Potty training, a new bed and wash-poo....

Kenzie has been doing GREAT about telling us when she has to go #2. She can tell us right away that she needs to go sit on the potty and does her business right away most of the time. She wants a high-five, sticker and m&m's for doing so too. Pee is a whole different story. I feel like my child does things backwards. She learned how to walk but she wasn't a good crawler, she got around by scooting, not really crawling. Now she can poop like a champ in the potty but doesn't have the desire to go pee. Doesn't make much sense, but we will work on it. 

Kenzie's Papa made her a toddler bed. We decided since we are working on potty training that we should start to transition her into a bed...that and with the new baby coming, we wanted to transition before we totally turn her world upside down! 
She has slept in her bed every night since she got it. (Last Monday night was the first night.) Nap time was challenging at first but now she knows I mean business.  



Wash-poo. This is what Kenzie calls shampoo. It's pretty freaking hilarious to hear her say it too. I guess you have to be there. 

 She likes to get on her little bounce&spin pony with a hat and yell, "YEEE-HAWW!" I think she's going to be a cowgirl for Halloween this year.




I am 14 weeks on Wednesday! Hello Second Trimester! :)

Letting The Cat Outta The BAG!!!

I can finally say it.......I'm PREGNANT! I've known this since BEFORE Christmas and it took everything in me to keep it a secret, until now!

Russ and I went in for our first ultrasound this morning to verify the pregnancy. I am 12 weeks and 5 days today, right on track! Baby was moving all around and she(the ultrasound lady) was jabbing my belly trying to get it in a good position for pictures. We got four really good ones. We saw the hands, arms, legs, feet, back, belly and head. We heard the heartbeat, a nice strong 153.



According to the age of the baby I'm due August 31st but because I am having a repeat c-section he/she will be here before that. I'm extremely excited. Kenzie can say "Big Sister!" She gets excited when I ask if she's going to be a big sister and she tells me there is a baby in my belly, a teeny, tiny baby.

We ARE planning on finding out the sex of the baby. Will we share that info? I don't know yet but we aren't sharing any name ideas. We want there to be SOME surprise in the whole matter. :)

New Year, New Milestones :)

This last month has literally flown by. Christmas came and went so quickly I can barely believe it. Kenzie turned 2 and 9 days later I turned 26.

That weekend of my Birthday we had our annual Family X-mas party for my mom's side of the family. My uncles, aunt and cousins came to Vegas from all over Cali for the event. It was a fun-filled weekend of drinking and college-esque drinking games, SO much fun! I even got to see my cousin Brooke who I haven't seen in about 10 years. (it's a long story....) She's so grown up and going to college, the last time I saw her she was 8 or 9!

We took a trip to OV Magical Forest. It was fun but VERY crowded!

We took Kenz to see Santa at Town Square during the rainy week and she wasn't havin' it. She yells "Clause, Clause!" and sounds excited to see him and when we get there she can't get away fast enough! We met Liz and Lily there for Lily's Birthday and went to lunch. The girls walked around with umbrellas that were as big as they were, it was too cute!

Christmas was quiet. Kenzie got lots and lots of stuff. I got lots and lots of stuff. We got to spend time with family and it was nice. Christmas just isn't the same when you're an adult. Kids are fun to have at Christmas, but Kenzie still doesn't really understand. She was great at opening gifts but I'm hoping next year she will understand more.

X-mas Eve

X-mas Morning with her Grinch

For New Years we hung out with my Mom, Dad and Gram at their house. We had dinner, played with Kenzie and watched Inception. At midnight we watched the fireworks on the news, finished our movie and then went to bed. New Years day my cousin Brooke was in town so she came over and hung out for a bit.

We got to go outside and experience the little bit of snow that we got here in Mountain's Edge.

We officially started potty training today! YAAAAYYYYY!
It just randomly started today during a potty trip and she followed me in and said she had to go! From there I decided to let her wear her training panties. (the funky white ones with super lining in them) I set her potty chair out in the living room and she just went over to the potty, pulled down her trainers and went! The kicker is she did it all on her own will and she did it numerous times for about 2-3 hours. :) I'm so proud of her progress so far!

Yes bedhead. Yes X-mas jammies, she still fits in them! ;)

We have been fighting sleep issues A LOT lately with Kenzie. She either doesn't want to go to sleep and throws an hour long tantrum OR she wakes up every freaking hour all night long. Either way it ends up in sleepless night for me and less sleep for Russ. Not cool. She has had a stuff nose and I think that has something to do with it. It's just ridiculous how all the cold med they make for children are: Under 4, DO NOT USE. Seriously? I resorted to an allergy medicine that is safe for 2 year olds that causes drowsiness....not very helpful. She still wakes up a bajillion times. Now I have a sore throat and I'm exhausted and my sleep schedule is all outta whack. I even went without giving her a nap today. 8 o'clock rolled around and she was jumping off the walls....I WISH I HAD THAT ENERGY RIGHT NOW!!!!

I mean, it is midnight and I'm up blogging when I could be sleeping, but then I wouldn't have anything to complain about, would I?!? ;)

Happy 2nd Birthday Kenzie Rae!

We saw Yo Gabba Gabba! LIVE! last night and had so much fun! Kenzie got to see Muno and Foofa up close and even got to pat Foofa on the head!

Nana and Papa bought her a Brobee backpack, Foofa headband, a boombox light-up toy and a YGGL! tour shirt!


I can't believe my little girl is a KID now! I spent some of the morning with tears in my eyes watching her little-grown-up-self play with her toys and dance around the living room. :)

December is Upon us!

Kenzie's Birthday is on FRIDAY! I'm going to be the mom of a 2 year old, so crazy! My mom is going with us tomorrow to see YO GABBA GABBA LIVE! (Her BDAY present from mom and dad)
A week from Sunday (the 12th) is MY 26th Birthday! I can't believe I'm one year closer to 30!! :(
I don't wanna grow up yet. That weekend of my b-day is our annual "Bell X-mas Party." We get together every year with my mom's two brothers and their families. (her older brother has chosen not to involve himself in the festivities/family , LONG story.) I love being with my family, they mean the world to me. Since I grew up with one sister I've always cherished the time with my cousins. I always wanted more siblings, that's why I'm on a mission to convince Russ we NEED more than two kids, at least three, but my goal is four! haha

We got family pictures done and some for Kenzie's 2nd Birthday. This is a HORRIBLE picture of my collage I got but in person it is so freaking adorable. It captures the many faces of my bubbly, intelligent, happy and silly little girl. She is my fuel, she keeps me going.

We (by we I mean Russ) found my camera and I'd have to say I was quite bummed. I was so set on getting a new one....I'm not saying I won't get a new one, I just might have to wait a tad longer....

What a weekend!

So it started Saturday afternoon when Kenzie had a weird "shart" in her diaper. I didn't think anything of it, we went to dinner with some friends and she was doing great. I got woken up by screaming around 3am and I went to check on her. Her whole room smelled of poo so I got her up to change her. IT WAS A MESS! All up her back, up on her stomach, all over her jammies and bed. Uck. It was diarrhea. So gross. So she was all whiney and upset so I took her to bed with us to calm her down and to get some sleep. By 5am she was awake so I went to put her in her bed. (she had gone to bed around 11pm and needed more sleep!) I heard her crying again around 7am so I went in to get her and she was, again, covered in yuck.

Sunday continued with bouts of the runs, she wouldn't eat or drink ANYTHING. I was starting to get worried because all she wanted to do was cuddle and she cried every time she farted/pooped. She hadn't had pee in her diaper for over 6 hours so I decided I wanted to take her to the ER to get checked out.

Long story short, the Dr. said she looked great and suggested we give her Gatorade. The nurse brought her 2 good-sized amounts of Gatorade and she gulped them down and was back to being naughty. We got home, she went to bed and I felt relieved........

.......not for long! At 2:45am I woke up to her screaming and coughing/choking. When I ran in I immediately smelt the puke. (Ugh, seriously!) I yelled at Russ as I grabbed her, went straight to the bathroom and undressed her in the tub. I got her out of her clothes and diaper and filled up the bath. (I called my mom and dad to come over at 3am, I was soooo scared!) She had such a bad bottom rash she was not thrilled about the bath. She wouldn't let me wash the yuck outta her hair so I did the best I could and got her dressed and into bed with Russ. My parents arrived just as I was getting started with cleaning up the mess in her bed. My mom took her and cuddled her as she fell asleep. They insisted I go get some rest and all I did was toss and turn in my bed until Russ was up at 5am to go to work.

It was a nightmare. I was so scared she was sicker than we thought. She slowly progressed Monday and today she was almost back to normal. She is eating, drinking and being her same old stubborn self. :)

Now with the good stuff :)

Kenzie is a chatty girl. She picks up so many new words a day.

• Cha-Cha (Charlie)
• Baf (bath)
• Wocks (rocks)
• Boots
• Shoes
• Nana
• Papa
• Mama
• Dada
• Jess (for Auntie Jess)
• Bmm-Bmm (balloon)
• Niiiiice
• Gaga (as in Lady Gaga! haha)
• Yah-Yah (our neighbors dog)
• ice
• head
• eyes
• socks
• she can identify all letters and numbers as well :)
  

(some of her current vocabulary)

The bout of "the flu" was rough but I'd go through it all over again for my baby. (Not that i want her to be sick again.) I can't even count the number of nasty diapers I've changed let alone all the vomit I cleaned up this weekend. :(

Finding Time :)

FAT BOOTH!

I am making time to update this thing.

Clean Kitchen!

We have been living in our new house for a month now and it's still coming together. There are still boxes to go through and a lot of organizing ahead of me. We need a computer desk BADLY! I am currently sitting on the floor and my legs are already falling asleep!

Lets move into the reason I maintain this blog, my Kenzie Rae.

Helping me clean

Lounging

• She is talking A LOT more! She attempts to say a lot more words and she now says MomMom instead of pointing to her chin. (Signing Mom) She can say most of the letters in the alphabet with a lot of nudging from me :)
• NO MORE BINKIE! She had only a handful left when we moved in and I was determined to get rid of that thing before her 2nd Birthday, a little more than a month away. She chewed up every one she had left, forcing me to throw them away, so essentially she quit cold turkey. She did fine. I think I needed it more than she did! Haha
• Potty training is still not something she is interested in. I make her sit on her potty every night before bath time and she smiles and waits like she's gonna pee, then she hops up and climbs into the tub. Nothing. I can't force her, so it's just a waiting game with a little push from me.
  
• She has turned into quite the cuddle-bug. She likes to come and sit with anyone and watch her TV shows. She will randomly come up behind me and give me a big squeeze. She gives lots of hugs and kisses.
• She likes to know what/who everything/everyone is and then she likes to wave to it/him/her and try to say the name we just told her.
  
• She makes me laugh so much sometimes I think I'm gonna pee my pants. She is a little comedian. She laughs at herself a lot, especially when she farts.

Being Silly

Little Miss Daredevil

I can't believe my little munchkin will be 2 in 36 days! (or something like that!) I already bought her a Birthday present....We are going to see Yo Gabba Gabba LIVE the day before her Birthday, December 2nd! She is going to have so much fun! I got us floor seats so she will be able to see everything going on up close! :)

Playing in the rain

I on the other hand will be 26....ugh. I can't believe how close I am to 30 already, I still feel like I'm 20 sometimes......

I've got the baby fever hardcore....I need to get another one cut out of me soon (I can't pop one out, thanks Kenz for the C-section), I wanna be done with kids by 30!!! I want to have the option of a third I guess...I dunno, I'm crazy ;)

Doing her FAVORITE alphabet puzzle

Some idiot actually parked like this.

I have the tiny black car (parked PERFECTLY I might add) and I had to climb in the passenger door and maneuver my little Rabbit outta there. I was furious and so close to keying the crap out of it but it was already all banged up so it wouldn't have done any good. Jackass. I wish I would've gotten a better angle, you can't tell how shitty he really parked.