Another Wednesday Morning...

Okay I'm not sure I'm going to get use to this, Neely has been waking up earlier and earlier every day this week. Today it was 5:45. I'm so not going to get use to this! I've been trying to get up at 6am so that I can have some "me" time before they wake up and it worked most of last week. But she's not letting me this week. And to top it off her afternoon naps are getting shorter!!! YIKES! But the good thing is that she's going to bed A LOT easier now!

Yesterday potty training was pretty good, she had a couple of accidents, but NONE on my couches so that was AWESOME! We had to take Rylee to Karate yesterday and I asked Neely to go potty before we left, she couldn't. So we got there and I took her, still couldn't go. Then she asked to try while were there and still nothing. So I thought for sure she would go on the way home in her pull up. NOPE. We got home and she went right away! So proud!

So most of you know I've been applying to DTs and you know what...It's really really hard to keep caught up on all these MB's. Am I suppose to be active with each from the moment I apply until I get on the DT or do you not become a MB member until you get on the DT? I don't know the "rules". SO I'm trying and it's hard and I'm getting freaked out that that my ruin my chances! I hope not. So I'm just going to keep trying.

SO speaking of other MB's I was at Treasured Scrapbooking this morning and they have BLOG challenges. How cool is that! So here's today's...

List 5 things that you like to do other then scrapbooking...

1. Reading...which is funny b/c I use to HATE to read. Now I can't get enough. I love funny books and self help the best I think. I'm a nerd! LOL! I also really dig the Stephanie Plum novels, but I'm having a hard time getting caught up with those! Only on # 5. Right now I'm reading Scale Down and still trying to finish Encyclopedia of an Ordinary life.

2. Playing with my girls. Seeing the way they learn through playing is amazing! I love to see how excited they get when they become "Belle" while dressing up, or seeing Neely get super excited when we build her a house with legos. They crack me up!

3. Watching movies with Reed, what can I say I love hanging out with him.

4. Hanging out with my Nana. She's the most amazing woman I know and I LOVE just talking to her.

5. Watching TV. I just LOVE TV. Some would say too much, but it makes me happy. After a crazy day there's nothing like watching those crazy reality TV stars and all their drama!!!

So there it is! Until next time...

And we have progress...

HOLY MOLY, you have no idea how happy I am! After all that, she went on the potty!!! Just now! It's 8:42am! So I put on Bear's Potty Time movie and she's dancing around to the songs...around her potty chair that is. Yes in the living room. Is that okay? So anyways, she's dancing around and then all of a sudden is sits down, on the potty and goes! WOO HOO! I know the rest of the day will be full of ups & down, well probably the next couple months but at least now I know she does get it!!! I'm so excited!

Already having fun...

yeah not really! So most of you know I am starting to potty train Neely this week. She woke up at 6:30am! Must have known today was going to be an adventure. So we put painties on her, go to the potty about every 10 minutes. Making sure sippy cup is always full. I keep telling her "tell momma when you need to go potty" I keep asking her "Nee Nee you need to go potty" and I keep say "okay lets got try" so after who knows how many walks into the bathroom she has an accident...no big deal I tell myself. I get a new pair of panties, take her to the bathroom again. She goes to watch TV and yup she pees on the floor. Okay what's going on. A new pair again. And then she goes AGAIN. What's going on here. We were just in the bathroom. And you just went. Still not freaking out. Well only in my head that is. I don't know what i'm doing wrong. I need advice. All Reed says is maybe she's not ready! She' 2 and a half years old...30 months. She has to be ready, right? I need help...anyone? KNK is down, I have no other commnication, I may be losing it here and it's only 8:12am!!!

Happy Mother's Day to you...

Well for me it was a GREAT day! I got to sleep in...well I got to try to anyways! It seems everytime I get a chance I can't sleep. And well it SUCKS! So Reed got up with the girls, which is a very once in a blue moon thing! Thank goodness for Mother's Day! So I get up had a uninterupted shower...heavenly! Come to the kitchen where breakfast is being made! YUMMY! Egg and a round thing with sausage and coffee oh and grapes. What more can a girl ask for! I mentioned last night that I wanted to take pictures of the day. And Reed had the camera out had already taken pictures of what had happened so far...getting the food ready, the girls making cards, me walking in. It was perfect! Lisa says I trained him well! LMAO! I try. So after breakfast and a trip to Target, Reed told me to get me *&$# in the scraproom and make a lyout of today. So I did. Here it is...

Well she came and went...

In the last post I mentioned my mom was coming over for dinner. We she came and went. After a nice size fight that is! So I did a layout of our relationship or lack there of and I feel pretty good about it. Just wrote about how I feel, and what I see. I like it. Very happy with the outcome. Not sure what exactly I'm going to do with the layout, if I'm actually going to put it in my BOM (book of me). I plan on saving it of course, and I have no intention of hiding it from the girls. Just not sure I would like it to "get around" right now. My family tends to talk! Like who's doesn't! So if you haven't seen and would like to here is the LO.

Did ya miss me???

I know ya did! LMAO!!!

OMGOSH I have no idea where this week went! I've been so crazy busy and I'm not sure I like. Remember my scrap goals? I want to get on a DT or be published well I've been applying for DTs and HOLY MOLY it's a lot of work! But I'm lovin it! Just crossing my toes. I really don't like the rejection but hey who does! All part of the process I guess. I have like 4 more to get out this month and then a few more next month. Hoping the calls keep coming...up my chances! LOL! And then there's still CKU...oh boy! I'm super excited thought it's getting so close!

So I just wanted to drop a line. It's Reed birthday today so we're going to order our fave pizza and hang out. My parents are coming over...don't ask! LOL! And then we'll probably watch movies or something!

Have a great one everyone!

So much for 'me' scrappin time...

so the day was GREAT no drama's or anything. Then 6pm rolls around and HOLY MOLY! Rylee comes in here and stands on this rubbermaid bucket thing she has full of scrap stuff and is leaning on my table (it's like a card table but rectangle) and then next thing I know she's on the ground (on her back) and the table is laying on her forehead! HOLY CRAP!!! I have NEVER seen a bump/bruise appear so freaking fast! She's totally freaking and so am I while TRYING to remain calm. I get her ice and call the emergency # for her dr. A nurse finally calls back asks a million and 2 ?s which is totally fine, i want to know what to do. She she said she thinks she'll be fine but her concern was the weight of the table. And says I should take her in...oh boy. Well I get ready to take Neely to my Nana's before heading to the hospital and Rylee is like her old self (happy, laughing, everything). We get inside her house and she's perfect, still has a bump and bruise but no weird signs. So I didn't end up taking her, my Nana took us for Chinese instead! LOL! So we just got home, the girls are already out and needless to say I'm pooped! In the pic the bruise is right under my thumb, kinda hard to see.

And then to add to all of this, Reed's flight out of NY was an hour and 40 minutes late, so he missed his fight out of Chicago to Phx! Yeah he's MAD!!! So he got to fly out of Chicago a bit ago and has to go to LA and won't be able to fly into Phx until 7:30am!!! Up super MAD!!! What a day!!!

Not so stressed...

anymore. YAY! I have been feeling completly over whelmed the last few days with everything i have on my plate besides my normal mother/wife duties. The list of things to do other than the norm is slowing getting smaller! Double YAY! I volunterred to put together the gifts from the games from my cousin's baby shower tomorrow. And I'm finally done! YAY, again! I made 2 paint can's filled with 'movie night' themed stuff, like a Blockbuster GC, candy and popcorn. I also finished the paint can for their gift! You've guessed it...another YAY! So glad those are done!

Now I still have some major stuff to do for CKU, I want to scrap...scrap a REAL LO! Not for a call or for a CJ but for me! So that's the plan for tonight! I'm going to scrap! Since tomorrow is NSD and I won't be able to scrap unless it's way earlier in the AM...Reed's coming home tomorrow! WOO HOO!!! The inlaws are bringing him since they're coming for Rylee's dance recital Sunday and his plane doesn't come in until late tonight. So now I don't have to drive 2 hours with 2 little ones at 7pm! I get to SCRAP!!!

Well off to pick up Rylee, but I also wanted to share the paint can's with ya! BTW, the CMS paint can says baby Morales.

much better afternoon

i fell like i got a good amount of stuff done since i last typed this morning. the house was picked up as much as possible before we left to my last MOPS leadership meeting of the year. Gonna miss you girls! Then home for lunch and a little more pick up. UGH! How messy a house with 2 little girls and 2 pups can get!

DUring Nee Nee's nap I started working on some little give aways for our last MOPS meeting. We have a TON of drawings for all the moms, so I made a couple frames and a couple note books for a couple give aways. Didn't think I would finish them but I did! WOO HOO! Rylee of course had to make a frame too, luckily I had just one extra! She has her own stash of CS, PP and other stuff and said she wasn't liking the paper she picked, so I looked at her and said "Well you can pick from Momma's stash this time" and she stopped right in her little 5 year tracks and said "ARE YOU SERIOUS!" yup just like that! I just started laughing, not sure what to think of her reaction that I would actually let her use a piece of my PERICOUS PP! And wouldn't you know it she of course picked a PP from my fave KI! She has good taste! ;) Girl cracks me up!

Here's a pick of our creations...

I'm tired...

I went to bed about 10pm last night, woke up at 6am. That was a good amount of sleep but I'm laggin bad this morning. Sitting here drinking my coffee, trying to get lists going for the day and I'm not doing so good. UGH! Hope it's not a sign for the rest of the day.

I was MIA for a few days due to being in Pinetop and Chandler and let me tell you I'm so so glad to be home! The girls had a blast, and of course so did I but there's really no place like home! Thanks Dorothy! ;)

I'm off to try again! Wish my luck!

Momma's in training...

baby Grant, Scott & Janelle came over last night after Karate and Rylee and Neely were in heaven with Grant. They wanted to sit by him, touch him, hold him and FEED him! Janelle was a great sport with all the attention they wanted to give him and I think he liked it too! But they will just have to get use to him b/c no more babies in this house! LOL!

YAY, orange & white...

belt!!! Go Rylee! We're so proud of our little karate star! Rylee had her first graduation for karate last night and she's now an orange & white belt! She's very excited about that! Here's a couple of pics, the place was super crazy so my pics aren't fantastic like I would have liked them to be, but i'll take better ones in class on tuesday!

So I thought...

i was going to be able to stay up and finish 6 more LOs, but nope i'm so freaking tired and i'm going to bed. I did manage to finish 2, might have been able to do 3 if the baby Grant lo didn't take longer then it should have due to me having issues with the title, but thanks to Lisa I figured it out, thanks girly! The family lo came together super fast so that was nice! So here they are...

12 layouts in one night

Here's a link to the ones I did last night, over at the scrap BLOG.

Thanks for checking them out!

It's Monday...

so far so good. I started laundry right when everyone woke up, have 1 and a half loads left. This time I've actually kept up with it all day and it's all put away except what's in the washer and dryer! WOO HOO go me! LMAO! I took the girls to the park this AM, the refused to have there pics taken, but I did manage to get a couple of Neely trying to blow bubbles. Too darn cute she is! I have a few more things to do around the house today and then after dinner and when the girls are in bed I hope to finish up the 12 layouts in one night. That I started last night. I did 6 yesterday and hope to finish the rest tonight. Until then...

My new toy...

So I had a mini ipod and it decides to break, after almost 2 years! I luckily had the warranty. SO I called back in Feb. And they tell me they will send me this shipping label and I mail in the ipod and then they send me a GC. Sounds easy enough, well yeah it wasn't! So after 2 months and MANY MANY hours on hold I finally got the situation resolved and was able to take the ipod to the store Thursday and the return get what I wanted for the value. So since the don't sell the mini's anymore and I don't want a Nano or a shuffle I decided to wait on the ipod (i can always use Reed's) and I got this... and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! I have a bigger cyber shot and LOVE that as well. But I wanted something small and easy to just keep with me ALWAYS. And this is it I'm so happy with it!

Had a great Easter...

We had a BLAST on Easter my cousin Debbie hosted this year, everyone came over with the kiddos. Man where did they all come from! LMAO! One minute we had like 2 babies in the family and now HOLY MOLY! We had a big egg hunt and lots of YUMMY YUMMY food with a even yummier cake...so I was told. It was a BLAST! But I am glad it's over! And can anyone tell me why, why do my kids need 5 baskets (rylee) and 4 (neely)...what's up with that! It took me FOREVER to pile into just ONE! LOL!

I know I've said this before but...

I LOVE BWW we went there after Rylee's karate class for dinner and mmmmmmmm. They have this new sauce, well 2 new sauces, Parmesan Garlic and Asian Zing I can't get enough of those! It's great having Karate right by that place! The girls love it too so it's great! BTW my family is a little crazy...see pics! LOL!

Whew...

I've been MIA for a few days b/c I've been nusting my rear to get this Circle Journal done for the CKU A San Jose yahoo group! And I just finished! I'm hoping once I get it in the mail my life will go somewhat back to normal and I can continue to keep up with my BLOG! Here'e the cover for my CJ, my theme is design inspiration.

Today I started my "week" for my CKU track. I'm so excited for this album. Ali ROCKS! So basiclly I just take pictures of my day things I see and all that. Hopefully I'll get some good pictures today. Bye for now...

Here's my new toy!!!

OMGOSH besides the fact that my last Epson was awful, I am so pleased with them as a company. They totally hooked me up. Most of you now about the trama I had with my last printer as of Monday they said they would hook me up with a new one, after my tansfers and me not being satisfied, but always being polite. I got it today! Talk about speddy service. So here's the new beauty! It's a different model too, so hopefully that's a good thing. Stinks b/c I just bought all new ink for Costco and it's doesn't work with this printer BUT I called Epson and if I send them back, they will send me the ones that do work! WOO HOO! Very pleased with this company! That's it for now! Have a great one everyone!