We are seeing alight at the end of the tunnel!!!!

This might be TMI but Kimmi just went POOPOO IN THE TOILET!!!! All by herself!!! I didn't have to catch her in the act or anything!!! She sat down and just started to go! It was funny how she chose to be, half bent over playing with her toes but whatever works right??!!!!! OH I am so hoping she keeps this up!!!!! : ) She was at her friends Sadie's house today and Sadie showed Kimmi that she goes poopoo in the toilet! I am wondering if that helped her. Yay!!!!!!!!!! Oh Happy Day I am SO EXCITED!!!! What will life be like to not have to do this again!!! So Weird, but Exciting!!! I never was a fan of potty training but am so Proud of the chillins! My hubby has missed every single child being potty trained. Lucky ducky! hahahahahahaa He is going to be SO PROUD!!! I can't wait to tell him! : ) Okay sorry just am soooo excited and I can't call him, so I get to share my excitement with all of you!!! : )

Kimmi's Best Friend!!!

Since we have moved to North Carolina Kimmi has made a Best Friend! They just Love each other and it is so stinkin cute to watch them!!!! I seriously am so entertained by these girls! I wish I had them on video, because they crack me up! Today I was watching "Sadie friend" and her baby brother and they were just having a blast!

They both had "cell"phones and Sadie was talking to her Mom and Kimmi was talking to Grandma! So Funny!!! They get so excited to see each other and a lot of the times we can get them to take naps or clean up their room and such things if they know the other is coming over! : ) Which is so nice!!! We are so Grateful for Sadie friend. : ) Here are some adorable pics of them! : )

Our Newest Members in our Family!!! : )

So for Christmas "Santa" brought two guinea pigs to our family! The boys named them Ms. Piggy and Princess Peach! The 1st Picture is of Ms. Piggy and the 2nd is Princess Peach. Which Princess Peach is called by many names, Peaches, Peachy, Princess and Peach. hahahahaha Ms. Piggy is mainly called Piggy. : )

The kids Love them! Lately I have had to put them in my room during the day because Kimmi tries to pick them up and squeezes them too hard. They are super fast now but she is determined! She knows how to open the cage so I will be buying some padlocks to keep this girl out of the cage! Poor Piggies! We just love them! : ) Here is Malachi holding both of them. He was the spot light child last week, so that is why we took a pic of just him with our guinea pigs. : )

Updates and Misc Pictures and Events. : )

So I have been way behind in posting things and am trying to get back on track. Right before we left Kansas we went to a ball, and while we were there My hubbies boss asked if all the 1-1 HHC could gather together on one side of the room, we all went over to where he asked and he started talking about my hubby, so I was thinking that he was getting another award, but instead I was asked to step forward! I was shocked and looked at my hubby, and gave him the look< the did you know this was going to happen look. He was completely shocked so he didn't know about it either. So I ended up getting the President Volunteer Service Award. I was given a pin and a letter signed by President Obama! I was not expecting that at all!! I guess our FRG Leader nominated me for it. I don't know if I did enough worthy to do that but I felt honored to have been given such an award. We had a Great evening that night. : ) The photo of just me is what I wore that night and the one with all of us with my Mom is my hubbies last day at work. We really are grateful for having such a Great Unit to be apart of! We will miss 1-1 HHC! Thanks to everyone for all that they did for us while we were in Kansas! We Love You All So Much!!!

Kimmi

So we are on day 2 of potty training and so far so good, for the most part. We have decided to go with stickers if she goes potty and candy if she goes #2. So far that hasn't happened in the toilet. Yesterday was not a good activity for that, but am waiting and watching like a hawk for her to have that desire today. : ) Just thought we would update everyone. I have to say it is super cute to watch how excited the boys get when she goes potty in the toilet! It is hilarious!!! So much fun!! : )

It's Potty Training Time!! : )

So I have been waiting for Kimmi to use up the rest of the diapers we have for her, which is less then a bag now, so I can start potty training her. Until......... the other day!

She decided she was going to "help" and do it herself, except she went in her diaper first, climbed up onto Isaac's bed, which is the top bunk, while he was sleeping (he took a nap) and took off her diaper!!! She woke up Isaac and handed it to him then proceeded to pull up her pants!

You might be thinking where I was at this time, I was making dinner and had just checked on her maybe 2 minutes before this happened. I found out with Isaac holding out the messy diaper and said MOM Kimmi woke me up and gave this to me! She is on my bed and she stinks bad Mom!!!

I of course race into the room ( I turned down the stove first) Took Kimmi off of the bed and gave her a bath! Isaac grabbed all of his bedding and put it in the washer machine so that I could wash it.

I was soooooo Grossed Out!!!! In the words of Kid History, That is so Dross! It really really was Dross!!! Needless to say come Monday we are potty training! Had too much going on this weekend to start.

One thought that came to my mind was how did the pioneer women do it while traveling to Utah! Well I better go to bed it is late and I am exhausted!!!

Thought this might make some of you laugh. : ) The joys of being a Mother. : ) Love it and wouldn't change it! : )

Isaac

Lately I have been noticing that Isaac has been going to the bathroom a lot lately. This always perks my interest since I have had so many battles with bladder infections, UTI's, as well as almost Kidney infections (not a good activity!) I was trying to figure out if he said he had to go to the bathroom because he wanted to get out of doing chores, or if he really had something going on. I received a note from his teacher on Tuesday stating that he had been using the bathroom quiet often, and that it had been recently. Isaac might try to get away with things at home, but when it comes to school he is the teachers pet. : ) Anyway so I asked him if it hurt to go potty, which I have done before this and each time he has replied no, I just have to go potty.

I told him that if it hurts that he needs to tell me so that I can get him help and make it better. Wednesday Morning he said that it felt like a bee had stung him when he went pee. I made an appointment for Isaac to see the doctor, for that afternoon. I kept him home, and by the time we went to the doctor I thought I might have made a mistake because he was bouncing off the walls. hahahaha

We had him go potty in a cup and turned it in. The doctor examined him and said that everything looked normal from the outside, so I thought okay we are good. Then the results came back and said they found traces of blood in his urine and red blood cells. If it had been white blood cells that would have meant there was an infection, but there wasn't any.

The doctor said he wants to rule out Kidney Stones so we have an ultrasound on Monday afternoon. I have a feeling that the doctor feels it is something else but wants to rule out the Kidney Stones first. After that we will go from there. The doctor thinks there might be a blockage, if there isn't any Kidney Stones, among other things. He wouldn't really get into it. We should get our results back hopefully anywhere in between 24 to 48 hrs. We will be keeping everyone updated. : )