I can do this....

HA! Is there going to be a full moon or what? Grace has been screaming, crying, or yelling for about 4 days. It has be her teeth, nothing else is wrong with her (that I can tell, but I'm not a doctor). What happened to that sweet, cuddly, happy baby? She hit the 15 month mark and learned how to throw the best tantrum I've ever seen, she is now able to bite, and is very unpredictable with her moods. Trey doesn't usually help matters. When she is finally content he finds something to annoy her with. For instance, I finally got her to sit and look at books and he went up to her and started smothering her. I don't know. Good thing I love them so much or I might put in my two weeks notice right about now.

In other news, we get to say goodbye to some linoleum and carpet this weekend. We are getting the kitchen, bathroom, a hallway, and laundry room tiled. I'll miss the fake brick pattern and carpeted bathroom, but this should look a little bit better.

That's all for now, I'm just holding my breath until 6:00....or whenever Kenny decides to brave Hurricane Grace with me.

Saying good-bye to paci

So, Trey is almost three and it is time (I know it has been for quite awhile) to get rid of paci. I have been dreading it. He has only been using it to sleep since he was about 18 months old, but he LOVED it (he still does). A few nights ago he spent the night at Kenny's parents and his paci was lost so he had to go to sleep without it and did fine. Once I heard that, I gathered up all of his paci's and cut the ends off of them before I could change my mind. I was hoping he would not ask about them, but when I put him down for his nap at home he immediately began screaming "PACI, PACI, where is my PACI!!!!!". It was super dramatic, but I would expect nothing less for dear paci. So, I gave him a "broken paci" and explained that it was time to give them to the baby ducks...we had talked about giving them to the other babies, but he insisted that the ducks would like them better. He said he wasn't ready and clung to the broken paci for his nap and then again that night, and then announced the next morning that he was ready to give it to the baby duck. I forgot to mention that the reward for getting rid of it was to go to Build-A-Bear and make a bear to replace paci.

So, we made the bear last night. Much to Kenny's relief he picked out a black bear and dressed it in a Mavericks outfit. After watching Super Nanny and seeing that the kids on that show forgot about paci, I was expecting to never hear about paci again.....WRONG. He is still asking for it, but crying less and less. So, I would just like to close this post by giving a little tribute to paci.

I feel like this is the end of an era. You were there for us so many times. You helped Trey sleep since they day he was born. You were a comfort to him when we evacuated. You gave him something else to suck on besides me. You helped him be quiet so that I could shop at Target just a little bit longer. You helped to make him happy when we moved. You kept him entertained when we took Trey with us to the hospital after my water broke at 4 in the morning. You always have germs on you which has helped build up Trey's immunity (not to mentions Gracie's since she was constantly stealing you from Trey's bedroom). Everyone on every Southwest flight thanks you. You will be missed by all of us, but it is time.

Cozumel

Has it been a week already? It was really nice having the opportunity to be away with my BFF for 5 whole days. Besides unintentionally cutting her food into small bites and reminding her to use a kind tone when she talks to me, I was able to slip back into the role of of having no kids pretty easily. I'm glad to be back home, but it was nice to spend a week laying out by the pool, eating whatever I liked whenever I wanted to, sleeping in, reading, talking.... It was great. We did one of those all-inclusive trips, which I would highly recommend. One of the best surprises was the entertainment staff. There was one guy in particular that we liked to watch whenever we got the chance. He was just so flamboyant. We also learned to salsa dance and I snorkeled for the first time. Our only mishap (if you would call it that) would the ferry ride we took from Cozumel to Playa. Apparently I really do get seasick. Sweet Amy wasn't feeling great either, but she held my head while I willed myself not to vomit. We also almost missed the last ferry ride back to Cozumel and were confronted by the Mexican police, but no worries we made it back. Worst case scenario would have meant we had to stay up until 6 am for the next ferry ride. That would have been no problem since we are always up late partying..... right. It was fun. I've enjoyed the memories of the trip this past week as I have gotten back into my mommy role. Today's highlight was that Trey pooped in the potty....yeah. Thanks again Amy for a great vacation, thank you mom for coming to stay with the kids, and thank you Kenny for saying it was okay. Love you all.

5 years

We celebrated 5 years of marriage almost 2 weeks ago...how the time flies. I had hoped to get a picture of us all dressed up prior to our date, but we were running late and it never happened. I actually think that picture is pretty heinous, but it make me smile to remember convincing Kenny to run with me in the thanksgiving day race in KC in 10 degree weather, just one more reason why I think he is the greatest. Anyways, I think we had our best celebration yet. Amy had come in town for our trip so she kindly offered to babysit while we went out for the night. Trey really wanted to join us (me) for dinner, but Amy convinced him that he would have more fun eating chicken nuggets and fruit snacks with her. We went to a nice restaurant that ended up being great for people watching. We talked about what the next five years would look like. We talked about how much had changed and how we would have never imagined already having 2 kids at this point in our lives. We reminisced about how last year when we celebrated we had approximately an hour and a half to be away from Grace since she was refusing to be fed by anyone but me. We ate lots of interesting food...Kenny had some kind of smoked meat platter (of course). It was fun and it made me realize a few things. For instance, I like that we are living a different and better life than I could have ever imagined. I love that I have two kids who remind me so much of Kenny. I am more in love with Kenny every year.....just imagine how on fire we will be in 50 years, yikes! We love spending time together, as a family and especially alone. I really did marry my best friend. Love you Big K.