Aww, little boys

so, i discovered that while my lab puppy doesn't particulary care for fetch my three-year old loves it (though he calls it "fatch").

ha. funny boy.

Say it ain't so....

my sweet little three year old has learned how to lie. bummer. i really love that little kids are usually honest to a fault and keith used to be, but somewhere along the way recently he figured out how to look me in the eye and say "no" when the answer is clearly "yes." i got all of alexa's prescriptions from the pharmacy today and i went into the dining room to find all four tubes of medication out of their boxes and on the counter. i said "did you open these?" to which he promptly replied "no." several times, in fact. i said "the dog didn't do it, and i didn't do it, so you must've done it." i finally got him to say yes. i don't know how to punish him. nothing works! so, i've decided that if it's the right time of day, i'll make him take a nap...win-win right? anyhoo.

so, on a different note. i was thinking that if alexa's iron deficient that could explain the amount of sleeping she's doing right? cause iron deficiency can make you tired? anyhoo, if that's the case maybe i don't want to give her the iron supplement, haha. not really, but it is nice to have some free(ish) time while she sleeps and the few times keith is sleeping at the same time. anyhoo, hopefully she'll be better very soon.

Mystery solved

so after a much too long time of a poor red and itchy bum we finally took alexa to the doctor today. i was convinced it was a yeast infection, though why it hadn't gotten better with over the counter yeast remedies for women i couldn't figure. so i expected paul to come home with a prescription. however, he came home with three. i know, bad mommy here.

one for a yeast infection, one for a bacterial infection, and one for an iron deficiency (who knew?) this would explain why the over the counter medication DID in fact make it better but didn't take away the whole problem, and then because it wasn't treated vigorously enough the yeast infection came back. my poor little girl. i just can't imagine myself going that long living with that pain. she's just so happy i didn't figure it was a huge issue. plus, like i said, at one point it seemed to be getting better. i guess i got really lucky with one happy little girl. god must've known i needed it. my patience is...well...let's just say it's lacking. there are days when i just want to tear my hair out.

and then...we got a puppy. "what's this?" you ask? i don't know. i must be crazy. paul always wants a dog desperately, but let's be real, i always have to do the work. he's not home and even when he is, dog training's not a strong suit for him. not that it's great for me either, but i do know a little more than him about it.

ugh. i must be crazy...or at least i'm working my way there not so slowly.

oh and by the way, my little 9 month old baby's only 16 lbs. the doctor told paul "she's a little small." lol, well yeah, we knew that.

These are the two dances that touched me the most from this season's SYTYCD. They are almost opposites in a lot of ways, but they are both extremely powerful and beautifully danced. They just give me chills when I watch them. If you have a minute, watch them because they are amazing.

Oh and the song on the second one, beautiful. She's amazing!

work is good

good news: paul started a job yesterday. yay. bad news: he's only making about half of what he was making at Matt so we're still not completely out of the financial trouble. thanks to everyone who said prayers on our behalf, their effects were felt. I am hoping that between the paper route and the new job we will be able to get back some semblance of normal around here. depending on what his paychecks from weed man look like we might not even be going backward anymore! And the really nice thing is that he goes into work early, about 6, but he'll be done for the day around 2 or 3, so i'm really happy about that!

anyhoo, just thought you'd all like to know that we're not dying...or getting kicked out of our house...or declaring bankruptcy. =) things are getting better...slowly. buy slow's better than not at all right?