Saturday, September 12, 2009

Playing catch up!

Both girls are asleep, Eric is up at the Georgia-South Carolina game, so I have some time to myself, which lately has been pretty hard to come by, so I decided to try and get as many little stories into here while I have the chance!

First of all, last night Meredith somehow got her outfit undone, took off her diaper, and then pee peed on the floor, and I didn't realize any of this until she then slipped on the wet floor and hurt her head. So when Eric walked in the door last night, Meredith was running around completely naked and Melanie was riding her motorcycle through the house. Talk about comedic timing!


The night before, both girls were just screaming and I couldn't get them to calm down at all. I was able to get Melanie settled with an episode of Hannah Montana. The only way I could settle Meredith was to let her play in the refrigerator, which is one of her favorite things to do.


Then, last week, I had to make a cake to take to a friend's party, and both girls wanted to help with one stool. They kept fighting over the stool...and Melanie was the one who kept getting pushed off! Poor baby!!!


Melanie has a new love....it's called "scissoring". At least 6 times a day, I get asked, "Mommy, can I go do my scissoring?" which is where she goes, gets a piece of paper, and snips around the edges of the paper, where it kind of looks like fringe. It's funny, but it keeps her occupied for a long time! She loves her new blue scissors!

Meredith also has a new obsession...well, actually, 2, and they both keep her occupied while we are in the car. The first one, she just found her eyelashes and eyelids, and she thinks it's great that she can stretch them out! She will sit there for a good 10 minutes pulling out her eyelids. The second one is funny....she loves sitting there watching her stomach go up and down while she breathes. She will just stare at her stomach, and starts taking really deep breaths so that her stomach gets bigger!! So funny!!

And finally, I have a picture of Melanie at one of her favorite restaurants...."Snopes". (Actually, it's Slope's BBQ, but she calls it Snopes.) She loves to see all the piggies, but she especially likes the ones that have the forks and knives. They have floor mats with the picture of this pig on there, and she has to go stand on them a few times every time we go there!


We have got 2 crazy girls, but it sure is a lot of fun!!

Modesty

"How could I possibly be any cuter?" The words that escaped from my 3 year old's mouth earlier this week. I didn't even know what to say. I just had to laugh. We have been working for a while on how, when someone compliments her, she is supposed to say "Thank you," instead of what she usually says, which is "Yes." In complete agreement with whatever the compliment was. It could be, "You look beautiful today" or "You are so smart" or "You have such pretty hair" or "I love your shoes."

In the words of my husband, "She has a self-esteem problem. She has too much!" While it seems kind of rude sometimes at this age, I hope she keeps this kind of self esteem problem throughout her life! It's so much better than her being self conscious or unsure of herself. We just need to work on the "Thank you" more than just agreeing with everyone (especially complete strangers) just how wonderful she is!! :)

But, I will admit....I am the biggest part of the problem. Because really, how could she possibly get any cuter???? :)

Friday, September 11, 2009

Our morning routine....

It used to be so easy to get ready in the morning before we had the girls. I would get up, hop in the shower, brush my teeth, dry my hair, get dressed and be on my way. It was ok when it was just Melanie I had to worry about because I would wait to hop in the shower when Magoo was taking her morning nap (which she has since dropped most days). Now, if I can get in the shower before noon, I consider that a great day. If I can be in there for 5 minutes without something happening, I want to go out to dinner and celebrate. Needless to say, we haven't been out to dinner to celebrate in a long time!

On Monday (Labor Day) Eric went out with his friend Tim for a little bit in the morning so we could go out and do family stuff in the afternoon. So I decided to just go shower and get ready so we could leave when he got back. I had a diet coke on the bathroom counter that Melanie wanted, so she got her stool and got the drink, and left it on the edge of the counter. So, when Little Bit toddled in, I didn't even see her grab the drink off the counter. So a couple minutes later Melanie comes running in saying that Meredith spilled a little bit. I thought she was talking about Meredith's sippy cup, so I just told her to leave it be and I would clean it up when I got out of the shower. Apparently in 3 year old language, that means to stick your hands in the puddles of diet coke and rub it all over the wall! There was diet coke all over the newly cleaned carpet, and now all over the bedroom wall. So I got all of that cleaned up, and then texted Eric telling him that I was going out for a couple hours by myself that afternoon!!

So this morning, I am in the shower, I had Disney Channel on t.v. for the girls, and Melanie comes running in saying she changed the channel and needed Disney back on. I told her I would fix it when I was done in the shower, and she just went out to play with the basket of toys we keep in the room for them. Meredith, I guess, didn't like that, and she came and did her Garfield on the car window impression where she puts her hands and face on the glass of the shower and just watches me....it's really funny looking. I wish I could take a picture, but it would most likely ruin the camera. But today, she stood there banging her head against the shower door, over and over and over again until I got out! It was crazy! I can't believe it didn't hurt her head. Then, she wouldn't move to let me open the shower door. I called to Melanie to get a toy to distract her away from the door so I wouldn't throw her to the ground when I opened it. It took me at least 5 minutes to get out of the shower, and then Meredith stole my towel!!

All I did was laugh...and I know I am going to miss all the chaos that ensues while I am in the shower one day soon when they get bigger!

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

The longest day ever!

Melanie was originally scheduled to get her tonsils and adenoids out on October 13, but I got a call on Friday morning saying there was a cancellation for Tuesday, and wanted to know if I wanted to bump up the surgery, so of course I snapped it up! I figured an extra month of Mel not being sick anymore was totally worth having to scramble to get everything set up! So we took it and had to be at the hospital at 8:00 yesterday morning.

Eric woke Melanie up and she was not happy with him at all that he got her up. I had to get Meredith down to my mom and dad's because my dad was able to work from home to take care of her while my mom went with Melanie and me to the hospital. (Since it was so last minute, Eric couldn't get out of work to be with us at the hospital.) We got there and had to finish all of our pre-op stuff, which included us having to go to the lab for them to take blood. That was horrible. She wiggled so much there was blood everywhere, which I think freaked Mel out more than he actual process of them taking the blood! She got all cleaned up and we went back to the waiting room, and then up to the room to get her prepped for surgery.


We were in that room for maybe 20 minutes, and then they wheeled us to another room, where I had to sign all of the forms and spoke to all the doctors and nurses who were going to be with her. Then it was time for her to go (by herself) to the operating room...I started to cry, but went back down to the waiting room with my mom. We went and grabbed something to eat and waited, and waited, and waited, for what seemed like FOREVER (it was actually only a little over an hour) and they called us back up to see her....she was done! We got up there and she started freaking out because her arm was all bandaged up....they had to give her an IV after she was put to sleep and then they bandaged it so that she couldn't pull it out and I think it scared her when she woke up. I climbed in bed with her and got her to calm down, and they rolled her down to the recovery room, where she slept for a couple hours.


They wouldn't let us leave until she ate a popsicle or drank something, and she refused. She kept telling the nurse she wanted a blue popsicle and they didn't have any, and that was all she would eat. Mom Mom went and got a push up and some blue powerade for her, but she still wouldn't eat or drink. I kept pushing it because I wanted to get her home, but she wouldn't budge. Finally, the nurse called the doctor, and he said that we could take her home, but if she still wasn't eating or drinking to call them and we would go from there. They gave Melanie this adorable stuffed giraffe, and then gave her a stuffed rhino to take home to her baby sister...so nice! We got her in the car, and she drank a whole cup of apple juice, so she just didn't want to be there anymore!!

Melanie wanted to go to my mom's to see the puppies, and I didn't care where she was, as long as she was happy and not upset!! We got over there and she just hung out on the couch for a while and visited with the puppies and Meredith, who was excited to see her big sister. We hung out there for a while, and just decided to join my mom and dad for dinner. Melanie was due for another dose of her pain medication, and she was fighting me on it big time, but I was stubborn and made her take it. The first dose I got in her mouth she spit out all over her hair and her arms, so we tried again. The second time, all down her shirt and all over me. Finally, I put the third dose in her cup of juice and she drank it down....however, it didn't stay down for long.

I decided to give the girls their bath early because Melanie had gotten it all over her when she spit it out. I was about halfway up the stairs, carrying Melanie with Meredith crawling up behind us. All of a sudden, Melanie opened her mouth, and threw up EVERYWHERE. All down her shirt and shorts, all down my shirt and pants, and poor, sweet, baby Meredith....well, she took a direct hit in the face. I couldn't move because I was afraid it would make a bigger mess, and also because I had my vomit-covered baby blocking the way back downstairs, and before my mom and I could figure out what to do....out came the second round, all in my hair. Luckily, Mom Mom had grabbed Meredith so she didn't get hit again. Melanie looked at me and I thought she was going to cry, but instead we both just started laughing!! Both of us completely covered in vomit, and we stood there laughing. I made my way back down the stairs into Bobby's bathroom, where I had to strip them both down and rinse them before I could actually bathe them. (Oh, and in the middle of all this, Meredith pooped. And it was awful. So the bathroom had a lovely aroma while I had to do all this). Then, I had to strip down...Mom came and got all of our clothes and put them directly into the washing machine....thanks Mom!! She then went and ad to clean the carpet on the stairs. It was so bad, she got it in my bra!!! I washed them, then drained the tub, then washed them again. I kept thinking that they still smelled, and then I realized it was me! I got them out, gave them to Lulu (who kindly got me clean clothes, thanks Lulu!) and I hopped in the shower, where I scrubbed down with Bobby's Old Spice body wash to get the smell off of me! If I wasn't officially a mom before that, I am now!!!

In a weird way, I was glad that if she was going to get sick that she did it on me...if she had just thrown up all over herself, she would have been so embarrassed and upset with herself, and instead, she just laughed it off because we were stuck in the same situation. I am also glad that Magoo is not old enough to remember what happened to her! And it gives me a story I will NEVER forget!!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Melanie's birthday!




Our baby girl is 3 years old! I can't believe it....we had a great birthday weekend with her. The thing that I will NEVER forget is how every time we sang "Happy Birthday", she would sing with us, to herself..."Happy Birfday dear Melanie...." It was about the cutest thing ever!!

We went to the Braves game on Friday night because she "wanted works for her birthday just like Magoo gets for her birthday" so Uncle Bobby got us tickets for the game. We had awesome seats, but the people in front of us didn't like us....Meredith kept sticking her hands in her sprite and then wiping her hands on the guy's shirt right in front of her! (They didn't stick around too long).



Poor Mellie didn't get her works though....it began pouring rain, and we had to make a run for the cars! Papa and Mom Mom bought everyone ponchos, so ther girls didn't get soaked, but it was a very nasty storm.

The next day we went up to Athens for picture day! Daddy got in line at 3:15 am for a ticket to have a picture with Uga VII....and he was the 94th person in line! At 3:15 am! Crazy! But the girls had a great time in Athens, they weren't that crazy about Uga, but they did okay! Melanie wanted a picture of her and Daddy with Hairy Dawg, and since we didn't see the real Hairy Dawg (except from far away) we had to settle for the painting at Little Italy!


We went over to Grandma and Grandpa's for dinner after picture day. Mary came home from Alabama for Melanie's birthday and we all had a lot of fun, except for when Meredith got Mary's phone, unlocked it, and somehow called 911. Luckily Mary picked up the phone and was able to tell the 911 operator that a baby had gotten her phone, and that they didn't need to send anyone out.

The next day was Melanie's actual birthday!! The birthday girl decided to sleep in, and while we were waiting, Magoo was trying to get at Melanie's breakfast...



After Mellie woke up, we ate breakfast, and then we had some Mommy and Mellie time. She wanted to go to QT and get a drink, and then stop by Mom Mom's, where she got a new Hannah sweatshirt and backpack and lunch box, which she had to bring in to Publix with us, where we got subs for lunch and seriously, a Hannah Montana balloon that was taller than Melanie. We went to the pool for a little while and just relaxed, which was really nice. Then we had to go home and get ready for Chuck E. Cheese! We did Chuck E. Cheese for dinner with Mom Mom, Papa, Bobby, Lulu, Bill, and Jenny Lee...I think all the big kids has more fun than the little ones! Meredith would not get out of the monster truck there...I think she rode it about 25 times! It was all she wanted to do.



After that, we went home and did presents, and she got a ton of Hannah Montana stuff, which was all she wanted! She also got a princess scooter and we bought her a little ride-on motorcycle, because she always tells Eric that's what she wants!! It was a great birthDAY, but technically the celebrating still wasn't over because we still had her party with her friends the next morning!

Of course, it was a Hannah Montana birthday party. She showed up straight from her ballet class, all Hannah Montana-ed out!! Bathing suit, shirt, sunglasses, shoes, hairbow, everything was Hannah! And she wasn't a diva, she was a pop superstar! Silly girl....


We had a great party with her friends, where the kids ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches shaped like butterflies and stars, and all the moms had chicken salad...it was yummy! She got even more Hannah stuff from her friends, which she just loved, and got a pair of Snow White gloves from my Aunt Margie...she thought they were Santa gloves though, and everytime she put them on, the other kids would start telling her what they wanted! I think Braelyn told her she wanted a piano for Christmas.....I don't know where she gets her material!!



After 4 whole days of celebrating, it was nice to get back to normal! (For a little while anyway....Melanie says that Christmas is coming soon!!)