:)

Jaina pooped in the potty. I'm very excited about it. :)

Guess what?

After thinking about it for a long time...

After a couple of hospital stays for myself and a couple for Jaina...

I've decided I'm going to nursing school! I don't know where yet but I'm planning on starting next fall, so I have almost a year to get everything in order. The top runner is Baptist Health School of Nursing in Little Rock, simply because they help you get your pre-requisites as part of the program and everywhere else you have to have them before you can even apply. I have most of them, but is the 1 or 2 I don't have that will make it a pain. I'm really excited about it and I haven't been this excited about any career decision I've made up until now.

Have I created a monster?

At the end of the first prayer I hear, "Amen. A-MEN. Good girl. Amen." Lol. And, yes, that was coming from JAINA! How could I not laugh?

18 month pics

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This child looks just like her daddy. Scary.

um...

It's been an embarassingly long time since I updated this thing. I'll get around to it, I promise. :)

Jaina was in the hospital for an infection in her arm, and then again a few days later because she had an "altered mental state" (according to the hospital paperwork). She was pretty much unresponsive to everything. She's better now and acts like nothing happened, which is good except for the fact hat we have no idea what happened or if it will ever happen again!

Later.

Homemade Salsa

I made some tonight... I was actually impressed. It only took an hour from the time I started until I finished washing dishes, so not bad. The only other time I've ever made it was with fresh tomatoes and it took ALL day. I did manage to pour it all over myself, my husband, and the stove and floor before getting it into the containers... go figure!

I'm very blessed.

If all I have to complain about is Jaina not staying in bed, it sounds like we're doing OK. :)

We went to a friend's house to watch Dear John. I really just wasn't impressed. I've talked to people who thought it was great... not so much for me.

Jaina did WAY better with bedtime tonight... only got up a couple of times and she was on her way back to bed when I "caught" her.

OK, I gotta go to sleep. My eyes are starting to cross. Nighty-Night!!

WHAT have I gotten myself into!?!?

Jaina has turned into a climber. She can climb into our chairs (that are bar-stool height) and did so TWICE today so she could play with my laptop.

She was really good for church tonight. I'm worn out but she was really good and she is learning fast! Then Wal-mart (ugh) and home.

She's been out of bed an uncountable number of times tonight. I think I may take my book to the hallway instead of going back there to constantly check on her. There's an idea...

Oh, and by the way...

CONGRATULATIONS to Jordan and Chris! They are now officially moved in to their first house!

I think a housewarming party is in order...

Well

Jaina is still doing great in her toddler bed. She got up and came in our room once last night. I took her back to bed and, thankfully, that was the end of it (for last night at least). Tonight she's been in bed a total of 20 minutes and has already been up once. She was so proud of herself for getting out of bed! I just took her back to bed and she is fussing about it!

Greg and I went and played racquetball for a little while tonight. We got a friend to keep Jaina. Her grandson is in town and they needed to play. :) It's nice to get a little "date" once in a while!

Yay

Jaina is now officially in her "big girl" bed. It's really just her crib that converts into a toddler day bed. She didn't get out (or fall out) of her bed at all last night, which is a lot better than I was expecting. Let's hope tonight goes as well!

Jaina's Favorite Website

Cullen's ABC's

She will sit and watch this and stay entertained for quite a while, which is unusual for a very busy 16 month old. :) The only ones I've looked at are the "Christian Songs."

I had the afternoon off today (since I have to work Saturday). I got Jaina out of the house so Greg could paint our bedroom. That's my Mother's Day present. It's about half way done now. WooHoo!

Chiropractor

I've been going to the chiropractor. If I ever had any doubt in my head it would work, that's gone. My neck pain is completely gone and my headaches are gone except for the occasional annoyance. I've gone 4 times now (I think). The neurosurgeon pretty much told me that was all part of my condition and I was gonna have to live with it for a while at least. Hmmm...

Not much going on.

Busy 3 day weekend! Jaina and I spend all weekend with my mom and Greg came down Monday. We did a TON of yard work and had a little party Monday for my dad's birthday (which is today). They took the cover off the pool Thursday and it was VERY green. We still did lots of swimming this weekend. The green went away after a couple of days but it was still cloudy.

Bedtime

Bedtime is getting so much easier! Hardly any crying and screaming. We just tell Jaina that it's time to go night-night, change her and take her to bed, and tell her to lay down and cover up. We walk out of the room and haven't been hearing anything until morning. It's nice. This whole crying herself to sleep EVERY night was not going so well for me.

Pics

I was totally fascinated with this little guy.


Jaina and Daddy :)


Showing her the flowers

The Koi Pond

The flowers we couldn't let Jaina pick :(

The waterfall

Jaina and Daddy again... This is his favorite!

Oh, and I forgot to add that Jaina managed to still be awake at 1:00 AM since she just kind of napped off and on yesterday. Then this morning she was too much like her daddy and refused to wake up. She fell back to sleep on the way home from church this morning and is still asleep... she hasn't had anything but about 1/2 of a banana today, since that's all she would eat. I'm surprised she's not starving!

Busy

We had a wonderful and busy weekend! Friday after work we drove to Hot Springs to see Greg's Memaw. She had a pacemaker put in. She is home now and seems to be doing fine. Then we went to The Purple Cow and had milkshakes. Jaina had some of mine... just enough to make her want more! We stayed the night with my mom Friday night. Jordan and RC were at my mom's, so we got to hang out with them for a little while before we went to bed (I might add that Jaina got to sleep with her meme since my dad was working... so mommy and daddy got to go to bed without worrying about getting her to sleep!).

Saturday morning we got up and had breakfast with the family. We went to see my Granny for a little while and went to see my Grandpa and his wife (I may as well start calling her Grandma Betty like Jaina does...).

We took Jaina to Garvan Gardens. It was pretty fun and she really enjoyed it, although it was pretty hot and she fell asleep towards the end. I think she'll enjoy it more next year or the year after when she can walk longer and we won't have to take the stroller. I should have worn comfy shoes, but I guess I'll know next time. Jaina had lots of fun looking at the flowers, but I was a little disappointed. I thought there would be more flowers (and a bigger variety of flowers) and less woods. It was still a fun day and I really enjoyed spending time with my little family. :)

Ummm...

I just walked in the kitchen and there was water dripping out of the bottom of the dishwasher... great. Like I need something else.