Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The Audacity!
Lucy is DEFINITELY NOT allowed on the couch. We discourage the couch climbing. HOWEVER, yesterday she LOST her mind and made herself comfortable. Leave a room for a minute and this is what I walk into:
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Things They Don't Tell Ya
There's a few things as single adults we are not told by child-bearing, diaper bag toting, sleep deprived people. They keep us in the dark. As single adults we are lappin' it up in the Olympic sized pool of doing whatever, whenever. But we get swooned by those in the kiddie pool. Come over by us they say...the water is warm. Now I know WHY the water is warm! As Joss is getting bigger, Eric and I have come to a few conclusions of things they didn't tell us. Yeah, we knew about the sleep thing and packing up the WHOLE house for just about any outing, even a stroll around the block, but there's a few things that were conveniently omitted.
EXHIBIT A (attached hereto): Demon-Possessed Toys. Last night at about 11:45pm we were awaken by a sudden burst of music screaming the words, "Sparkle Power." Eric and I looked at each other with question marks, "what in the world is that?" THAT, that would be Joss' Tinkerbell phone, demon-possessed and talking from her diaper bag which is sitting on the kitchen table. I reluctantly got out of bed after about 15 minutes of "Sparkle Power" every 2 minutes. After I had said phone in my hand, we had to figure out how to get it to shut off. Guess what? the only way to shut off the stupid phone was to engage the help of a teeny-tiny screwdriver. None of us were willing to leave the comfort of our bed at midnight...and by none I mean: me, Eric and Lucy. None of us. So, the apparent only solution -take crazed phone through the bathroom, into our closet, into the dresser, into the drawer and then under some clothes. Yes, we did sleep after that. And yes, the phone is still there now and may be for awhile.
EXHIBIT B: Cement Boogers. At this stage of motherhood I am used to wiping Joss' nose on a regular basis. But the specialness of the "cement booger" is that it always shows up when we have to make a public appearance like, oh I don't know, last week's quick trip to Target for some wipes. I get Joss in the car, to the store and then in the parking lot. As I unstrap her from the carseat I notice the big, icky cement booger. I proceed to get a tissue to wipe her nose. Nope, not budging. I'm not even makin a dent. I rub, scrape, pick and it's not going anywhere. All the while Joss is screaming and I am uttering the words, "just one more time...I promise Mommy's gonna get it...this is it Joss...I've almost got it...hang in there." And it's still there. ONLY because Joss was screaming in agony and her nose was red with pain..I HAD no choice but to continue into the store and hope that no one notices. (But THIS DAY she is happy-go-lucky-wave-at-everyone-this-is-the-best-day-ever-kid!)
I'm sure as this journey of parenthood continues we have plenty more surprises to uncover. I look forward to learning more about this species we are raising. But on a much greater level, I look to God with different eyes now that Joss is in our life. I am in awe of His grace to us as his children and just a piece of me wonders if He sits on His Heavenly Throne smiling down at us as we discover all the uniqueness of the precious children He has entrusted in our care.
EXHIBIT A:
EXHIBIT A (attached hereto): Demon-Possessed Toys. Last night at about 11:45pm we were awaken by a sudden burst of music screaming the words, "Sparkle Power." Eric and I looked at each other with question marks, "what in the world is that?" THAT, that would be Joss' Tinkerbell phone, demon-possessed and talking from her diaper bag which is sitting on the kitchen table. I reluctantly got out of bed after about 15 minutes of "Sparkle Power" every 2 minutes. After I had said phone in my hand, we had to figure out how to get it to shut off. Guess what? the only way to shut off the stupid phone was to engage the help of a teeny-tiny screwdriver. None of us were willing to leave the comfort of our bed at midnight...and by none I mean: me, Eric and Lucy. None of us. So, the apparent only solution -take crazed phone through the bathroom, into our closet, into the dresser, into the drawer and then under some clothes. Yes, we did sleep after that. And yes, the phone is still there now and may be for awhile.
EXHIBIT B: Cement Boogers. At this stage of motherhood I am used to wiping Joss' nose on a regular basis. But the specialness of the "cement booger" is that it always shows up when we have to make a public appearance like, oh I don't know, last week's quick trip to Target for some wipes. I get Joss in the car, to the store and then in the parking lot. As I unstrap her from the carseat I notice the big, icky cement booger. I proceed to get a tissue to wipe her nose. Nope, not budging. I'm not even makin a dent. I rub, scrape, pick and it's not going anywhere. All the while Joss is screaming and I am uttering the words, "just one more time...I promise Mommy's gonna get it...this is it Joss...I've almost got it...hang in there." And it's still there. ONLY because Joss was screaming in agony and her nose was red with pain..I HAD no choice but to continue into the store and hope that no one notices. (But THIS DAY she is happy-go-lucky-wave-at-everyone-this-is-the-best-day-ever-kid!)
I'm sure as this journey of parenthood continues we have plenty more surprises to uncover. I look forward to learning more about this species we are raising. But on a much greater level, I look to God with different eyes now that Joss is in our life. I am in awe of His grace to us as his children and just a piece of me wonders if He sits on His Heavenly Throne smiling down at us as we discover all the uniqueness of the precious children He has entrusted in our care.
EXHIBIT A:
Thursday, March 26, 2009
How do you get a 90 lb dog in the house without her paws touching the floor?
The plus side to our house is that we have a lot of tile and the downside is we have a lot of tile! It's quite a bit of work to clean the floors, in fact it usually takes me about 2 hours of sweeping, mopping and then "touch-ups" on my hands and knees scrubbing the tile. I only do it once a week but it needs to be done at least 3 times a week with a toddler and big huge dog! But eh...once a week is more than enough for me. I would like to enforce paper booties in the house, but I'm not that crazy yet!
Yesterday we had some rain and our backyard can get really muddy since we don't have sod yet. Just patches of grass here and there. One of two things usually happens with regard to Lucy when it rains: she gets taken out the front door on the leash to potty or I stand by the backdoor and wipe her paws clean. Well, Lucy decided to do laps around the backyard this evening since Eric was out there working on Joss' swingset. Then Lucy found a mud pile to stick her face in AND then proceeded sit down. She was a huge MESS! And she was not going to go through any door to get into the house (as mentioned above today was floor cleaning day!) So, how did 90-pound Lucy get in the house to get cleaned up?
Look at those dirty paws and that mud-riddled face!
Haha! This cracks me up! I almost peed my pants taking the picture!!
Yesterday we had some rain and our backyard can get really muddy since we don't have sod yet. Just patches of grass here and there. One of two things usually happens with regard to Lucy when it rains: she gets taken out the front door on the leash to potty or I stand by the backdoor and wipe her paws clean. Well, Lucy decided to do laps around the backyard this evening since Eric was out there working on Joss' swingset. Then Lucy found a mud pile to stick her face in AND then proceeded sit down. She was a huge MESS! And she was not going to go through any door to get into the house (as mentioned above today was floor cleaning day!) So, how did 90-pound Lucy get in the house to get cleaned up?
Look at those dirty paws and that mud-riddled face!
Haha! This cracks me up! I almost peed my pants taking the picture!!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Fireproof
Normally movies do not impact me in a way that completely knocks me off my feet. But this movie was absolutely amazing! I cried during, after and even a little the next day because of this movie. My heart was broken because of the lack of care in the covenants we make to one another and God (although I believe in some cases: unintentional). I wish I had seen it sooner, we meant to but with Joss it just didn't happen. It's been on my heart for a while to see it so we just bought it (which we never buy movies because we really don't watch too many, well not anymore).
Anyway, I was intrigued by all the buzz surrounding an uplifting movie about marriage. Really? An encouraging movie on the hardships of marriage and fighting for your partner...sounds so unhollywood.
It challenged Eric and I to think about our marriage and how easily we can lose it all if we don't guard our hearts. We are reminded to stay mindful of investing daily into each other. But as hard as we try we know that it is fruitless unless God has the center stage in our life. Through Him we are able to care for one another and love each other unconditionally (which is not so easy some days). Especially on those days when the water has been shut off because the bill was overlooked!!
I am so thankful that I have a husband like Eric who humbly takes care of me and Joss. He has taught me so much about loving someone no matter what it takes. And let's face it, anyone willing to take a mess like me deserves mad props!! He has taught me about sacrifice. That is one of the most difficult points of marriage: self-less sacrifice. I am so thankful that Jesus belongs to us and we to Him so that He can teach us to lose our lives to truly live (a concept I work on all the time, but have NOT quite mastered). But He who started a good work in US will bring it to completion until the day of Christ Jesus!
So I want to encourage anyone who hasn't seen this movie to take a moment and invest some time, it's truly inspirational! And, as mentioned above, we bought it so any of ya'll can certainly borrow it! I would love to hear your thoughts on this movie.
Anyway, I was intrigued by all the buzz surrounding an uplifting movie about marriage. Really? An encouraging movie on the hardships of marriage and fighting for your partner...sounds so unhollywood.
It challenged Eric and I to think about our marriage and how easily we can lose it all if we don't guard our hearts. We are reminded to stay mindful of investing daily into each other. But as hard as we try we know that it is fruitless unless God has the center stage in our life. Through Him we are able to care for one another and love each other unconditionally (which is not so easy some days). Especially on those days when the water has been shut off because the bill was overlooked!!
I am so thankful that I have a husband like Eric who humbly takes care of me and Joss. He has taught me so much about loving someone no matter what it takes. And let's face it, anyone willing to take a mess like me deserves mad props!! He has taught me about sacrifice. That is one of the most difficult points of marriage: self-less sacrifice. I am so thankful that Jesus belongs to us and we to Him so that He can teach us to lose our lives to truly live (a concept I work on all the time, but have NOT quite mastered). But He who started a good work in US will bring it to completion until the day of Christ Jesus!
So I want to encourage anyone who hasn't seen this movie to take a moment and invest some time, it's truly inspirational! And, as mentioned above, we bought it so any of ya'll can certainly borrow it! I would love to hear your thoughts on this movie.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Lessons for Lucy
Yes, we needed a dog trainer to physically come to our house and teach us HOW to train Lucy. We could train any other dog...after all my little Bella was a piece of cake to train. To this day, she will "twirl" for her food. But Lucy is a whole 'nother story! She is thick-headed, stubborn, big and DUMB! When a cat darted right in front of her, she pulled me down and dragged me on my knees in the mud (don't worry, no one saw me…). Point being...we needed help!
The dog trainer has taught us and Lucy some great things. Lucy will sit and stay while I answer the door and then I give Lucy a treat and congratulate her for staying. I don't know how that is going to work when there is a real person at the door, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there. Also there is the "come here" command which we definitely need to teach her because last week when Lucy got out the side door in East Texas and started taunting the neighbors’ cows while I stood there like an idiot calling a dog who apparently forgot where her bread was buttered!!
We have a long road ahead of us, but I think we are finally on the right track. Even though we had "buyer’s remorse" for most of the past year, we love Lucy and she has bull-headed her way into our family. And not to mention the endless entertainment between her and Joss – Josslynne loves Lucy, from her "mmmm ma" kisses to getting a handful of goldfish and throwing it at Lucy (she wants to help feed her). Or my personal favorite, while making dinner last week, Joss took it upon herself to get Lucy's dog treats out of the pantry (who left the door open…?) and proceed to feed 1/2 the box to Lucy! She walked back and forth from the box to Lucy. By the time I looked up from cooking...half the box was gone and Lucy was chomping away. They have a very sweet camaraderie. They play with each other and fuss with each other, and yes I have had to separate them from each other! Bottom line is, we love Lucy and are happy to have her as a permanent part of the family (despite what Eric says and how many times we put her on probation, or her 2 strikes!!)
Friday, January 16, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
What a big girl!!
Oh my! What a big girl! I took these pics a couple of days ago and can't believe that my baby is no longer a baby but a toddler! Gasp!! How did this happen?! I love my little milk drunk monkey so much...can't wait to see what this year brings! Happy late New Year!
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