This is my entry from last week on the 3rd that I forgot to paste on here. I write my entries in Pages so I can keep them like a journal. Here it is:

Well, it’s a new year and life is back to normal. We had a fun New Year’s and managed to stay up until midnight but then promptly went to bed fully aware that we are finally old and boring. Alyssa had a cold and woke us up at least once an hour the rest of the night so we were exhausted at 6 the next morning when the other two kids came to wake us up! Tom has duty twice this week, I’m busy cleaning the house and doing the laundry. Today we finally cleaned up the back yard so the kids and fully enjoy it again. It’s out right hot here today (high of 77) and we are going to the park after Danica’s nap.

Okay, I didn’t get on here to post the boring stuff of my life, I wanted to write down some funny things Hayden has said lately. Having the kids all so close is challenging but I am starting to see how fun it is supossed to be for them. Hayden is always trying to make Alyssa smile and is telling her he loves her, then a few days ago I heard him say to her “Oh Alyssa, you’ll always be a little cutie!” Today he has been playing with Danica in her playhouse tunnel system for the last hour or so. I went to get her to put her down for a nap and Hayden responded with “Mom, I’ll just die without Danica!!” It was so cute I had to let her play a little longer and I came to write this blog.

Tomorrow is the big day, it’s P-day at our house. Despite my fears and feeling like I am crazy because Danica is on the young side I have decided jump on her interest in potty training and just take the plunge. She has a strong desire to do it and seems ready in every way so we’re just going to do it! I believe in an intense cold turkey method (based on the book from the 70’s “Potty Train in Less than a Day”) so tomorrow is the big day and after that it’s just practice. Truly my only fear is dealing with the accidents and such in public while managing Alyssa, but that will be an issue even if I wait a year to do the potty training (and by then my sweet little Danica might develop a defiant streak and decide she doesn’t want to do it and Alyssa will be able to crawl all over the disgusting bathrooms). So anyway, I better go get her in bed so we can make it to the park.

Jan 8th
Update: The potty training is going well, we've had a few accidents but overall I couldn't have hoped for it to go better. She comes and tells me (even when she's playing outside and she told her nursery teacher). She gets so excited as she runs down the hall to the bathroom. She says "yay!" for herself and then waves bye-bye when she flushes. Now it will just be a matter of a little more practice which would be the case no matter what age she was when she started!

Hayden is back at preschool this week and we are all happy and enjoying the few hours of peace it brings in the afternoon. I got my Nike+ working and have issued a challenge to Tom. We are trying to see who can be the first to run 30 miles. Should be a fun and motivating! Alyssa rolled over last Friday for the first time! I actually caught it on video so I was able t show it to Tom. I am taking her to see a physical therapist tomorrow because she had torticollis (her head was usually tilted to one side) however, I started doing some neck stretches on my own and in the last few weeks she has gotten so much stronger that it doesn't really seem to be an issue anymore so I am wondering whether I should still bother to take her in. I don't want to have to get a babysitter for the kids and waste the time of the PT.

I am now starting to get busy trying to figure out all the stuff for the move. Of course we don't have our orders yet so that limits what I can do but it's still good to find out what I actually can start working on.

Well that is all that is going on here. Maybe something exciting will happen soon!

Tracey