Date Night with The Whitehead's

On Wednesday night we had a great date night at Joe T. Garcia's in the Stockyards with the Whithead's! We had so much fun. Matt went to high school with Greg and I and at our high school reunion two summers ago Maren and I really hit it off. We finally decided to get together and we are so glad we did! We will have to make sure we get together more often! Of course all we did was talk about our kiddos, but that's what stay at home mommies do! :) Thank you Nana for taking care of Rory. :)

Milestone Church---Saving my Sanity once a Week

I am always trying to find "free" things to do with my little peanut during the week! We are quite busy with MOPS, Little Sprouts, and the library. But there are some days where I need to entertain Miss Rory so we head to Milestone Church (I found this wonderful place through MOPS). They have a three story jungle gym that is open to the public Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. We usually go once a week...and Rory loves it! There are lots of kids there...all running around like maniacs! Rory is in heaven. It also makes me feel better because there are always kids having meltdowns. (I'm not the only one...ha ha.) We usually stay for a couple hours and then Rory sleeps like a little baby at nap time! Thank you Milestone Church! :)

On a Very Sad note....

Since being in the blog world...I found this blog about a Mom carrying for her son with EB. Tripp past away last night at two and a half years old. I have never met Courtney (mom) but came to know her and Tripp through pics and stories. She had many followers and I know many people are thinking of her today, and her angel on earth who is finally at peace in Heaven.

enjoying some chip and dips with Aunt Reagan
yeah for Aunt Jamie coming over!

snuggles for Toby

reading books with Aunt Reagan

Greg went hunting this weekend with my Dad and Brother...he left Thursday. Rory and I had MOPS on Friday and Aunt Reagan came up to visit Friday afternoon!! We enjoyed going to the park, taking walks, Target, Crazy 8's, Walmart, Sam Moon, and Kincaid Hamburgers. It was a nice weekend! Jamie also came over and we had some fun girl time!! Thank you Auntie Reagan. She also played with Rory in the backyard so I could mop/clean the floors. It is amazing how much cleaning you can get done in such a short time when a little toddler isn't following behind. :) We had a great time with Auntie Reagan and Aunt Jamie, but we are ready to see Daddy this afternoon! He killed a coyote and a javelina, but no deer! Rory will be happy about that since we have been watching PRANCER all weekend. I don't know how she is going to feel when she is a little older about all this hunting.

Cold Night Ahead!

Rory and I will be keeping warm tonight by snuggling with our Layla Lou!! :)

Potty Training

We have introduced Rory to the whole "big girl potty." We don't want to push to soon, but she seems to be enjoying it. For about an hour a day (after she has done the #2..i don't want to clean that mess up) we put her little undies on and set a timer every 10 minutes we take her to the Tinkerbell toilet and she sits on it and we encourage the #1. We only do this for an hour because by the last 10 minutes she is buckling her legs and squealing...i think she is thinking.."We are doing this again?"

She hasn't gone to the bathroom in the Tinkerbell toilet yet...but she also hasn't had any accidents within those training hours. That's a start!! I try to keep her on the hard wood floors as much as I can when she has those ADORABLE little undies on.

She has mastered the concept of "wiping" and uses a roll of toilet paper within a couple of days! She peels the toilet paper from the roll, wipes, says EEEWW!, throws it in the trash, grabs another piece, and the cycle continues. Hey...she can do whatever she wants as long as her toosh is on the toilet. :)

I am sure everyone wants to know about these wonderful little details!! ENJOY!

New Year's Resolutions :)

:) Resolution #3

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The nose picking has begun!! Ha Ha. She hasn't officially began "picking" however she likes to rest her finger up there! We are trying not to make it a big deal...because as we all know Rory loves to get a "reaction" out of her Mama and Daddy. As long as that hand isn't going towards the mouth afterwards...we will continue to ignore. :)

My sister, Reagan, called me yesterday and said, "I believe you have been doing something since December 31st..i need to see a blog entry." So we haven't been doing much since the New Year. We are glad to be getting back to our regular schedule and going to Kelli's again!! We missed her and our Little Sprouts friends. And Greg is off this weekend so we are staying home and going to attempt potty training! We shall see how it goes! :)

I do have a few New Year's Resolutions I would like to post....

1) Read my Bible everyday...Sadly I am not consistent with my quiet time. But our church is going to guide us this year to help us accomplish reading the whole Bible. This week is the Book of John. I have my grandfather's old bible...and I think I need a new one because it is difficult to read and I always seem to be asking summarizing the stories to Greg just to make sure I understood the story correctly. (I sometimes read Rory's Children's Bible...he he...now that is more on my level)

2) Pay more attention to Toby and help him loose some LBS. (my poor little guy has been slightly neglected since the arrival of Rory...he eats her scrapes off the floor and doesn't get the walks he needs) OPERATION TOBY!! Is what I call it?

Greg says, "How is Operation Toby going?" aka "Did you walk him today?"

3) More structured meal times for Miss Rory. As we all know I am a "bird feeder" to Rory. I never feel like she is getting enough to eat so I walk around and give her food while she is playing. And sadly whenever she goes to the fridge I give her what she wants...example : cheese...she takes a bite and throws it on the floor. It is very frustrating! We are going to break that habit. The first few days were rough. But now when i say it is time to eat...she runs to the table. And if she doesn't eat at that time she doesn't get to eat till the next time. She will usually eat everything on her plate if she misses a meal.

Schedule: Cup of Cereal in the morning

8am:Breakfast

9:30am: Snack

Noon: Lunch

3pm:Snack

5:30pm/6pm: Dinner

We both sit at the table for all meals! So far she has been doing great.