A forum...for us...maybe?

OK...so I miss PT...but I have no pets. I just miss the random chatting with you girls that isnt blogging. I like blogging...but miss my chats! :) Anyhow, I made a little forum...if you guys wanna give it a try, that would be awesome! Its just a little free forum, but I figure its something that we can get back to...unless Im the only one missing PT. LOL! :) (Who knows, maybe I am!!) Anyhow, like I said, its just a little dorky one, and I dont really know how to run it yet, but its just somewhere to go. There are so many mom forums out there, but I just dont feel like I know anyone like I do you girls. So...anyhow...thats it. :) Here is the link. If you are all missing the old PT days like I am, come join!



http://mommys-timeout.forumotion.com/index.htm

5 days in...26 stickers later

So we are definitely doing great with the potty training. I actually cant believe that this is even happening. I didnt think he was going to do so well, and I thought it would just be another failed attempt. :)

Its day 5 since Taysen's very first pee in the potty...and he already has 26 stickers on his pee pee chart! :) 24 of them are for peeing, and last night he took his very first poop on the potty, so he got 2 stickers for that one. (And a new race car. :D ) I always ask him if he has to go potty, and he always says no...when he has to go, if he has undies on he tells us to take them off (for pee so far) and if we have taken his undies off (like if it seems like its been a while since he peed last) he just goes to the potty all by hisself and when he is done he runs to us and says "See! I pee!!" He is so proud of hisself. Its really cool.

Technically I helped him with his first poop, because I noticed him hiding behind the chair, and I asked him if he had to poop, and he said "GO WAY MOM!" Which translates out to "Im trying as we speak." LOL...so I took his undies off and sat him on the toilet, and he did get a little poop out into his potty. He wasnt happy that I helped him, but once he saw it in the potty and it was all done he was so proud of hisself. He hasnt tried to poop again since, but Im hoping that it will go as easy peasy as the pee has gone.

The peeing is seriously in the bag. This morning he came up to Josh and told him to take his diaper off because he had to pee. (He had just gotten out of bed like 30 minutes before and he hadnt gotten changed yet...) So if he really wanted to he could have just peed in the diaper since it was already on...but he is really doing good. :)

He has had 2 accidents since starting this all...one the very first day, and one on sunday when he was playing outside, Im guessing he didnt want to go inside to pee. But really, for 5 days, only 2 accidents is great I think! :)

We even took him to our meeting on Sunday in his underwear. (Its 2 hours long.) I brought an extra pair of pants and undies just incase he peed/pooped through...but he did great. I brought him back to the bathroom a couple of times and he did pee 1/2 way through the meeting in his potty. (I just brought the bowl part with us and held it for him) He didnt even have any accidents in the car ride to and from. I just cant believe it.

The funniest thing ever is that this kid only stands to pee. It is so funny. I thought he would eventually get lazy and stop standing...but he literally stands in front of the potty and puts his hands on the wall and leans over it...it cracks me up and me and Josh think it looks like he is going to get a body check in prison or something...it is hilarious to see...but hey whatever helps him aim right? LOL!

Anyhow...I just thought you guys would like an update on the little man's potty training! Lets just hope the pooping comes soon!

I think we are finally on our way!!!!!!

To potty training!! :D :D :D

Two days ago, Taysen peed in the potty for the very first time ever!! :) It was right after his bath time and he peed on some fruitloops...he thought it was hilarious! :) We rewarded him with a trip to Sunoco to get some M&M's. :) (He loved that part.)

Then yesterday he had a field trip for his last day of school at the zoo, so there wasnt many opportunities to even ask him...plus it was pouring down rain so it wasnt so much fun...haha. Anyhow at nightI asked him if he wanted to try, and he did, but it only lasted about 10 minutes and he was done and didnt feel like trying anymore. So we stopped and just put back on his diaper and forgot about it for the evening.

Then this morning after his breakfast I asked him if he wanted to pee again...he said he didnt want any M's. (He just calls them M's...haha) Anyhow, so ok fine, I sort of thought Id just drop the issue and do whatever. Well then I thought maybe it would be in my interest to tempt him. LOL...so I put a nice full cup of M's on the sink in front of his potty...so they could remind him of what he gets if he goes. And he played around in the bathroom for about 30 minutes and finally he stops, runs back to the potty, waddles over top of it (lol I swear I thought little boys sat...but he insists on standing!) LOL!! and he pees right into the potty!! I didnt even have to ask him or remind him, and as soon as the stream of urine stopped, he said "I want M's mom!" haha...he is adorable! :D So FINALLY...I think we might actually be on our way to potty training!! YAY!

A home we can call our own

So we got the call about an hour ago that our townhouse is ready! We are going at about 4pm tomorrow to start moving in and unpacking. I am so happy that we will have a place again. We haven't had any problems where we have been staying, but its just nice to have your own place. (I'm sure Mike and Robin are feeling the same. Haha.) Anyhow we should be started tomorrow and hopefully be totally in by the weekend. I am so happy to not have to share a room with my kids anymore. Lol! When I lay them down for a nap and hop in bed myself to get a snooze too, they think its the biggest joke ever. Lol. I can't wait to have my computer space back too. I'm just so excited. :) I want to get back into my gym routine...I've totally fallen off the wagon and I don't think I've been to the gym in a month and a half. Summer is almost here, I need to kick myself in the butt and get going again. Anyhow, that's it for now...just thought I'd share my excitement. :)

In between moves...

So we are in between moves...things couldn't possibly go smoothly for one minute in our lives.

Josh talked to our landlord the day after we found out when our townhouse would be available so we could let him know when we would be moving out...(I think Josh talked to him on April 12th or something really close to that...) Anyhow, the person living at the townhouse now bought a new house, gets possession on May 1st...so you know it will only take a couple days for them to move out...then it will take a couple days for our new landlord to clean carpets/paint. Anyhow, we were just going to go from the house we were renting to our townhouse, like any normal move. But when we let our landlord know when we were moving, he basically said, sorry, you have to be out by the 1st of May. Nice, huh? So for 10-15 days we were going to have to store our entire house full of furniture and possessions and live with someone else until our townhouse is ready. Talk about inconvenient. So we were pretty pissed off that they couldnt hold on 10 more days...like it was the end of the world...so we packed up our stuff and left on the 15th of April. Why the heck pay a full month of rent to someone who cant even have the decency to wait 10 more days for our new place to be ready. Ya know? Our new landlord is really nice, Josh used to work for him when he worked in construction years ago. So he knows us, knows we are good people. He offered us a big enclosed trailer to put all of our things in so we didnt have to pay for storage, and even nicer, he is storing the whole trailer on his property in a barn. Thank goodness there are some decent people left on this earth. Ever since we left our old place, we have had NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. We never had a SINGLE problem with our old landlords until we told them we couldnt stay there anymore because of Josh's job situation...then things got ugly. Dont you love compassionate people? Ugh...

We are staying with very close friends of ours, Robin & Mike. I grew up with their children, but ended up being closest with Robin and her daughter Tarah. They have 3 adult kids (including Tarah) only one living at home, so there is decent room for us. Its different than living on our own, but it has been going really nice. They have made us feel at home. No one has an attitude...sort of the opposite of what you would get if you stay with a parent. Haha...if we chose a parent, the other set would be jealous that you didnt pick them. So this way both sets of our parents are mad at us, but at least they arent going to hate eachother more. Right? Anyhow...things have been going nice. We have a big room that we are sharing with the kiddos. We sort of thought that the kids wouldnt do so well but they have adjusted like this is how its always been. Thats one thing about my kids that I love...they are so adaptable even though they have pretty tight schedules. We didnt bring Rowans crib, she has been sleeping in her pack and play. We brought Taysen's toddler bed tho. We put Rowan to bed at 8p, Taysen to bed at 9p, and we go to bed whenever. Its working out nice. I am so ready to be "home" though...

I want to get on with our lives. I hate where we have been lately in our lives, I dont think we have ever been this down, and honestly if I could just pick up and leave Ohio and never turn back, I would. (Who knows, maybe it will become an option.) Josh is supposed to return to work on Monday...the rumors are flying though that as soon as they get there they are going to be directed toward a list of who is being kept and who is being permanently let go. Well see.

So enough of that...a little funny story...the other day, Taysen was playing with his race cars...and he brings me a little fuzzy...he does this often, he isnt fond of little clumps of fuzz. LOL...well I open my hand like I always do, and he puts it in my hand...BUT ITS NOT A PIECE OF FUZZ! ITS A SPIDER! AN ALIVE SPIDER!!! Ahhhhhhh! I got up so quick and I was screaming and jumping because I hate spiders...they give me the heebie jeebies! Taysen was cracking up at the show I was putting on! But really I was so terrified that my armpits starting sweating! LOL...luckily Josh found it and put it outside. I think I almost had a heart attack. But its a funny story. (Now that its over...haha!)

Well...I guess thats it for now! Here's to hoping that the next few weeks go by quickly and seamlessly! (HA! Who am I kidding? Maybe quickly...but Im guessing NO to seamlessly...)

Sooo....

Lately life has really sucked for us. We are getting by, but not easily...ya know? Anyhow, Josh was laid off 3 weeks last month, worked 2, and now is laid off until May 1st. It sucks. We officially have to move. We are moving into a townhouse that is supposed to be ready sometime in the beginning of May. Anyhow, its sad that I am somewhat looking forward to it because I am so sick of being stressed out about money. Our bills should decrease by at least 400-500 dollars per month, so it should really help out. Things will still be tight, but definitely not into the red each month as they are now. So now its just a waiting game until its ready. The only downfall is that the kids will have to share a room, but they are young and don't know any better yet. I say we have a couple years before they start hating us for making them share a room. Hopefully things will be better by that time! I still feel like Josh may or may not eventually lose his job, because if they are this slow are they really going to ever pick up?? But oh well, we can live off of unemployment at the townhouse where here we cannot. I love living here, having so much space, and the land that we have here, but oh well...you can only live in what you can pay for right? At least the townhouse is still in Taysen's school district so he wont have to change schools or transition anymore than he already has to. The nice thing is that Josh and I lived in these townhouses after we got married. We lived there for 2 years and they are in a nice quiet neighborhood thats still out in the country...so well take what we can get. :) I am planning on really trying to do something neutral in the kids room because I really want to decorate it! I thought about doing black/white/red...there are some duvet covers at Ikea that are pretty cool looking...and a wall decal place that has some cool stuff to spiff it up since we cant paint. (Ya know...all white walls. LOL! UGH!!) Anyhow, I have plans on spiffing stuff up thats for sure. LOL! I sold our sectional on Craigslist finally the other day and we are setting some of the money aside for the townhouse. I have Josh's big screen TV listed, but so far no one wants it! LOL!! Oh well...well sell it eventually. Ive been selling everything that I know we dont need or dont use or wont have room for...so hopefully everything will pan out. Im sure it will...it always does, it just sucks in the meantime.

On other odd news, Ive been having this weird headache thing going on....first I see flashes in the corner of my left eye...it almost looks like a white ceiling fan is on in the room, but when I look over, its just in my eye...no fan. (Obviously I know where the fans are in our house...lol.) It goes on for about 30 minutes or so...the other day it happened to the point that I could barely read the computer screen...it was weird...then after the flashing goes away I get a really bad headache that lasts about an hour. Its really weird and annoying...so I made an appt with the doctor to see if its something I need to get checked out. Last thing I need is a brain tumor or something...half joking here...but my luck lately does tend to run south! Anyways, my appointment is next week on Tuesday afternoon. Im guessing it will just be talking and then maybe setting up something with a neurologist? Who knows...well see I guess...

Sooo thats it for us right now...I hope all of your lives are not quite as hectic as mine!!

Just not fair...

I hate how life is so unfair. It sucks. There is absolutely nothing I can do about it. It doesn't matter how hard we try to be good people and do things right, we always end up in the mud at the end. I'm over it.