The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The Good:

* We have made great strides in potty training this week. A BIG milestone! Ansley hasn't had any accidents in going on six days now. We are still working on the poopie part, but I know we'll get there soon. I'm excited that we are consistent on the pee pee, and she even tells me when we're out that she needs to go. I know that we waited too long (since everything I read tells me this!) so it's a big relief it didn't turn into a huge battle of wills. Whew!

  * We had a fun first morning by ourselves in two weeks. Ansley and I went to the park, where she played on the playground, played by the lake, saw ducks, geese and big birds with long skinny legs (herons? egrets? I'm not sure) and enjoyed swinging. Here she is listening to a bunch of geese honking in the distance. And as you can see by the pictures, it was chilly, which brings me to.....

* Fall! I'm so excited about this weather. This morning we arrived at the park around 11, and it was 56 degrees! I love this time of year! We were at the park for several hours, and it never got above 60 degrees. As we were walking down the trail when we first got there, Ansley said "How'd it get so chilly?" :)

* Fall clothes, of course! This is Ansley's Tennessee wear - you may not be able to see it, but it has a T on the pants, and it has a cute pink jacket with a T that matches, but we couldn't find it before we left the house.

The Bad:

* My parents left early this morning. It was so nice having my mom here for two weeks, and just because of the circumstances, it probably won't happen for that long a period of time again. I really enjoyed having her here, helping with curtains, going places, playing with Ansley and just hanging out. Thanks, Mom, for all you did while you were here. We miss you already!

* I am feeling *pregnant*. Not just big, but tired just from walking, and he moves around so much it hurts. I'm having some abdominal pain as well, which my doctor said was just my uterus stretching, but it sure feels like more than that. Ouch!

* We're struggling with naptime/quiet time these days. Ansley can stay up all day, but it's really wearing on me. And "quiet time" turns into screaming and yelling for me, which isn't so quiet after all. So I've started letting her lay on the sofa or bed with a movie and unwind while I get things done. And sometimes she falls asleep, sometimes she doesn't. But then I get paranoid about her napping in big girl panties. So far she's done really well. Just a tough balance - force a quiet time by herself in her room, or allow her to be near me, just being quiet? Ah, parenting decisions.

* Ansley hasn't been doing so well at her dance class. She hasn't wanted to go in the class by herself, and tells me that she doesn't like dance. I'm trying to decide if I should put her back in gymnastics, or just give it a little longer. I really want her to like dance, but I want it to be something she will look forward to.

The Ugly:

* We have transplant roaches in our house. They apparently hitched a ride on my Dad's truck when he came, and so far we've seen three. Three too many. They are huge, I-could-eat-a-small-mammal kind of roaches, and it really creeps me out. Anything that moves out of the corner of my eye, I'm practically screaming and jumping up on the furniture. Very, very ugly.

Comments

[Desta]

Yeah for Fall! We too are finally getting some cooler weather here in Cumming too, and it's long overdue! I love it! Sorry to hear she's not liking ballet very much. I had to pull Paige out of gymnastics finally last spring because she too just wasn't into it for whatever reason. I sure hope you can get rid of your bugs! I'm a huge bug-a-phobic, so I'm right there with you! I've never even heard of those kind of roaches, and sure hope I never do find out what they look like! :)

[Wendy]

It is always fun to have your Mom around. I wouldn't trade mine for the world 90% of the time. Now that other 10 can be trying... we are too much alike.
Tough decision on dance.
Roaches, yuck. I'm not a bug phobic, but if what you are talking about is what they used to have in Columbia, I am right there with you. We had them things in college and they looked like they were big enough that they would take you towel away from you in the dorm baths. LOL!
Bet the cold weather will get them.
Still no belly shot!?

[Ashley]

Let the dance thing sink in a little more before you pull her out. When we are there next weekend you need to talk to my mom about the same thing with Katie and soccer. Katie would literally through tantrums before going to soccer practice and here she is on a full-ride college scholarship playing soccer. Somehow my parents knew what to keep her in and take her out of.

And if I have to post a belly shot - you do too!

The storm photo is awesome by the way!

Also, when should I buy some maternity clothes? Old Navy is having a sale and I'm just a little giddy although I know I won't need them for another month or so.