History Was Made Today!

Well...he finally did it!! My son went and pooped in the potty today! WooHoo!! I know, ew...but I have to be excited about it! All you mommies out there understand my enthusiasm. He didn't know quite how to take it though. He was actually a bit puzzled in to what just had happened. We are getting there, slowly but surely! We're moving on up...

Yesterday, we all went to our POA pool party. It was a lot of fun. They had raffle tickets to purchase at the entrance for the prizes at the end of the party. Guess who won the grand prize??? I've never won anything before...I have but they were small little things. I won a really nice picnic basket that was filled to the brim with stuff. Then when they were drawing for the second prize they called my name again. I KNOW! I gave up that prize so someone else could enjoy it. After that, they called my name a couple more times. I got a bottle of wine and some more free movie rentals and sandwiches. I should go to the border and get a Powerball ticket, huh??

Anyhow, I've been doing a really good job going to the gym. I go six days a week plus do my Jazzercise at least 3 times a week. Tuesday is my off day from everything. I have also taken up a Body Pump class. I love it! Today I'm trying out Body Flow. I took a Spin class two Saturday's ago. I liked it, but I need more of a full body workout. Chuck has been doing his share of going to the gym as well. He has gone every morning for the past two weeks right before he goes to work. Charlie just loves going to the childcare at the facility to play with all the children. Anyways, not much else going on. I'll keep you posted on the Potty 101 situation.

Nana's Coming!!

Well, Nana is coming to NWA to visit her grandson. It's been since his first birthday that they saw one another. Lots have changed! She's just going to die when she sees Charlie. I'm really excited about this visit. He's going to just love her to pieces. We just have to wait until October until she gets here. It'll be here before you know it!

Olivia's 1st Smash Cake

Looking at the above pictures, do you think that she is enjoying her very first smash cake??

Need I say more??

Well, it's official...Olivia is one year and a day as of today. Time just won't stand still for a second! The kids came over this past Sunday to go swimming. They had a blast!! It was Olivia's first time in the water. She didn't want to come out! We grilled burgers and dogs while we were at the clubhouse and reminisced about early childhood stories. We had a really nice time. Cole didn't want to leave. He kept trying to sneak off to get back into the pool. Charlie and Cole just absolutely love each other. Poor little Olivia fends them off pretty well. We will definately do that again very soon.

Happy Birthday?

Charlie and I went to a birthday party in Tulsa today. It was my long time friend's daughter who had turned 7. I was dreading the drive but I really wanted to see everyone. The last time I saw them was about 6 months ago. Anyhow, she had her daughter's party in a gymnasium at the middle school there. Sound fun so far? The gym has every gymnastic equipment known to man in there. Of course the little girl was so...excited about this party because she just loves tumbling. There were about 15 little kids there just running, jumping, swinging and tumbling everywhere you looked. Still sound fun?? Charlie was having a blast. He'd jump in the little pits filled with foam squares and just thought that was the best thing ever invented. Of course I was on the edge the whole time because there were things in there that were not safe for the children OR parents. So...the party is moving along and it's time to go and have pizza. Everyone loves pizza , right. Well little did we know that it was just a little break from the events that happen next. After pizza, all the kids go back in to the gym to play. All of the sudden we here this high pitch screech...one of the little girls fell off one of the balance beams and got a really bad beam burn down the side of her thigh and calf. All of the grown ups were all freaking out because we had no clue what had happened. We didn't know if she broke something or what. All we knew at the time was that she couldn't move her leg. Then as we got closer to help her, we saw the aftermath. Her mother ran and got an ice pack for her and placed it on her burns...poor little girl. I had no idea that such things could happen. At that time I had been informed that one of the ladies that was assisting the party hurt her neck and back. I'm thinking to myself...I knew from the minute I walked into this gym someone was going to get hurt. I didn't think it was going to be more than one. So, as the little girl is getting some TLC I'm watching my friend move Charlie away from a certain area of the gym and then she goes to fold down this platform so the kids wouldn't climb up on it. As she is trying to figure how it folds down, the platform crumbles on her and her right index finger gets caught in the hinge. OUCH!! I watch her pull her hand away from the platform and look down at her hand and watch her face turn white as a ghost. She starts running down towards us and yells at her husband, "we need to go, my finger is coming off!" Still want to have your child's birthday at a gymnatic gymnasium people? So, she and her husband wisk off to the hospital and all the kids are still at a loss of what is going on. We decided to finish the party up for her because there was still about 30 or so minutes left. So we did the birthday cookie, sang to her, opened the presents and I took lots of pictures for them. We cleaned up everything and made sure that the kids were all picked up. I went to my friends house afterwards to help the grandmother get all the kids situated. I stayed about an hour and then headed out. I later received a phone call from my friend and found out that she broke her finger and the tip was torn off but hanging by the ligament. The ER couldn't do anything but stitch it back on with 8 stitches and that she would have to see an orthopedic surgeon for the fractures and a plastic surgeon to see if the tip is salvagable. I thought 07/07/07 was suppose to be a lucky day. I guess God wanted me to go to Tulsa today for this reason. She apparently needed all the help that she could get. The thing that really got me was that most of the parents just left their kid there. Had we had more eyes on the kids I believe that this all could have been avoided. So Happy Birthday?? Well...the little girl did have a good birthday but this will definately be a birthday that my friend will never forget!!

Happy 4th of July!!

Happy Independence Day everyone! This day went by so fast...I can't believe it's over. Chuck, Charlie and I went to the movies this morning to see "Flushed Away". It was a cute movie. Charlie enjoyed it. Charlie and I went to the movies yesterday on a playdate as well. We watched "Curious George". He did fine until the last 15 minutes of it. He's watched the movie before so he knew where it was leading to. Anyhow, after the movies we went to get some firecrackers and the little pistol feel asleep on the way to the house. Lucky!! Once he got up we took him swimming for a couple of hours. He is getting so much better swimming every time we go. He is starting to place his face in the water. The longest he kept his head down was for 5 seconds. I was getting a bit anxious...it seemed like 5 minutes. He jumps in the water by himself, especially if you say the famous Buzz Lightyear saying, "to infinity...and BEYOND!!" and once you say that last word...in he goes. It's so...cute!! After swimming we lit a few firecrackers. The very first ones that we set off were the smoke bombs. He thought a genie was going to appear. Do you think he's watched "Aladdin" a few times?? He doesn't know what to think about the explosions. Sometimes he thinks it's funny...sometimes he's crawling up my leg for me to pick him up. We were going to go watch the display down at the baseball park but decided to chill at the house for a change. Chuck was able to enjoy a peaceful and restful day...but tomorrow it's back to the "mistress".

I have been doing very well going to the gym and sweating up a storm. However, I feel bad that I didn't go today. I did go swimming though...that counts! I will get up tomorrow and load up the little one and head over there and do a little extra to make up for today. I have to keep my motivation going. Anyways, I hope everyone had a safe and wonderful 4th of July!!

No excuses!!

Ok...I am now a full-time member of the Fayetteville Athletic Club, thanks to Bailey. They have a child care facility there for Charlie to exert some energy at while I work up a sweat. I've already been twice now with him and he absolutely loves it!! So...no more excuses for not being able to go and work out. Between this and Jazzercise I should be ready for Ms Fit 2008!! I'll keep you posted on the progress. I guess I need to get that contract put together that Oprah advises all of us to sign to get in shape. You know whatever Ms Oprah says it's gold!

Anyways, it's been a very low-key weekend. Chuck has been at work all weekend. Poor guy! If he was paid hourly we would be millionaires!! Thank goodness 4th of July is coming...atleast he'll get that day off...hopefully. All this computer stuff is going to get the best of him and the rest of us. Well, Charlie is taking a nap so I think I'm going to get a couple Z's in as well...this working out stuff is just exhausting me!! :)