Sick of my sleeping pics yet?

Mondays are laundry day in the McDuffie house. I know... so exciting! Well that usually means a PJ Day for me and Savannah and a diaper day for Phoenix. Anyway, Savannah was eating a sandwich and Phoenix was bugging the crap out of her so she asked me to put him in his walker. I put him in the walker and gave him some snacks so he wouldnt cry. A few minutes pass and I get up to check on Phoenix, who is awfully quiet, and here is what I find:

CLASSIC!!

In other awake news, Savannah is going through her "WHY" phase. So our day pretty much consists of conversations that always end with "BECAUSE I SAID SO, THATS WHY!!" It is quite entertaining, from the outside. She has such a crazy sense of humor it cracks me up. She told John tonight she didnt have to go to bed because "its only 6 dad!". No she cant tell time, she just THINKS she can! I do have to admit, she was really good today. She took a nap without a fight, she went potty twice without me pressuring her and she was very patient and having fun with her brother. I gave her a popsicle for being such a sweet girl today and she was VERY thankful for that. Oh just a side note to parents with toddlers, Popsicle makes a brand of frozen pops that are "slow melt" - I HIGHLY recommend them. It has saved us from tons of messes!

Again... Really!? Yay!

Really, this rarely happens. Twice in a week is amazing! I am kind of in shock actually ;)

No sooner do I finish writing the last blog when I look over and see Savannah:






My lil man:


And my John:



What a nice break from a busy weekend! Now where's MY naptime?!

Wow... Busy!

I wasnt really expecthing this weekend to be as busy as it was, but whatcha gonna do?

Friday night, John and I decided to take the kids to Chuck E Cheese. We had been promising Savannah she could go since her birthday and we just havent made it. So Friday we went back. WOW! I can not believe how grown up she is! She went from game to game, ride to ride on her own. She kept tokens in her pockets and figured out most of the games on her own. It was Phoenix's first time riding rides, he did NOT like them at all. So John and I tag teamed staying with him and playing with Savannah.

Saturday, we took Savannah to see Toy Story 3. She sat through this one a lot better then she did Shrek 4. When we got there she went to the concession stand and ordered "a pretzel with cheese and a pop" then turned to me and said "Lets go find some seats mom". Man, she is turning into an expert!! When the movie was done she says lets go shopping. John had some fliers and sponsorship letters to hand out so we went to the mall. I let her walk through the mall holding my hand and she only made one suggestion which was the disney store! haha Somehow we walked out empty handed, but after a trip to the pet store we couldnt escape without a trip to Mrs Fields ;)

Today has been all about relaxation. We went to my moms for a bit, then came back home to enjoy some family time. John and Phoenix are napping. Savannah and I just finished Monsters Inc and now we are just hangin out waiting for this storm to roll in. I have zero pics to post from this entire weekend thanks to Savannah losing my lil camera. So for now, just use your imagination. hee hee

Things that make me happy...

It rarely happens that all my "kids" sleep at the same time. Today was one of those occasions. It just so happened I got my new birthday present today and I am enjoying my alone time by blogging! :)

Chico and my poor mom. She was given new pain pills to help with her hip problems. I guess they work if she was able to fall asleep:

My lil Phoenix fell asleep in my lap. I lay him on the loveseat, covered him, and put his sisters blanket on him. He rolls over and chews on the blanket til he falls back asleep:

My Precious Savannah Rose. She was watching UP and telling me "I not sleepy mom, I just wanna watch UP!" 5 minutes later, this is how I find her. Glad I took that sucker outta her mouth before she laid down:

Sleep well my precious babies!

Introduction... Kind of

Well most people who read this blog will be family. So I don't really have to introduce the "stars" of our lil show. I have been wanting to start a family blog for awhile now. We have family from coast to coast (and even some across the oceans) so this will be an easy way to keep up to date without me having to write out a million emails or try to remember everything that happens on a 20 minute phone call.

So today is June 23rd. Not a really special day but it was REALLY special for us. Little miss Savannah Rose decided that she wanted to go potty. I have not been pressuring her because the more I push the more she resists. So after a big fiasco with potty training I backed off 100%. She has been asking to go pee for the last few days, we go and nothing. So today when she asked I didn't get my hopes up. I took her to the bathroom, took off her diaper and sat her on the big potty. She turned to me and said "Mom, can you leave? I need to be alone." So I left and just lingered around the door waiting. Then I heard a flush. I went in and sure enough she had gone #1 and 2!! I cleaned her up and we celebrated. I asked her what she wanted and she said a sucker. :)

Later tonight we were at home and I had kept asking her if she needed to go and she refused. Then she came to me (again) and said she needed to go. I took her in and again she asked to be alone. So I took off. I walked back in and this is what I found......

So yay for twice on the potty today!