New events in the life of Lucy...

Well, it's been awhile since I last posted anything. My friend, Sarah, keeps bugging me to post something, but I didn't really have anything and now I know why. Lucy was saving it all up for one day. Yes, in one day she gave me a weeks worth of blogging. Ready? Here we go...

I'll start with the other day when we were at Walmart. She kept trying to climb out of the basket and so I let her play in my purse. She found my mascara and tried to put it on. I don't think she's really ever seen me put it on, but she got it in the right place....



So yesterday (July 29, 2008) was make up day for Lucy.
1. She started by rubbing the yogurt she was eating for lunch all over her body like lotion. No, I forgot to take pictures. I was all over her arms and face.
2. Later, when it was time for her nap, she was ticked that she had to go to bed and I forgot to put duct tape on her diaper. Guess what happened? Yup. She took it off. But I don't think she took it off after she woke up, I think she took if off before she fell asleep and slept naked and then pee'd in her sleep.
3. We were watching TV after dinner and she came up to me trying to take her diaper off. She's not potty trained by any stretch of the imagination, but she likes to sit on the potty (she's never pee'd in the potty), wipe herself and then wash her hands. So we let her and I figured that's what she was wanting to do. So I took off her diaper, but I didn't follow her straight into the bathroom. I was engrossed in the TV. BIG MISTAKE. I should have taken her straight to the bathroom because she proceeded to pee all over the tile and the carpet in my bedroom. IF I HAD TAKEN HER TO THE BATHROOM, SHE WOULD HAVE PEE'D IN THE TOILET!!!!!! Never again will I make that mistake. Oh well.
4. She was not happy that I wouldn't let her 'play' in the water in the sink, so she decided to play in the toilet water and clogged it up with toilet paper. Water was everywhere.
5. She realized that the lock was not on on the ice/water dispenser on the fridge. She proceeded to fill a cup of water up and dump it all over the floor.
6. Somewhere in the house was a loose Sharpie. I really thought that I had gotten them all and up them up VERY high in the kitchen above my desk. I must have missed one because she found it and drew pretty pictures for Mommy all over the kitchen cabinets (and herself). See pictures below. I got most of it off with a Magic Eraser.

Now you know how to pray for me each day! :)

Happy Birthday Lucy!

July 12th was Lucy's 2nd Birthday. She didn't have much of a birthday since we were driving back from our vacation. But we tried to make is special anyway. It was a long trip and she did pretty good considering we were in the 'bus' (that's what we call Danny's Excursion) 7 out of the 10 days we were gone. Needless to say, by the end of the trip, putting her in her carseat was a struggle, literally.

The trip was fun, we got to my dad's just in time for the fireworks on the 4th and then Monday we went to the beach in Ocean City, MD. It's the beach I grew up going too. We walked on the boardwalk and and ate and shopped! On Tuesday we went down to the beach. The kids had a blast playing in the sand and made some friends from Texas whose dad is in Iraq for the 3rd time. The water was ice cold! Kids were getting out of the water after playing in it for awhile and they looked sunburned! I then realized they were red because the water was so cold. It really was freezing. The sand on the East Coast is very sticky. At one point EmmaLee came running up to me and her head was covered with sand. I asked her if she had been rolling around in the sand, but she said no, she'd just been in the water! It was caked in her hair. It took 5-6 washings to get it out and the next day she said she still thought she had sand in her hair.

Then we went to Gatlinburg, TN (Seiverville and Pigeon Forge are all right in a row). We save this part of the trip for the drive home so we have something to look forward too. This is such a beautiful part of the country. We had a lot fun and the kids loved it. We went to the Nascar Speedpark at the end of the day and Danny and the kids raced go carts while Lucy and I watched. Well, I watched, she screamed because she couldn't ride and because Danny wasn't holding her. She bonded with her daddy on this trip.

The last 10-15 minutes of the trip (seriously, we were almost home) Lucy lost her mind. She wanted out of her seat so badly. She was being a total goof ball and started sticking both of her fingers up her nose! Then she plugged her ears and started yelling. Then she just got really ticked off and started crying. We were all laughing at her which just made her even more upset.

Here are the pictures from the last few minutes of the trip. If you want to see some of the vacation photos, please click on the link:

VA Trip 2008

Nightgown = Duct Tape

I haven't written anything for a few days because we've been on vacation for a few days. We drove to my dad's house in Virginia and got here on the 4th just in time to eat dinner and leave for DC to see the fireworks. It was fun, the kids loved it.

We woke up Monday morning to pack for the beach. Lucy was waiting for us with a surprise! I heard her call me from her room. She was calling "mommy, poopy!".

I, of course, went running. She was holding her diaper in her hand and when I lifted her up, I saw it. Lots of it. Poop. In the bed. Yes, my daughter took off her diaper and pooped in her bed. I'll spare you the pictures that I didn't take. Danny wanted me to take some, but I refused.

No more nightgowns.... if she wears a nightgown, she'll have to have duct tape on her diaper.

I guess we'll start trying to potty train her when we get home. Seems kinda earlier though.

Off with the diaper!!!!!

This morning when I went to get Lucy out of her crib, I noticed her diaper laying in the bed. I thought, 'surely she didn't take it off', I wonder how it got in there. But no, she took it off and peed in her bed! Unbelievable! We have some friends that had to duck tape their daughter's diaper on. I think that might be our next step....

Oh, and my friend Tracy called last night to tell me what her son, Jacob, did yesterday. I thought it was worth sharing with y'all. You know that old saying... if it's quiet, then there's trouble?

Well, it was quiet in her house and so she asked her older son if he new where Jacob was. He said no, and they went searching for him. They looked everywhere, and he was not in the house. When she went to check the front door, she realized it was unlocked. Could Jacob have unlocked the door and gone outside? The lock on the door has a key in it, but no, he didn't unlock the door. They went outside and she had DJ, her older son, go check the backyard. She went into the street to get a better look at the neighborhood. And of course, there he was, toddling down the street!

I'm thankful that Lucy has never done this!