August 23rd

So this week has gone pretty well. Eddie's not feeling well (a man cold) so he's been trying to take it easy, which is pretty difficult.

We're getting the roof repaired and we picked out the color the other day. It's a mix of browns and grays and it goes really nicely with the house color. It's their most popular color, so when we get the front part done they will still be carrying it.

Vallerie has been doing really really well with potty training. She almost always goes in the potty, and almost always tells us when she needs to go. Sometimes she will run off and do it herself. This is only a problem if it's a #2 and she's already gone in her pull up. Heck I can't even remember the last time I changed her... over a week! Eddie was saying the other day how she's growing up too fast and I reminded him that changing diapers was the one thing he was complaining about still having to do.

Vallerie rolled out of bed the other night. She's got a little 1/2 bumper rail that's supposed to prevent that, but the little stinker has so many toys in her bed (not just stuffed animals) that they fill up that spot at the top so she has to scoot down. Basically her head is in the middle of the bed. And, don't you dare try to take any of her toys off of her bed or she will freak out! I've been trying to be sneaky though. After her story at night she will run to go get Eddie for "kisses time" and I will hurry and take away any non-essential toys off of her bed. Sometimes she notices when one is missing and then I have to find it. Like her Xylophone. She HAS to have that... UGH!

Vallerie puked last night. Well, it was about 5am actually. (Her normal "I'm going to wake up with some "major" problem time) She was crying so I went in and asked her what was wrong. She said her throat hurt and then she puked. It wasn't a big one, I think it was just the stuff in her throat from crying. I wiped it off her precious pink dog and then tried to put a towel down because it was still a little wet. Well. she wasn't having that. I was also not allowed to take the dog away and wash it. So, I dried it the best I could with the towel and she went back to sleep. I asked her this morning when she woke up if her throat still was hurting and she said no, so I don't think she's sick.

Tomorrow is Eddie's sisters baby shower. We got her some crib bedding that she had said she wanted. I don't think it was on her registry though. We were going to get her a glider chair, but one of her friends beat us to it. We were pretty disappointed about that. I guess the good thing is she will have one and I know she really wants one.

We also bought a couple games for Vallerie. One was Perfection. We got the toddler/kids version. It says for 4+, but Vallerie mastered it on her 3rd try so we're going to return it and get the adult version. We also bought Elefun the Elephant. It's this elephant with a long trunk and you put these paper butterflies in the bottom. When you turn it on the butterflies come out of the top of the trunk and you're supposed to catch them with the little nets that come with it. It was fun, but a really short game. I think we might return it too. I wanted to get Candy Land, but I think it's too advanced for her like I would be playing for her. Not to mention she doesn't like to sit still. Next year I think will be the year of board games.