Cinder"ALLY" and the Easter Egg Hunt

We took AH and C2 to Renassiance today for the BIG Easter Egg hunt. She had soooo much fun finding eggs. This is also one of her cute Disney World outfit. She loves her Tinkerella Creations Cinderella short set.

Night time prayers

So last week, I began saying a bedtime prayer with AH. I would say part of it, then she would repeat it. Well to my surprise, only after a few nights, she is able to say it by herself. Soooo sweet!!!

Translation:
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. Amen

A day in the country

While out of town for the basketball tournament, we stayed at Granny and Pawpaw's down in Franklin county. Friday, when spring was actually here (since it snowed today???) we visited my cousins house and AH had a great time with all the animals. She got to play in leaves, feed the goats and rabbits and then we visited Uncle Tracy's chicken houses and she got to hold a baby chick, which was less than a day old. She said it was "so cute!"

Go SEC!!!!

Made the trip to New Orleans on Thursday with Granny, Ally Harper, Christopher and Chris to take in a few basketball games. Four games in one day is a lot of basketball, but the kids handled it pretty well. As for Saturday's games, Chris and I went down with just Christopher for the 2nd round of games and had another great day of basketball. Even though my bracket is now shot since Kansas lost, it sure was fun. Now go SEC-- Go Kentucky!!!

AH's vacation wardrobe

We are absolutely LOVIN' our princess short sets from Tinkerella Creations on Etsy.com

Jessie Project

Well, I've still got the sewing bug, so here is the latest finished project. AH is in love with Toy Story and especially Jessie the yoddling cowgirl, so I made her a Jessie outfit last night. Gave it to her first thing this morning and she LOVED it! (Again, the photos on the right were my inspirations-- and if you haven't ever seen anything made by Tinkerella Creations, you MUST check out her stuff .) http://www.etsy.com/shop/tinkerellacreations?ga_search_query=tinkerella&ga_search_type=category&category=clothing.children&ga_page=&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title

Christopher's First Baseball series in Oxford!

Here we are enjoying the weekend in Oxford for the Louisville series.
It was a little cold, bu we bundled up!

Jasmine Project

So here is the finished product of AH's Jasmine outfit. The pics on the right were my inspirations! I'm very satisfied with the outcome.
Gotta give credit to Tinkerella Creations for the pic on the bottom right. Check her out at http://www.etsy.com/shop/tinkerellacreations?ga_search_query=tinkerella&ga_search_type=category&category=clothing.children&ga_page=&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title

More sewing pics

Here are a couple of outfits I made for Christopher to wear to his first Ole Miss baseball games this weekend! I think he likes them :)


And the other night we tried Christopher in the jumper. I think he liked it too. If we canjust keep AH from wanting to send him swinging!!!



And last but not least, this is the scene I walked into a couple of days ago. I had laid C in his crib while AH was watching tv, and as usual C began to cry, but I continued to load the dishwasher. Well after a few minutes, C got quiet, so I went to check on him and this was the scene. AH had climbed into the bed with him and hijacked all his pacifiers! She had all 3 in her mouth at one time. PRICELESS! She is SOOO funny! But it did make C quit crying for a while :)

Random Pics

A day at the park with mommy and daddy. AH loves her some Liberty Park!

And here she is helping Granny at the barn!


And "driving" pawpaw's 18 wheeler!


And last but not least, here we are at the Mad Hatter's tea party, which followed the Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet's production of "Alice in Wonderland".

Pippy and Pals

So... we cleaned out some of the garage last week and AH found all of Brooklyn's Madam Alexander dolls. So they are on display in her room now. Well today she came running thru with the "Pippy Longstocking" doll. I told her who it was and she started repeating it. "Hey Pippy", "it's Pippy", etc. so I decided I would let her watch Brooklyn's old Pippy DVD and make her a Pippy costume. SHe was soo cute, I couldn't help but take lots of pics. Later while we were sitting around Saturday afternoon when Chris heard some voices in the backyard. It was Randa, along with Chris and Aiden Brunetti. The Brunetti "men" were in town visiting while Jennifer was in New Orleans participating the the Marathon. It also happened to be Aiden's 2nd birthday. So Ally Harper really enjoyed sharing her swing set with Aiden. She never gets to have company over and I was pleasently surprised at how well she did share :) WTG AH!! Randa and James had planned to cook out for dinner, so the kids stayed at our house while the guys cooked across the street and then they brought all the food over. Along with a cake for Aiden! I dug out birthday suppllies and a few happies and we turned the evening into a true birthday party. I think the kids really had a BLAST. I know mine slept like a champ last night!

Ally Harper's 3rd birthday party plans

I know, I know, her birthday is still months away, but that's all part of the fun for me. The planning and the anticipation are priceless to me. So this year, we are planning a Toy Story Cowboy party. We bought Toy Story 1 & 2 on Ebay a while back and AH loves watching them both. Also, both movies have been in the Disney vault for years and they will be re-released in March. Then Toy Story 3 comes out in theaters on June 18th; therefore the toys are back in town. So why not celebrate with them??? So save the date- we will celebrate this year on July 25 at Reunion Farms.

Snow day February 12, 2010

Christopher enjoying the snow!

Ally Harper enjoyingthe snow!

Brooklyn enjoying the snow!

More snow!!!!

Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo

Ally Harper's Cinderella dress that Granny made for the Disneyworld trip.

Ally and the Fire fighter.

AH loves going to eat at Nagoya for Japanese. I promise, I think she eats her weight in rice and broccoli when we go.

New look.

Just wanted to show off my new bedding and paint color in the bathroom. Love it. It look s so new and fresh. The blue is very relaxing.
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Potty trained in 3 days or your money back!

This is THE END of diapers for ALLY HARPER!!!

So, I decided that it was time for Ally Harper to be potty trained. We started this several months before Christopher arrived, but she didn't seem to be interested so, I decided to just wait until after he arrived. I had heard so many people talk about how children regress when a new baby arrives, so I didn't want to go through all the trouble, just to have to start over. But now I am dedicated to getting this done. So I did some research online and finally decided to purchase this eBook that guarantees you can have your child trained in 3 days or your money back. So what do I have to lose! So here goes.

Saturday, January 30th
Started 3 day potty training this morning
Put AH in panties and she through all the pull ups in the trash!

1st accident-- tee tee'd and poo'd in panties, sat on potty for a minutes, but nothing happened so we flush the poo and put on clean panties.

2nd accident-- tee tee'd while lying down on blanket watching Barney. Put blankets in the wash and AH in the tub.

Next up, lunch, then nap time!

Tee tee'd in potty 1st time before nap time, but then never went to sleep.

Checked on her several times, she was just lying in the bed. After a while, I checked her again, and she had tee tee'd in bed. Changed sheets and panties and now time for round 2. Will update later!
Gonna be a LONGGGG 3 days :)

3:15pm- got AH from her room, never took a nap, but did tee tee in potty when she got up!

4:15- Reminded AH to tell me if she needed to potty and she took off toward the bathroom, so I put her on the potty and she tee teed again. So we are sitting at 50% right now.

Note to self: BE PERSISTENT!!!! Currently it's 4:41pm

5:35pm: Reminded Ally Harper to tell mommy when she needed to potty, and she took off toward the bathroom, so I went with her and she tee tee'd!!! Yeah! So this makes us a little better than 50% now, but as I was posting this update, she walks up next to me and I hear tee tee hitting the floor, so I scoop her up and rush her to the potty but she left it all on the floor :( so we're back at 50%, but I'll take it. Because she is learning for sure! Fun times. (6:22)

Dinner time came and went, next up was bath time. Took her to the potty before bath time and she didn't hesitate. Next stop- bath.

After bath, we did the pj thing then had a little night time milky before brushing teeth and trying to potty one more time. She didn't want to potty this time, so we went back into the den and rocked a couple of minutes. Then I asked her if she wanted to go show brother how she pottys like a big girl and she took off. Used the potty without any hesitation and then climbed right into her bed! Perfect :) I consider today a success especially since we finished up better than 50%. We had 4 accidents and 5 successful runs, now if she can make it thru the night without wetting the bed. Keeping my fingers crossed. More to come tomorrow! Good night!

Sunday, January 31
2am-- I woke up because I heard Ally Harper say something in her bed, so I ran in there and scoop her up and she tee tee'd on the potty with no problem and then went straight back to bed. Perfect! Then she slept thru the night and I didn't hear her again until 7:50. When I went into her room this morning, she was STILL DRY!!!! YEAH ALLY HARPER. I took her straight to the potty but she was not able to do anything at the time. She had her morning cup of chac ka lot (chocolate milk) and then when I told her to let me know if she needed to potty, so took off to the bathroom. Christopher and I were right on her heals. She tried a couple of minutes, but]then wanted me to put the baby down. I left her on the potty for just a second while I put Christopher in his crib, but when I got back AH asked for tissue. She wiped then flushed and said bye bye to her tee tee. I'm really not sure if she did anything, but whatever. Still dry panties!

10:30am-- we ran to the bathroom and she pottied with not problem. Can you believe we are still wearing the SAME Minnie Mouse panties from last night at 8pm??

To be continued.......

12:00pm-- had 1st accident of the day! You would know it would happen while sitting on the couch too :{ Better luck next time.

Note to self: Patience is key!!!!!

Another accident, but at least she stands still and yells for you when it happens. I am able to get her straight to the potty, but again, she left it all on the floor.

2:00-- wants to go outside to play, but told her she must tee tee first, and she did :)
Daddy brought her in after a while, but didn't need to potty then, so back outside. Next time they came in I took her to potty and viola!!! Tee tee in the Potty!!!! Good girl, now back outside--3:05

4:30-- tried to take a nap, but had NO interest in that. She asked for a cup of milk and I told her she must tee tee first and she did! Laid her back down, but as of 5:15 still wide awake so she is now watching TV.

5:35pm-- Brooklyn came home and was congratulating AH on her success, so I said lets go show sister how you tee tee in the potty, and again she took off to the bathroom and tee tee'd without a problem.

Wasn't able to get AH to potty after dinner tonight; however, she did potty before bed time, so keep your fingers crossed that tonight goes as well as last night.

Day 3:
Monday, February 1
Well, all was good until 5 am when I heard AH calling for me. She had tee tee'd in the bed :( so we change clothes and sheets, but then she wasn't going back to bed. I turned on a video for her but that still wasn't good enough so Chris got up with her. She did potty for him once already this morning, so I guess were tied 1-1. More to come later. 7:00am

Day 3 update:
Ally Harper made it all day without an accident, except for the one she had at 5am. So proud of her. She even made #2 tonight in the potty! Here's to another good night (hopefully). 8:45pm

Tee tee'd before bed and then off a sleep.


Thursday, February 4th- 2 complete nights and days without an accident!!!! So proud of her.

Thanks for reading and riding the journey of potty train with us.