Alone with Dad Again...

So i seriously never know what is going to happen when i leave my children at home with their father. Saturday morning i got up early to look around at some local consignment sales. I got home at 10:30am. My soon to be three year old, comes running up to me and says this, "Mommy, my poop flies!" And how am i supposed to reply to this?

Although i was absent, the story goes something like this: Daniel took Atley and Ava outside to play before it got so dog-breath hot outside. Evidently Atley told Daniel he needed to pee. Well, i suppose thinking we need to teach our son that the whole of creation is his personal urinal, he told Atley to just pee outside. Well daniel went to pull Atley's pants down only for a big fat turd to come rolling down his leg and hit the ground. So Daniel, being the smart and ever so talented father and husband that he is, immediately goes and gets a shovel, scoops up the turd and sends it flying across the fence (probably into the neighbors yard, but i didn't ask because i really don't want to know. Atley, witnessing this really cool event, immediately throws his arms up in the air and proclaims, "My poop flies!"

Now how do i undo this one? Anyone...???

Mother's Day Out

Well Brevin went to his first day of MDO last week. I dropped him off at 8:45 and they called around 10 saying he had been crying for awhile. So we decided to give it another hour and she called back saying he was doing better. So today was his second day- he didn't cry when I dropped him off (which surprised me) but I was happy about. Then Niki called later and said he was having a much better day and that one time she was in the back and he was the only one not crying. So that is good. I still feel a little guilty taking him there since I am not working (besides babysitting) but I think the socialization will be good for him- and being away from his mama! I have an appointment to see an OB doctor on 9/7 to try to figure out why I am not getting pregnant so hopefully we will be able to get some answers! I hope everyone is doing well!

The Worst Mother Ever

I may be the worst mother ever. Currently, Atley is sitting on the toilet watching a DVD. He is refusing to poop! He will not poop in a diaper, not in his underwear, not in a pullup. Nowhere. I had to give him a glycerin up the butt on Wednesday b/c he hadn't gone since Sunday. He generally goes once to twice a day! He has always been that all or nothin kid! So i am hoping by just relaxing and getting comfy on the pot he will just let it go. We shall see. I will let you know when/if the eagle has landed. Gees. This was not in the manual!

His nosy little sister certainly doesn't help matters.

Meow.

From the Lizard

This was sent from our dear Liz-cat who is as rotten as ever.

I'm currently wanting to spit nails because I can't log in yet to the blog :( Eli says he'll help me download IE but it just hasn't happened yet. I think he's afraid I might mess something up. He's funny like that about certain things--for example, I am forever forbidden to ever order plane tickets again. I've messed it up a couple times in the past and he doesn't trust me as far as he could throw me. So I must be a pansy, meek mouse-wife and wait for my big, strapping alpha-ram husband to help me. Humph.....

Anyway...can't believe Vanessa is moving and Fulty is so close to getting those children out! My crazy cats.

You'll never guess who found me via Myspace...Ryan Moulden. He was so tickled to have located us. He's still in Chinner--I think he mentioned having been there close to 6 years?!?!? He's one of my myspace friends if you want to check him out. I filled him in on the Catties and he was grateful.

Any luck with Atley and the potty? Kenna dookied in the potty chair today--I was thrilled. This comes the day after she did it twice in her skivies. We must appreciate our small victories.

Will you post a "hello from the Lizzy cat" on our blog for me.

the waiting game

No, unfortunately I am not getting the news I had hoped for. We had a dr. appointment yesterday, and I begged them to schedule my C-section for next Friday, August 31. That would work out perfectly for my parents being able to be here and not overlapping with when Steve's parents are coming, (since I only have one spare bedroom now.) Plus, I just want to get these kids out, I'm so uncomfortable!
Sadly, the doctor said that they would probably not schedule a C-section for earlier than 39 weeks! That's 4 1/2 weeks away!!! She said she's sure I'll go into labor much earlier than that, but that she couldn't schedule it for earlier. She's going to talk to my high risk dr. to see what he thinks, but she's pretty sure he'll say the same thing. he told me last week that he thought I would go into labor within 2-3 weeks, so that's 1-2 weeks from now. The babies should both weigh over 5 lbs apiece at this point, so I'm lugging around over 10 lbs of baby and counting.
Steve is such a trooper, though. He really takes care of me and does everything for me. And he is very excited to be a dad.
I know I'm complaining a lot, but we really are very blessed and happy to be in such misery since it means God is giving us a family. If I could just get this foot out of my ribcage I'd be fine...
Ness, where are you moving?

Twin update?

Fulty- any word on a delivery date? Just wondered if they are giving you any concrete information?

-Betsy

I love the cats

Kitties! I am currently in the process of packing up my house to move! I was thinking that during the past six weeks I have had a baby by c-section, put my house on the market, sold it, and will move before my six week post-partum time is up! I am astonished at how strong my husband must think I am!! Anybody have extra prozac?? I am scared for what God might be preparing my family for, foreign lands, etc.? Bets I read about the bed and Brevin yelling mommy, it is torture. I have put Gabriel back in his bed ten times once before he finally went to sleep. I am not looking forward to starting all over in a new house! Mandy, Gabe had the stomach flu last week, our children must of gotten it from the same place! Anyway, Fulty you look great, hang in there! Well gotta go pack, I hate moving!! love you all

Arrrgggg!

Okay so since Brevin has been sick and maybe even a few days before that he started waking up in the middle of the night. Well since he sleeps in a full size bed now and I thought he was sick I just laid in the bed with him. Fast forward to him feeling better and he is still waking up and wanting me to come in and sleep in the bed. Now we are going to have to break that habit which I so am not looking forward to. At least in his crib he couldn't escape- I can see us returning him to his bed many times. And the other bad thing is that he doesn't just cry any more, he cries out, "Mommy, Mommy." So I feel like I am abandoning him or something, but I know it will be better in the long run. Hopefully it just doesn't take too long to get back on track.

Things that Sucked (some quite literally)

As with you Betsy, we had our own sucky things happen this weekend. I took off to Nashville on Friday night with a friend to eat dinner at her favorite restaurant for her birthday. While in the restaurant i got really sick and spent the night in pain and puking. I haven't had a stomach virus like this since i was 12! I am much better today, but i thought i was not going to make it yesterday. I am wonderin Bets, if their wasn't a virus going around at the summer party because both Atley and Ava have had watered down versions of the same thing. Atley puked a couple times and Ava just pooped a bunch.

Back to my Nashville story. In the midst of being sick Daniel calls. Here is his first question, "How much IBprofen will hurt Atley?" He got the bottle down off the counter, managed somehow to get it open and drank a few ounces. Thankfully, after our very first ever call to Poison Control he had not drank nearly enough to do any damage. They said just to keep an eye on him through the night. Thankfully he was just fine. Drama.

Now to the thing that sucked literally. This morning i walked into the bedroom where Atley and Ava had the door closed (never a good thing) only to find a bottle of baby powder emptied throughout the room and in Ava's curly hair. So, not feeling so great, i hollered for Daniel to come help clean it up. The next thing i know Daniel is vacuuming the powder out of Ava's hair! She didn't even make a sound! Just stood there!

If nothing else, at least i have lost like 10lbs from all the diarhea. Something positive has to come out of this right?

So, Fulton how are you feeling? Are you nesting yet?

Meow.

Birthday Blues

So yesterday Brevin turned two and of course he woke up with a fever. He was a trooper all day, wanting to play with his Grandpa, but just ran out of energy quickly. He fell asleep at 7:15 and didn't wake up until 7:30- a record for him. At one point yesterday his temp was 103. So we took him to the doc today and they said it was probably just viral- his ears and throat looked fine. So I guess we just wait it out- the joys of a sick toddler!

Look at my huge self!

My mom just emailed this pic to me this morning. This was taken last Friday night. I was almost 33 weeks pregnant. I have gained 14 lbs since I got pregnant, so it's all babies. I'm hittin' the gym as soon as I get the go ahead.

Lost Cats??

Where are you Jenney, Vanessa, and Liz??

So while I was blogging the other day my son decided to have some fun with sunscreen. He turned the nozzle to on and squirted it all over himself and the couch. I took a picture but for some reason my camera said it was the wrong format so no funny picture to look at. What will they get into next?

Ridiculous.

So i know that i have reached my limit for posts this week but Cats i HAVE to share this from our old friend Hooley Kitty's blog:

"A few years ago I was convicted by a certain tv program to take better care of myself for my wife, she deserved better. So I started running and washing my face with special stuff and whatever. Now I am still trying to be the best I can for my lovely wife so while I was at the gym today (which I caught the 5 o'clock rush, I will never go then ever again, it was so horribly crowded), I thought of how I may up my sex appeal to my wife. So I thought I should give tanning a try.

So I sign up for the "Tan Can". Its a stand up tanning bed. So I finished my workout, purchased a protein shake and hit the can (Tan Can that is). So I stripped to my Fruit of the Looms, put on the funny little eye cover things, turned on the big machine, grabbed my protein shake and entered for my 10 minute session.

Well, 10 minutes later I exited, got dressed, drove home, washed the dogs, took a shower, checked some emails, ate dinner, took the dogs out, locked up the house and now I am SO SUNBURNED I THINK I MIGHT DIE. Its bad, really bad. I went from skim milk white to Folgers red in one 10 minute session. I hope all my skin doesn't melt off my body.

The things men do for love. Your welcome Rach, would you please rub some lotion on my back please? Thanks. Cheers"

Some of us will never change. Can't you just picture him? LOL!

Meow.

The Task at Hand

Just a little potty update, especially for my fellow cats who are on this same thrilling ride. We only went through three pair of underwear and had to dump one turd out of the tidie-whities yesterday afternoon. Ava however, did manage to fill her daiper to the point where the poop was seeping down her leg, leaving a trail from the rug in the back room all the way to her room where she stood and stared at her changing table until one of us figured out what was going on and came to change her. They are consequently enjoying the M&Ms they receive everytime Atley manages to make it to the toilet. As the old saying goes, "Shit happens"-all the time at my house.

Meow.

I forgot to add a picture...

This is a 4D picture of Adeline about 7 weeks ago.They couldn't get a good picture of Anderson because of his position.
-Fulty

Hello Cats!

Okay, so I have been thinking about starting a blog and I am glad I didn't because this is a great idea on Mandy's part!! I hope everyone is able to contribute as I would love to hear how you all are doing. Things are good here- quick update- Brevin turns 2 on Friday and is starting Mother's Day Out next Monday for two days a week. I am watching a little girl who is 13 months old. Swartz is still teaching 8th grade math. We had a good summer- went to a lake, put new siding on the house, moved Brevin to his new room and a "big boy" bed, and built a bookcase/storage unit in our family room. Overall a pretty productive summer. I hope the preggo cats are doing well! I will try to post a picture with each message for something fun to look at. "Don't I look good in this training pants?" (Wish I could report that he was peeing on the the potty but he prefers to pee in the underwear and them promptly tell me afterwards that he needs to pee in the potty- just a little late. Oh well maybe one day he will get the timing right)

good idea

I tried to comment on Byrd's post, but it wouldn't let me. So I'll just do a new post.

Excellent idea, Mandy. I feel very detached from my beloved Cats and I'm excited to be in the loop about what's happening with everyone.

I am doing well. I go to both of my doctors (OB and High Risk) every week now, and I have weekly non-stress tests. Everything is going well with the pregnancy. I do have gestational diabetes, which is a pain. But that's really the only complication, so for a twin pregnancy, that's pretty good. I have to test my blood sugar 8 times a day and give myself 5-8 shots a day. That's just more annoying than anything else. The babies are both about 4 lbs. right now, and they could be born anyday, they tell me. But I'm not having any contractions or signs of labor, so I don't think it will be in the next few days. I'll find out if I've started to dilate on Thursday. Anytime in the next 3 weeks I should be the proud mother of Adeline Montgomery Politte and Anderson Magnum Politte.

My parents are very excited, and they were just up to visit this past weekend. My mom made the bedding for the babies: Adeline's is blue ginham with a hot air balloon border (to represent Dorothy's dress and the hot air balloon from Wizard of Oz) and Anderson's is green cammo, to represent violent things like guns and stuff. You know me. So the nursery has this sort of ecclectic theme of Wizard of Oz and cammo.

Church is going well and I am glad to have VBS and all the summer children's events behind me. Steve is doing very well and has a lot going on right now, but it's all good stuff. We are just very excited and waiting for our new family members to arrive.

Hope you are all doing well. I miss you!
-Fulty

Because There is Just No Excuse

Alright Cats, there is no longer any excuse for us not to keep up with each other. With everybody procreatin' like crazy (Jenney, it is no rush take your time), we have got to start keeping up with each other better. So, this is my attempt to help us make it right. We must each, unless in labor or adoption court, TRY to post here weekly. It doesn't have to be long, just something to let us know that you are alive, or at least trying to stay that way. So here is my story for the week:

Atley recently taught Ava how to gag herself. So, today after lunch she stuck her hand down her throat and yakked her entire meal into her lap. I know, aren't we supposed to start this in like middle school? :) Anyhow, so i was enraged to say the least. So i am cleaning her up and i told her, "Ava, this makes mommy so mad." To which she responded by laughing in my face. Atley, noticing my frustration says, "Mommy, it's okay, just take a breath."
Guess i should start following my son's advice. Out of the mouths of babes...

Meow.