Not Me Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. Not Me Monday was created by MckMama as a place for us to share with other mommy's about our short comings.  None of us are perfect and we all do crazy things from time to time .  This is a great chance for us to see we're not alone.  To make it more interesting things are phrased like we would NEVER do it or something I DIDN'T do, etc.  Here are the things I DIDN'T do this week! : ) 

Something I DIDN'T do last Saturday.  I literally did NOT toss and turn all Saturday night, while glancing at our new alarm clock over and over wondering if it was one that would reset itself with the time change and was just dying to know what time it really was.  Does anyone else HAVE to know what time it is when you awaken in the middle of the night?  By the way our clock was NOT one that reset itself.

I of course would never use the washroom with a child on my lap.

I would never try to remicrowave oatmeal, if you were to not do this as well you would not learn that this really doesn't work.

I DON'T watch Celebrity Apprentice, but if I did I'd cheer for Jesse James.

As you may know from a previous blog I like to improvise when it comes to toys to entertain antsy children but I would NEVER dare hand my two daughters, while in the car late and tired after church one evening, each a pack of sanitary napkins (which, if I were to do this, I had in the car because we stopped by the grocery store on the way home) just to entertain them a smidge until we got home.

I swear I would never blog about sanitary napkins.

And I did NOT just LOVE the warmer weather this weekend!

Please Pray!

A dear friend of mine, Andrea, wife to Doug and mother to almost 4 year old Kelsey needs your prayers today! Andrea and Doug have been trying to expand their family for quite some time now. After several miscarriages they were finally pregnant again it seemed to be going in the right direction. Well Monday they found out, although healthy now, the baby was growing in Andrea's fallopian tube and if it continued it would kill her. So she was going to be starting some kind of chemo that keeps more cells from forming. This was devastating enough for them. Well today we received news that it may have ruptured and she is currently in surgery now to figure out what the unexplained fluid in her is???? Please just pray for her safety and just for peace for this precious family. Here is a picture of their sweet daughter Kelsey:


And here is Doug and Andrea:

Probably wondering about this picture?? It was taken last year at our Christmas party. The theme was "Hollywood's famous couples" Doug and Andrea came as Troy and Gabriella from High School Musical because its one of Kelsey's favorite movies!

Thanks for praying for them!

Just received this update 3:15pm 3/12

Doug called with an update ....

The surgery is done. They did laproscopy? so there are small incisions. THey found that she had another ectopic pregnancy in the other tube. So, one tube is no longer able to be used... which is the one that was rupturing. The other tube will probably have scarring and they will probably have to do in vitro? as a next step.

Keep praying.

Not Me Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.
Not Me Monday was created by MckMama as a place for us to chat about our short comings. None of us are perfect and its a great chance for us to see we're not alone! Here are the things I DIDN'T do this week! : )

I most certainly did NOT spray Windex on a stubborn spot on one of the girl's shirt instead of OxyClean, I am of course aware they are both blue bottles and would never grab the wrong one.

I would NEVER take a look in the rearview mirror, while driving down the road, and notice Bella playing next to her sister instead of next to the window where her car seat is. Vince and I have perfect communication at all times and would never assume the other had buckled her in.

I didn't have to retrieve the list of gifts and their givers from the garbage can so I could finish my thank you notes. And of course had them all written within a week of our party, NOT a little over two.

Lastly it doesn't take me almost 3 days to completely finish the laundry because I don't only do it every two weeks and I don't hang everything up to air dry except jammies, onesies, towels, and under garments!

Oh also I absolutely did NOT turn 29 on Saturday and have a wonderful day of ice skating, scavenger hunt, yummy Olive Gargen, and topped of by Baskin Robbins put together by my wonderful hubby and dear friends!

When you've got nothing else....

What can you do when you're trying to make dinner, you've got two babies that are locked in the kitchen with you so the littlest baby doesn't head straight for the stairs, and you're trying your hardest to get dinner on the table????

My suggestion: Work with what you've got!!

So this was the scene in my home a couple of nights ago. Bella wanted to NOT be trapped in the kitchen anymore (but I needed her to try to help entertain Brynn) and Brynn was yanking at my legs to be held. UGG, right?! I didn't have any toys readily available to me in the kitchen at the time so I noticed an empty Carnation Breakfast box on the counter, so I gave it to Brynn hoping that it would at least distract her with the bizarreness of it long enough to, perhaps, stir the pot that is bubbling over. To my surprise (although when I think back now I shouldn't have been too surprise, if sis has it she wants it too) Bella asked for one too! So I empty a half sleeve of Ritz crackers and handed her that box. Although at first they both wondered what I wanted them to do with these boxes, it didn't take Bella that long to find the joy in the simplicity of an empty box! So Brynn followed suit.

This just proves you don't need to go all out to entertain their little minds, something as simple as a box can bring excitement so you can.... not burn dinner!

Here are my pictures from our box extravaganza:

Here I had just handed them the boxes and they're wondering what in the world they were suppose to do with them....



Soon enough Bella was having a ball with her box! (Yes, I am aware Bella is wearing a bathing suit over her t-shirt. Grandma D. had sent Bella a princess bathing suit that day and she wanted it on immediately!)



Soon enough Brynnie was joining in on the fun with her sister!

My Accessory Queen, I mean, Princess...

So Bella has always been big on accessories.  Hats, sunglasses, swimsuits, backpacks, dress up clothes, etc.  Although these things come and go for her in stages, I thought I would share with you where she is right now.  There are two things that I am required to assist in putting on each day.

A friend of ours (thanks Jessie!) gave Bella these princess slippers.  They are size 9/10 and Bella wears size 6/7 shoes.  No matter how big they are Bella LOVES these slippers.  She wakes up asking for them, they must be ready to place back on immediately after clothing changes, and she goes to bed wearing them.  The other day I told her, no you can't wear your slippers outside, you have to wear shoes.  "Can I bring sippers wit?"  So yes the slippers took a trip to Jewel.  She wears them at all times, including over her pajamas...

...when she dressed for the day...

...and even that in between time where she has been undressed for bath but isn't in the tub yet!

The second most important accessory of Bella's is her princess watch (notice a princess theme).  I got this for Bella for Christmas from Walmart for $5.  I saw it and thought oh she'll think this is cute.  Little did I know the magnitude of her affection for this plastic wristband.

It goes right on when getting dressed for the day, of course sleeve is folded back so all can see her watch...

Through when she lays her sweet head down for bed.  

If you ask her she'll tell you its 2.  And no the watch does not work anymore.  Mommy and Daddy forgot to take it off for bath time and of course she was perfectly content leaving it on!

Some Randomness from my Day...

Wow!  Two posts in one day, impressive if I do say so myself!  (Originally started yesterday)

So this post will have no rhyme or reason to it.  Just a bit of randomness from my day! :) 

I have to say although there are moments that she is knocking her over, stealing toys from her, or yelling at her to "stop attacking me!"(I don't know where she gets these things), Bella is the sweetest big sister.  Today Brynn was kind of fussing because she couldn't get her sippy cup out of her crib.  Having the sense that the sippy cup is too wide to be pulled through the whatever inch slats in a crib is a bit beyond the comprehension of a one year old.  However the genius of a three year old's mind came to her rescue.  Bella has learned the art of guiding the sippy cup up and over the crib rails to quench her parched lips.  Although I thought of jumping into my motherly duties and help Brynn,  I decided to sit back and watch what might unfold.  Bella noticed her sister's agony of not being able to get her precious cup.  She sweetly walked over to her sister and, although she could have simply raised the sippy cup up and over and handed it to her, she carefully explained to her sister the trick to receiving your sippy when it seems unreachable.  Now in case you are not aware Bella has a slight speech delay, and although what she said probably only made sense to me, her care and passion for teaching this young one clearly shown through!  Do I see another teacher in the future!?  There are so many sweet moments like this!  Bella notices Brynn's nose is running and goes and fetches her a tissue.  Brynn is fussing from exhaustion and Bella goes and finds her precious blankie for her.  Brynn needs more food and mommy can't oblige quite yet so she graciously offers some of her food (usually the less desirable food, you know veggies or such, but still the act of kindness is there), she helpfully shouts to me if she sees Brynn heading up the stairs and I haven't noticed, and so on.  Although it is certainly not always a bed of roses, these sweet moments will warm my soul for a life time! : ) 

When watching American Idol yesterday (I tell ya, I am on a reality show high right now, between Idol and Bachelor (don't even get me started)) one of the guys that was on had what seemed to be an extreme amount of product in his hair, for his dark hair shown like a halo above him.  Bella was watching and critiquing her favorites when this guy came up and after listening to his ballad for a short while. She looked at me and said, "Mommy his sparkly hair is pretty."  Future idol judge? : )

Who is your favorite from this week!?

So speaking of Bachelor, whose team are you on?  Team Melissa or Team Jason?

To close my radomness I'll leave you with a picture of a pair of sweet sisters.  Brynn loves to look at books and was in her room just looking at books, when Bella left me and my room to go sit with her sister and read together.  So I snuck around the corner and secretly snapped a picture of the precious moment.  I'll cherish these moments FOREVER!