Potty Training Time

So, we've begun potty training as of Monday. So far so good. Few accidents to start with, but not too many since then. She doesn't really know when it's coming yet, but I just stick her on the potty every 20 min or so and make her try. It's working pretty well so far. She does pee in the potty, but no stinkies yet. She does seem to hold her pee well too when we go out. So, things are looking good. I don't want to speak too soon, but hopefully this is a good thing. Keep your fingers crossed for us.

FINALLY!

This weekend Matt, finally, asked Amy to Mary him!!! It'll be 4 years in January they have been together. They met a month before Kevin and I got married. Yes, that means we will have been married 4 years in February. WOW! Anyway, back to Amy. They were supposed to go away for the weekend, but to Palm Springs. Well, somehow they ended up on a plane to Hawaii. Pretty darn cool. They flew to Hawaii and that night he asked her. Of course, she said yes!! Now a wedding and party to plan! Oh, and I guess I will need to loose some weight to fit into a dress next year. I hope this baby weighs like 30 pounds.

Family Shin-dig

This weekend we celebrated Aunt Linda's 50th birthday. Aunt Linda is Kevin's sister. Saturday was her big birthday bash. Mary had a grand time dancing with her family. She's quite the dancer. I think she gets that from the Kormann gene.

Here she is dancing with cousin Jennifer. She didn't care how tired she was, she wanted to keep dancing. Someone just hold me and dance.
We had Kevin's other sister, Margeaux, and her kids stay with us for the night for this shin-dig. Mary loves her cousins. Here she is sitting with Brianna listening to her IPOD. It was Petty cute. She had the pieces in her ears and bopping her head to the music. I guess I'm going to need to get her one full of Sesame Street music. If it keeps her entertained in the car, I'm ALL for it!
Here are all the cousins together. They had a great time. I wish they lived closer. They live about 2-3 hours away. But at least she gets to see them when she can.

Girls day of Fun

Friday was girls day in Simi Valley. We met up for breakfast at Corner Bakery. It was a day of fun with Leslie, Julie, and mom. We meet for a day of shopping and eating.
This is Mary is Victoria Secrets. She loved the stuffed Doggies. She had to pet each one and then kiss each one good bye when we left. She tried to feed them her Cheerios, but that didn't work so well.
Mary decided to try on shoes in Macy's. One shoes matched. The other, not so much. But she walked around in them like she was a pro. I see I have a shoe girl on my hands.
We had to go on a train ride, of course. It was all she could talk about whenever she saw it go by. We also rented one of those car stroller/carts to keep her entertained while we shopped too. Keeping this child entertained is just as expensive as shopping in general. But, we were able to shop easier with these options. So, whatever works!
We shopped and then had lunch. Usually mom stays with the girls and Mary and I go home for nap time. Well, today mom left with Mary and let me stay to play. We went to see Mama Mia. Cute movie. So, it was a good day of fun, with Mary and w/out.

5 Month Baby Check Up

Well, just bout in month 6 now. I"m 23 weeks along. I went to the doctor today. All's good. Since the baby is bigger, and has moved above my flubber roll, she was able to find the heart beat real quick this time. It was nice and strong. She said the ultrasound we had looked good. There was one part they wanted to look at again. There is a tube that goes to the bladder which she said had a dilation, or pulse, to it. She said it was nothing to worry about, but she wants to check it again at 28 weeks. SOOOO that is good for us so we have another ultrasound to try to figure out what this little thing is. Boy, girl, human??? So, that is set up for October 1st. 5 weeks away. Seems like a ways, but I know it'll be here in no time. So, until then we still can't buy pink or blue. Mary says she's having a sister, well two sisters, so we shall see if she is correct or not. She isn't correct on the two thing, that's for sure.

Fun with Wet Sand at Home

This table was passed down to Mary from her cousin's Aaron and Katie. WE've gotten some good stuff from them. So, Kevin got a grand idea to put some dry sand into it and make it wet to make sand castles. It was a perfet idea. When we went to Mexico in April we brought back a 5 gallon sparkletts bottle back full of Mexico sand. SOOOO, we had some good sand to make for wet play. Even kinda smells like the beach too.
Here is Mary's sand Castle. TA DA! That is about how long it lasts until she smooshes it and it's back to a pile of sand and we have to fill the bucket up again.
This is my geeky kid. Now when you point the camera at her she makes this goofy smile. This is her 'I'm having FUN' smile. hehe I love it. Kinda reminds me of myself. haha I'm so proud.

pregnancy has set in

Ok, I'm about 23 weeks pregnant, almost 6 months, and I'm feeling it. I feel large. The Internet says the baby is anywhere from 8-10 inches, so that's a bundle in my middle. A bundle under my already there flub, which is being pushed out. I've always been 'chubby' so even the first time I was pregnant I never felt pregnant, just more fat.
So, I was doing laundry today and getting stuff outa the dryer seemed to be more difficult. Just bending down to do anything seems more difficult. So, I'm trying to get Mary to help me by picking things up that are low. It kinda works. Keeps her busy to do what I want her to do.