BabyMoon 2009

A couple weeks ago my bookclub went to the beach for the weekend, unfortunately my preggers friend Selena couldn't go...so in an attempt to rectify her pregnant pain we had a little slumber party at my in-laws cabin this last weekend.We made a friend favorite barbeque chicken pizza for dinner it was sooo yummy! The pic of me huggin the bear in my PJ's was taken in the wee hours of the morning after a lot of sugar, a lot of giggling and NOT a lot of sleep.
We all brought goodies and it was a tasty spread, we thought it was cool how Carrie's head looked like it was coming out of the counter.

So Selena's only got a couple weeks before her baby boy joins us and while her tummy is big and very cute she really doesn't look big enough to be 9 months pregnant! We think she looks great! And I don't mind admiting that I was more than realieved her water didn't break while I was sleeping next to her that night!

Carrie's showing off her way cool snuggie I got her for birthday. She takes it with her everywhere and we can't get her to take it off. It's a great idea for a Christmas gift for family and friends also available is zebra print and assorted colors.

It was a really fun night, I guess someone else will have to get pregnant so we can do it again but I don't think that will happen anytime soon!

Potty Training Princesses

Parental advisory warning: some of the following photos contain nudity and may not be suitable for some viewers! Theres also alot of potty talk!Let me just preface this post by saying my two other children potty trained at 2 and a half. Even the boy who I thought was kinda slow due to a speech delay potty trained when he was 2and 1/2. The nice thing was once they did it they did it with very few accidents. That has not been the case with the twins.

The twins turned 3 almost 2 months ago and were still workin on it. We've been workin on it for a good 6 months! Aubrey is in the above picture and I think is finally there. But she had many accidents and I had to be the one to remind and take her to the bathroom.
For all of those out there that said or thought that twins should be easy because what one will do the other will follow, well your wrong. Potty training the both of them has been and continues to be a HUGE pain in the butt! (:

Sweet little Sydney initially took interest in the toliet but as soon as Aubrey gave it a try she was done. After many accidents and hours cleaning up puddles and washing wet clothes I gave up on her and focused on her sister.


Aubrey did good but continued to struggle with consistency, she would start then stop herself and still have accidents.

The good news is I haven't changed a #2 diaper in months they both got that down right away. Aubrey is now doing great and were trying again to put Sydney in panties. For awhile she refused to even wear panties, so the fact thats she's wearing them is a huge step. So far today she's 3 out of 5 in the toliet. We'll see how this goes but one things for sure I'm ready to be done!

Jet Boat

Kelsey's class went on a field trip Downtown to ride the Jet Boats up and down the Willamette and I went along. Luckily it was when it was when it was really hot so it felt great to be on the water.Kelsey and I got wet really wet. Kelsey ecspecially because she was on the end. The crazy thing was it was only one side of our bodies got soaked! Out driver liked to do 360's and slam on the brakes both creating huge waves.

In addition to learning lots about the various bridges and boats along the river we visited Big Foot on Sauvie Island. This is why I love Oregon, someone went to alot of trouble to build this thing, faux mink coat and all. Crazy Huh?

We had a great day it was a lot of fun!