“Oh my goodness.  It seems I’ve been in an accident.  Oh my!”

“I wonder what caused the accident.  Must have been a problem with my car.  Certainly not driver error”

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Every once in a while people use some interesting search terms to end up on my blog.  Most of the time the search terms makes sense.  Like “Evenflo sippy cups” because I have had a giveaway for those.  Or “Pediatric Trigger Thumb” because Hailey has that and I have talked about it.

But the other day someone used a search time that made me laugh right out loud.

Apparently if you use the search terms “livin it up livin it up oh yeah its friday night” my blog will be one of the results.  And that?  It makes me laugh.  Because we are not all that exciting around here on Friday nights.

Last Friday we went out to dinner.  We hardly ever go out to dinner anymore.  Why?  What is the reason?  The 2 1/2 foot toddler is the reason.  But for some reason I forget once in a while and when Rich asks me if I want to go out to eat I remember that I do not exactly like to cook and forget how Hailey acts and we go out to eat.

We went to an all you can eat buffet because I knew that would be good for my diet because then we don’t have to wait for our food and it’s a little easier to deal with Hailey.  But as soon as I finished my OCD-fashion recleaning of the table and highchair Hailey announced “ALL DONE!”  I quickly got her a plate of food, she ate one piece of cheese and said, “ALL DONE!!”  And then a little louder she said “WALK!”  Then there was the screeching and yelling and more “ALL DONE!” and “WALK!!” announcements.  Needless to say, I did not get to eat all I could eat.  Although that is probably a good thing.

Afterwards we had to go to Circuit City and Target.  I ran in to Circuit City to have a quick price adjustment done while Rich and Hailey waited in the car.  When I got back to the car Hailey said “TA!” which means Target.  I agreed that yes we were going to Target now and Hailey responded, “Fun, fun.”  I have no idea where she gets her love for Target.

We didn’t bother with a cart because I only needed two things.  Some Zantac and some forks for Hailey.  About a half hour later we were ready to check out with Rich holding the two things we needed plus about 10 other things, one of them being a potty chair.

Next stop?  The grocery store.

See how we live it up on Friday nights?

When we got home Hailey wanted to open the box with her potty chair in it.

(As a side note- why in the world does a potty chair make me sad?  I mean diapers cost a fortune.  Hailey fights me like she is a professional wrestler when I try to change her.  But still, the idea of potty training makes me down right emotional.)

And so. 

We opened the potty chair box and put the potty chair together.  Hailey sat on it a couple of times (with her clothes on) just to try it out.  I’m not really pushing anything yet because I don’t think she’s ready I’m ready.  I did put the potty chair in the bathroom and had Hailey try it out for real.  Nothing happened though until I put her diaper back on.

Anyhoo, Hailey really loves her potty chair and brings it all over the house with her.  Since it hasn’t been used for any official potty chair business yet I don’t mind that it is sitting in our living room right now.  Or that it sits next to Hailey’s chair at meal times.  Or even that it sits next to Hailey’s bed while she sleeps.

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Everyday when the mail comes Hailey is thrilled.  She watches the mailman go by and then wants to go outside to get the mail.  She is always hoping that there will be something for her.

In the last couple of weeks there have been some nice surprises in the mail for Hailey and she was so happy.

First she got this adorable dress from Aunt Ruth and Uncle Ralph.  Hailey was so excited when we put it on on Sunday for church.  She came out of her room and went right to the kitchen where Rich was to show him her dress.  And then she stopped for a quick pose before we went to church.

Aren’t I beautiful?

Then she received a package from Aunt Winnie and she was so excited to open it up to see what it was.

It was a new DVD called Toddler Songs.  Hailey loves her new DVD and doesn’t want to watch her Veggie Tales DVD’s anymore.  She gets to watch one DVD before bed while she eats her snack and as soon as we start getting ready for bed Hailey starts asking to watch the DVD by saying ”Jesus! Jesus! Peeezzzz (please) Jesus!”

Hailey working on her thank you notes for her nice surprises.

Thank you Aunt Ruth & Uncle Ralph and Aunt Winnie!

…from Momma to Mommy. Actually more of a Mom-ME! But still.

I posted the other day that Da-Da had become Daddy and I was happy to still be Momma.  And guess what happened the very next day?  I became Mommy.

Why does that make me sad?  It just does.

Why does it make me just a little bit sad that Hailey doesn’t cry for me anymore when I bring her to the nursery at church?  I am happy that she loves to go. As soon as I tell her we are getting ready for church she starts talking about the “bay-BEE” (baby) because she loves to play with the dolls there. 

When we got to church on Sunday she ran down the hall to her class.  Ran.  Towards the nursery.  Away from ME.  And when we got there she put her hands out to one of the nursery workers.  Away from ME.  Her Momma Mom-ME.  And even though I am happy I don’t have to listen outside the door to hear how long she cries anymore- it hurts my heart, just a little bit, that she doesn’t.