A much needed Date Night....

When you get married and have children sometimes you forget about "us" and the time you need with just you and him.... So, Madison stayed with her Nana (Thanks Mom) and me and my husband decided that we would do something last night so I was craving ribs and he took me to Sonny's and then we went to a dollar movie to see the Hangover 2 which was hilarious. I told him this morning when I woke up that he has me sprung, we had been having a lot of tension between us and couldn't figure out why we kept arguing ALL the time and I think we just needed that quality time without Madison. Trust me when I say that was all we needed:-)

Its a must that "we" husbands and wives make time for each other so we can keep the romance and the relationship alive. Its a MUST! You don't want your marriage to start getting boring. Even if you have to rent a movie, cuddle and hold each other at night, cook together, etc. its imperative that we keep the romance alive. Prayer is also the key actually the #1 key to a successful marriage and then you add to the list but we must pray for our spouses and our marriage that God will sustain us in this time. Show your spouse some love and do something (surprisingly) different and watch what happens.

Let's keep love alive and watch our marriages flourish into what God wants it to be!

~Pregnancy DON'TS~

This is the # 1 don't

Yes, I love being pregnant but No I don't like people touching my belly. It's very annoying..... The thing that I hate most is that people automatically touch my stomach without even asking and it irritates the heck out of me. I try to be nice about it because I don't want to be known as the "mean" pregnant woman. I never rubbed a woman's stomach while they were pregnant because I felt like it could/would be an annoying thing to do and I don't make certain comments because I know that pregnant women are very sensitive to certain things which brings me to number 2.

#2- You're getting HUGE is what I hear all the time and that is annoying as well. Like, ummmmm- I have a human growing on the inside of me did you expect me to stay small?

#3- When is the baby due? It's ok to ask if I you've never asked but if you ask me every time I see you then you must have a serious issue! I'm getting tired of repeating myself to folks..

I can't think of any more at the moment but yeah those 3 are really starting to become annoying.....

Did people do things to annoy you while you were pregnant?

30 weeks down & 10 more to go:-)

It's amazing how fast the time has went by since I found out I was pregnant with baby #2.... I'm so grateful to God that I have made it through more than half of this pregnancy with no complications. The only thing that I've actually been through was the usual: Morning sickness, mood swings, an enormous appetite, etc. so I really have no complaints here oh except for the whole "being pregnant during the summer.....hehehe".... I realize that alot of women have trouble conceiving so I've been trying my best not to complain because it could be alot worse. Everyone is excited to meet her and so is her Little sister Madison. Every day she ask if I'm going to the hospital to push her out.. So Cute right? I'm glad she's understanding what is going on and I pray to God she doesn't get too jealous but that she loves her and will help mommy with her. We have also decided on a name as of last night and her name will be drumroll...........................................
MERCY NOELLE!!!!!!!!!!!! I picked out Madison's name which is Madison Wanita so my husband wanted to pick out the new baby's name. He really loved the name Mercy and I didn't but as the months went by it kind of grew on me so I told him to pick between Mercy Noelle or Mercy Sophia and I think we both new that it would be Mercy Noelle. I'm praying that the next 10 weeks will go as smoothly as its been going and that she will be as healthy as ever.

~tootles~

Potty Training with the Lazy child!

Yes, I called her lazy because she is..... If people saw how Madison acted on a daily basis you would think that she would be using the potty by now. But no she likes making messes in her clothes for me to change. If I sound pissed, well, it's because I am! I'm SO frustrated to the point that I just want to put her on panties and let her sit in it until she got so disgusted with it that she would want to use the potty. Obviously, I won't do it because I don't want to have to clean up the mess. This little girl tells me when she's hungry, thirsty, what movie she wants to watch etc. but can't say the words I really want to hear... "Mom I need to use the potty"............. I've tried everything I know how to do and its not working. I've been consistent with it, I've put her in timeout, and all that stuff but nothing is working and I'm at the end of my rope trying to make Ms. Lazy use it on her own or at least tell me that she has to. She's even gotten to the point if she pees in her bed she makes it up and change her diaper and act like nothing ever happened. Another thing she does that really, really, urkes me is that if she pees on the floor she'll get something and cover it up and wont say a word. Like really Maddie, If you can do all of that, are you telling me you can't use the potty???? I've disciplined her and I've tried to talk to her so she could understand why she needs to go but nothing is working. However, I guess she is set on making my life miserable!!!! Today, I took her Disney Princesses a way (because she loves them and that's pretty much all she plays with during the day) and I'm hoping that does something if not I will gradually take all the toys out of her room until she makes up in her mind that she's going to be a big girl.