This was just too cute not to post! Gage is in the process of potty training. I say "in the process" because he knows when he dirties his diaper and he could use the potty... if he really wanted to. So I've been telling him after he wets or poops in a diaper that he needed to do that in the potty.
Just a few minutes ago, he came up to me and said "I pooped, I pooped" so I look down at him and asked him why he didn't go potty. If he can tell me after he's pooped, he should be able to go potty. He looks at me with a completely serious face, puts one finger on my mouth like he's trying to shush me and says, "Mama... I NOT go potty." He was so serious which of course made it all the more hilarious!!! I laughed until I almost cried. Oh my little guy, you slay me!
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Did he just say that to me???
Monday, May 24, 2010
Our newest additon to the family
We have a new addition to the family! It's another boy. I'm so outnumbered here but maybe this will sedate my baby craving!
My cousin gave my mom a kitten he'd gotten from some woman. She told him that she had to take them all to the pound. She had 3 left so he saved one. He took it to my moms and gave it to her and she said she'd give it to Gage for his birthday. My cousin called me to make sure Gage could have it. We'd been thinking about getting one for a couple months anyway so it seemed like the right time.
My cousin did say he was a bit early. Only 4 weeks but he plays like an 8 week old! He follows Gavin and Gage around. It's so cute the way he runs after Gage. He kind of hops instead of running! Neither one of the boys will sit still and hold him. He tries to get in Gavins lap but he's always been afraid of animals so he jumps up and runs but he likes to pet him and give him kisses.
I forgot how hard it is to litterbox train! Saturday night he peed and pooped on me in the bed! He stays in the bathroom now at night.
We have had a hard time coming up with a name for the little guy. We kept asking Gage what kitty's name was and he'd say "KITTY!" Gavin said William once because that's what he named his teddy bear he sleeps with. I love the name Oliver but that's a name I picked out when I finally get my dream dog. An English Bulldog. Isn't that cute? A bulldog named Oliver!? Haven't gotten Hubby on board though. Most of those are between $500 and $2,000.
So last night, we asked the boys again what they wanted to name him and out of the blue, Gavin came up with (I have no idea how to spell this!)... Ogberd, Ogbourd, Ogburd, well, anyhow he says it Og-Bird. (If you know of a good way to spell it let me know!) As soon as he said it, Gage said, Ogberd, Ogberd. Hubby looked at me with raised eyebrows and said 'I... guess that's it' Gavin said 'Well, Ogberd it is!' Hubby said 'Ok, Ogberd it is.' I was kind of speechless the entire time but both boys like it so poor kitty is Ogberd now. Where did he get that name??? It was so random! But we said they could choose and that's what they chose... poor poor kitty!
Anyway so introducing Ogberd, Ogbird, Ogbyrd.... whatever his name is...
Friday, May 21, 2010
The Boy's Store Winners
The lucky winners of the $25 gift cards are:
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Giveaway Winners
Sorry I'm late posting the winners, I've been so busy trying to get things ready for Gage's party on Saturday that I haven't had time to sit down! Anyway lets get to it:
The winner of the All The Ways I Love you book is comment #11! I hope your 8 month old daughter loves her new book!
And the winner of the Crunchy Clean Detergent is comment #32.
Congratulations!
I will email the winners and you will have 48 hours to respond or I'll have to pick another winner.
I use Random.org to choose all the winners of the giveaways.
Don't forget to enter The Boy's Store giveaway that ends tomorrow. There will be 2 winners!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
The Boys Store Gift Card Giveaway
If you have boys, you know how incredibly hard it is to find cute clothes for them. It's impossible to find a good selection of clothes anywhere you go, especially ones that actually fit. I mean, yes, JC Penny, Sears, and Khols are alright but even they have slim pickings most of the time. I have just learned to settle on the play clothes and get the 3-5 dollar stuff and then I shop online for their good clothes.That's why I'm so thrilled to share this giveaway with you!
There is FINALLY a store just for boys. A store that has all sizes and everything is so boyish and adorable. Anything you need for your little man, The Boy's Store has got it!(That's a cheesy line I know but it's true!)
I knew I wanted to give away a gift card, something everyone could use. I had a really hard time picking a place when I was contacted by Suzanne. I had contacted her earlier to do a review and giveaway but she was completely booked so she mentioned the gift card thing. I thought that was a great idea so I bought a $20 card. She was so amazing and wonderful that instead of giving me just $20, she sent 2 $25 gift cards! I can't thank her enough for helping me out on pretty short notice. I know, I know, I should have started sooner but I got sidetracked and forgot until it was too late to get sponsors! Sooo... that means TWO lucky readers will win a gift card to the boys store. Oh, and we now have a review and giveaway set up so I will be doing one at a later date!
Ok, to win $25 worth of awesome clothes for your little dude here's what you need to do:
For the first entry (you know the rest won't count if this one's not done), head on over to The Boy's Store and tell me something you like and who you'll be buying for. It doesn't matter who, son, nephew, brother, friends boy, the little guy in your life.
Extra entries:
Follow me on twitter and tweet about the giveaway. (You can do this 3 times per day, leave the permalink of your tweet in your comment)
Follow this blog publicly. If you already do, comment that you do.
Where do you usually buy your boys' clothes?
Become a subscriber to this blog.
Comment on any other non-giveaway post and tell me which one you commented on.(If you commented on more than one, make sure you leave a separate entry for each one)
If you RSVP'd on Facebook, remember to leave your extra entry here! You can do this for each giveaway I'm doing this week.
Please leave your email in each comment so I can contact you if you win. Leave it in this format Myname at email dot com. If you choose not to do this, you will be responsible for checking back here to see if you won. You will have 48 hours to contact me or I will choose another winner.
This giveaway will end Thursday, May 20th at around midnight.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Crunchy Clean detergent giveaway
I wash diapers about every other day. Sometimes I can get away with an extra day. Sometimes. I don't use near as many cloth diapers as I did a few months ago. I guess it's from Gage getting older and he's now able to hold it a bit longer so I don't have to change him as often. I bought a regular size bag of Crunchy Clean right before Christmas (I got an awesome Christmas tree scent) and I STILL have about a 1/4 of a bag left! I'm thinking that's a great thing but it makes me wonder if I'm washing often enough because I never thought it would last this long!
The very generous folks at Crunchy Clean is offering one of my readers a regular sized bag of detergent in their choice of scent.All the scents are perfectly ok to use with cloth diapers. I've been using it 5 months and have never had a problem. The only scent I've tried is the Christmas Tree and it's a seasonal thing so I'm a bit jealous because all of the scents sound so yummy! I want to try Baby Bee, Clothespin, and Baby Essential oil blend. Oh and of course I'm gonna have to try out Monkey Fart. That'll be the next one I get!
-Monkey Fart ---- fresh bananas and juicy grapefruit, middle notes of kiwi, juicy bubblegum, and strawberries; and a hint of vanilla
And these are just the in-stock scents. They have a ton of other fabulous scents, check them all out here.
Now here's how you can win! Of course, if you just can't wait that long, go ahead and buy yourself a bag! It's very affordable compared to some other detergents out there and I'm telling you, It will last a long time! It does about 80 loads for a regular machine and 160 for a high efficiency washer.
For your first entry, go look around the site and tell me which scent you would pick if you won. Remember, this is mandatory and the other entries will not count if this one's not done first
Extra entries:
Follow me on twitter and tweet about the giveaway. (You can do this 3 times per day, leave the permalink of your tweet in your comment)
Follow this blog publicly. If you already do, comment that you do.
How often do you wash either diapers or laundry?
Become a subscriber to this blog.
Comment on any other non-giveaway post and tell me which one you commented on.(If you commented on more than one, make sure you leave a separate entry for each one)
If you RSVP'd on Facebook, remember to leave your extra entry here! You can do this for each giveaway I'm doing this week.
Please leave your email in each comment so I can contact you if you win. Leave it in this format Myname at email dot com. If you choose not to do this, you will be responsible for checking back here to see if you won. You will have 48 hours to contact me or I will choose another winner.
This giveaway will end Monday, May 17th at around midnight.
Monday, May 10, 2010
All the ways I love you giveaway
We love books here. I read to the boys all the time and they love to come in the library and look at all their books. Gavin has even started 'reading' to Gage. He can't read yet but he knows from memorization most of the words and sometimes he makes up his own stories by looking at the pictures.
So to celebrate their birthdays, I knew I wanted to do some kind of book giveaway. I went shopping on Friday and found this little pop-up board book. It's so adorable!
It has Baby animals with their mamas that pop-up when you turn the page and says the things that mama does for the babies (another reason I wanted to get it for the giveaway since Mothers Day was yesterday).
The first page in the book says, 'Baby Giraffe asks Mama, "Do you love me a lot?" And his mama answers, "I love your every last spot!"
Now how to win this sweet book:
For your first entry, tell me what is your or your childs favorite book? Mine is The Giving Tree and the kids' is Green eggs and ham and There's a Wocket in my Pocket. You must do this one first or the other entries will not count.
Extra entries:
Follow me on twitter and tweet about the giveaway, feel free to copy and paste this tweet:
Join @MySillyBoys Birthday Celebration, Day 1: All the ways I love you book giveaway http://bit.ly/bxyDDN
Become a fan of this blog on facebook.
Follow this blog publicly. If you already do, comment that you do.
Did you do anything special for Mothers Day? Did your kids do anything special for you?
What do you think the best part about being a mom is?
Become a subscriber to this blog.
Comment on any other non-giveaway post and tell me which one you commented on.(If you commented on more than one, make sure you leave a separate entry for each one)
If you RSVP'd on Facebook, remember to leave your extra entry here! You can do this for each giveaway I'm doing this week.
Please leave your email in each comment so I can contact you if you win. Leave it in this format Myname at email dot com. If you choose not to do this, you will be responsible for checking back here to see if you won. You will have 48 hours to contact me or I will choose another winner.
This giveaway will end Monday, May 17th at around midnight.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Pictures over the past 4 years
My sweet little Gavin, you've grown up so fast. You make me laugh more than anyone else can. You are the smartest, most energetic, talkative little guy I know. I love you so much bubba, I hope you always know that.
I set this post to automatically post at 9:24 AM on May 9th, 2010. That means exactly 4 years ago you came into this world and made me a mommy. It just so happens that today is also Mothers Day. I can't think of any better Mothers Day gift than celebrating my wonderful boys 4th birthday!
Here are some of my favorite pictures of you over the past 4 years:
Friday, May 7, 2010
My little man is 4 years old
4 years ago this Sunday, May 9th 2006, my miracle baby was born. I'm not going to go into detail about that right now. I've been working on a post titled 'My Miracle Baby' for awhile now but it's a bit emotional so I keep putting it off! I'll get to it soon I promise but for now I want to share with you all the day Gavin was born.
Well, I'll start with the day we found out we were going to have a little boy! He was a girl for about 30 minutes and if hubby hadn't made the woman mad, we would have been expecting a baby girl! We went in and she started the ultrasound and was doing all the routine stuff and me and my mom (I wanted my mommy there with me!) saw 'IT'. But the nurse didn't say anything so we kept silent. Then she got around to finding out the sex of the baby. She said 'do you want to know what it is?' and my mom and I both said it was a boy because we'd already seen it. She said 'nope, it's a girl. See these 3 lines?' We were like oh, um, OK. But hubby must not have heard her or something because he said no, it can still be a boy. He kept going on and on. I guess he thought we were just talking about what it might be or something. She got a little frustrated after awhile of him arguing and said 'No, I said it was a girl, SEE...' then she paused and said, 'Oh, well, I guess you're right. It's a boy after all.' Boy, am I glad he was clueless and decided to argue with her because we would have had all pink stuff for him!
Fast forward to about 36 weeks. I started having contractions. They lasted all day and that night hubby was at work and they were regular, 5 min. apart. I didn't want him to leave work if he didn't have to so I called my mom. She drove 45 minutes to come stay with me all night. I love her so much! I honestly don't know what I'd do without her! We timed them all night and they stayed pretty regular and were getting pretty painful so when hubby came home at 3am I called the Dr. She said wait a bit more then call her back (she had a horrible attitude but I'm not even going to go there. Lets just say when I was pregnant with Gage, I refused to see her. I went to the same office but I saw every other Dr. there but her!) I called her back and she said 'You don't have to have my permission to go to the hospital.' So I went.
We got there I guess around 5am and was admitted. By then the contractions were 1 minute apart and hurt pretty bad. I always explain it as having done 1000 sit ups and was still doing them (if that makes any sense!) They check me but one Dr. said I was 2 centimeters and another said I wasn't dilated at all. They didn't quit the entire time I was there and since I hadn't had any sleep, they gave me morphine so I could rest. I didn't think I was supposed to have morphine while pregnant but they gave it to me anyway. We were there 12 hours and they never stopped. They eventually said I was just dehydrated and sent me home. The contractions did slow but I ended up going back to the Dr. twice more for the same thing. Contractions coming hard at 1 minute. No sleep. Pain. The works. The (terrible) Dr. gave me Percocet and sent me home. Again, I didn't think it was wise to be taking Percocet while pregnant but it being my first and I assumed that Dr. knows best, I took them.
I made it to the 37 week checkup and THANK GOD I had a different Dr. that day (who would later become my regular and deliver Gage) Dr. Watson. I loved her! I told her everything that had went on and she seemed a bit worried. She ran over to another room and grabbed the mobile ultrasound machine. She said she was worried about his size. She starts looking around (I made her double check the sex! It was obviously a boy by then!) and discovers that he's breech. When I heard that word, breech, my heart sunk. I had originally wanted to attempt a natural birth but was open-minded about an epi. Then she said C-section. I wanted to cry (and did later that night, like a baby!) She scheduled another appointment with my regular Dr. (oh, crap) so she could tell me about my options. She offered to try and turn the baby but said that it was difficult to do, was painful, and wasn't always successful. So I agreed to the C-section. I was scheduled for May 9 at 8am. I had to be there at 6am.
The night before, I was a wreck. I was in the shower and broke down. I cried and cried with all those things running through my mind. Thinking I'm not ready, what if I'm not a good mom, that kind of stuff.
I'd never known of anyone having a C-section. I didn't know what to expect. I was so nervous and heartbroken. This wasn't going anything like I'd planned. I wanted to feel the labor, the excitement of rushing to the hospital, the pushing, all of that. But no. Mine was coming on a certain date at a certain time. You would think that would make it easier but it doesn't. Not at all. I wanted to go naturally. When he was ready.
Crazy as it sounds though, after I had that meltdown, I didn't think I'd sleep a wink but I believe that was the best nights sleep I'd ever had!
We got to the hospital the next morning at 5:55. My mom was waiting for us in the ER! She was more nervous than I was and this was her 3rd grandbaby! She looked at me, shook her finger and said, 'You're cuttin' it awful close aren't you? I've been waiting 20 minutes!' Hubby wanted to stop at the gas station and grab a Mountain Dew so he could stay awake! I hated him at the time though because I couldn't have anything.
We got in the prep area and waited. And waited. The Dr. was supposed to have been there at 8. She didn't show. They got me prepped, put in the spinal block, and in she runs at almost 9 with a Starbucks cup in her hand. A FREAKIN' STARBUCKS CUP IN THE OPERATING ROOM. She runs in, grabs a knife and starts cutting. I felt it. All of it. The anesthesiologist lady just kept looking at me funny. Oh, btw, the whole time the Dr. was late, I was laying butt naked on a freezing cold metal table while she was bragging about her trip to Italy the ENTIRE time. She said 'does it hurt?' I said yeah. I guess she didn't believe me because she never stopped the Dr. and I was crying in pain and the stupid woman just stared at me like I was crazy.
Now, I hurt the entire time but the medicine eventually started working, somewhat. It wasn't like being sliced open with absolutely NO medication but it wasn't fully working. I felt EVERYTHING. She kept saying 'Oh, it's just pressure, you're not really in pain.' Bull crap lady, you lay here and feel this, it hurts. I cried the whole time. I can't tell you how much it hurt. I've never been in that much pain before and haven't been in that much pain since.
Just a little note here: When I had Gage, I had an amazing anesthesiologist named Edward. He actually done things right and was amazed at how long it actually took for the medicine to start working. He said it had something to do with the anatomy of my spine. The way it was shaped or something. I do actually have something called a straightened spine, not sure if that had anything to do with it though. But even then the medicine wore off faster than it should have and I was in a lot of pain by the end of that one too. I'll tell you more about that one next week when I do Gages!
They finally gave me some morphine once he was out. I only got to see him for a second before I passed out.
When I came to, It felt like only a few minutes later but I have no idea. I saw the most perfect little thing in the world! He was only 6.5 lbs and was 18.5 inches long. I'd never seen anything that small. Both my niece and nephew were over 7 lbs. I had a difficult time figuring out how to hold something that little but that could've been in part due to the c-section too.
I had really wanted to try breastfeeding but back then I was sooo incredibly shy, I couldn't do it. I know that sounds crazy and silly but I just could not do it. I guess it doesn't help that I'd never really been around anyone that breastfed other than a cousin and I only saw her do it once. I tried to after we left the hospital but by then he was 4 days old and refused to take it. I'm so glad I got a chance to do it with my second. It was wonderful!
I know this has been a very long post. I apologize for that! I only meant to write a few things and just show pictures but once I started typing, it all just came out! Anyway here's some pictures of Gavins first day in this world:
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Drying diapers
I love this time of year. It's getting warm, there's a bit of a breeze, and I can finally hang out the diapers to dry! I've been waiting for this kind of weather for months! I think cloth diapers are so cute hanging out in the sun. I haven't gotten a clothes line yet (gonna get to that this summer) but I have a drying rack and it works wonderfully. I just took this picture a few minutes ago and thought it was great!
Get extra entries to my giveaways!
So I'm doing a few giveaways next week in celebration of the boys turning 2 and 4. I can't tell you yet what they are but you're going to want some extra entries for these! Especially if you either have boys or are cloth diapering! I'm also still considering chipping in some more things to giveaway. Maybe another gift card or some books or something? I don't know, I guess I'll see what I can find tomorrow while I'm shopping!
Anyway I'm giving you guys some extra entries if you visit my facebook page. There you will find out how to earn an extra entry into each giveaway. Be sure to check it out and comment on the facebook post, "RSVP". That's it and I'm looking forward to giving you guys some stuff!
