Tuesday, May 5, 2009
I know... pictures are good but we're having trouble loading them...
For some reason, we haven't been able to load pictures onto the laptop in forever! Here are some from a budding photographer for your viewing enjoyment until we can get pics off of our camera. Oh, in case you wonder, Katie is the photographer!
If you think Monday was bad...
Tuesday. Does anyone write any songs about Tuesday? Someone should. They could call it "Go back to bed... it will only get worse!" and they could dedicate it to Katie. I guess she had another tough day today. She asked for carrots... AGAIN and we still don't have any.
ARG.
When I got home, she was downstairs playing with grampa and having a blast. She was invited to go to dinner with grandma and grandpa to Old Country Buffet and grocery shopping after. Well, she was a bit testy so I asked if she wouldn't rather stay home and eat yummy orange chicken and rice but no, she clearly said I want to go to Old Country Buffet. So, okay. Off they went, with one pause to leave her chapstick here. She loves her chapstick but just can't be trusted not to turn the dial till it all comes out of the holder so that's one of her "contraband" toys.
When they got home, around 7:45 or so, we went for a walk. Katie pushed her baby doll in the stroller (see the cookie tossing post) till we were about halfway through when she dropped her second to last piece of candy. She had eaten MANY pieces of candy already so I wasn't about to let her eat this one off of the ground and boy she was NOT happy. Grandpa gave her a ride home on his shoulders which she loved and mommy was in charge of bringing the baby doll stroller - with the baby doll strapped into it. Katie looked back every few minutes to make sure that I was still there and that her beloved baby doll was being treated right... even going so far as to tell me "Mama, don't drop my baby doll, okay!?" Well, we got home and she had a bit of a meltdown. She wanted more candy and grandpa gave her a tootsie roll which she could not have until she said thank you. Well, she would not. So I gave grandpa the candy back and we went into the hallway outside of her room and ours where I let her choose which she wanted - jammies or time out. Well, it sounded like she had forgotten her entire vocabulary with one exception... the word candy. She said candy, i want candy, candyyyyyyy, candy candy, mama, candyyyyyyyy. So she got a time out. She sits on the rug next to the bed and cried for candy the whole time. It was very pitiful but at no point was I tempted to give her any candy. She tooted and I said, Katie, was that you tooting? And she said, mama, my toot wants candy too. I had to laugh and luckily I was able to cover my face with her jammies. It was so funny! Finally after time out was over, I got her jammies on and we sat and rocked and I told her that mommy was in charge of candy from now on. I would decide if she got it or not. So hopefully that will stop this need for sugar she was showing us tonight. It was not very sweet! She went to bed at around 11 tonight. I sat up till almost midnight writing this stuff... twice because I hit some combination of keys and deleted all but my first few sentences and so had to remember what I had written... gulp... not an easy task!
ARG.
When I got home, she was downstairs playing with grampa and having a blast. She was invited to go to dinner with grandma and grandpa to Old Country Buffet and grocery shopping after. Well, she was a bit testy so I asked if she wouldn't rather stay home and eat yummy orange chicken and rice but no, she clearly said I want to go to Old Country Buffet. So, okay. Off they went, with one pause to leave her chapstick here. She loves her chapstick but just can't be trusted not to turn the dial till it all comes out of the holder so that's one of her "contraband" toys.
When they got home, around 7:45 or so, we went for a walk. Katie pushed her baby doll in the stroller (see the cookie tossing post) till we were about halfway through when she dropped her second to last piece of candy. She had eaten MANY pieces of candy already so I wasn't about to let her eat this one off of the ground and boy she was NOT happy. Grandpa gave her a ride home on his shoulders which she loved and mommy was in charge of bringing the baby doll stroller - with the baby doll strapped into it. Katie looked back every few minutes to make sure that I was still there and that her beloved baby doll was being treated right... even going so far as to tell me "Mama, don't drop my baby doll, okay!?" Well, we got home and she had a bit of a meltdown. She wanted more candy and grandpa gave her a tootsie roll which she could not have until she said thank you. Well, she would not. So I gave grandpa the candy back and we went into the hallway outside of her room and ours where I let her choose which she wanted - jammies or time out. Well, it sounded like she had forgotten her entire vocabulary with one exception... the word candy. She said candy, i want candy, candyyyyyyy, candy candy, mama, candyyyyyyyy. So she got a time out. She sits on the rug next to the bed and cried for candy the whole time. It was very pitiful but at no point was I tempted to give her any candy. She tooted and I said, Katie, was that you tooting? And she said, mama, my toot wants candy too. I had to laugh and luckily I was able to cover my face with her jammies. It was so funny! Finally after time out was over, I got her jammies on and we sat and rocked and I told her that mommy was in charge of candy from now on. I would decide if she got it or not. So hopefully that will stop this need for sugar she was showing us tonight. It was not very sweet! She went to bed at around 11 tonight. I sat up till almost midnight writing this stuff... twice because I hit some combination of keys and deleted all but my first few sentences and so had to remember what I had written... gulp... not an easy task!
Monday, Monday... da daaaa da da da da... da daaa da da da da
(Just an added little hint about this posts title... I had a mama's and papa's song stuck in my head and it just happened to fit today's exciting theme.)
Monday was fun for John. Just kidding... it wasn't so much fun. I called in the afternoon to say hello to my little darling daughter and learned that she and Jacob were both crying machines. I asked what was up and he told me that it started when she told him she wanted carrots. I was like... "well... we don't have carrots." He was like... "I know." in a very deadpan voice. I think he *might* have already tried to explain that to her. She wasn't accepting that as the final answer. Even hearing the commotion at home didn't stop me from wishing I could be there to see Katie since I only got to see her while dad carried her from the car to her bed. And it was only her tush that I saw since she rolled over to her tummy right when she laid down!
Monday evening I got home and the living room was empty... no one was in the back yard... I didn't see any of my family! I thought they might be playing hide and seek since sometimes Katie does that when I get home. But she wasn't in any of her usual hiding places - laying on the floor between the couch and the coffee table or peeking out at me from under the living room bench or giggling from under the kitchen table. I finally went into the bedroom to change my clothes and saw John and Jacob laying in bed. John told me that Katie was taking a nap in her room. I kind of figured that bedtime at a decent hour was a bust. When John told me she had been sleeping since 3:00 so I really resigned myself to a late late night.
Well, Katie wanted pot pies for dinner and I was going to make one for her in the oven but she told me she wanted me to make it in the microwave. It tasted better. Well, okey dokey! I tried to convince her that it tasted better in the oven but she was sure the microwave was better so I broke down and made it in the microwave. Then I started to make my dinner - hot dogs and mac and cheese. I know... why, right? But for some reason it sounded really good. So I'm making my noodles and suddenly I hear a loud thud and then another... coming from the kitchen table where Katie was eating her pot pie and drinking her chocolate milk out of her tiny glass. Well, she was drinking her chocolate milk... until she dropped it on the floor and it sprayed across the kitchen. There was chocolate milk on Katie, on the floor, on the stove, on the door, on the table, on the wall, on Jacob, alllll over the kitchen! Katie was about to start crying when I told her that she smelled good... like chocolate milk! Once I did that, she felt better. Well, mom and dad took the kids for a walk and I cleaned the floor, walls, table, stove, door, everything that had a hint of chocolate. Then I ate my delicious dinner and cleaned up. When everyone got home, me and mom took the kids to grammy and grampys house for a visit. We were there from 8 till about 9:30 and grammy and grampy held Jacob while Katie played. Grampy told her to go into the kitchen and get the broom out of the closet, which she did and then open the closet door, which she did, and then to use it to bump the tiger she loves so much off of the high shelf so she could reach it... but she was too short and grampy had to do it. She played with the beach balls, tiger and some dice while we visited. She was stacking dice 5 or 6 high and was so proud of herself! We left when the kids started to get crabby.
I was right about bed time. Katie was going strong until just after midnight and when she finally fell asleep, it was on the floor next to the coffee table. I tried to get her to lay in her bed but she didn't want to do that. She wanted to lay on the floor and me to lay on the couch. When I mentioned that we should go lay down in bed... she put her hand on my knee to stop me and said, mama, I lay on the floor and you lay on the couch, okay? It was very serious!
Monday was fun for John. Just kidding... it wasn't so much fun. I called in the afternoon to say hello to my little darling daughter and learned that she and Jacob were both crying machines. I asked what was up and he told me that it started when she told him she wanted carrots. I was like... "well... we don't have carrots." He was like... "I know." in a very deadpan voice. I think he *might* have already tried to explain that to her. She wasn't accepting that as the final answer. Even hearing the commotion at home didn't stop me from wishing I could be there to see Katie since I only got to see her while dad carried her from the car to her bed. And it was only her tush that I saw since she rolled over to her tummy right when she laid down!
Monday evening I got home and the living room was empty... no one was in the back yard... I didn't see any of my family! I thought they might be playing hide and seek since sometimes Katie does that when I get home. But she wasn't in any of her usual hiding places - laying on the floor between the couch and the coffee table or peeking out at me from under the living room bench or giggling from under the kitchen table. I finally went into the bedroom to change my clothes and saw John and Jacob laying in bed. John told me that Katie was taking a nap in her room. I kind of figured that bedtime at a decent hour was a bust. When John told me she had been sleeping since 3:00 so I really resigned myself to a late late night.
Well, Katie wanted pot pies for dinner and I was going to make one for her in the oven but she told me she wanted me to make it in the microwave. It tasted better. Well, okey dokey! I tried to convince her that it tasted better in the oven but she was sure the microwave was better so I broke down and made it in the microwave. Then I started to make my dinner - hot dogs and mac and cheese. I know... why, right? But for some reason it sounded really good. So I'm making my noodles and suddenly I hear a loud thud and then another... coming from the kitchen table where Katie was eating her pot pie and drinking her chocolate milk out of her tiny glass. Well, she was drinking her chocolate milk... until she dropped it on the floor and it sprayed across the kitchen. There was chocolate milk on Katie, on the floor, on the stove, on the door, on the table, on the wall, on Jacob, alllll over the kitchen! Katie was about to start crying when I told her that she smelled good... like chocolate milk! Once I did that, she felt better. Well, mom and dad took the kids for a walk and I cleaned the floor, walls, table, stove, door, everything that had a hint of chocolate. Then I ate my delicious dinner and cleaned up. When everyone got home, me and mom took the kids to grammy and grampys house for a visit. We were there from 8 till about 9:30 and grammy and grampy held Jacob while Katie played. Grampy told her to go into the kitchen and get the broom out of the closet, which she did and then open the closet door, which she did, and then to use it to bump the tiger she loves so much off of the high shelf so she could reach it... but she was too short and grampy had to do it. She played with the beach balls, tiger and some dice while we visited. She was stacking dice 5 or 6 high and was so proud of herself! We left when the kids started to get crabby.
I was right about bed time. Katie was going strong until just after midnight and when she finally fell asleep, it was on the floor next to the coffee table. I tried to get her to lay in her bed but she didn't want to do that. She wanted to lay on the floor and me to lay on the couch. When I mentioned that we should go lay down in bed... she put her hand on my knee to stop me and said, mama, I lay on the floor and you lay on the couch, okay? It was very serious!
Katie and the tossed cookies
Mom asked me if Katie was a mama's girl... I guess Katie was downstairs visiting with her and mom was making dinner and using a screen on the pan to stop the splatters and Katie told her "my mommy has one of those" and then when she was using a scissors "my mommy has that" and when she used a spoon, "my mommy uses that" and I guess it went on for a bit with my mommy this and my mommy that!
On Thursday, Katie and mommy went to pick up some clothes from Alex's house. On the way there, I asked her if she wanted to go to the lake with grandma and grandpa over the weekend and she, of course, did! Well, she asked "mommy, and daddy, and Jakie too?" I told her it would just be her and grandma and grandpa and it would be so fun but she said mommy and jakie too. I had to tell her that it was just her and she said "I know! Mommy go to work and work real fast and come home and mommy and Jakie go to the lake too! How precious is that... she was planning for me so I could be with her. Even if I was looking forward to the weekend bonding with Jacob and doing the things I can't usually do with her there. She finally resigned herself to going, as opposed to staying home with mommy, daddy, and Jakie which were the only two choices I gave her!
When we got to Alex's house, the kids played and I went through tons of cute clothes to pull some stuff for Jacob AFTER I got to hold little Makayla! She's just a tiny armfull, a very dainty little girl! Alex is such a good talker, very clear, and a wonderful host... he asked his grandma if he could have a treat and if Katie could too. He asked me if it was okay and he was so sweet. They both had their treats and played together. On the way home, we had to stop at the library and Katie said she wanted to get some books for Alex. :)
Bad news; Katie tossed her cookies all over her bed on Friday morning. John heard her crying in her room and went to see what the ruckus was about and saw the mess. He got her changed, put everything in the washer and calmed her down. I was impressed.
She was feeling better pretty quickly and so we figured she would be okay to send to the lake with gamma and umpa and since there were no further cookie tosses all day and no general ickiness, we felt pretty okay about it. So, cut to later that night when the three got to Culvers for the Friday night dinner. Umpa was carrying Katie into the restaurant when... she puked all over herself AND him. Luckily for them both, they had clothes for the weekend in the car and could change, but probably not too fun for dad since, when he's carrying Katie her face is pretty much right next to his face... and she probably didn't worry about aiming away from him when she... ahem... I won't go into details on that one. Needless to say, it was pretty gross and not too fun for any of the participants.
I got updates from gamma throughout the weekend and it sounded like Katie was having a very fun time. She was pretty happy she went. She bought a bracelet at a craft fair, grandma bought her some stuffed animals and a little baby stroller at a garage sale and she got to "order" whatever she wanted to eat. She didn't throw up any more and seemed to be back to normal on Sunday.
On Thursday, Katie and mommy went to pick up some clothes from Alex's house. On the way there, I asked her if she wanted to go to the lake with grandma and grandpa over the weekend and she, of course, did! Well, she asked "mommy, and daddy, and Jakie too?" I told her it would just be her and grandma and grandpa and it would be so fun but she said mommy and jakie too. I had to tell her that it was just her and she said "I know! Mommy go to work and work real fast and come home and mommy and Jakie go to the lake too! How precious is that... she was planning for me so I could be with her. Even if I was looking forward to the weekend bonding with Jacob and doing the things I can't usually do with her there. She finally resigned herself to going, as opposed to staying home with mommy, daddy, and Jakie which were the only two choices I gave her!
When we got to Alex's house, the kids played and I went through tons of cute clothes to pull some stuff for Jacob AFTER I got to hold little Makayla! She's just a tiny armfull, a very dainty little girl! Alex is such a good talker, very clear, and a wonderful host... he asked his grandma if he could have a treat and if Katie could too. He asked me if it was okay and he was so sweet. They both had their treats and played together. On the way home, we had to stop at the library and Katie said she wanted to get some books for Alex. :)
Bad news; Katie tossed her cookies all over her bed on Friday morning. John heard her crying in her room and went to see what the ruckus was about and saw the mess. He got her changed, put everything in the washer and calmed her down. I was impressed.
She was feeling better pretty quickly and so we figured she would be okay to send to the lake with gamma and umpa and since there were no further cookie tosses all day and no general ickiness, we felt pretty okay about it. So, cut to later that night when the three got to Culvers for the Friday night dinner. Umpa was carrying Katie into the restaurant when... she puked all over herself AND him. Luckily for them both, they had clothes for the weekend in the car and could change, but probably not too fun for dad since, when he's carrying Katie her face is pretty much right next to his face... and she probably didn't worry about aiming away from him when she... ahem... I won't go into details on that one. Needless to say, it was pretty gross and not too fun for any of the participants.
I got updates from gamma throughout the weekend and it sounded like Katie was having a very fun time. She was pretty happy she went. She bought a bracelet at a craft fair, grandma bought her some stuffed animals and a little baby stroller at a garage sale and she got to "order" whatever she wanted to eat. She didn't throw up any more and seemed to be back to normal on Sunday.
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