First Night Away from Toddler

Shouldn't that say first night away from BABY?  Probably, but we finally did our first night away from Kyla and she is 2 1/2 next month.  Oh well!  LOL.  So this isn't nessicarily because we wanted to wait that long, but because we don't have a whole lot of trust worthy options available to us as far as babysitting is concerned.  And trust worthy is the key word there...I am not just going to leave my kid with anyone.  We went out of town for 1 night, just to a place 1 hour away, in Walla Walla and it was nice.  We stayed at a Bed & Breakfast and the weather was kind of rainy so we just hung out in shops, ate at nice restaurants and dessert shops.  My baby (inside) I'm sure enjoyed the trip.  We were going to go to a movie but I had been looking around town for these people who do horse drawn carriage rides.  This is something I have ALWAYS wanted to do, but had never gotten the chance, and so I had it planned out that we would do it.  Well turns out after I had given up, I spotted them coming down toward the main street so I yelled at my Husband to chase after them.  HAHA, so we did and we took a ride.  It was about a half hour through town and was so fun.  It was raining so we snuggled up under blankets and I had my hot chocolate and all was good, the carriage was covered so it was warm.  After that we went back to the Bed & Breakfast and got in the hot tub for a while (no worries about cooking baby, we didn't turn the temp any higher than 99 degrees, but I still sat in it for too long, felt icky after getting out), anyhow, then we relaxed for a bit and went out to dinner at a nice restaurant and headed back to the B&B.  I was passed out by 9.  LOL, a full day for pregnant me, equals an early bed time for me. 
Kyla did well, her Grandma babysat her at our house.  She was a little wound up after we got home, but settled down later in the day.  She has been doing awesome on the potty, which is nice.  No more diapers is good.  At least we will get a break for about 4.5 months, then we start is all over again for another 2 years or so.  :)  I'm still trying to figure out a name for this little girl.  Greg came up with a pretty good one, so it's a very possible right now.  The thing with girls is you have to come up with not just 1 name, but two, for the middle.  If it was a boy I was just going to use Greg's name as the middle name.  Oh well.  I had a doctor appointment last Friday and I was 110, so I've gained 7 lbs so far this pregnancy, which is good, considering I only gained 10 with Kyla.  I'm sure by the end I'll gain probably 20 in total maybe, which is actually very healthy, so we will see.  For now I am feeling awesome...this pregnancy has been amazing besides the first scary part, but as far as feeling good, I have felt barely like I am even pregnant with this kid.  Total opposite from my pregnancy with Kyla, that was miserable, which is why I wasn't sure I even wanted to do it again.  God is blessing me with this easy one. 

Greg and I are going to start doing Sunday School in Kyla's class room on a regular basis.  It's not too bad, just a rotation every 4-5 weeks, so it's like a handful of times over the summer.  Should be fun but busy, especially as my belly gets bigger.  Anyhow, hope everyone is doing well.  Check back in, in a few weeks.

Potty Trained!!

Mama got tough last Friday and decided it was time for my almost 2.5 year old to get out of diapers.  We started Friday morning at 8 am, put her in panties and pants...  she had 3 accidents in the morning.  Each time she would look down and say "ugh oh...oh no, .... oh no" and I would take her to the bathroom to use her potty and get cleaned up.  Then Friday afternoon she started doing good but it would take her forever sitting on the potty.  Saturday morning she had like 3 more accidents, but then come Saturday afternoon and thru today she has had zero accidents.  This includes her being in Sunday School for an hour and a half on Sunday morning; the ladies there said she told them she had to go potty and they took her and she went.  I am soooo proud of her for learning so quickly and so happy she is basically out of diapers.  I am still putting her in a Pull-Up during nap time just incase, and a diaper at night, but she will gradually get out of those as well.  Now the focus is on using that money we would've spent on diapers for Ky to purchase size 1 and 2 diapers for when the baby gets here. 

I've been looking around for a place for the kids that takes both babies and toddlers and dose like preschool activities with them, songs, art, learning, crafts, that kind of thing, and at the same place so we'd only have to make one stop in the morning and after work, and the places I have found...well yesterday the place I called quoted me 1250/month for both kids.  UGHhhhh hello, seriously???  And this was at a CHURCH, LOL.  Oh boy.  Other places have quoted me around the same, 1,000/month was another quote I got yesterday.  It is just insane.  So now I am really starting to think, and I'm considering possibly just staying home and doing like before and after school care for older kids, like age 4 and up, since we live within walking distance to a local elementary school.  I am just the type that if I were to stay home with my 2 kids, I need something else to do too, or I'm going to get bored.  I like kids, I think I'd enjoy doing the before and after school care thing, and this way it is some income but also gives my kids social interaction and me more of a schedule to my day - more purpose.  And not having an actual daycare, like where I'd be taking care of kids all day long gives me time to still run my errands and have 1:1 time with my kids without other kids around.  If I do stay home, I also plan to get Kyla registered for Preschool here starting in August.  So many decisions to make/planning to figure out, but that's OK.