A little late...

Ok, so I am a little late on this... BUT it's still a good story, so I'll share it with you!!

Ok, so my husband and I got married on March 29th, 2003. So this year was 6 years for us. Our 2 kids are almost 3 (July) and 1 (May) plus I am in nursing school. Our life is soooo busy it is unreal.
My husband is an electrician. Lately he has been working at a hotel where they are renovating a ton. He has been there off and on for a year. He has made friends with all the staff. He has a key that goes to every room because he does so much work there, there is no point in issuing him a new one all the time!!! He really likes doing work there and he likes the people alot. But needless to say, we are both busy.

So our anniversary week was a normal week for us, busy. So I knew it was our anniversary, but we usually don't do too much... Maybe go out to eat or something like that. So on Monday, my husband told me he had something planned for Friday night. I was like, ok. In my mind I was thinking "Oh sure, we will have someone watch this kids and go to dinner." So he asked me a couple of days later "Where would you want to go if you could pick" and I said "Melting Pot". So he said that wasn't what he was expecting, but interesting. So on Thursday he told me we were going to Melting Pot. Well I've never been there, but if you know my husband, you will understand that Melting Pot isn't his cup of tea. He doesn't like cheese and for dessert, he wouldn't be dipping anything in chocolate especially the strawberries. SO on Friday I told him it was no big deal, we could just go somewhere else that night. SO we ended up going to PF Changs. Well PF Changs is right near the hotel he has been doing work at and he is always wanting to show off his work. Well I am not a huge fan of walking around and looking at things he has been working on, but I thought oh well it is our anniversary, so I will just go and be nice. So we got there and walked around. He wanted me to see the pool and the workout room because the workout room is awesome. They have TV's on all the equipment. So as we were walking down the hall to the pool, he said
"This room right here is the nicest one in the hotel apart from the presidential suite".
So when we walked back from the pool he said
"Well here, let me show you the room" and I said
"NO WE CAN'T JUST WALK IN THERE!!!"
There was a sign on the handle and he had been using his key to every door on the other doors, and I just KNEW someone was in the room. He was like
"Oh no, there isn't anyone in there, I checked" and I said
"NO YOU DIDN'T CHECK, WE WALKED STRAIGHT IN!!!" and he said
"Cathryn, there isn't anyone in here, I asked them"
"UM, WHEN DID YOU ASK??? DO NOT GO IN THERE" and he opened the door and I was totally picturing someone standing naked behind the door... lots of screaming, us running out of the hotel because they were pissed... etc. So he opens the door, and we went in and I was still saying stuff about how we weren't supposed to be in here, there was a sign on the door... blah blah blah and he said
"CATHRYN no one is in here because I reserved it!!!!!!!!" I was shocked!!! The first thing I said was
"What about the kids??????"
Turns out he had been planning it for over a month. His mom kept the kids for the night. It was AWESOME!!! I got to sleep in a huge comfy bed with no kids!!!!! I missed them, but it was nice for us to be away for a night. It was probably the best thing he has ever done for me. You know when you get a surprise, but you sorta have an idea that something is up? I had NO CLUE, I was so shocked, that made it even better!:)
So just wanted to share that story because I still think it was amazing!
I can't WAIT to go there again.... Hopefully we can get away sometime this summer for a weekend or something.
Anyway, we have been married for 6 years!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAHHH it is crazy!

Update on SCHOOL!

Ok, so I haven't talked about school in a while here, so here is the news!
I am now in "intermediate" Nursing classes. They all last about 7-8 weeks and there are 5 of them. I took my first one which was Behavioral Health which is basically mental health. It was awesome. I realllllly liked it. I had AMAZING teachers who I love DEARLY! They have been great to me. So supportive and helpful on more levels than class. I am so happy I had that class first because I am hoping it will help me in the future as a student and eventually a Nurse. I ended up with a B in the class, which I am more than stoked about. I am so happy I did not end up with a C in the class. Nursing school is sooooooo hard for me. I just don't always have the motivation to study because I am so tired. I want to just come home and see my beautiful babies. I want to have fun and not worry about grades. So, I have to FORCE myself to study and work on assignments. I can not wait for all this to be over and for me to be WORKING in the hospital.
So the class I am in now is a Adult Nursing class and it will be over in early May. It is waaaaay harder. I am going to be on a Cardiac floor in the hospital which will be hard but a great place to learn.
I still have another Adult nursing class left and a Pediatric Nursing class and this summer I have Maternity!!!!! I am SOOOOOO excited for maternity. That is what I reallllllly want to do. I could end up not liking it, but I really hope I love it like I think I will.
In the pediatric nursing class, some of the students end up on a Pediatric Cancer floor which will be incredibly sad, so I am not sure how I will do with that. I am terrified to do Peds because I have my own 2 kids and seeing sick kids will break my heart. Both Adult health Nursing classes are reallllllly hard, but I am hoping I can pull through and do well!!!
Sorry if this bored you, but if anyone is interested, now you know what my track is like ahead of me. I will update once this nursing class is over (if anyone is interested)!!!!!
BTW, I have not mentioned the gen ed classes I have been taking.. I have had an A&P 1 and I am currently in A&P 2. I also have had a Medical terminology, and now I am in Psych growth and development. I have a Microbiology class this summer, and an English class this fall!!!! Then in Spring of 10 I have the last nursing class, and graduate in MAY!!!!! WOOOO HOOOOO CAN"T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!

Small problem...

Readers BEWARE:

THIS POST IS ALLLLLL ABOUT POTTY TRAINING A 2 YEAR OLD. IT INVOLVES WORDS THAT MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME. THE INFO IN THIS POST MAY MAKE SOME UNCOMFORTABLE. IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH POTTY TALK, PLEASE SKIP THIS POST AND CHECK BACK LATER WHEN MY POSTS DON'T CONTAIN WORDS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH BODILY FUNCTIONS. THANK YOU AND PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!




I have a slight problem with the potty training....
My son gets grossed out very easily. I mean, all the time. When I suck out Lori's nose (you know, snot, cold, nose sucker... gross.. but still) he GAGs and almost throws up. Same thing when I change her diaper if there is poop, or if he even thinks there is poop in it. I usually have to yell "THERE'S NO POOP NOAH, IT'S JUST PEE" or "DON'T LOOK AT IT NOAH" (if there is poop). So now on to the potty training issues...
So on Monday, Noah pooped in the potty and when he looked in the toilet and saw it, he said "What is that???" and he looked scared. So I just said it's your poop, good job, blah blah blah, he got his treat, and we went on with the day!! So the next morning he pooped in the potty again, almost gagged when he saw it, but I distracted him and we moved on. WELL NOW he refuses to poop in the potty. Earlier I put him in underwear and he peed in them twice and I was out of underwear, so I put a pullup on him, and he POOPED right when I put it on him... I think it was about 3 minutes before he went!!! So I guess he is so totally grossed out, he refuses to look at it in the potty.
SOMEONE HELP ME!!!! My son is starting to refuse to go potty at all and I think this could go way bad. I just dont know what to do. Does anyone have any suggestions????

Accomplishments

YIPEE I am really happy right now.... Reasons will come shortly, first let me update.
This is spring break for me. I am in Nursing school, and I have a whole week off. During the last semester and a half, my life has been CRAZY!!! Noah is going to be 3 in July and Lori will be 1 in MAY (I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT). I am in 3 classes, 2 other than nursing. So when I am not at school, I am doing one of 3 things... Studying, Taking care of the family, or SLEEPING!!!!!!!!!!! Needless to say, my house has been a disaster area. I do not have the time or energy clean the house. We are lucky if we have clean laundry (well more like folded clean laundry... I do start loads and then just leave them in baskets because I don't have time to fold them...) and clean dishes. This would be the reason my dear friends haven't been invited to our house in so long!!!
Anyway, on to the happiness..
Bryant took off this whole week so he could stay home and help me clean up. We want to go through things and throw stuff away and put things away. Today we got our bedroom done and our front living room. We got everything so good, I was even able to eat dinner at my TABLE!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOHHHOOOOOOOO!!!!!:)
So yesterday, I decided that while I was out of school, we should potty train Noah. He started yesterday and has only peed a tiny bit in his pullups and has been peeing in the potty. Well today he POOPED in the POTTY!!!!! I am so happy. He is doing reallllllly good, so I hope this means he will continue to do well. He goes to preschool tomorrow, so I am not sure how that will go... But we will see!!!!!:)
Anyway, I am really pleased with my spring break so far!!! Alot ACCOMPLISHED!!!!

SNOW DAY!!!

So it snowed yesterday/all night... Which I am SOOO happy about! I had a test today in Psych that will now not be until 2 weeks from now, because next week is Spring Break!!! (We only meet on Mondays) I ALSO had a test that was supposed to be on Thursday but we were supposed to finish the material today. I am hoping that test will be postponed as well!!!:) Noah went outside and played, and we let his "friend" Sunny (our lab mix) play out side with him. It was so funny:)

Under WHERE?

We are trying to plant the idea with Noah that it is time to potty train.. (with me being so busy all the time I haven't had the energy to work with him) SO, we bought underwear not too long ago and he does not want to wear them... We put them on him today and he didn't like wearing them, so he took them off. Next time we looked at him, he was doing this. I guess he doesn't want to wear them where he is supposed to.








I really need to get him potty trained... lol

FRED!!

LOLOLOLOL.... ok, get past the first few seconds and get to the pool part... LOL