Carly Art!

Birthday Party!

Carly wanted to meet with Santa yesterday to tell him what she wanted for Christmas and the line was SO long at the mall we decided to go eat lunch first. Tina was worried Carly would be very sad since she didn't get that opportunity to meet with him. We had more shopping to do and on our way to the store Carly was coloring and decided to color all over her hands instead of her book. We were on our way to go straight to the bathroom to wash her hands (and face) when we ran into MIKE... Carly said, "SANTAAA I want TOYSSS!" He was SO nice. He told us to take a picture. He made our day!

My god mother turned 65 and had a wonderful party last night. Carly got to dress up in her pretty new dress and she looked so adorable. Tina's getting over the cold so she stayed home and got some wrapping done. Tonight we will go to my mom's for dinner and will open presents. We will drive up to spend Christmas with our dear friends tomorrow. :) It is going to be fun!

BTW!!! I have a plane ticket to go see my best friend in Oregon. She is currently living in Poland and is spending three weeks with friends and family over the holidays. Tina bought me a ticket for my birthday and Christmas present even though we've really already spent all our Christmas money trying to get pregnant. lol. I'm going by myself for three days and looking forward to seeing my best friend. :)

PS. Gretchen gave Carly a princess tent and she literally threw a FIT last night
because she wanted to sleep in it...so we made her a little bed and she slept in her tent all night long.

I've got a Faucet Nose...but the ZOO was awesome!

We saw the most amazing animals today. Carly met a new friend and she was so happy! Other than my nose running down my face all day we had a great time. Tina and I both have to work four more days and then our break begins! I get two weeks and Tina gets one. :) Looking forward to it. This weekend was a tease. We actually had four Christmas parties we were invited to this weekend and we missed all of them. I know! Bah Hambug! We needed some down time to get better. We planned the trip to the zoo over a month ago to go with my sister and nephew and new friends, so there was no way we were going to cancel that. Carly started crying tonight because she wanted to go back to the zoo.

Pooping in the Potty?

We made another trip to the store because Carly pooped in the potty yesterday!!! :) She striped down again and came running in telling me that she is Naked and then the next thing I knew she went in the bathroom and closed the door! Minutes later I heard her pink throne potty sing "Da Da Da DAHHHH" and she came running out saying, "I DID IT MAMA! I WENT POOPOO IN THE POTTY!!!" :) We went to the store again and she got to pick another toy. Guess who's been eating most of the M and M's lately also that's supposed to be her potty reward. She's got the potty thing down. We went to Sea World on Sunday and she even went in the grown up toilets! She's a PRO!
We had SUCH an eventful weekend with Playgroup and Sea World. She got to meet SANTA and she wasn't afraid of him this year!!! In fact, she told me that she loves Santa. Lol. We got to play in snow too at Sea World. It was cool. We had such a fun time.
Then Monday after her lunch she threw up all her food. Mrs. A was trying to get a hold of me, but I accidentally butt dialed my phone and put it on call forwarding to some random crazy number so it said, "This number is no longer in service..." or something like that. CRAZY! So, Tina picked her up and I stayed home with her Tuesday and Wednesday! Luckily, we still had those nausea pills and she felt better almost instantly after they dissolved in her mouth. So awesome! She had a fever of 101 Tuesday morning and she didn't need anymore nausea pills. We had to stay home Wednesday just to be sure she wasn't contagious anymore. I was certain I was going to get it because I had a 99.5 temp, but I never got it. Knock on wood... We all got flu shots, sooo...
Next week is the last week before Winter Break! So happy! This Christmas is going to be so exciting! Carly's really into it. Tina and I want to start making it part of our holiday tradition to volunteer somewhere and teach Carly about the importance of giving... Tina used to volunteer her time at a soup kitchen to feed the homeless. Carly's way too young to do that...My sister and my nephew collected a bunch of blankets for homeless pets at the animal shelter and then they went and pet the dogs and gave them love. That's so sweet. I worry that I will get depressed when I see all those animals that need homes. Plus, Carly's allergic to dogs. Hmm.. We're going to have to do some research.
As for running. :( I need to start doing that again. We had rain, then Carly got sick..and I haven't been 100 percent..so I haven't gone since last Wednesday. :( Time to get back on the bus...
PS. We skipped Carly's nap Saturday because she's been going to sleep so late! I don't know what has happened but she isn't going to sleep until like 9 or 10 and we are doing the same routine. Its getting frustrating. She wants another book, then she wants a banana, then she wants to smell the vicks (cause we did that when she was sick) then she wants Rocking and singing, then back tickles and then when we think she's finally going to sleep, she pops up and wants to go pee pee like three times in a row and she throws a fit if we don't let her. The third trip to the bathroom is when I can't take it anymore and Tina takes over and redoes everything I've already done. We're doing something wrong for sure.
PSS. My Behavioral Statistics class starts at the end of January!!! I paid for the class and book! Its four hours every Monday night until the end of MAY!!! I'm excited and SCARED! I feel EXTREMELY EXTREMELY rusty in math, but after I pass this class I can start my Masters in Educational Counseling Program!!! They offer a course a month and there are something like 16 courses plus 400 hours working as a student counselor.
PSSS. Carly's favorite all time food PASTA. She asks for it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Bad Blogger

So much has been going on! I haven't had a chance to blog! Carly has the flu so we stayed home today. She threw up her entire lunch and more at daycare.

Just Tina and I!!!

Tina and I went to a jewelry party tonight while Carly played at her friend Jay's house! It was so nice to have some time with adults and my wife whom I never see anymore except when we are putting Carly down to sleep or rushing off in the morning. Our lives have been so busy and it was nice to have a few moments together. I wish I would have remembered to take a picture of us. We looked cute tonight! Lol!
This morning I only did 2 laps instead of 4. Carly woke up, so it took extra time getting her back to sleep, but to be honest I was also feeling lazy. Tomorrow's going to be tricky again with the time because Tina and I both have to leave early... As long as Carly doesn't wake up tomorrow before 6am, I'll be able to do a few laps. I need to be in the shower by 5:45 am.
Tina's talk went really well today. So proud of her!!! She's going to have the busiest day ever tomorrow and hopefully she will make it home in time for me to leave to take the gsa kids ice skating. Good times!

Running Partner?

This morning I got up and did the new morning routine, but my trusty side kick was missing in action. Where could Spencer be? I went upstairs to find him on the bed and when I approached him he growled at me. I said,"Don't you want to go for a run Spency" and he ignored me. Too early in the morning for him or maybe he was sore from our Monday and Tuesday jog. Not sure, but I ended up going by myself. I was pretty beat. I did three laps but they were more walk laps than jog laps.
Today I also had a walking field trip which was about 3 miles of walking round trip. I would love to walk/jog or run five miles a day. That seems to be the magic number for people who are fit.
Carly was proud to tell her daycare providers that she DID it! She went poo poo in the potty! I wish she would have gone tonight.
Tina has a forty-five minute presentation to give tomorrow. She is the highlighted speaker. She's practicing for it now, but she's had little time to prepare. I stressed about my five minute speech for Transgender Day of Remembrance. I can't even imagine preparing for forty-five minutes! That's a long time! She knows her material really well though. I'm sure it will go well for her.
I'm taking a load of gsa kids ice skating Friday! It will be fun! Then, Saturday is our neighborhood progressive dinner and Sunday is another gsa event! We are going to be busy. Carly's cold didn't seem as aggressive today, although her nose was still running off her face. She doesn't seem to be coughing as much thankfully.
Would love to be able to do four laps tomorrow and do more jogging than walking. I'm EXCITED about this new challenge. Its making me feel good and strong.
Oh yeah, no news yet on Tina's pap results. I called today and they said it could be anywhere from 3 to 7 days after her pap to receive a phone call from our doctor if the pap came back abnormal. If its normal we'll just get a notice in the mail. Fingers crossed that everything is okay.