Decisions, decisions

Potty Training or Disneyland?

Disneyland or Potty Training?

Well, as you can imagine...I chose Disneyland!! AHhhhhhhhhhh, am I TOTALLY insane?! We were SUPPOSED to start potty training today, but then better plans came along and instead...I am leaving for DISNEYLAND TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!!! AHhhhhhhh, I'm taking Keat for a mommy/son date and will be back on Thursday. I'm going with a couple great friends and their kiddos! I am SOooooooo not the type of person to do this, but it's the HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH...right?! Who could pass that up!? I really hope he behaves and things are fun, but I'm sure they will be...although I am a bit nervous!! AHhhhhhhhhhh, I still can't believe I'm doing this!! Wish us luck...oh, and potty training will begin NEXT WEEK!! Stay tuned for details with that saga!! I'll post photos when I get back!!!

LEAPING FOR LOGAN!!

To go along with Logan's Birthday...I have created a TEAM to walk at this year's March of Dimes walk in PHX. It is on APRIL 19th at 8am. I am hoping to get as many people together to walk as possible. Our team is called, "LEAPING FOR LOGAN"! Send the site to whoever you would like so we can raise as much money for this cause as possible...it is something that is very near and dear to my heart! Thanks and I HOPE many of you will join me on April 19th!

http://www.marchforbabies.org/507072

My Logan's Birthday!

Today is a day of mixed emotions for me and my dear husband. It has been three years since we had to say Goodbye to our little angel Logan. Although it is a sad day to remember, it is also the day he ENTERED our lives and we are so grateful for the influence he has had and will have on our family. We love him deeply and miss him terribly. I feel so blessed to be able to have the Gospel in my life. I know that Families can be Together Forever and I KNOW that I will see my baby boy again some day. I am SO lucky and proud to be his mommy. Here is a little montage of my angel baby. Again, be sure to turn the volume off from the music at the bottom of the page first. Any of the quotes, poems, sentiments other than personal accounts on this montage are not mine. However, they describe very closely how I felt/feel!

We love you Logan!

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WE GOT SOME SLEEP!!!

Ahhhhhhhhh...we have some relief!! Last night was SO much better than any night since Lilee got sick over a month ago! THANK YOU to all who left a tip on how to get her to sleep better. I can't say it was just one thing that did it, nor am I naive enough to think it's totally "fixed", but it was SO nice to sleep for more than 40 minutes at a time. Last night, Lilee went to be about 8:30-swaddled. Woke up about 10...went in and un-swaddled her and laid her on her tummy(I feel bad for letting her cry it out swaddled and I'm afraid if she ever rolled over swaddled she'd be trapped). Patted her back and shhhhh-ed in her ear...she fell asleep. NORMALLY, 10 minutes after leaving she wakes up but last night she slept from 10-3am. YEAH!!! Then, I went in, got her and fed her a bit. She got antsy so I rocked her and she fell asleep. She woke COMPLETELY up when I went to lay her on her belly. I shhhh-ed her for a bit and then just left the room and SHE WENT TO SLEEP and SLEPT until 8:15 am!! YEAH FOR SMALL MIRACLES!! Seth went in to work a couple hours later than usual and partook of the extra sleep so we are BOTH finally feeling like we can rejoin the human race and actually think clearly now!! It was nice. Like I said, I'm not sure exactly what is changing things, but whatever we are doing we are going to keep it up and hope for the best!!

THANKS AGAIN for all the help!!

OH...AND HAPPY LEAP YEAR!!!

Will the SICKIES ever CEASE!?

Man o man...what a year for the yuckies...at least at our house! We've seen the Flu, Coughs, RSV, Strep Throat, Colds, Rashes, Diarrhea, and now an Ear Infection!! Keat spent the day WHINING yesterday to no avail from me or anybody for that matter. Of course, when daddy came home he followed him around saying "Daddy, daddy" with his arms outstretched! The SECOND Seth picked him up he cheered RIGHT UP!! But, we had already made the Dr's appt for this morning, so we made the drive to the Dr's this morning and sure enough...Keat has "one of the worst ear infections I've(the Dr.) ever seen"! WOW...I would probably whine if my ear hurt so bad also. Can't blame to poor kid. So, after we get some antibiotics in him today he should start to feel better! Here's hoping! I asked the Dr. when she expected things to settle down and she thought that by the end of March things should be better...again...here's hoping!! I'll probably even go as far as to pray that this is true...we just wanna be WELL!!!

Not a lot has gone on in the Becker house besides trying to keep Keat and Lilee from catching or sharing whatever is out there! Lilee still adores Keat and Keat, thankfully, still adores his baby sister! We have a hearing evaluation next Tuesday for Keat to see if there is any reason (hearing) why he isn't talking more. The Dr. didn't think there was a problem, but I just want to be sure. I'd hate to find out 6 months down the road that my poor kid wasn't hearing things correctly and set him back further! I, or course, am hoping nothing shows up...but I just want to be able to communicate with my little man. I hate to compare...but it's hard with so many little kiddos his age running around speaking full sentences and bartering with their parents. Some know the alphabet, others can count to ten. Keat doesn't even know his animals. It worries me to think that I may have failed him already...at 2! Am I not teaching him the things he should or working with him enough?! Do I let him watch too much TV? Are those other kids ahead or is Keat behind? Will he catch up? Ahhhh, it's enough to make me go insane. I just keep praying that one day he'll just start talking to me and then I can know that he was just being stubborn. Right now, I just use that as my fall back..."oh, I just think he's being stubborn, but really he knows all the things we tell him". I'm not sure I believe it anymore!

WOW, that was a real bummer post. Sorry...but that is definitely the thing foremost on my mind at the moment! Say a little prayer for us that Keat will start to say, Please, Thank-You, Sorry, I love you, and all the other in between things that we so desperately want to hear!! THANKS!

Here are a couple recent photos of my mute, BUT ADORABLE, little man!! I love you Keat!

It starts so early!

The funny comments that is! Even WITHOUT talking, Keat manages to say the funniest things. We went to McD's today(yes, I'm a bad mom who feeds her kids fast food), the lady at the drive thru gives Keat a mini ice cream cone which he LOVED! So, on the way home he is somewhat miraculously managing to NOT make a TOTAL mess of himself or the car. He takes a piece of the cone and starts to push it into this little hold in his car seat where the buckle comes from. (You wouldn't BELIEVE the stuff I've found in there) Here is our conversation...(notice the punctuation marks!)

Me: "Keat, no, don't put that in the hole."

Keat: "NO?"

Me: "no"

Keat: "No?"

Me: "No!"

Keat: "no?"

Me: "NO!"

Keat: "no."

It was SO funny...he may only say like 10 words but he sure is a funny kid and I love him to pieces!! I just KNOW it will get even more entertaining around here when he finally does decide to grace us with his vocabulary!

SLEEP DEPRIVATION

OKAY...I need your help!! Lilee is the WORST sleeper EVER!! We have been waking up every hour all night long for a couple weeks now. WHAT DO I DO?! We've tried crying it out, giving her the bottle(propping it up), swaddling...etc!! NOTHING works. The only thing we've found is that she'll sleep about 3-5 hours in her swing. She doesn't nap anywhere but her swing already and I am just going INSANE!! ANY help would be GREATLY appreciated!! Seth and I are just exhausted and in need of a good cure all!! E-mail me or write a comment if you have any suggestions...I really am open to ANYTHING...books, methods, things that worked for you!! THANKS!!