Madison is in her big girl bed

Madison's crib was recalled and she has been having a real hard time sleeping on her own so we transitioned her to a big girl bed. Her cousins, Emma and Lily gave her their old bed. The bed is an antique and is Madison's great great great grandma's bed (I think, not sure ) Madison loves her new bed. Last night I slept with her so she didn't roll off the bed. We set up her new linens and her bed rail today so tonight will hopefully be the beginning of her sleeping in her bed ALONE!!

Potty Training update

It is official. We are out of diapers. Madison is fully potty trained and wears panties all the time. This is a new adventure for us. For the last 2-3 weeks she has been wearing pull-ups and they have been dry. We put all the pull-ups away and wear our panties proudly. This will definately save us some money. I thought diapers were expensive until I started buying pull-ups. Now we have fun buying fun panties. We choose from elmo or curious george everyday. We need to buy some more for sure.

lay-dough

Madison decided to stay up all night last night so after waking at noon we decided we would have a fun artsy day with Mommy. We colored, put stickers on papers, and now are working on lay-dough. She loves to make "cakes" and "pies" I love my artsy girl. She sure is creative.

???? Torticollis ????

Carson had his 9 month check-up last week and the doctor was concerned about his neck. He always has his neck tilted to the right side. The doctor has always asked me about his neck and I just thought that this was something "normal" and it was just his preference. He commented about it at every visit but this time he wanted to refer us to Occupational Therapy to have his neck looked at. We went to our appointment yesterday his therapist confirmed that he has torticollis, where the muscles in one side of his neck are too tight and need to be stretched out. His therapist wants to see him every week until it is worked out. She taught me some exercises to do with every 2 hours to try to stretch it out. He HATES it with a passion because it is uncomfortable. So think of us every 2 hours as I have to torture Carson to get his head sitting upright. His therapist said he will have trouble crawling unless it gets worked out. Well Carson heres to you and I exercising and having lots of tummy time. I know you hate it but it is good for you and your cute little neck.

Bath time

Carson is finally old enough to take baths in the regular tub with his sissy. I was noticing how long it took me to bathe both kids. Tonight I threw them in the tub together and they loved it, not to mention went by quicker. Carson was perfectly content and Madison loved having someone there to play with. They are so adorable together. I am so amazed at how fast Carson is growing up. He's not a little "baby" anymore. He has personality and wants to be big, wants to eat big kid food and be around the big kids. He's a sweetie and I cherish every day with him and his sissy.

adventures in potty training

So last weekend our toilet in the kids bathroom started to malfunction. We could not get the toilet to work properly. I was sure that in our adventures going to the bathroom Madison had flushed a toy or object down the toilet. Tonight Alan came over to help take the toilet apart and get it working for us. After taking the toilet outside and trying to dislodge whatever was in the toilet (yes, it felt white trash as well) we found the culprit. A clip from Madison's potty chair had fallen off and got flushed. I kept looking all over for the clip so her seat would stay on the toilet. I finally bought a new seat, little did I know that it was lodged in the toilet. Here I was blaming Madison for flushing something down the toilet. Thanks Uncle Al for helping us fix our toilet. Hope we don't have to do that again.

Father's Day Fun

We had a wonderful Father's Day. We spent the day up at Dinkey Creek with Scott's parents and his sister's family. We had a picnic, took walks, bike rides, ate junk food, and just relaxed. We found a really neat place on our little adventure called Mckinley Grove, home to giant sequoia trees. Emma came along with us to see the monster trees. We had a wonderful time being together with our family. I am so lucky to have a husband that loves us so much and helps to take care of his two beautiful children. Madison had so much fun making "pies" with the dirt, bolwing bubbles and just playing in the dirt. She is her Momma's girl. When I see her I am reminded of how I used to love to just play in the dirt and get dirty. Carson was an angel, content to be playing in his pack-n-play.