Not much...

I feel guilty about not posting for 18 days. But really there hasn't been much going on in our house. With the warmer weather the kids have been outside a lot which has given me some free time, which I probably should be using to clean or pack, but I usually take a nap or play on the computer shopping for things I can't buy. I have also been watching the Olympics 24/7 either on TV or the computer. I LOVE the Olympics.

We are looking into purchasing carpet. Our hope is that someone that doesn't like hardwood floors will come through and like the carpet look instead and snatch it right up so we can get on with our lives. We are in total limbo right now, just waiting, it is very frustrating.

David got a promotion at work. He is now a QA supervisor. Exciting yes, but he is going to be working 8 pm to 4 am which is not very exciting. But having the title will help in the long run and he won't have to work that shift forever. I suppose I will get used to it.

Valentines Day was great. We celebrated on Monday. Dave made me a great breakfast and then let me go back to bed until after 11 a.m. We then just hung out at home and then went to Bountiful to go swimming and go out to dinner. It was great to go on a date, that hasn't happened for a really long time.

So that is our life as of late. Not very exciting but it's life, right? Hope your lives are just as not exciting but fulfilling.

PEE

I have had it with PEE! That's right my house, my laundry, my kids, EVERYTHING smells like PEE. Cora pees her pants daily, Dawson misses the toilet three or fours times a day, the dog pees, mostly outside, but sometimes in. I am cleaning up PEE a gazillion times a day and I am sick of it. SERIOUSLY! The only ones not making a mess with their PEE is Dave, Cait and I. Why can't the others learn? I could scream!!!!

We WERE planning on getting new carpet throughout the house in a couple of weeks, but what is the point? Might as well not ruin good carpet, might as well just let the old carpet get ruined, and then when everyone is finally potty trained properly then we'll get new carpet. AAAAAH!

Poor Blabby

Cora has been walking around the house, or just laying on the floor wondering where her Blabby went (aka Labby). She was laying on the floor and said "mommy I crying. I can't find my Blabby." She was doing it all day. So I told David when he got home, and she pretended to cry again. David asked her "where did Labby go?" She looked up, saw the bird and said, "Popcorn ate my Blabby." We were laughing so hard, we about cried with her.

And the winner is.....(insert drum roll)

My Cait! She entered the Science Fair this year and she won a first place ribbon in her division. Yea for Cait.

Why? Poor Thing

Have you ever had to strip your baby down on the freeway to their birthday suits so that they could go pee? I hadn't until today. Yeah that's right. Poor Miss Belle was stripped to nothing at all at 20 degrees outside, on the freeway, just so she could not pee in her car seat and jammies. Not my idea of a great time, but it was a little amusing. The poor thing was covered in goose bumps and shivering by the time she finished, but the job was done and the car was so warm she recovered quickly. Oh the life of a mother, you never know what will happen next.

A few of my Favorite things

In reverse order by day:

Thursday we got a new puppy. Her name is Zoey (at least for the time being Dave keeps wanting to change it). We love her already. The sad part to this story is, our dog of five years, Labby (the beagle), is going to a new home. We had to make the choice being that we are moving and it's unlikely we will have a fully fenced yard and trust me Labby needs it, and she will go to a home with a companion dog and can be inside all the time. I cry alot about it but it's for the best I think.
Monday: I rearranged bedrooms because of some sleeping or should I say lack of sleeping issues, so Caitlin got her princess bed back. And let me tell you she feels like a princess, she even dressed the part so I had to take a picture.

Christmas Day: We have another new pet, her name is Popcorn and we love her too. She is so fun to watch. She was abused so we adopted her, thanks to my pet loving sister. The cage in the picture is the one she came in but now she has a super awesome cage. I haven't taken a pic yet so if you want to see it you have to come over.

The remaining pictures are my children Christmas morning with their new Fave toys. Cait with her doll Kaitlyn, Dawson with Maxus Dragonoid and Cora with her piggy (same pig from the book "If You Give A Pig a Pancake".

New Year Card

I wanted so bad to do an actual Christmas Card this year, but it just didn't work out. I guess I am just not meant to send out cards. So here it is again this year, on my blog and so impersonal. But you can't say I didn't try. I did. Here is the run down of 2009 at the Young house.

Cora: She is a stinker. We love her to pieces but man is she busy. She is into everything, not just once but 3 or 4 times. We are repeatedly punishing the girl for the same thing. She is very curious and very motivated. Since last year, she has learned many words, speaks pretty clear, and is POTTY Trained. She was only 27 months old and it has been great. I am done with diapers.

Dawson: He is growing so fast. He turned 4 this year and is a boy through and through. He is a little less afraid of everything and more imaginative and inventive. He can often be found fitting invisible foes. He is also very funny. He comes up with the strangest phrases and makes us laugh our heads off every day. He LOVES preschool and has made some good friends. Finally, is what I say.

Caitlin: Busy as always. She is very creative and doing great with her drawing. More and more her figures are taking shape and actually look pretty close to the real thing. She is in the first grade and has gotten 100% on all of her reading and spelling tests except one she got 90% on that one, she was a little saddened over that one. She has also started soccer this year and loves it. I was hoping in a small way that she wouldn't but she took to it like a fish out of water, she just needs to be a little more aggressive which just isn't her. She is in dance again. Loving it! She is doing great and has her two little best friends in class with her.

David and I: We had a very busy year this year. We were asked to be Ma's and Pa's for Trek, which was awesome and an experience I actually hope to be able to do again some day. We also went to Boston for a vacation this year. It was so good to be able to spend time with just David. We had a few little bumps but over all I am very glad we went. David applied for a job in Ohio this year, we were literally 30 seconds from moving there, when David chose at the very last minute that we needed to stay right where we are. He spent a lot of time traveling for work this year. It was a fun experience, but we were always glad when daddy came home. He is still working on his masters and hopefully we will be going back to Boston in early 2011 for graduation. Our home is also for sale so we are super busy with that. I will miss this home so much when we move. Great times have been had, but it is time to move on, literally.

That is our year in a nutshell. It was great and stressful, and will be memorable that is for sure. I hope 2010 is a little less stressful, but then again how do we grow if we don't have challenges? I wish you all a great 2010.