Stomach Bugs Suck

Nothing worse than when your child gets sick. But what's worse than that is when they get the stomach bug and you can't really do anything for them to make them feel better other than offer crackers and pedialyte or anything else that might entice them to eat or drink without puking their little hearts out. I'm definitely glad we found the pedialyte popsicles. The minion will eat that slightly more often than she will drink the stuff. So this last week we've been doing lots of laundry.... so much laundry. I've decided I can handle diarrhea til the cows come home blue in the face all day everyday, instead of puking. I'm a sympathy puker. Last time she was sick and we were at Wal Mart not realizing she was sick in the first place and she threw up all over me and I, being the sympathy puker that I am only managed to hold it in for like 2 minutes before puking right next to her. SO EMBARRASSING! I just couldn't help it. *sigh* Thankfully, a nice older woman came over and helped me clean up while the hubs walked off so he wouldn't puke and bought us some clean clothes. Anyways, hope you all are having a healthier April than we are currently having.

-MinionMommy

Potty Training Wars..... Pt. 1

So this week we decided to buy the Minion pull ups and try to potty train, since she's just a bit too tall for regular diapers to fit the way they should. I was feeling optimistic since we've been lazy training her for months i.e. having her sit on her potty every once in a while and she'd go every once in a while. Now she despises sitting on the little potty and wants to sit on the actual toilet and play with the toilet paper. She's peed, but won't go number two on the toilet. Twice now I've had her on the toilet to no avail and not 5 minutes later she's filled her pull up. *sigh*  Guess I should just keep taking her in there regularly enough and eventually she should figure it out, right????? *crosses fingers* On the bright side this kid loooooves to flush the toilet. Loves it. To the point of throwing a fit if I flush it for her. She cracks me up. For anyone that's wondering the nighttime pull ups are super absorbent, possibly more so than diapers are.

Which reminds me, she's sleeping in her own little bed 6 out of 7 nights of the week, of her own free will. What?! I'm pretty excited about having my side of the bed to myself again. It's been nearly two weeks of nearly undisturbed sleep!

-MinionMommy

p.s. I'm taking any pointers I can get as far as potty training goes.

The Minion Learned How To Pedal!

For the Minion's birthday this year, my parents bought her a tricycle. A cute and adorable little Red Radio Flyer trike like this one. She just loves it. Problem is she had no idea how to pedal it, until today.

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We came back home from playing at the park and she decided she wanted to ride around on it. But instead of her getting it to move once she actually started pedaling! It was awesome. So we kept making a big deal about it and she was getting so excited and kept going. Now we just have to work on teaching her how to steer, because this kid is an accident on wheels now! :)

Anyway, for anyone looking at tricycles this one was pretty decently priced and well-built, the Minion has knocked it over a few times but nothing has come loose or anything. It's also a great size for my taller than the average two year old.

-MinionMommy

The Biggest Lie I Was Ever Told When I Was Pregnant

When I was pregnant with the minion, I was assured by many, many women that I was lucky I hadn't seemed to gain too much with my pregnancy and that most if not all of that weight would be lost while I breastfed. What a load of CRAP!!! I am now 2 years later and have only recently lost 20 pounds with a lot of effort. I didn't lose a single pound or half pound for that matter while breastfeeding; though I do have to admit I didn't gain any either.  So to all those people who told me that the weight would probably just melt off, don't go around telling other emotionally vulnerable women that it'll be a piece of cake. It was depressing that for a year and a half I couldn't seem to lose a single stinking pound. I ate less, tried to eat better things (which is hard when you barely have money to buy groceries much less healthy groceries), and when I was finally getting more than an hour and a half of sleep at a time, I was able to start doing some exercising. But it was hard because I would still fall asleep when I put my daughter down for a nap, which would waste what precious little time I had to be able to work out undisturbed. I lost 5 pounds there, which I was ecstatic about at the time but then no matter how many crunches and squats I was able to mange to do before passing out next to my daughter, I couldn't seem to lose more. Then fast forward about 3 months and we are now living with my parents for the time being and I'm very thankful for that. Plus, I get the added bonus of having someone to keep reminding me to go work out everyday because my mom was also wanting to get back into a routine. So here I am now, rejoicing for the 20 pounds lost and hoping I can keep it up for the next 40 or so. *fingers crossed*

- MinionMommy

Party At...... Applebee's?!?!?!

I'm not sure how many of you may know this but apparently during the week (as far as I know) at Applebee's there is karaoke night. I was shocked when my husband and I walked into Applebee's last night to use a gift card for our third anniversary and it was packed! And there was a DJ! What?! I guess it's cool to go do that at a restaurant late at night. Anyways, it's pretty cool that there is a $1 dessert on the menu at Applebee's and it was totally worth it; completely made my night. Little slice of brownie, small scoop of ice cream, a little drizzle of chocolate sauce: perfect! I'm linking a cookbook that may have the recipe not sure yet. Not too bad for a third anniversary, especially since this is our first anniversary that we weren't completely sleep deprived for. Last year we went to the drive in for a movie and the hubs and I nearly fell asleep before the end of the first movie! ( and before anyone gets judgey we are poor and he had never had the pleasure of experiencing a drive in movie )  The year before that we welcomed home our little bundle of joy 5 days before it, so it was more of a blur than anything.

-MinionMommy





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Hey Guys!

I know it's been about a year, but it has been one of those years where you just don't seem to have time to catch your breath. Anyways, new things going on, we moved, the Minion turned 2 two days ago, and we are getting plugged in to a new church. Awesome.

Just trying to think back on everything is almost mind boggling for me. I can't believe it's been a whole year! Some ups some downs, but nothing that we couldn't bounce back from. Also, I re-picked up crochet and am learning to knit. Ha! I've gone possibly a bit overboard with the crochet. I've made quite a few beanies so far this year and one of them in particular was especially awesome. I'll link the Pinterest pin that inspired me. Crochet Knight's Helmet was awesome. I didn't have a pattern so I kinda winged it and my brother was super excited to receive it for his birthday not too long ago. (btw he's 22, that's how awesome it turned out)

So other than perfecting my newest hobby and trying to find new jobs for the family that's my update summarized. I plan to get back in to posting more often now that things have for the most part settled down on my end.

-MinionMommy

Online Classes and 12 Month Olds Don't Mix

So I was just able to finish two online classes I was taking. Unfortunately, my Minion thought that it was unnecessary for me to do any of the schoolwork. It was like she has a little radar that told her just when I had logged into my online class. She would have a complete and utter meltdown... EVERY TIME. Even if she had just eaten and napped and was happily playing by herself. *sigh* SO thankful, to have those classes out of my life even if only for a couple of months. Hopefully, by next semester, Minion won't mind so much.