 2 kids, one who likes to drop everything off to the side just out of Mommy's reach which results in a crying fit in return causes the othe child 8 times out of 10 to start crying as well
...5 stops to pee, and let the girls run around
...the very first day I got the stomach flu and have been sick for a week
...daddy got the stomach flu and has been sick for 4 days
...the kids didn't get normal naps for 5 days straight, aka: cranky toddlers
...the kids didn't eat a decent meal for 5 days straight, it's hard to push them to eat their food when your either surrounded by family or in a restaurant
...Caylee poops a lot! There are not a lot of changing tables on the road. Tricky with poopy.
...it's hard to plan the day around nap schedules
...the girls wake up scared because they are in a new place
...forget about sleeping in, once they open their eyes they can see you and want you to be awake NOW
...it's hard to get ready and have to make sure the kids don't get into any thing that is not kid proofe
...packing and re-packing lots of snacks every day and knowing what to expect
...Courtney was so thrown off by all the Choas that she peed her pants 3 times in one da
...Caylee got diarrhea and leaked thru onto her carseat in the last 2 hours of the trip resulting in a cranky toddler for the last 2 hours
...it takes a few days for the girls to get back into their sleeping/eating routines
...it takes 5 days to unload, unpack, do laundry and re-organize from the trip

I've got to get this down better if we ever want to travel more

There is only one Mommy

On Monday night Caylee woke in the middle of the night coughing and started to cry, not normal for her. So I went in there to comfort her. She calmed down but then it happened again, and again and a fourth time. After that, I decided to just sleep on the floor in front of the humidifier with her. Each cough seemed difficult and was painful. I felt so bad for her. I laid with her a few minutes and it seemed to be working. Courtney want me to lay with her, so I asked her to lay with us. Within minutes Courtney said she had to poop. She went into the bathroom and instead of pooping she started throwing up all over herself. Oh my goodness! I put Caylee down, and proceeded to clean Courtney up. By that time, Caylee got her second wind and was ready to play. She was being crazy and getting into everything, including the puke on the floor. I got Caylee some warm apple juice and honey and we headed back up to hopefully get both girls down. Caylee continued to ransack the room while Courtney wasn't feeling too good. Coco didn't want me to hold Caylee and Caylee didn't want me to hold Coco. But neither felt good. I held Caylee and laid down and then Coco puked again all over all the blankets. So back up to clean her and the floor up. Now I felt like I needed to hold Coco and not Caylee. Ugh! There is only one Mommy, what do I do? I eventually had to put Caylee in the crib and let her cry. I held Coco until she was ready to go to sleep. I ended up sleeping in Coco's bed, so I was nearby the girls if anything else should come up.

Then today, Romo threw up on the floor. I cleaned that up. Romo wanted to go potty but I couldn't take him out. I smelled this horrible smell and looked over at Caylee and she had diarhea filling her highchair. I put Romo on the patio and he proceeded to have diahrea all over the patio. Meanwhile, I pulled Caylee out of the highchair and put her in the kitchen sink. Oh man, she was disgusting. Poop everywhere, in her hair, and every wrinkle. I finally got her cleaned and then had to clean the highchair, start a load of laundry, and clean the patio. I need a clone with all this sickness stuff.

Oh and did I mention we have a new puppy? Thank goodness for her crate.

Our new puppy "Belle"

Ever since we gave Wrigley our dog away, Daddy has been wanting to get a new "Romo" dog. Romo is the best dog we have ever owned. He is perfect in every way. He doesn't need exercise, doesn't eat much, doesn't need exercise, holds his pee for a very long time, and we can leave him all day and he doesn't care.

So after 11 months of asking, begging, asking more, beggging more, prayer, more prayer, and talking, Daddy got me to agree to a new puppy. He found a puppy immediately and we went to see if the next day. Courtney and Daddy fell in love with her. She slept in Coco's arms for 10 min, she was super mellow and very sweet.

We had to wait 2 weeks and today was the day. Mommy had a hair appointment while we were supposed to pick up the puppy, so Daddy took the girls to go pick her up. Courtney has been asking for this puppy every day and so she was very, or should I say overly excited to have the puppy at our home.

The poor puppy was a little overwhelmed it's first few hours. Between Courtney trying to carry her by the neck and Caylee banging and shaking her cage, she didn't have a quiet moment to adjust. But she handled herself well and by the end of the night she was snuggling with us, eating her food, making her way around the house, going potty outside (no accidents so far!) and going in and out of her cage.

It's going to be interesting tomorrow and the next days when Mommy has to take care of her while the girls are awake. I fear for her little life.