MAMA...MAMA...Pee Pee

Let me start this off saying that Katheryn is a huge copycat (esp. when it comes to stuff Gabriel does). For instance, Katheryn had to wear a bookbag when we take Gabriel to school and she throws a fit when we don't walk in. She looks up to him.

Anyways...

For the last couple weeks Katheryn will go into the bathroom raise the lid, holds her shirt up, and stands there with her belly to the toilet and apparently pees (in her diaper). When I try to get her to sit on her Princess potty she throws a fit, I try to get her to sit on the kid seat that fits on the toilet she throws a fit... Today though she let me set her on the toilet (after she yelled at me mama mama pee pee). I was like "ok so you want to sit on the potty like mama?" and she shook her head yes. She didn't do anything, but it's good she tried.

UGH! How do you explain to a 20 month old she can't pee in the toilet like Dada and Bubba????

What's in the package????

So the last couple nights I've been having some bad dreams about the baby (which I won't go into), but in my dreams the baby was a boy. Although the ultrasound tech told us it was a girl. Unlike my other pregnancies, I don't have a "gut feeling" that the baby is a boy or girl. UGH, it's driving me crazy! Maybe it was because I wasn't able to have the gender ultrasound at 24 weeks. Who Knows! It's probably all in my head.

A Sign of Things to Come?

So I woke up today feeling more energized and not so "heavy". Well, I figured it was because I got more sleep than usual...until...I was sitting on the couch doing some work for Gabriel's teacher (getting the book order catalogs together for her to hand out and the website set up). I then realized when I looked down that the baby has dropped some more. She was already low (I'm gonna assume a bit lower than the midwife expected when I went in for my last appt a couple weeks ago). So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she doesn't decide to come early. I still have a little over a week before my next appt so I'm keeping tabs. I"ve already been keeping track of the Braxton Hicks (which have started to have cramping with them every once in a while) I've been having since around week 20 and the baby's movements since my last appt.

Ugh...I sooooooo feel like the second to last lady on the cartoon alot lately with the discomforts that come with the 3rd trimester.

A Must Share for all Moms and Moms-to-be

As most of us moms can relate to this having already been through pregnancy, here is something for you moms-to-be to look forward too!

Kindergarten Memory Quilt

So, I was thinking the other day that there will be a TON of stuff that I would want to keep from his school work. I was just thinking of how much space it would take up. I did read somewhere, where a mom would let her kids decorate pizza boxes and they would only save what would fit in the box each school year to cut down on clutter. Well, I also got a order form for a school t-shirt. So that got me thinking. Since we will only be at this school for half the year, I was going to go ahead and get the shirt. I am going to make a memory quilt for him. The t-shirt logo will be the center of it and I'll print off 1st day of school photos and scan in work he does to make the other squares of the quilt. It will be something that can be folded, rolled, etc and will be easy to move with.

Mr. Independent

Well, the second day of school. I park and was walking him to the school. He runs over with 2 other boys and goes on in the school and totally forgets I'm behind him. So I do the stuff I needed to (had 2 questions). When it is time for them to go on to their classroom from the cafeteria, Katheryn and I are waiting outside the door to tell him good bye. He comes out and says hey and starts to walk off so I ask him if he knows where his class is. He looks to the left and then to the right a few times and shrugs his shoulders. I point and show him and off he goes. No bye mom or a hug. :-( Oh well. I am glad he is enjoying school. He told me that he didn't get any sticks in his chart yesterday and he got a ticket for being good. They get sticks in the chart when they are bad.

Well, this morning he tells me he doesn't want me to walk him to school. He could do it himself. Well on the way there he says I can walk him to his classroom, but when he gets there he's changes his mind again. *sigh*

It was going to happen sooner or later and I just need to let him build his own independence. Although, I'll always try to be there to watch over him even when he doesn't know it. He's still only 5.

First Day of Kindergarten

So today I was the crazy mom with the camera taking lots of pics. LOL Oh well. I was sooooo nervous today because he said he didn't want to go and wasn't excited at all about going to school. Well, when we got there he pretty much ran into the door and seemed to actually want to be there. Which was a little bit of a relief, but I was still worried because of how he acted last night and this morning. Turns out though he had a great day (which I figured he would, but was still worried).

Well his teacher had a bulletin board up outside the class, so I had him stand under his name so that I could take a picture.

I knew the day would go well when the teacher already had play doh set on the kids desks!

He just noticed us standing there waiting for him.

He was happy to see Tom there! Tom wasn't able to go with us when we dropped him off at school, but Tom got out of class early and was able to go with us to pick him up.

UK Blanket

I just finished putting a satin binding on a fleece blanket for my sister. it measures 60" x 83". Another project crossed off the list! YAY! Now just to keep Katheryn from taking it before I can get it to my sister. LOL

Two Finished Projects

So I just thought that I'd post pics of my latest projects that I finished (Yes I actually finished 2 recently!). I'm slowly going through my list (more like boxes) of projects to do. I feel so accomplished! Now my scrap fabric box is filling up, but I bought a quilting magazine the other day and it had a really cool idea for making flowers out of scrap fabric. So I'll probably make scrappy bouquets, hair barrettes, yo yos, etc with it.

Pledge of Allegiance Quilted Wall Hanging

I finally found a background fabric that I liked, but I neglected to realize that it was much lighter than the front and the thread needed to used left outlines in the back. Oh well, it's going to be hanging on the wall so no one should see the back. lol

Cross Stitched Winter Welcome Sign

This one took me a little longer than I had thought, but it turned out good. I didn't add the tassel to the bottom like it called for because I just don't like them. So I am going to try and find 3 different sized snowflakes to hang staggered on the bottom.

Our New Backyard Neighbors

So, this guy goes honking out in front of our house and so of course Gabriel goes running to see who it is. Well he yells "It's Daddy in Oma and Opa's car!" So I go to look to see what he's talking about (because that is just odd). This guy is driving really slow in front of the house and then starts backing up. I think this is really weird, so I tell the kids to come on back in the living room and eat. I notice these two raccoons in the tree right outside the house so Gabriel and I look at them and the doorbell rings (I'm assuming at this point he was honking at the raccoons). So he stops to let me know they were on my front porch and he was honking to scare them away. Yeah weird guy. Who does that anyways? Anyways, we go back in the living room and watch them for a little bit.

TGIF!!!!

I am soooo happy that this week is over. I am so exhausted! On top of Katheryn being fussy and having to have me hold her almost all day yesterday because she had shots on Wed, I had 2 appointments for Gabriel. We went to his Vision test, which turned out good! Yay! Then to the PX where he decided not to listen to me and sprayed perfume (one of the testers) into his eyes. So I went and grabbed some eye wash and cleaned them out in the parking lot. Katheryn then refused to take her nap and when she finally gave up it was time to go to his Kindergarten screening. Again he did good. They were actually surprised he knew as much as he did. What can I say, we have always just talked to him like he was "big". The strangest thing though is he still gets right and left confused (I think it's more he just doesn't care to learn it). He also still writes some of his letters backwards, but you can tell what he's writing. After that I thought it would be a good idea to go to the Commissary....yeah...what was I thinking?!?!? Ugh... I am soooo ready for this pregnancy to be over!

When I had my appt this week, we found out that the baby likes to stay way down there! I've been having extra pressure and can feel her poking sometimes. I go in 4 weeks to my 32 week checkup and physical so we'll see if anything is happening down there. I just hope that she decides she doesn't want to make her grand arrival too early! And this HEAT! Ugh, it's killing me. I feel so drained just walking out to the mailbox (which is in front of our house).

I would like to say that it would be a stress free, relaxing weekend, but the in-laws are coming to visit and should be here tomorrow. I just need a break after this week where I can just focus on something for me!

August is already here!

It is going to be a busy month! I registered Gabriel for Kindergarten today. Which upon getting home and Tom being here for lunch, told Tom that it was really boring! LOL So I have to take him Thursday for his eye appt and then his Kindergarten screening. Apparently Missouri requires a vision test (more so than what they do for his school physical) for kids entering Kindergarten. That would have been nice to know when I asked the reception lady 2 weeks ago! Oh well. Then I get to go meet his teacher next week (hopefully Tom will be able to get out of school in time to meet her too). Finally in 2 weeks Gabriel will be starting school. I'm sure I'm going to both cry and be relieved (though also be very anxious and worry). I think the hardest part will be remembering that school starts later on Weds. I don't think I'm going to know what to do with my extra time when he's at school. I'm sure Katheryn will be missing him too!

Busy Day

Well, I finally found a trellis that I liked better than the rest that would look good in the pot with the Devil's Ivy plant. I also got around to washing whatever film was on the leaves. It looks sooo much happier now! I just need to come up with a good name for it. It looks like a girl to me.






While I was adding pictures, I figured I'd add the picture of the snake that we had on our back porch the second day we were here. It was about 5 feet long.






I also figured that since Tom wasn't going to be using the BDU name tape anymore that I would use it to put Gabriel's last name on his bookbag. I am going to add an engineer castle from the BDUs onto his bookbag as well when I find one.

Really Good Movie Quote

So, I was watching the movie Penelope a few days ago and the quote at the end of the movie really stood out. Penelope is about a family that was cursed that the next daughter born would look like a pig (piggy nose and ears). Penelope was the next daughter. It was about her "journey" to find herself and accept herself. The only way for the curse to be broken was for her to be accepted by one of her own (a blue blood). Well, the quote really stands true to a lot of things about life.

"It's not the power of the curse, it's the power you give the curse."