Potty Time (for real this time)

Well it's about that time. We have started the dreaded potty training here. And well it keeps me busier than ever. Running to the bathroom every so often. I have been doing or i should say been try to do 20/5/10 method. Sometimes it works and other times... well you know sometimes there are other things going on in that time frame. But anywho back to the potty training subject. We started Monday and I think it's going well. As well as can be expected anyway. Rylie went to the potty once the first day and she stayed in "big girl undies" the whole day. Tuesday was better she went once on the potty then and we were out shopping so it was hard. Wednesay a lot better. She went potty 3 times. Yesterday... I think Wednesday was too good to be true. Though she stayed dry for almost all day she didnt always go in the potty (like she was holding it the whole day). I only had to change her undies 3 times yesterday. Today, wow a big step backwards.. She went in the potty once and I had to change her pants 6 times in an hour (NO JOKE). She did end up going right before lunch so I was happy. She has a little potty dance that she does after she goes in the potty. Very cute!! And of course after starting it the first day, I always have to join in on the dance. Oh well its fun. Anyway... I snapped some pictures of the BIG GIRL!!

New bike for Rylie

Rylie got a pretty cool new Dora bike yesterday (only cuz she didn't want to get off it). So now she drags it everywhere. Sometimes she gets on it and moves it but mostly she drags it or picks it up and carries it. She is still a tad bit too short to work the pedals right but that day will come and for now she can do the what I call "The Flintstone Move". Yea she enjoys that little bike and since there really is no place for her to ride around here she has to stick with riding it around the house. OH NO for mommy when it comes to really knowing how to use it. Anyway.. so I thought I would share her lil bike with everyone. Enjoy

Rub-a- Dub-Dub

New bath toys for the tub!!Rubber duckie you're the one.. you make bathtime lots of fun.. rubber duckie I'm awfully fond of you... Splish splash I was takin a bath long about a Saturday night.. Anyway.. Rylie got a new bath toy for her birthday and man she enjoys it tremendously. It is a pirateship from the Backyardigans. It has Uniqua and Pablo with it and a cool treasure chest. Now ok, most kids LOVE to take baths and well everyone knows my stories about my child, well after 2 years of takin showers, I got used to it.. in and out. Well I decided to let her take a bath one evening. OH MAN!!! Water everywhere. Splishin and a splashin... well now I just didnt like that very much and kept tryin to get her to stop. Oh how she loved it, playin with the duckies, drinkin the water, her new pirateship... what more could a girl want? But I did good and she did good until... the dreaded water over the head. Man you woulda thought I was hurtin her seriously. But all in all it was a very good bath time. I of course had to take pictures so enjoy.

Body Art

Well it's that time again.. time for new art work to be posted up for all to see. I was supposed to post this blog, oh I don't know maybe a week ago but... Anyway... while we were in Texas I kept sayin I should get a tattoo. It's been awhile since my last one (Nov. 2004) and I thought if I don't get one done now while I have a chance then I won't get another one. I had this idea of one for the longest time. So.. as this post will show I got it. Unfortunately it isn't all that centered like I wanted it to be but nontheless it is there. This makes my 3rd one now and I find them a bit addicting because after each of my tattoos (except my 2nd one which took too long and hurt like H*@&) I want another anyway so now I am thinking of my next one. HEHE!! John also received a new tattoo and that makes his 3rd one as well. He had gotten a picture from the internet of a shark and the Diver's flag (red with a white stripe) on his left leg. My tattoo is (supposed to be anyway) a wrap with words around my right ankle. The front reads "Army" the outside of it reads "Brat", the inside reads "Wife" and the back of it is the Texas Star (or Nautical star). It isn't centered very well but it's done and that's all I got to say. The pictures for the tattoos aren't very good but you'll get the gist. One day I plan to get the circle put around my star but that will come later on. HEHE!! Anyway enjoy!!

Duck Pond

Today was a fun day. My sister, niece and nephew, Rylie and I went to go feed the ducks in Roaring Springs. We didn't do much else except go to little shops. But it was a good day. Rylie enjoyed herself being able to run around and see duckies and fish and to get to feed them. As I am sure a lot of people have guessed, there weren't many duck ponds at Fort Irwin so this was her first time. We should have had a picnic. I think I took more pictures of the ducks than anything (only because the kids wouldn't cooperate and because there were some little baby ones). She got to feed the ducks bread and the fish they had a change thing to get some dog food for the fish. Although I think the fish were more into the bread and the ducks were more into the dog food. Anyway hope you enjoy the pictures.

2nd Birthday

Happy 2nd Birthday To RYLIE!!! Well it's about time... we finally had her a little get together on Sunday (29 July 07). I feel really bad that it wasn't on her birthday but things got in the way. We had my sister, her husband and niece and nephew over for supper and then cake and ice cream. It was nice. I am not one for big messy birthday parties unless it's someone else's kids. HAHA!! Rylie didn't seem to mind that her "party" wasn't on her birthday. She was just happy to have kids to play with. Well it seems like yesterday we was being admitted 2 weeks early for her to join the world... now she is a rambuncious 2 year old who has defintely learned to throw fits and give dirty looks. Her presents include an outfit from GMA and GPA Jacobs, an outfit from Great GMA Zora, an outift and a couple toys from Mommy and Daddy, a cool Elmo vacumm from aunt Kelly uncle Chad and Morgan and Brandon, and a pair of PJ's and toys from Mimi and Pappy Crooks, and money from Great GMA Crooks. She sure made out and the cake... we still got some so anyone in the mood come on over. HEHE!! We sure wish Daddy, Sarah and Justin could have been here. Anyway.. enjoy the pictures

Lizard friends

What can be better to a kid than having their very own little "pet"? Hmmm.. I can think of plenty but for Rylie, it was the greatest. After waking up one morning, my friend Missy informed us that there was lizard in the sink, how it got there we didn't know. I told her I didn't see it but was very curious... I went on a search for a lizard in the sink. AWWW!!! OMG how cute was it. The cutest little fartin thing I have seen in a very long time (for a creature I mean). We held it and catured its precious little face on the camera and then set it free. Rylie was stand-offish at first as she always is but then dug right in to wanting to hold it and pick it up. It wasn't a very big one but nontheless it was her first lizard. AAAHHHHH!!! How cute. I love it. Enjoy the pictures.