Pure Bliss!

I just realized that it has been 14 days since my last blog. That is unacceptable! So much has gone one since then that I can't even remember enough to post it. What a shame.
I think that I will start with one memory from these past 2 weeks that should never be forgotten.
Jason, the girls and I went to Waco to visit my parents on the 15th of December. We went for the purpose of exchanging gifts(my parents were traveling to Idaho for Christmas and we needed to have Christmas with them early). When we were planning this, my parents told us that they had some massages planned that day, so we wouldn't have the entire day to celebrate. Some stuff happened and it turned out that they had an extra spot for me to get one also. I have never had a full body massage, but have always wanted one. So, Jason stayed with the girls while my parents and I went to receive a 90 minute massage.
The Austin School of Massage has a branch in Waco and the students have to get a certain number of hours of experience. My parents have had massages from them before and loved them, so I definitely wasn't going to pass up this opportunity.
The weirdest part of the entire thing was that everyone was in the same room. The women go in first and get ready(remove clothes to your level of comfort, then lie down on table face down with sheet over you), then the men come in and do the same thing. My mom reassured me that it was nothing strange, but I felt a tinge of uneasiness while all of this was going on. We get the massage(my student was female; I was more comfortable that way) and the same process backwards afterwards(the men get dressed and leave the room and then the ladies get dressed and leave).
During the massage they have the lights down low, turn on some tranquil music, and press all of the tension and stress out of your muscles. All I can say is WOW! It was definitely 90 minutes of Pure Bliss! The only bad part was when they told us it was over(with the exception of the getting dressed in a room full of strangers, of course). I would definitely do it again though.
Thank you Mom and Dad for sharing that with me!

Texas style snow

We got a package in the mail with a gift that we had ordered in it. It had all those packaging peanuts in it and Cailyn thought that it would be cool to throw it in the air. So, we had our own little snow fall in my bedroom, Texas style of course. Thought you might enjoy the video.

Future Blogger

Jessica is so sweet. She loves to sit in one of our computer chairs and watch me blog. I have decided that she is going to blog when she gets older. I just thought that I would show how cute she is already learning to blog.

We have a company come check our heating and cooling system 2 times a year and our winter visit was Monday. The guy was here for about 30 minutes when he told me we needed to replace our Air conditioner/heater. He used this really cool camera to show me there were parts falling apart on the system and he was getting traces of Carbon Monoxide coming through our vents(luckily Jason and I aren't bothered by the cold and we had only used the system twice all year). He looked at his records and found that our system was 22 years old. That is basically ancient for air conditioners. Well, I don't feel comfortable making decisions like that alone, so I called Jason and he made sure he was home early from work to talk to the salesperson. Over $9,000 later, we had an appointment for the workers to come install our new heating/cooling system. It is in and it works beautifully(however we are trying to figure out how to pay for it). But, the girls and I are very comfortable inside, while it is wet and cold outside.

Some of you might be thinking that it is not a necessity, but you would probably be the people who have never lived through a Texas summer. Winter, yes we could handle without it, but when Summer comes around, it is absolutely a necessity.

Stinky

I need help. No not mental help!(well, maybe) My 3-year old won't go #2 in the potty. She refuses to do it. She is bothered by wearing a diaper at night, but if I let her wear panties she holds her "poop" for days and then it hurts. She doesn't wet through the night, so the diaper is really only for her bowel movements. Can anyone give me some advice?

Sleep Button

For the past few nights Jessica hasn't been sleeping very well. I take that back. She sleeps well for 2-3 hours while we are still awake, but as soon as we go to sleep she starts to fuss and cry every hour. I have come to the conclusion that it is my "sleep button".

You see, every Mommy and Daddy come equipped with a "sleep button." This button alerts the child in the crib/cradle that he or she has gone to bed. The job of that child then is to start to cry enough to get them to get out of bed. If a little bit of fusses doesn't work, then wailing and holding of breath is a must.

Some "sleep buttons" are on the parents' bottom, but I know for a fact that mine is on the back of my head. This information has come to me because I am asleep within the first minute my head hits the pillow(a blessing I definitely take advantage of). So it was absolutely necessary for the button to be on the back of the head on my model.

Up until now, Jessica has not activated the "Sleep Buttons", but they are fully functioning now. Jason and I are in the process of deactivating our buttons. As soon as we figure it out, we plan to paton our work and the necessary steps and distribute it to parents around the world for a nominal fee. How much would you pay for a good nights rest? Of course the laws of supply and demand deam parents will pay out the wazoo for this information. Family and friends will, of course, receive a discount.

Children of God

Last night, we were going through our nightly routine of bedtime and I decided it was time to show Jason how smart our 3-year old was(really just one of her tricks). So I went to get 4 different types of coins, laid them out on the bed, and asked her which one was a quarter. She knew that one right away(the biggest), then the penny(it is a different color), the dime, and then asked her to name the last one(for those of you who need a little help-it was the nickel). She got them all correct-yay Cailyn!

Then Jason picked up the quarter and asked who the person was on the coin. Cailyn's answer "A Child of God". I try not to laugh at her when she says cute stuff like that(I remember getting very upset when adults laughed at me as a child), but I lost it. She was right of course, but it was hilarious. We tried to explain that George Washington was the first president of this country, then she said, "Gordon B. Hinkley". We decided that she is practicing all of her Primary answers to see if they really do work. Although they were absolutely adorable answers they both had some truth to them. George Washington is a child of God and Gordon B. Hinkley is a President, just not of this country.

I love the way children's minds work. I would never think to say some of the things they say. She makes me giggle and I need that(as all adults do). Again, thank you Cailyn!