Baby Maggots

Alivia and I were talking the other day and I told her that if we have a baby boy his name will be Maddox. She said she didn't like that name and wanted to call him baby tyler. That's the baby's name at the babysitters house! I told her that his name won't be tyler it will be Maddox. I asked her if she could say that and she said "Maggots!" We'll have to work on that!!

I'm so glad xmas week is over it was totally crazy. We started off tuesday night by going to a visitation at a funeral home. That was the perfect start! Santa always comes to our house the night before xmas eve, with us being out late tuesday night and Rob had to work all day wednesday we decided to do the Santa thing xmas eve night. On Wednesday, Alivia and I woke up and went to the funeral. She decided she wanted to go home with my mom. I was able to go home and get the Santa stuff ready. When Rob got home from work that day we finally went to my mom's to start xmas! When we got home that evening I felt like it was a little chilly in the house, I went to crank up the heat and discovered WE HAD NO HEAT!!!!! We have a home warranty and of course they said they couldn't get anyone to come out until Friday morning, and it was wednesday evening!! It was 28 degrees outside Wednesday night. We survived the night and got up the next morning and opened our presents then we started to go to Rob's mom's house for xmas. We got about 5 minutes from the house and the heating guy called and said he could come right then!! So we turned around, he was able to get it working temporarily so we were very grateful, we ended up being 2 hours late to his family's house which made us 2 hours late to my family that afternoon. It was very rushed and not relaxing AT ALL!! I was, however, very impressed with how my house held the heat. It only got down to about 65 degrees in the house. We normally keep it at about 74 so it was a little chilly but not unbearable.

Today is my friday, I'm off xmas eve, I never work that day, it just feels like a holiday to me, my office is closed on new years day and i figured heck, i'm not coming in just for friday! So hopefully, these next few days will be relaxing!!

good point

this morning rob was getting ready for work and i said "can i have a few dollars for lunch" alivia was already in our bed and said "mom, dollars are disgusting for lunch!" i cracked up, i guess she thought i wanted to EAT the dollars FOR lunch.

my nephew brayden is potty training, last week amber said to him "brayden i'm so proud of you for being potty trained" he said "mom, i don't have a potty train!"

Week 7

So we're 7 weeks pregnant. I've been feeling HORRIBLE!!! I'm pretty sure this is the same way I felt with Alivia this early on. I've lost 3 pounds and I haven't really been eating. Nothing sounds good and I think I'm afraid to eat! I've been taking my vitamins and I'm not sure if that's one of the reasons I haven't been feeling well. I got such a good start on christmas a few weeks ago and now I haven't done anything the last few weeks-all I want to do is lay on the couch. This week the baby is starting to grow it's brain, which I think is so funny because last week it started to grow eyes and a nose. I would think the brain would come first!! If I don't start feeling better I may just decide to sleep through the first trimester and start again in week 13!

I was telling Rob that I feel so lucky that we've been able to plan exactly when we wanted to get pregnant and that it only took us two months each time. I know there are lots of people out there that want to have kids and aren't able to or it takes them forever to get pregnant. I'm not bragging, I know how fortunate we are. I wish everyone who wanted kids was able to or I wish they could just take kids from parents that don't deserve them!! I never understood how there could be so many dirt bag parents out there having a million kids they couldn't take care of and there are so many good couples out there that can't have kids. It doesn't make any sense. Anyway, I have been feeling this for the last few days and just needed to write it down!

I found out I was pregnant with Alivia the day after thanksgiving in 2004. Since we were trying again this fall, I just KNEW that I would find out I was pregnant the day after thanksgiving again, i mean why not??? Well that day came and I took a test and it was negative--i didn't believe it so later in the day I took another and again, negative i was slightly disappointment especially when my sister in law found out she was pregnant that day and then later in the day I found out my cousin and his wife were pregnant!!! I figured my time would come and i just needed to be patient. Well last night I still wasn't feeling confident about the test I took last Friday so i stopped and bought another. I went home and took it and the indicator line was faint. I wasn't sure what to think so I took another this morning, again the line was there but was kinda light so my sister talked me into taking a digital test (which, by the way, are by far the coolest tests!) and it popped up and said PREGNANT!!!!!!! YEA!!! I should be due around Aug 5th. With alivia, i was due on Aug 4th and had her July 16!

3 Year Old For Sale!

This child is testing my patience lately. Every morning is a big dramatic display of emotions. She is always fine until it comes time to get her shoes and coat on. I think the problem is that she has too many options. She has like three coats, which ever one I ask her to put on she wants the other one. Last night we were leaving and I told her to put her pink coat on, to which she replied "Pink is NOT my favorite color, I want my purple coat" After standing in the corner and a talk from Daddy we worked it out!! She was a sweatheart the rest of the night. Then this morning I guess she decided it was a new day so the drama started all over. I said "do you want to wear your brown shoes?" she said "NO!" so we started to put her tennis shoes on to which she replied "I WANT MY BROWN SHOES!!!!" No matter what I want, she wants the opposite. We are going to have to put a stop to this QUICK! Last night in the car she said "Me and you are fighting so we just need to belax" I may have to give her up for adoption if she doesn't straighten out!!! (of course i'm kidding... maybe)

I got a phone call the other night asking if I wanted to make a donation to the Vietnam Vets. I have an ongoing garage sale pile with alot of clothes so I decided I could donate them. I hate when people call me asking me to donate money because I don't have a ton of extra money laying around to just give to someone less fortunate than myself. I know that's terrible but that's how I feel. So when they just asked for a donation of items and didn't ask for cash I felt good about it. I have everything set out on my porch. Hopefully they will actually pick it up. So I guess I've done my good deed for the season!

Refrigerators by Rob!

This is what my husband did at work on monday! Maybe he's onto something here!

I have the sweetest kid ever. Yesterday morning I was laying in bed with alivia we had the following conversation:

Me: Guess where you are going today?
Alivia: Where?
Me: Ambers house
Alivia: (excited head shake, eyes closed, tongue stuck out-she's weird I know)
Me: Nat is sick today so Amber is going to watch you
Alivia: Why is Nat sick?
Me: She just doesn't feel good today so she needs to get some rest so she can watch you tomorrow
Alivia: does she have medicine?
Me: Yes
Alivia: is joel going to give her medicine?
Me: Yep, he's going to take care of her so she will feel better tomorrow
Alivia: Should we go and check on her?
Me: No she will be fine tomorrow

I thought that was so sweet that she was worried about her getting better.

The other day in her room she was watching little mermaid

Alivia: What is that girls name?
Me: That's Ursula, she's a sea witch
Alivia: Why is she a sandwich?
Me: (laughing) not a SANDWICH-a SEA WITCH

She's a funny girl

This is what the picture on all three of my tv's looks like. I'm NOT happy!

It started acting up on Alivia's tv Monday night and I called and they sent signals to the box and had me unplug it and plug it back in to reset the box but nothing helped, then last night it started doing it on the other two tv's so I called again, again they sent signals and had me reset the boxes, but it still didn't help. The earliest appointment I could get was FRIDAY!! OMG two more days with no TV!!!!!!!! So, last night I thought, oh well, I'll get on the internet-NOPE-it was down too. ARE YOU KIDDING ME, NO TV AND NO INTERNET?!?! WTF!!! Charter installed a box in my basement for the cable and internet, I'm thinking maybe the box needs to be updated, who knows. I guess we'll be watching movies all night and I'm sure that whatever shows I had set to DVR will be lost as well since the signal into the house is bad-GREAT!! Maybe I'll have to actually get something done around the house since I'll have so much free time ;)

good rules!

GAMES FOR WHEN WE ARE OLDER
1. Sag, you're It.
2. Hide and go pee.
3. 20 questions shouted into your good ear.
4. Kick the bucket
5. Red Rover, Red Rover, the nurse says Bend Over.
6. Musical recliners.
7. Simon says something incoherent.
8. Pin the Toupee on the bald guy

SIGNS OF MENOPAUSE :
1. You sell your home heating system at a yard sale.
2. You have to write post-it notes with your kids' names on them.
3 You change your underwear after a sneeze.

OLD IS WHEN:
1. Going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.
2. You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.

Thoughts for the week:
Wouldn't it be nice if whenever we messed up our life we could simply press 'Ctrl Alt Delete' and start all over?
If raising children was going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor!
Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever.

Ponderisms: I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

Garden Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to? I
n the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink whatever comes out?'
Who was the first person to say, 'See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it's ass.'
If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if he's going to look up there anyway?
Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
But Most Of All, Remember! A Good Friend Is Like A Good Bra. Hard to Find, Supportive, Comfortable, And Always Close To Your Heart!

Birthday Marathon

Today starts the birthday marathon. Rachel kicks it off today by turning the big 3-oh. She's not thrilled so she's going to vegas this weekend to party it off! I'm so jealous. Then next week Mindy will also be turning 30. Then me, but I won't be joining the 30 crowd until next year (hehe!) Then Jenny will join them 2 days after me and Kelly will finish it off in early November. How on earth did I manage to become friends with everyone with a bday in october?!? Funny stuff. Happy birthday to everyone!!!!!

Last weekend we went to my mother in laws in Perryville, we also took my 18 month neice with us. It's about a 2 hour drive. My sister in law let us borrow her portable dvd player for the ride. Alivia LOVED it. When we came back home we didn't bring our neice with us-nor did we bring her dvd player with us! As soon as we got into the car Alivia said "I want to watch a movie" I told her that the tv belonged to Gianna and we had to give it back to her. She was NOT happy. She said "I want my own purple tv for the car" I'm not sure why she decided she needed a purple one. All week she has been asking when we can get one? did you get one yet? can i have one? I finally told her she would have to wait for xmas. She said that was ok. I said "Christmas is kinda far away though" she said "well, we can drive there!"

I did some research to try and find a purple portable dvd player and I couldn't find one. I told her that they only came in black, pink, red, blue and white. She said "umm, I'll take pink" So, I guess I know what she will be getting from santa this year!

Alivia's snake incident was more than 3 months ago and I'm still dealing with the insurance about it. A few months ago I received a letter from UHC asking if she had any other insurance coverage, I promptly sent it back and said "No". Then about a month later I received the same letter again and again I sent it back and said "No" A few weeks later got the same letter AGAIN-I threw it away, I thought- this is ridiculous!! So then they started calling my house saying I hadn't responded and they couldn't pay the claim until I responded. So I called them and they said "Does Alivia have insurance coverage anywhere else?" and I said "NO!!!!" they said, ok that's all we needed. OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!! A few days later I got a bill for $35,000!!!!!!!!!!!! That's how much her bill was for not even 48 hours in the hospital. Then yesterday I got a letter from the Ambulance district that said the insurance company hadn't paid them yet. So after 20 minutes on the phone this morning-I think everything is taken care of-GEEZ!!

What a nice little girl

Brayden stayed the night with us last night and in the car this morning:

Alivia: Brayden?
Brayden: What?
Alivia: I Love You
Brayden: I Love you too
Alivia: Brayden?
Brayden: What?
Alivia: I don't want you to come to my house anymore

flashback

I had a total flashback last night. I was watching TV and came across a special on the New Kids On The Block. Which by the way, yes, I am going to their concert in November!! Jenny called me on day:

Jenny: Do you want to go to the New Kids concert?
Me: Absolutly NOT!
Jenny: Oh Come on, it will be a blast
Me: Are they going to sing their old songs or what?
Jenny: They have a new single out
Me: ONE SONG?!?!
Jenny: I Don't really know do you want to go or what?
Me: I guess so

The tickets were EIGHTY DOLLARS....EACH!!!!! Geez.

So, anyway, after I watched the New Kids special I was flipping through channels and came across a 90210 marathon. I felt like I was 14 again....90210 AND NKOTB!!

I'm not sure if I'm going to watch the new 90210 series. I know some of the old characters will be on there but i'm sure it just won't be the same.

My little thinker

Alivia and I have had many conversations about the moon and sun and she understands that the sun makes it bright outside and when the sun goes away the moon comes out and that's what makes it night time. But, tonight she stumped me

Alivia: The sun is out and the moon is sleeping right mom?
Me: Right
Alivia: And when the sun goes to sleep the moon will wake up right?
Me: Right
Alivia: Does the sun wear pajamas?
Me: Um, No
Alivia: Does the sun have a house?
Me: Um, No
Alivia: Where does the sun sleep?
Me: Ummmmm
Alivia: Does the sun sleep in the clouds?
Me: YES! yes the sun sleeps in the clouds
Alivia: Where are the clouds?
Me: (looking up in the sky and noticing I can't see any clouds) We can't see them right now, they're too far away

She changed the subject after that!!!
I need to work on my reasoning! Or maybe I'll just go buy a book for every subject I can't explain!

You have got to be kidding me

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Do we not have enough distractions while we're driving?!? Are you in such a hurry that you need to COOK while you're in your car?? This is insane

You can go, I'm gonna stay

Yesterday was Alivia's first dentist visit. I've been talking to her all week about it trying to prepare her. At dinner friday night we were discussing it.

Me: Daddy, Alivia gets to go to the dentist tomorrow and he's going to count her teeth.
Alivia: Mommy, is he going to count your teeth too?
Me: Yep
Alivia: Is he going to count daddy's teeth too?
Me: No, Just me and you and daddy is going to stay home
Alivia: How about you count your teeth by yourself and I can stay home with daddy

Rob and I were cracking up. She did really good at the appointment, better than I thought, she even let them polish them!! She does have a cavity though-ugh. He referred us to someone else to have that done. She brushes her teeth about a hundred times a day but I had noticed a spot on one of her molars about a month ago. So we'll just make sure she is brushing them right from now on.

I had to go to Costco last night to get a few things. I had a list of things to get. When we were ready to check out, I gave my list to Alivia to play with. She said "What does this say?" I told her it was the list of things I needed to get and told her to read it to me. She held it up and looked at it and said "Um, it says we need to get a toy" Isn't she clever!

Sassy Pants

Last night when I got home from work I decided that I was going to make Alivia a playroom in the basement. Her room is huge but there is a TON of stuff in there and even when it's "clean" it's still a mess! So I put two big rugs downstairs and brought her kitchen, her baby nursery and her vanity table down stairs. She LOVED it. She said "can we bring my bed down here?" I then cleaned up her room and shampooed her carpet. It looks so much better and I can't believe all of that stuff was crammed in her room.

When we pulled into the driveway last night Alivia said "Can I play with Emma?" I said "Liv, it's too hot outside and I think they might be out of town." She said "MOM, I JUST WANT TO PLAY WITH EMMA, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL"

All in good time

Rob and I decided that after amber and bryan's wedding we would begin to try to have another baby. I've known this all year. Now that it's getting closer I'm getting very impatient and VERY excited!! We were talking the other night and I told Amber that I already know what I'm going to name our next baby. If it's a girl it will either be Alexa or Ava and either way the middle name will be Morgan. I told her if we had a boy the name would be Maddox. Amber and Bryan also want to try for another baby after the wedding. She pretty much told me if she had a boy first she was going to steal my boy name!! I hope she was kidding but you never know with her!

So the wedding is getting very close and everyone is trying to wrap up all of the last minute details. There are only 44 days left!!!!

Alivia got a digital camera for her bday. I uploaded the pictures last night. There were 75 pictures on there. Here is some of her work!











The back of the couch







Her TV

The ceiling fan









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My favorite

In my house I am responsible for the following things....everything! I do the cleaning, cooking, shopping, laundry, child bathing and everything else. I have exactly one person to blame for this-myself. I never ask for help. Sure I make snide muffled comments about how I have to do everthing and noone ever helps. However, on the other hand, I never ASK for help. Of course, Rob probably should volunteer once in awhile, but, honestly, if he was outside changing the oil in the car, I wouldn't offer to help!! Last night, I was feeling overwhelmed and said to Rob "I would really appreciate it if you could help me out tonight" We are planning on going to columbia for the weekend for a softball tournament. I wanted to get laundry done and the house cleaned so I wouldn't have to worry about it when we got home on sunday. Much to my suprise Rob said "Sure, What do you want me to do?" I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT!! I gave him some things to do and he DID IT with NO COMPLAINING. I'm an idiot. Why do I feel the need to take care of everything all the time? I've always been this way. Maybe someday I will learn

I've lost it....

I like to consider myself a good cook. However, I cannot cook corn on the cob to save my life. This is so dumb. I remember when I lost it....When I was pregnant with Alivia, one day, Rob and I were outside doing some yard work. We were BBQing and I threw some corn on the stove and went back outside to help Rob with something. I ended up overcooking the corn and ever since have not been able to cook it right. It's the dumbest thing. Last night I even looked it up how long to cook it-it said 5-8 minutes after you put it in and it began to boil again-I did this exactly-it was undercooked. Rob never complains about it but it's making me crazy. I guess I'm just thinking about it too hard. I don't know what to do!!!

On June 11th Alivia was out playing in the yard with the neighbor. It was a pretty normal night. We had already eatten dinner and she had already had a bath. Rob was outside cleaning out the escalade. I was inside cleaning up dinner. At about 8:30 I heard alivia outside crying. I went to see what was going on and Rob came running inside holding alivia and I saw her foot was bleeding. Rob was screaming "she got bitten by a snake and I think it was a copperhead!!!" I didn't even think, I just went to the phone and dialed 911. I have zero experience with snakes and didn't know if this was serious or not but I was not going to take any chances. I told the operator what happened and she dispatched an ambulance right away. Alivia was sitting on the kitchen counter and Rob was trying to suck the venom out of her foot. I guess he had always heard that's what your supposed to do! He told me to stay with her and he went back outside. The operator wanted to know if the snake was still outside and if there was anyway we could try to kill it so that the paramedics could see it when they got there. The neighbor had come inside to see if she was ok so I asked her to sit with alivia while I went outside. The neighbor and rob had caught the snake under a bucket and were trying to kill it with a little handheld shovel-it was the only thing laying around!

I went back inside and got alivia and brought her outside. At this point she really wasn't crying. The fire truck and ambulance pulled up on our little bity street, lights and sirens and all. I told her they were here just for her and she laughed a little. Her foot was starting to swell up. The firemen came down first and looked at it. The ambulance guys came down next and said she would have to go to the hospital . At first I was thinking they were going to leave and just wanted us to take her. Then he said to me, You can ride with us. And I realized he meant she needed to go to the hospital right now in the ambulance. Her and I both had pj's on so I ran inside really quick and just threw on a sweatshirt and grabbed my purse. Rob was going to follow us in the car. I had never been in an ambulance before. I asked the guy where we were going so I could call my parents. This was the evening before my mom's 50th birthday! He said we would have to go straight to childrens. My heart sunk. I figured it must be pretty bad if we have to go all the way there. He took alivia's vitals and everything was great. She was just sitting there sucking her thumb. At one point she asked if we were going to the store to buy some candy!

We ended up going to St. John's. We went straight to the pediatric emergency room. I didn't even know there was such a thing. Rob met us there a few minutes later. They didn't do too much to her at first. By now her ankle was starting to swell. The put some markings on her leg to keep track of the swelling (this stayed on her leg for about a week and she called it her tattoo!) The e.r doctor was consulting with a few other dr's to figure out if they wanted to give her an anti venom. They weren't sure if they should just deal with the bite or worry about the side effects of the treatment. At about eleven, they put an IV in her. At about midnight they said they were going to admit us and start the anti venom. We were moved to the pediatric ICU, where we spent the night. Most of the next day they were just monitoring her. She was still hooked up to the IV as well as heart monitors and an oxygen sensor.

We were moved into a regular room late that day and had to spend another night. Most of the day she had a fever that they were keeping an eye on. They also had a plastic surgeon come in to look at her. Apparantly, copperhead venom is known to do alot of tissue damage. They weren't too concerned after looking at her foot. We were finally released around 4:00 pm.

She talks about this everyday! And everyday the story changes! One day the snake bit her arm. One day it ate her, one day she beat it. It's pretty funny. I am so paranoid now as this happened right in our yard. I called the hospital the other day to make sure they had all of our insurance info, they did, and I asked them if they knew how much the bill was. He said so far, it was around $34,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He said with the provider discount though, the insurance company will only be billed for about 10% of that. Crazy.

When we finally got home, there were balloons and stuffed animals on the porch from the neighbors, it was so sweet. We had alot of visitors and phone calls while we were in the hospital. I told rob it's really nice to know that when something like this happens to you, that other people are thinking of you.

funny stuff

I was upstairs making dinner last night and Rob yelled to me from downstairs

Rob: I have stain on my underwear should I throw them away?
Me: (pause) What kind of stain?
Rob: Stain...from the trim (he was staining trim for our bedroom)
Me:(pause again) How did you get stain on your underwear?
Rob: It got on my pants and leaked through
Alivia: My daddy didn't poop in his underwear
Me: I was just checking!

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We were at dinner on Sunday night and we were done eating and I said to Alivia "I'm glad you came with us, you were very good" and she said "It was my pleasure!"

Simon Says

In the car last night

Alivia: Mommy, are you ready to play simon says
Me: Sure
Alivia: Simon says....shake your body
Me: (driving and shaking my body)
Alivia: Simon says....Wiggle your fingers
Me: (driving and wiggling my fingers)
Alivia: Simon says....tickle the sun
Me:i just looked at her and she had her arm reached toward the window and was pretending to tickle the sun
Alivia: Simon Says......open the door (and proceeds to act like she's going to open the door, which obviously she cannot do)
Me: (cracking up)
Alivia: Simon says....stop the car....mommy STOP THE CAR....SIMON SAYS STOP THE CAR
Me: liv i can't stop the car, i'm driving
Alivia: Ok, simon says just go home

This is pretty funny if you're REALLY REALLY bored!

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How to order a pizza, make a bologna sandwich, and cook a tv dinner-for idiots

My child is officially potty trained! and I survived! It really wasn't that bad at all. It's amazing, now that I don't have to go to the store to buy pull-ups or diapers, I don't go to the store as often which means I'm not spending as much money-it's a win/win! I made the mistake of getting liv a step stool. Now she wants to brush her teeth/wash her hands/get a drink of water-a million times a day. So I guess what I am saving in diapers and pull ups, I will be spending on toothpaste and hand soap!

Mindy and I went to VooDoo last night to watch the taping of Harrah's Lucky Break. We had been talking about it forever so we finally did it! We ran into a friend of ours that was singing! I think it will air on June 14th on Channel 4 at 10:30pm. I think we will def be on camera because our friend mike would start clapping and singing whenever the camera would come near us.

The other day I told liv we needed to go home so she could take a little nap she said "yea, one little nap, no more, no less" then last night she said "do you see the storm cloud, it will rain any minute" i don't know where she gets this stuff from but she cracks me up.

silly kids

With the nice weather, all of the neighbor kids have been out playing. When we pull in the driveway they come running over asking if Alivia can play, it's too cute. My neighbor has 6 kids, 5 girls, 1 boy. The 4 younger girls range from 8-1. They play with bubbles, chalk and ride bikes. Last night I needed to do some stuff inside so I told Alivia she needed to come inside. One of the little girls she was playing with wanted to come inside too. Her name is Emma, she's about a year older than Alivia, she so cute. Brayden was over last night too. Emma said to me "Where did you get that brother from?" I told her that wasn't Alivia's brother, it was her cousin. Later on, we were in the living room and I asked Emma if I could fix her braid. It was all falling out and it bugged me! She said I could. While I was brushing her hair she was asking me a million questions about anything and everything. There were some wasps on the sunroom window that we could see from the living room. She wanted to know how they got there and what they were doing and yadda yadda yadda. She asked me if my dad (referring to rob) was going to kill them. I had to explain to her that Rob was my husband and Alivia's dad not my dad. Then two of the wasps were very close to each other and Emma said " I think they're doing the Cha Cha!"

This morning in the car Alivia was rocking her carebear and singing "Mary had a little man, little man, little man, Mary had a little man, it went across the street" I said "Liv, it's little LAMB" she said "Yea, little man"

My funny hubby

Last Sunday night, we were outside most of the night, I was bbqing and Rob was cleaning out the gutters, Alivia was standing in the driveway the whole time yelling at him to be careful and not to fall! Later that night I was laying down watching TV and my shirt smelled like bbq. I told Rob I was going to change and he said "I always smell like that too after I BBQ, doesn't it make you want to eat yourself?"

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Words you never want to hear from your spouse or anyone really:

"I accidentally used your toothbrush babe"

Rob said this to me the other day...nice.

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I went to a trivia night last night with Brian and Rachel, Rob stayed home with Alivia and decided he was going to make chocolate chip cookies..by himself. Here are the series of text messages:

Rob: Where are the chocolate chips at?
Me: In the cabinet, in a baggie
Rob: How am I suppose to know how to make them?
Me:Look in a cook book
Rob: Where are they at?
Me: Above the stove
Rob: Do we have any more flour?
Me: Check in the pantry or the spice cabinet
Rob: Is it one stick of butter?
Me: One stick is half cup

After about 20 minutes:

Me: How's it going
Rob:First round not so good, lil too big, ok, really too *#&$ing big, wish you were here
Me: Me too
Rob: Sure aint Amy Lou cookies
Me: See i'm good for something
Rob: Cooking is definitely on your great list, what time are you coming home?

I'm sure you can imagine the mess I came home to. I have certain tupperware containers that I use for certain things, One for cookies, one for bacon etc etc. He put the cookies in the one I use for bacon. What would he do without me?

Amber, Brayden and I went to lunch today at Max and Erma's at Mid Rivers Mall. We wanted to get the kids some summer clothes. Sears had alot of kids clothes on sale so I got Alivia a few outfits. While we were sitting at lunch, Amber picked up Brayden's soda cup and read a joke off of it, she said "What did the politician say to the sundae?" and the answer was "Freeze!" She set the cup down and said "That's dumb, it doesn't even make sense, I don't get it" I thought for a minute and said "Are you sure it doesn't say policeman?" She looked again and then started cracking up. Yes, it said policeman not politician. Of course then the joke made sense. It was pretty funny. She said "I better not see this in your blog!" ;)

Making Progress

We tore our master bathroom out on May 13 2007. We put in all new plumbing, new subfloor, new drywall and even new insulation and we had to move two electrical outlets. This is Rob's first complete remodel and he did most of it himself. It's been a slow process but we're making progress



Shower Before:




















New Shower:




















Vanity Before















New Vanity:

We're not done yet but gettin close.I'm so EXCITED!!

Rachel and I went to the Cardinals game Tuesday night. We parked and walked into the park and figured we had better get something to eat before we sat down. We went to the concession stand and I ordered first. I asked for Nachos and a diet coke. I noticed that the girl behind the counter was wearing a button that said "If I don't repeat your order, ask me for a free gift" The girl proceeds to get my nachos and sets them on the counter, then she asked me again what kind of soda I wanted, I told her again and then she started to ring me up. I said "You didn't repeat my order back" She said "That's because I wasn't done yet" I'm thinking to myself, what good would it do to read it back now, you're already done, but whatever. Rachel begins to order, as the girl is getting Rachel's food, we figured there is no way this girl will be stupid enough to NOT repeat the order back, now that she knows were paying attention! She set Rachel's food down and tells her the total. I nudged Rachel and said "Tell her!!" she said "no, you!" So I said, "You didn't repeat her order back" the girl says "Yes I did" I said "No, you didn't" and again she said "Yes, I did" and again I said "No, you really didn't" She kinda laughed and said "Oh" and I said
"What's the gift?" she said "I guess you get to tell on me" and I said again "but, what's the gift?" she said "I don't know, none of us do"

Rachel and I went to our seats just not believing how stupid this girl was. Later on we went for a walk and to go to the bathroom and walked by guest services. I said "Let's go over there" We explained what happened, the woman called down to the supervisor and brought us down 2 $5 off coupons to the concession stand!! We walked back by that stand later and Rachel covered her face and started to walk fast, it was all pretty funny. The cardinals ended up winning. I don't watch baseball at all plus there are alot of new players this year so I had no idea what was going on. On top of that, it was Jackie Robinson day and every player was wearing a jersey that had number 42 on it and none of their names were on their shirts! I was so lost but we had a good time.

Will Pee For Candy

Alivia has been wearing big girl panties for the last two weeks. She's been doing really good. Sunday we had to go to a baby shower and I tried to put a pull up on her before we left and she refused so I hoped for the best and we left the house. We went to walmart, the baby shower, back home and then to the bowling alley with not one accident!! Now, we did spend most of the day in the bathroom but that's ok. Yesterday was the same, all day no accidents. YEA!!! Rachel and I are going to the cardinals game tonight and Rob has to run around to a few places and said he would take her with him, then I reminded him that he will be on potty patrol, I think maybe he will think twice about taking her out all night! He said "Do I take her in the boys bathroom?" Well yea. I told him I think he should do what he needs to do tonight and just make sure he asks her alot if she has to go! We'll see how that goes!

Who's side are you on?

Last night Alivia and I were sitting on the couch. Rob came into the living room and said he was going to go downstairs and play poker on the computer (which cost money).

Me:Um no, I don't think you are
Rob:Why not
Me: Because I don't think it's a good idea
Alivia: He can play games if he wants to mommy
Me:No he can't
Alivia:Yes he can
Me: No, he can't, I said no
Alivia: You can't tell him no, he's a big boy, he can play games if he wants to
Me: No, it costs money
Alivia:Yea, he can spend money
Me: No, I said he can't spend any money
Alivia: It's ok daddy, you're a big spender like me


I have no idea where she got that from but it was hilarious

Mommy's Baby

Alivia has been referring to her self as my baby. It's pretty cute. A few weeks ago her TV blew up. It wasn't a huge suprise but it was very devestating to her and me! I bought that TV my self with cash when I was about 16 years old. So i'd say it had a good run. Anyway, since her TV has been gone she's been sleeping through the night with no interruptions. It's been great. We still have the TV in the living room (which is also going out BTW) and we have the TV downstairs. She has been watching her noggin shows in our room in the evening. She'll come upstairs every once in awhile and want to tell me something or want a drink or whatever. Well, last night she came upstairs for something and then wanted me to take her back down. She said "Can you help your baby go downstairs" One day rob was playing with her and saying "where's livy?" she jumped up and said "Mommy's baby is right here!" She's said it a few other times and I love it!

My mom sent me this, can't remember if I've posted it before but I like it.

THOSE BORN 1920-1979

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.

As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because,WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.

We would spend hou rs building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms.......WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays , made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not poke out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disa ppointment. Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! If YOU are one of them CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good .While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were. Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!

I can't believe it's already been over a week that we got back from vacation. You wait and wait for something and then it's here and gone before you know it. We had a really nice trip.

We arrived in Albuquerque on Tuesday 03/18, checked into the hotel, laid around for a little bit and then drove up to the sandia mountains, there is a tram that takes you to the top of the mountain and there is a lookout and a restraunt. We had a very nice dinner and when we came back down on the tram the sun was setting. It was really cool. On wednesday we went up and checked out the bowling center and went to a local casino. They had a deal where if you earned 100 points on a new card you got a free sweatshirt and a free watch and I got both! We won a little money too! We went back to the hotel and waited for our friends to arrive-they decided to drive there from St. Louis! They got in at about 8:00 and we went and bowled the 40 frame game. Its one continuous game that is 40 frames long. I bowled terrible. On Thursday we got up and ate breakfast and went to the casino and the bowling center again. We had to bowl at 8:30 that night. On Friday Seth and Kristy and I went to the zoo, aquarium and japanese garden and walked around "old town" the weather was beautiful the whole time we were there-about 70 degrees and sunny skys! We had to bowl at 5:00 that night. Everyone decided to drive back friday night. We had a 9:25 am flight back home.

On saturday we got to the airport at about 8:00 and as we were walking up to check in and someone walked up to us and said "did you know your flight is delayed" um no we didn't "yea, the plane is here but the crew got in late and now the flight leaves at noon" we were so pissed. We were supposed to get in at around 2 and we didn't end up getting home until 7 saturday night, that sucked.

The next day was easter, Alivia made out like a bandit, she ended up getting 5 easter baskets. We went to my moms and rob's mom's house.

I've been trying to work on potty training, my goal is to have her completely done by her birthday. So, I have a little more than 3 months. She's doing pretty good so far.

I did end up switching babysitters. I really like her, Rob said it will be a matter of time before this one pisses me off too! Well, you know what, when it comes to my kid, I'm pretty particular!

I won two sets of cardinals tickets for my production at work-very exciting. Rob and I will be going on 04/18 and he couldn't make it on 04/15 so I asked Rachel to come with. She's very excited. I can't wait. I think that's all for now....

thanks mom

another wacky website


http://www.doctorzebra.com/madcow/index.html

This site calculates the greater risk of eating beef, contracting a rare disease or suffering a heart attack. You'll be suprised by the results!

Wacky Web Sites

My mother gave me a page-a-day calendar for xmas. There is a page for every day of the year, each page lists different websites that you can visit. The one from Friday March 14 lists this website and I thought I would share. This is by far the stupidest website I have ever visited, also one of the funniest!!

www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/freakyfranks/franks.php

Select a wet topping and a dry topping and click build it! My favorite is the spaghetti-o's and the barbie doll head!

Finding decent childcare is a pain in my ass. I'm going to interview my sister's babysitter this afternoon. Alivia's daycare called AGAIN yesterday saying she had a fever so I needed to pick her up. No big deal...I made her a Dr appt, went straight there from daycare...no fever. imagine that. They did find that she had a mild ear infection in one ear so they gave her some amoxicillin. We got up today, I took her temp, no fever, gave her the medicine and two aspirin *just in case* and headed to daycare. As I'm dropping her off a teacher comes over (not her teacher by the way) and says "oh, since she left with a fever yesterday she can't come back today" this was at 8:45 and I had to be at work, on duty, at 9. She called the director and confirmed and then I stormed out of there like a child. I was PISSED. I understand this rule, I really do, however, it would have been nice if they would have told me this when I picked her up yesterday rather than 15 minutes before I have to be at work. THANK GOD my sister was off today and lives close so I was able to drop her off over there. I hate making this change right now. I can't decide if I want to finish out the week since I've already paid for it or if it works out with amber's babysitter maybe I will start her there tomorrow. They have pissed me off before but I didn't want to pull her out because I really liked her teacher, well her teacher quit last week and I found out the day after so I don't have that keeping me there anymore, I feel bad because she's in love with a little boy there and has made alot of friends, but honestly, I don't remember any of the kids I went to daycare with when I was her age. This is so frustrating.

isn't it too early for this?

Alivia goes to daycare and there is a little boy in her class that she has come quite attached to. His name is Liam. She has good taste, he's pretty cute!! A few weeks ago I dropped her off and when she saw him, she jumped out of my arms and started following him around. This is when I first started noticing this whole thing. A few days later, I picked Alivia up kind of early and they were just getting up from their naps. Alivia and Liam's cots were next to each other and the teacher told me that Alivia was rubbing his face, the teacher said "what are you doing?" and alivia said "i'm just trying to touch him" Earlier this week Alivia was crabby and didn't want to go daycare so I said "Let's go to daycare and see if Liam is there today" to which she said "He's not your friend mommy, he's my friend" Liam's parents are teachers and were off work yesterday so Liam wasn't there. The teachers said she was sad all day!!! Today, the kids were sitting around a table threading beads. Alivia pulled up a chair next to Liam of course and they were taking turns threading, Liam then said " Livy makes me so happy" CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!?!?
Isn't it too early for this?!?!?!?

Alivia has been in a big girl bed since exactly her 2nd birthday (7 months ago). The first six months went GREAT, she wouldn't get out of her bed for anything, now she won't stay in it. We put her to bed and then she gets up every half hour needing something. I've composed a list of her actual excuses:

I need a drink of water
I need some milk and chocolate
I DON'T WANT to watch (spongebob, oswald, max and ruby, dora...whatever is on at the moment)
I WANT to watch (spongebob, oswald, max and ruby, dora...whatever is NOT on at the moment)
I want some strawberries
I hurt myself
It's scary outside
My (belly, ears, lips) hurt (changes nightly)
and the best one last night was "my feet are broke"

I don't know what to do to keep her in her room. Please help!!

Car For Sale

Stock Photo

Car for sale:
2004 Silver Chevy Malibu, 4 door, power locks and windows, all glass is vin etched, 67k miles, cloth seats, great gas mileage.

Blue Book Value is 9,995, I'm asking $8,995. Let me know if you are interested or would like to see it. Thanks!

3 more weeks till vacation yea!!

I've been meaning to write about this for awhile and it makes me CRAZY!!! I HATE when I'm sitting in traffic and look over and see someone smoking in their car....with a child in the back seat...with the windows up. I have to wonder what kind of selfish idiot this person must be. I would never say anything to anyone because people these days are crazy and i'm not trying to get shot!! But, I have looked at them and shaken my head or given them a dirty look and I'm sure they have NO IDEA why. Why on earth would someone think that is healthy or safe. I really don't have anything else to say about it except that I think it's disgusting and if you are guilty of this you need to stop and consider your childs health over yours.

This morning I was getting ready for work and alivia was in the living room laying on the couch watching tv. As I'm running through the house trying to remember everything, I'm yelling at her to turn the tv off. I went in her room and grabbed her shoes and brought them into the living room. She was still laying on the couch but sat up when she saw me.

"Come on, let's get your shoes on and go bye bye"
"I want to watch super where" (it's actually called super why)
"You need to turn the TV off, we need to go"
"You need to put your make ups on first" (pointing to her cheek)
"I already did put my make up on, turn the tv off"
"You need to put more make ups on, I want to watch super where"

She is too smart....

We are pretty much all feeling better, Rob and I are dealing with a small cough still but Alivia is all better. We had a pretty quiet Valentines day at home. We BBQ'd ribs and had potato casserole and salad and some strawberries and bananas dipped in chocolate. It was nice. Alivia really liked the chocolate!!!

We leave for vacation exactly one month from today yyyyyeeeeeeaaaaaaaaa!!! We're going to Albuquerqe for a bowling tournament. We're leaving on a tuesday and coming back on saturday, I can't wait!!!

A blog about everything and nothing

This past week has been nuts. It all started last saturday night. Jenny, Jack, Alivia, me and a family from work went to see Sesame Street Live at the scott trade center. Alivia had alot of diet coke, popcorn and cotton candy. At about 11:00 that night she came into our room, climbed into our bed and threw up...in my bed. great...I proceeded to give her a bath, change the sheets, change her, ets.. at about 12:30 I hear her coming again so I jumped up and met her at the top of the stairs in just enough time for her throw up down the stairs. Again, I cleaned her, cleaned up the stairs and changed her again. She was fine the rest of the night and all day sunday. It began again Monday morning and of course of all days, I had to be at my HQ office at 8:30. She got up around 6:30 and again had gotten sick. I wondered if she was still sick from all the junk she ate saturday night so I gave her a bath, got ready for work and headed on my way. Rob was already at work. I drove through sonic for some drinks and she threw up again....in the car. So, I called Rob and luckily he was able to meet me at my work and he stayed home with her that day. Tuesday and Wednesday were fairly normal. Thursday is when it started snowing hard here so I left work at about 1:30. My car was already covered in snow and I really didn't want to end up in a ditch so I figured I would go while it still wasn't too bad. My bowling league got cancelled that night as well. On friday we woke up and the snow was to the middle of the tires...on the escalade!! Again, this is a day I was supposed to be at my HQ office at 8:30 (never fails) I called my boss and told him there was no way I could get out and wasn't going to be able to make it. He called me back a few minutes later and told me that he would offer to give me a ride but didn't want to drive on my road either! As you may or may not know, I live on a private street that is not maintained by the city so it doesn't get plowed unless we pay for it. Not to mention my driveway is straight up hill and the road is down hill...anyway. So we stayed home all day. It should have been a great snow day stuck at home but it was far from it. I started feeling sick, rob was coughing all day and then alivia had diarrhea. I had to borrow diapers from my neighbor. I only had 5 pull ups left which wouldn't have been a big deal except she went through all five of them by 9:00 AM!!! I called my neighbor who has 6 kids so I knew she would have extra diapers and she did-thank god! Rob and I were supposed to go out of town saturday morning for a bowling trip and were really looking forward to it. Rob woke up saturday morning and felt even worse then he did on friday. We got everything together and was able to get out of the driveway. I was so behind at work, I stopped by there first and did some work while he slept in the car then we dropped alivia off at my mom's house. We also had to go to his work and get his wallet because he left it there on thursday not thinking he wouldn't be at work on friday. We finally got on the road and got to springfield, il at about 2:30. I still wasn't feeling 100% and he wasn't even feeling 25%. He ended up bowling pretty decent. We went back to the hotel and stayed there all night. At about 9:00 our friend called me who had brought his son with him, he said that his son wasn't feeling well and he wanted me to sit with him while he went up to the store and bought him some medicine. I thought to myself, if this kid gets sick on me i'm going to lose it. I had been cleaning up bodily fluids all week and just didn't want to deal with anyone else's kids!! Everything was fine and I went back to my room. We woke up sunday morning and still didn't feel well. Rob was going between burning up and freezing. He somehow managed to bowl a 299 game!! He got done at about 11:30 and we headed home. He sleeping on the couch right now while the superbowl is on tv and I'm trying catch up from everything that I didn't get done all weekend. Alright, time to put liv to bed and pray I make it through the night with no messes from anyone.

A poop story

Disclaimer* If you don't have small children or do have a weak stomach you may not want to read on*


Alivia's daycare called me at work on thursday and said that she was complaining that her stomach hurt and it hurt to go potty..and she had a fever. It was 4:00 when they called so I told them someone would be there by 5. I ended up having to stay home with her friday because she had a fever. She just kinda laid around all day and I noticed there was no number 2 that day. On Saturday, she still had a fever and still no number 2. A few times that day she would all of a sudden announce "I have to go poop right now" we would run to the bathroom and she would say that she couldn't push it out.

We have a secret food cures book. I was looking through it for constipation and fever. For a fever it said to cut up raw potatoes and put them on the bottom of her feet and wrap a bandage around them to keep them in place. I didn't even try it, she was way too crabby and I knew there was no way she would let me near her with raw potatoes! For constipation it said to massage the area under the bottom lip and above the chin. Weird....

Later saturday night, we ran to the bathroom again, while she was sitting there concentrating on the deed at hand I thought, what the heck. So I took my finger and started to massage under her lip and above her chin, of course she told me not to touch her. I tried again and she let me for a few seconds. She said she couldn't push it out again. So she got down and started to walk away. She didn't even get 10 feet away and came running back saying "It's coming out, It's coming out!" She sat back down and SUCCESS!!! IT WORKED!!!!

I couldn't believe it and maybe even thought it was a coincidence. BUT, It happened again on sunday. I wanted to share this with anyone who has ever had this happen to their kid, hey, it's worth a try!!!

American Idol starts tonight-YEA! I'm not sure what I'm going to do though because the biggest loser is on at the same time-what a dillema!! I guess I will be flipping back in forth. This is the first season I've watched of biggest loser. I like watching it because it makes me feel thin!! Of course as soon as it's over I run downstairs to the exercise bike!! That was kind of my new years resolution, to do SOMETHING every night whether it be the bike or my pilates video. It's been going pretty well so far.

We're going to see Sesame Street live on the 26th. I'm SO EXCITED. Is that weird?! Jenny and I went to sesame street live when we were like 5. I remember bits and pieces of it. I just know that Alivia is going to LOVE it. She knows all of the characters from the show and to see them up close-I just think she's gonna flip. We're going with Jenny and Jack and A guy from my work who has a 2 year old daughter-I can't wait!

Our computer was out of commission for about a week, but thanks to Phil, it's up and working. Apparantly the power supply went out. Phil came over to fix it and before he even got in the front door Alivia said to him "wanna see my room?" he went with her. This is what she got for xmas from santa. It's a nursery for her babies.

She calls it her "house" She LOVES it! I LOVE this picture of Brayden and Alivia from XMAS day at my aunt's house. He is so silly and makes the funniest faces.

This is a picture of Jack with his new haircut-he looks so grown up!

too early for humor

I've been really good about staying away from Hardee's and Jack in the Box for breakfast. Today I had to be at my HQ office at 8:30. On days when I have to work there I stop at JITB for breakfast. I ordered my normal supreme croissant and ice tea and the guy says "your total is three hundred eighty five dollars" (the total was actually $3.85) I pull up to the window and again he says "three hundred and eighty five dollars" I smile and hand him my money. He says "I said it was three hundred and eighty five dollars, i'm trying to retire today" It was too early for me to come up with anything witty to say. I thought it was kind of funny the first time, the second time it was less funny and the third time it was just annoying. I don't like when fast food people try to make jokes, just take my money and give me my food!

A New Year

I'm really looking forward to 2008. My 10 year high school reunion is this year. I can't believe it. Amber is getting married later this year, and after the wedding madness is over Rob and I are going to start trying to have another baby. We should have our bathroom and bedroom done soon...there's just alot of things to look forward to. I think I was going crazy over the long holiday weekend, I started cleaning out drawers and cabinets. I cleaned out a junk drawer in the kitchen that I have never cleaned out in the 5 1/2 years we've lived in our house. It was terrible. I found the following things:
5 flash lights
4 tape measures
5 rolls of scotch tape
at least 50 pens/pencils if not more
at least 50 screws/nails if not more
2 screw drivers
3 notepads
a bungee cord and many other odds and ends

anyway, it felt good to get that sorted out!!

I had 4 garage sales in 2007 and am already starting a pile for 2008. I think I just am really tired of having so much extra stuff around. I used to never throw anything out because I always thought in the back of mind "I might use it someday!!" I'm pretty much over that, and if I haven't used it in the last 6 months, I'm probably not going to use it anytime soon.

Alivia has been saying "shit". And in the right context. I have been ignoring her but the other day I told her not to say that and told her it was a bad word. This morning I was talking to rob on the phone in the car and i had him on speaker phone. I told him he forgot to take the trash up and he said "oh shit" alivia heard him and said "don't say shit daddy, that's a bad word" It was pretty funny.

That's about it for now...