My Yard Stick

Kyle had his two and half year check up with the pediatrician this morning. He was 36 inches tall...the length of a yard stick! I thought this would be a cute little "milestone" to share with everyone.

"My Little Munchkin" is getting so big...compared to where he started two and half years ago at 12 inches. He is following his own growth curve...Kyle seems to grow up and not out. He is a skinny little fellow...hence the nickname Little Munchkin. He is so very active it's not surprising that he is so skinny. He received an all around postive check-up from the doctor and she was pleased with his health, growth, and overall development. She can certainly see improvement which is excellent to hear since she hasn't seem him in six months. He has all 2o teeth, which includes his two year molars, so hopefully this means No More Drooling!! The best news for Kyle at the appointment was "No Shots"...no more until he is four. Yeah!!

Going Up Again!

No, I'm not talking about gas, although it is going up, up, up as well.

Postage stamps will be increased to 42 cents effective this Monday, May 12th. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up...so get all your mail out before Monday. Guess I need to stock up on my penny stamps once again.

Is It Just Me???

In general, I would say I am an organized person. This week...not so much! Do you ever just get overwhelmed with life? For some reason, I am right now. I don't have that much going on, but I just can't seem to keep up. Yes, I'm keeping up with the necessary duties in life...don't think Kyle isn't being cared for because he most certainly is! I'm talking about things like laundry, bills, household duties, etc...even my blog. When I started blogging, I had a goal of trying to post once a day and I was doing really well with my plan, but this week I have started to slip. My creative juices aren't flowing...if that's what you want to call it.

I do have "my time" in the afternoons to get things accomplished, but this week I just prefer to take a nap. What is my deal? Maybe, it's the weather since the past couple of days it has been raining. Maybe, it's because my husband began working longer hours this week. Who knows? I'm sure I will "snap" out of my funk soon.

I'm slowly getting things accomplished...I know it's driving my husband insane. I'm sure I will be on track again in the near future.

Angie, if you are reading this, you must think I am pathetic...LOL. You really are an inspiration to me!!

Hope everyone is enjoying there week!!

It's Potty Time!

I finally decided to start the process. Just recently, Kyle has started showing a couple of signs he may be ready to learn about the potty. Well, as a first time mom I'm thinking they are signs.

There are so many different types of "chairs" out there...ones that are just plain and simple to chairs with all the bells and whistles. Typically, things for Kyle I usually want to go with the ones that have everything, but for this I decided to go with one that is in between. The one I chose is the Fisher Price Royal Potty. It has a sensor so when he does have success it plays music. I figured this wouldn't be a distraction to Kyle...hope I am correct.

Kyle has a Potty Time With Elmo book and four Thomas The Train board books only to be used when he is on the potty. Honestly, at this point I really just want to introduce him to it...today he was very cooperative, but didn't have any success. Of course, I did take a couple of pictures, but didn't think everyone would really want to see them. I am attaching a picture of his new potty chair and his new books for the special occassion.

I know there are tons of books on the market on this subject. I am tempted to order a book called "Potty Training Made Easy In 3 Days". Does anyone have any experience with potty training? If so, any advice, suggestions, etc. would be greatly appreciated.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

This morning we participated in our neighborhood garage sale. It sure is nice to know the advertising will be done for you and know there will be a big turnout since many people are participating.

We had a storage room full of items we haven't touched or seen in years, plus plenty of baby gear, toys, clothes, etc. that Kyle has outgrown. It certainly was a ton of work to get everything prepared and moved to the garage, but I will tell you it was SO WORTH our time and effort. We actually had a couple of big ticket items sold yesterday to one of our neighbors.

We opened our doors at 6:45a.m. and our first customers arrived within seconds. We were still getting things moved out for display. For the next hour and a half I was having so much fun and on a high...we had so many people during this time frame. People were making piles of things they wanted to purchase. We set all the plastic kid items out in front since that is what attracts people to stop.

I have attached a few pictures of our setup in case anyone is interested in viewing them.

We sold at least 85% of the things we had out...there was an item or two we wouldn't budge on the price so we still have. I will attempt to sell them on Craig's List or put out next Saturday since the neighborhood is having the garage sale again.

It was a fun morning and we made quite a bit of money doing it...which was the best part!! Now, what can I go buy to fill our storage room back up??? I'm sure I won't have a problem finding something!

Hope everyone in the blog world is having a great Saturday!

Playtime With Friends

This morning we went to playgroup at Regan and Grant's house. Grant, Kate, and Kyle had such a fun time playing and exploring in the backyard. Regan has such an awesome, child friendly yard with such a wonderful playset. All three kiddos had a blast climbing, swinging, and sliding. The temperature was perfect this morning and it was windy which made it feel even better...at least to me!

I was able to snap a few good pictures of the three kiddos, although I didn't have luck getting a group shot. Grant and Kate don't mind having there picture taken, but Kyle runs whenever he sees the camera. I think he is tired of seeing the camera, since I'm constantly taking pictures of him.

Kate having a great time! Kyle getting ready to slide. He is sporting his new Thomas t-shirt. There is a button you press to make train sounds and Kyle thinks it's the coolest shirt.

Grant stops to strike a pose before going down the slide.

A Little Concerned

Well, a "little" concerned is an understatement. I'm "overly" concerned because I've been receiving error messages on my laptop the past day or so and my husband is afraid the hard-drive may be going. He has started to transfer, save, and back up files to our desktop computer so I don't loose anything valuable.

I'm just not sure what I will do if my laptop dies and I won't have "mobile" internet access for a period of time. I may just have to take over my husband's laptop! It's amazing how attached you become to certain things once you have them.

I know I sound pathetic! I'll stop my whining now! Thanks for "listening"!

Have a great day!