SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• We did NOTHING this Memorial Day.
• Hubs helped his Mom and Sister do some yard work.
• We got our Mulch and yard work done.
• Chloe still has been having problems pooing on the potty...up until last night, she magically decided she wanted to. We shall see if that continues.
• I got paid on Friday and I was broke on Friday....love that. Stupid sickies keeping me home 2 days the week before.
• We literally tried EVERYTHING to bribe Chloe to poo on the potty....even went as far as not letting her watch MMCH Monday night....
• The only blog post I wrote/posted last week was my SWW post....I know I've been bad lately, and I will get better. It's just hard for me to sit and write when it's nice outside.
• I finally passed the level I was stuck on in Candy Crush, so I've been obsessed with it lately.
• Since we lost a majority of our food when our Fridge broke last week, the weekly grocery trip basically was just to replenish that, and I didn't get much of anything to cook with this week....oh well. I'll manage until this week's grocery trip and try to keep it on the cheap side.
• It makes me sad that I can't help Chloe when she wakes from a night terror/growing pains in the middle of the night....but most of the time, all she wants is her Daddy. 

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SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• My freezer broke the day Andy left for El Paso.
• The next morning the Service Engine light came on in my truck.
• My allergies are so bad that I feel like tearing my eyes and my throat out of my head!
• I've had pretty much no real relaxing alone time since Andy's been out of town.
• I accidentally hit the premium gas button yesterday and paid $0.30 more for gas....I was PISSED!
• We get super excited around here when Chloe poops on the potty! Come on people...she needs the encouragement!
• My MIL just got her Mother's Day card last night because I forgot that it was in my purse....
• I'm really looking forward to Andy coming home on Thursday....I miss him!
• I've been walking around looking like I have pink eye, but really it's just allergies.....I HATE IT!

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SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• We went to a Limp Bizkit concert last Saturday...yes, I said it! And, it was AmaZING!
• Pretty sure I've fallen asleep on the couch before 10 every night this week.
• I started using a door to door delivery service for organic produce last week and it's amazing! Door to Door Organics! If they deliver in your area, I suggest you give them a try!
• I'm going to the NKOTB, Boyz to Men and 98 degrees concert in a few weeks, and I'm pretty stoked!
• Our Mother's Day was pretty low key.....we didn't do much of anything, and I was fine with that.
• Chloe has been on allergy medicine, eye drops, and now antibiotics in hopes of figuring out why her eyes are still red.....pretty sure it's still allergies, but because I had pink eye, and her eye lids are still red, we had to call and her pediatrician decided to try an antibiotic.
• There is a plus to Chloe being on allergy medicine.....she PASSES out before 8:30 almost every night!
• Now I either have a cold, or allergies....and I'm not sure which. Gah, this Michigan weather can suck it! Just stay warm for God Sake! It's freakin MAY!!!!!

Head on over to Shannon's page and tell us what you are saying SO WHAT to this week!

Fab Friday

Linking up with the always fabulous and beautiful Laura from The Everyday Joys

Potty Training

First fab thing this week would have to be potty training! I can't believe that I'm saying this, but she's trained...not 100%, meaning we're still working on the poo poo part, but girlfriend has been using the potty to pee for the past almost 2 weeks!

Scentsy Orders

Husband and my work girls - without them, it wouldn't have been possible for me to make my minimum for Scentsy the past 2 months!

Mother's Day

This will be my 3rd Mother's Day! So I'm pretty excited about that! Let's hope it's a better one then last year though, as Chloe was sick...

Caring People

All the people in our lives right now, at this very moment! People who take the time to see Chloe, people who love and care for her just as much as we do!

Food Delivered to my Door?

This little company called Door to Door Organics...yep! Pretty much in love! We got our first delivery yesterday, and Chloe loved the strawberries and blueberries! Cucumber was so fresh and crispy and I have yet to try the other stuff that I got, but I can't wait! I'll for sure be using them again!

How do I have an almost 3 year old?!

It's hard for me to write this....like, hormones raging for some unknown reason. Why does 3 seem like it's going to be so hard? I can't remember life without her....seems like she's been a part of our life for ever. I remember the day she was born like it was yesterday. Hubs and I got to the hospital at about 4am, and when they checked us in and put me in the bed, I asked the nurse if I was going to be going home without a baby later that day, and she looked at me and said "Sweetheart, trust me, you will not be leaving this hospital without a baby, I can promise you that!" I will never forget that, because 3 days later, I was being wheeled down the hallway with a full car seat in my lap. Best feeling ever. We were finally taking our baby girl home with us, after 9 long months of her being an "inside baby". She was ours, forever!
And, now....2.5 years later - She's so smart, knows ALL of her ABC's in order! She can count to 20.....sometimes higher. She usually skips 17, and she usually says 21 before 20. But she knows her numbers! She is a pretty good drawer....well...for a 2.5 year old. LOL! Day Care says that she's one of the best with a writing utensil in her class. She can draw circles so well, and she loves to draw suns! She knows the letters that make up her name. We just started working on saying her full name. And she loves saying Makayla! (her middle name) She says Makayla Seed, Chloe Makayla Seed! And then she claps and says Yay Chloe!
She is a very independent girl! She had to do everything on her own, and if I do something for her, she HAS to undo what I did and do it herself. For instance....when she goes potty (yes, she's pee trained...not poop yet) she has to get up on her stool and turn the light on. I'm so glad that she is no longer wearing diapers during the day, because the fight we had trying to put her diaper back on after she'd pee was just ridiculous...she would try to do it herself....failing, obviously, and that would just turn into a meltdown. Panties are just so much easier. LOVE IT! We will probably buy one more box of diapers, because she still won't poo on the potty, but starting tomorrow night, she's going to be in pull ups at night. That makes me so happy. It's one of those things that you never think is gong to happen as a Mommy to a new baby....but when it happens, it's just a sigh of relief. When I picked her up from Day Care the first day she wore panties and didn't have any accidents, I almost fell to my knees. I was just sooo happy! We've been almost a week with NO accidents! Sunday, we had a TINY accident in the car, but she caught it, held it and let the rest out when we got home! I was SO PROUD OF HER!
She weighs about 29 ish lbs, no idea how tall she is. I'm guessing maybe about 32+ inches? Maybe....she's short. She's wearing size 6.5-7 shoe. She's in 3T pants and 3T-4T shirts...depending on the brand. She's got Mommy's hair, and it's annoying. For both her and myself. I usually just pull the front back into a pony on the top of her head or piggytails on the top of her head because she's got a MAD cowlick, and her bangs just DO NOT cooperate at all. Girlfriend is going to have some issues when she's a teenager and she's trying to get ready. I know I still do!
She says just the silliest things sometimes. If I'm going potty, she will come in and say "Mommy,you go potty? GOOD Job Mommy!! I so poud of you!" She melts my heart! I swear!
She's my mini-me. I swear, she looks just like me. Side by side comparison, you really cannot tell the difference. She's going to be a heart breaker. I'm so proud of her everyday and I love her more and more with each passing hour. I miss her everyday that I leave her to go to work, and it's brings me so much joy when I see her big bright smile at the end of each day. She's my pride and she's me whole heart.

SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• Chloe still needs to poop in a diaper. I don't care. We've mastered the peeing.....one step at a time!
• Chloe's 3rd Birthday is in 3 months and I've yet to make ANY kind of plans....
• I stayed home with Chloe on Monday to take her to the Dr after we already took her to Urgent Care on Sunday only to hear the same thing from her Pedi.
• I've been a giddy Momma in the mornings now getting Chloe dressed in all her spring/summer clothes!
• We've had to give Chloe allergy medicine and she's been sleepy at night....which makes me happy!
• I'm happy to go to talk to my manager today and tell her I need to miss our mandatory meeting in June for Andy's graduation ceremony!
• Somehow, someway I managed to gain like 2 lbs over the weekend....good Lord, what is wrong with me?!
• I always seem to get a little nervous about people babysitting Chloe while we go out for the night...no matter who it is. Not sure why. But once about an hour passes and I don't get a phone call, I feel a lot better....and I have alcohol in me. That helps too! LOL

Head over to Shannon's blog and tell us what you're saying SO WHAT! to this week!

Scentsy in May

In Lieu of Father's Day, this is the Warmer of the month for May! Pretty stinkin' cool isn't it?! 

This is the Gallery Warmer. $35.00. And you get the choice between 5 different frames for Fathers Day!

For the Fisherman in your life

For the cowboy and/or Country Man in your life

For the Biker Dad!

For the Hunter

And can't forget about the Golfer!

And of course, you can't forget the perfect Man Scent to accompany the Warmer....

A fusion of exotic cardamom, intriguing caraway, lively pepper, and fragrant woods with a powdery wisp of orange blossom

Interested in getting ahead on your Father's Day shopping?! Contact me for more information! www.cseed.scentsy.us

Potty Training

This is just sort of an update of sorts.

2 weeks ago on a Friday when I went to pick Chloe up from Day Care, they told us what if we wanted to just go for it and jump in with both feet, just to bring her to school in a diaper with underwear over them, and they would take her diaper off and just go from there. So, that's what we did. Nervous, but hopeful.
By the end of the day when we went to pick her up, we learned that she had 2 accidents, 1 poop and 1 pee. Not bad....a lot better then she'd done at home. So we took it in stride and did the same the next day....and by golly! She had 0 accidents. But she didn't poop at all. So, she had peed on the potty all day! So that was great!
Day 3 at school with no diaper went a little bit differently. She was in this stage where she just wanted to hold it all day, and she had 1 accident. They said that was completely normal, so we just went with it.
This past weekend.....SHE DID GREAT! (still no poops on the potty) but she didn't have 1 accident! We spent most of the day out and about, and she had no problems going potty in the public restrooms! So she's been amazing. Saturday she was having issues with pooping....she would try and try to go on the potty, but she just wouldn't do it. So finally we put a diaper on her, she pooped, and then went back in underwear. So we just have to work on that.
I don't want to get ahead of myself, but to say that she's 99% potty trained I think pretty much sums it up! She's done great, and as long as we keep working on the poop and keep on her, I think we will get it in no time at all!!

SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• I almost didn't write this post because I was painting.
• We've only painted 2.5 rooms and we've used 6 colors! 
• I'm so freakin stoked that there is another Hangover coming out! 
• I just can't stop watching the train wreck that is Jenelle Evans on Teen Mom 2....
• I might just go bat shit crazy if I have to clean shit out of one more pair of underwear. 
• Chloe just doesn't get the concept of going poo in the toilet. But she's woken up the past few days dry, and she pees on the potty no problem at all....what gives?!
• Hubs and I went out last weekend with my work girls and I got drunk with my boss. It was AWESOME!
• I might just be a tad bit obsessed with food and trying new recipes now. But it's been all healthy, for the most part, so that's good.

That's all I have this week. Head on over to Shannon's page and tell us what you are saying SO WHAT! to this week!