I don't do ants.

Yesterday was full of bugs.

It all started when a bee flew in through the open back door. Thankfully we were able to kindly escort it out of the house with no further incidence.

Then, as I was cleaning the laundry room I saw an ant. I killed it immediately. I don't do ants. If they are outside they will live, but, inside they must die. As I continued cleaning I discovered that there were quite a few ants coming in through the wall in the laundry room. I immediately called Jon. I told him that he had to come home for lunch and spray for bugs. I continued to check where the ants were coming in. Armed with the vacuum I sucked a few up every 10-15 minutes. Thankfully Jon sprayed and there were no further problems.

Later I was cleaning and there was a big fat hairy spider climbing up the window. It was outside but spiders inside or out don't stand a chance against me. I went out with Gabe and we sprayed it with the hose and smashed it with a shoe. The rest of the day Gabe kept talking about how we killed that spider.

side note:
When I was growing up we always got ants. Every spring they would come up through cracks in the cement in our laundry room area. I HATED them.

We did it!

Yesterday was a historic day. We decided that the Binky was history. (At least in Gabe's case. We will give Lydia a least another year.) I put Gabe down as usual. Instead of sleeping he played in his room, broke his lamp, and took pictures off the wall. When we went to get him up I decided that it was time. I am no longer going to put him down for naps. I know, I know, I am very brave. And, since we haven't actually tried this whole no nap thing out, it might not last. But, I do think it is time. When I had this realizations I also decided that if he is old enough to stop taking regular naps, it is time to ditch the Binky too.

We tried to get rid of the Binky last summer. We went almost 2 weeks without it. Then we went on vacation. The first night camping, he cried all night long. This is when we decided that it would be better for us and our fellow campers if we went to the store and bought a Binky. Since then he only gets them when he is sleeping.

Last night he didn't want to go to bed. I was ready to give up. My wonderful husband, who is much tougher than me, said no way. He went up and had a little chat with Gabe. When Gabe realized that he wasn't getting a Binky he gave up and asked if he could sleep with his Jeep instead. So that is what he did, there was no more crying and he fell fast asleep.

We will have to see what tonight brings.

Lydia's Blessing

We blessed on Sunday, March 22nd. Jon did a great job. My aunt helped my make Lydia's dress. I also made her little headband. I think that it all turned out great.

My dear Gabriel

This is what Gabe's hands looked like after he found my scrapbooking ink pads this morning. Permanent Acid free ink is awesome for scrapbooking, not so awesome for 2 year olds hands.

Life before kids

I remember my life before children. Jon and I would sleep in until noon. I had plenty of time to do whatever, whenever. I remember talking on the phone to mothers with their young children. It was sometimes hard to talk to them because I could tell that I never really had their full attention. Now my day has come. I have two small children. Every time I am on the phone I am always a little distracted. I find myself hearing a screaming child in the background and telling whoever it is I am talking to that I have to go. Someday I will be able to talk on the phone again without distractions. For now, I apologize to anyone who calls me. Especially me dear friend Kerry who has called twice this week. Hopefully we will get to Utah and be able to talk in person in a few weeks. :)

P.S. The good news is that the carpet is mostly clean. I think that I am the only one who can still tell where the poop was.

"Poop on the floor in my room."

I woke up this morning thinking that it was going to be a wonderful day. I had a fairly good nights sleep. Lydia actually slept until 3:30 and didn't wake up again until 6:30. The sun was shining. In my mind I thought it would be a wonderful day to go to the Zoo or out and about. I turned on the news to check the weather and then went into Gabe's room to get him up. He asked my to open the blinds so he could see out the windows. The garbage man came and went. Gabe watched him collect all of the trash on the street. I sat and nursed Lydia and made wonderful plans for the day in my head.

Then it happened.

Gabe came into my room. His first words were, " there is poop in my room. poop on the floor in my room."

OH N O! Maybe it isn't that bad, I thought to myself. I put down my baby and went to inspect the damage. There was definitely poop on the floor, all smashed into the carpet. "What do I do now? What is the best way to get poop out of the carpet?" I put Gabe in the shower and immediately went to call my mom. When she wasn't available I called my cousin who has had numerous blog posts about poop. They both basically said the same thing. Get up as much as you can and then put some cleaner on it. I did this. My mom told me to go to this cleaning store in town that has something that should get it up. I decided to google "cleaning poop out of carpet" I found a blog of a mom that said to use peroxide.

As I type this at 10am there is still poop in my carpet. I am sure that we wont get to the Zoo today. I think that our first stop will be the cleaning supply store. Hopefully we will be able to get out and do something fun once this whole poop fiasco is all figured out. I am praying that it wont stain the carpet.

P.S. Some of you may be wondering how the poop got in the carpet exactly. Well, we have been using pull-ups to potty train Gabe the past few weeks. As of yesterday he decided that he doesn't really like sitting in a wet Pull-Up. He obviously is still working on figuring out the whole big boy potty thing.

Gabe's Quote of The Day

As I was washing yogurt off of his face:

"Thank you mommy. Don't wipe my nose." Very matter of factly