Sorry Patches!

This morning, I locked Patches in the coat closet for a few hours. Oops! I was trying to decide what outerwear to wear and I had been in the coat closet. I decided to wear one that was in my clothes closet. I left the door open, then got the jacket and closed the door as I walked by. Then Jordana and I went to run some errands. We got home and I heard Patches meowing, but he meows all the time. I finally walked by the closet and hear a loud angry Meow!!! I opened the door and he bolted out. It's tough to be a curious cat!! This pix is Patches checking out the box a new mirror came packed in. I took him all of 2 minutes to climb into it after we removed the mirror.

Merry Christmas

Christmas was a bit overwhelming for all of us. Jordana didn't know what to make of all the presents Santa gave her. As a matter of fact, she still hasn't opened all of them! She got a mini trampoline, an aquadoodle mat, a catepillar tunnel and house, a mini 4-wheeler, 2 huge stuffed animals, a tiara set with earrings and bracelets and many others. She got a swingset from GiGi and Grandaddy and lots of toys from Aunt Courtney. There will be no boredom in this house!!. between her Hanukkah gifts from my family and Christmas gifts grom Randy's, our house is busting at the seams!! Last night, Randy and I crashed on the couch and watched Superbad. We were exhausted!!

Date night...finally!

Randy and I got our date night finally! We went to see National treasure, Book of Secrets and then went to Fridays' for dinner (thanks mom and dad). Good movie!! Go see it. Mom baby-sat. Apparently Jordana has the present opening bug. After going to GiGi and Grandaddy's last night and getting to open some presents, she has caught it bad!! After we left for our date tonight, Jordana brought a present from under the tree to mom and started yelling "opie opie!!!" (Translation.. Open, Open!!) Mom said she kept pulling ornaments off the tree and she kept telling her no, Jordana. Jordana would back slowly towards the tree with her hands behind her back, while watching Grandma and sneak an ornament off the tree. what a little bogger!!

These pix are from last night's Christmas family get together at Randy's parents house. Jordana takes a moment to bond with Lexi, and she also poses for the camera as a little Diva.

I'm a present!!

Last night Aaron, Sharon, Chloe and Alyssa came over to give Jordana her Christmas gift. We gave the girls these hugh coloring books. We put them in a hugh gift bag. Once the gifts were open, Jordana started eyeing the gift bag. Chloe asked her if she wanted to get in the bag. She said 'yes'. With a little help, she climbed in! It was very funny and cute. Merry Christmas!!

Potty time again!!!

Today, Jordana was standing in the kitchen, when she ...not so subtly, grabbed her crotch.
Randy: do you need to go TeeTee?
Jordana: yes
Randy: Go sit on your potty.

I miss this whole exchange and walk into the bathroom to see Jordana sitting on her potty, fully clothed.

Me: Do you need to go potty?
Jordana: yes!

I take her pjs and diaper off (wet diaper) and she sits on her potty. I figure this is just to go through the motions. She sits on her potty swinging her legs. I go to brush my teeth, and she walks up behind me a few minutes later. I peek in her potty...and there is PeePee!!! Yay!! 22 months old!!!

Slowly recovering...

The past few days have been rough. I experienced, what I believe, was an adverse reaction to an antibiotic. It may have been helped along by a virus that my father experienced as well. I started to feel under the weather on Wednesday night but was ok on Thursday. By Thursday night I felt real bad. Every joint in my body hurt, along with the muscles that attached them together!!! I had a severe headache and started developing a lesion on my left tonsil. By Friday afternoon I had 102 temperature. I called in to work in the morning and slept all day. Turns out dad had the same fever!! I tried to go to work Saturday morning but I lasted 20 minutes, before I called in a relief pharmacist. I went home and slept all day again. By Saturday night, I was on a different antibiotic and the muscle/joint pains had subsided a bit. I stayed home again today and just have some residual aches from being curled in a ball for 2 days, and my tonsil is healing but painfully. I think I will smell like a Halls factory tomorrow!! It's a good thing Randy was around this weekend, or I would have had to call in reinforcements to help with Jordana!

What a mess!!!

Tonight, after her bath, Jordana was playing. I was in the living room and I heard her messing around in the kitchen. I went to investigate, and found a huge mess!!! One of Jordana's Hanukkah presents was a lap desk with a bean bag attached to it for comfort. Somehow, she popped the wood for the cup holder out and the beanies were everywhere!! She was rolling in them, swimming in them, just having a grand old time!! She had beanies stuck everywhere. I let her play for a bit, then decided it was time to clean up. When I broke out the vaccuum, Jordana ran into a corner and hid. She eventually started crying. I had to vaccuum with her on my hip. All that was missing was the cigarette dangling from my mouth and I would have been the perfect picture for trailer trash!!!

Happy Hanukkah!!

Tonight is the 6th night of Hanukkah. We have been lighting the candles on the nights that I am home. Today, we had Hadassah's Latkapalloza at my mom's house where we eat, yep you guessed it...latkas, and exchange presents (white elephant). Jordana hung out with Grandma alot, following her around, especially after she received a stuffed elephant from her!

We have been trying to get Jordana to say Happy Hanukkah. She says Happy.... but seems to be stumped by the word Hanukah. Her gift tonight was a board book, telling the story of Hanukkah. After I read it to her she said...Hanukkah!! Pretty clearly!!

Hi Mommy, I pee peed!

That is what Jordana said to me when Randy called me at work tonight. Turns out, she pee peed in her potty!!! After stripping down naked before her bath, Jordana sat on her potty. Randy said are going to Pee pee or Poo Poo? Jordana said OK! (Like she always says when you give her a choice...juice or milk...OK!!) and proceeded to pee in her potty!!! 22 months old!! So now we just have to teach her not to put the empty potty on her head......

Jordana meets Santa.....

and wasn't to thrilled with him!!

Here is a link to the pix http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=186047034/a=8060215/t_=8060215

We were in the car, heading to the clubhouse where we were going to have breakfast with Santa. Jordana was saying Santa, Santa!! As I got her out the car, she said "Oh boy, Santa!" Then we went inside....and she shut down. We had some pancakes and OJ and of course donuts. Even with all of the sugar, Jordana would not even look at santa. We sat down on the couches and when Santa had a free moment, he sat down next to her. Jordana didn't cry but she was pretty freaked out. She even kicked him!!! So much for my great holiday photos!!!

Great news!!!

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