Anderson Adventures

Sunday, September 12, 2010

YAY!!!!

After squishing two roaches last night and having nightmares that they were infesting my bed....we had the pest control come today! YAY!!! I can sleep more happily at night now and I don't have to be afraid to enter my kitchen. Our neighbors were seeing them in their apartment too, so it was good that we had the whole building done. Yahoo!

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Long Day

Oh boy! I sure love that little girl, but I sure love it when she sleeps. She's been such a good schedule keeper, but there's that one day that all things get thrown out of the window. Yesterday: no naps. What did this mean for me? LOTS of walking, taking her out in her stroller since she kinda goes crazy being inside all day; standing all day, nursing, burping, changing, trying to figure out what's wrong, letting her scream....and scream...and scream to hope she falls asleep. No luck. It usually takes me a few hours to get her to go to sleep and I'm ok with that because she's sound asleep by 10 or 11:30. Last night she didn't go to sleep until 2, which was hard, but still ok. What's wrong, you ask? It was that I had been holding a crying baby since 6pm and she wasn't going to sleep! Ugh. She would take a 30 minute nap and wake up just screaming. Did I eat something she didn't like? I didn't eat anything I haven't had before. She's not sick. She gets that way when she doesn't take any naps during the day. Hopefully she's super zonked out today and sleeps a lot. That would be nice.

She finally fell asleep when I took her for a drive. Goodness.

Then you wake up super tired in the morning and look at their cute little sleeping face and realize that all mom's have to go through this and it won't be the last. I love her sleeping face and I'm so grateful for sleeping babies.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Provo Wal-Mart Was My Idea

Yes, the title was inspired by the stupid, "I'm a PC and windows 7 was my idea" commercial. I don't like those commercials. Anyway, anyone else loathe the Orem Wal-Mart? Ever been? Well, you'll hate it. It's dirty and disgusting, nothing is ever in stock and if it is in stock, then it's usually in the wrong place, and the lines are ridiculously long. I've waited for 30+ minutes in line before. Why in the world do they have one Wal-Mart for two universities???? That's my question. We should have the Orem one for UVU and they should transform the deserted K-Mart by the university mall into a Wal-Mart. Just sayin'.

My name is Stacy, and Provo Wal-Mart was my idea.

Out of the mouth of Claire

Claire was asking me about Hailey nursing. She was sad to find out that Hailey wasn't nursing anymore. She said, "Well, when I am a mommy can you give my babies milk?" Uh...nope. Can't do that. "Why mom?" Well, my milk will be gone (thank goodness) and you'll have to do it. "Oh, well, I want a big, big, BIG family. TWELVE babies! But I don't want the littlest baby to ever get big because I do NOT want one hundred babies." March 2015
Claire: Daddy, do you stink? Brian: Why do you say that? Claire: Because I can smell you. 6/18/14
Claire walked out of her room and this is what ensued: Daddy: "Claire, get back to bed." Claire: "But Daddy, my bed is being crazy!" (We try hard not to laugh). Daddy: "What?" Claire: "My bed is being crazy!!!" He went back, she tangled her blanket so her feet were getting cold. 5/15/2014
Claire asked her sunbeam teacher what "this" was, pointing to something on her chest. She thought she was talking about the pattern on her dress. Claire said, "No, no! These. They are for milk for babies." 5/2014
Eating corn on the cob for dinner, Claire turned to me and asked, "Mommy, are you going to eat some of this YUUUUMMMMYYY corn?" 5/2014
"Mommy, can you do this for me?" She hands me my eyelash curler and I proceed to curl her eyelashes. She bats her eyes in the mirror and says, "There. That's better." For the record...I have never done this, so she didn't learn it from me. 1/28/14
I was doing Claire's hair , combing through it. "Mommy, stop brushing my hair, you're making me crazy." 1/28/14
Claire has a VERY hard time going #2 in the toilet. She will hold it for days and days, so she ends up sitting on the toilet for hours sometimes. This week, she had been in there for a good two hours (and never went). Anyway, during that time she called me in several times, "MOMMY!!!! Come here!!!" And then would tell me nothing. So, after what seemed like the billionth, "MOMMY come here!" shouting, I went in to find her with the ENTIRE roll of toilet paper collected in a heap in her arms. I looked at her and gasped in frustration. I had just changed that roll! Brand new roll. Think of all that! She looked at me, giggled, and said, "Mommy...hehe....I sneezed...hehe." 1/28/14
We had our first ice storm here in Texas. I took Claire to Costco and let her walk on the ice. "Mom, I need to put on my ice skates". "Claire, do you have ice skates?" "No mom, I don't." Good point though sweetheart!
Claire always wakes me up telling me that the sun is awake. The other day, she came in, told me the sun was awake once more and then told me that she wanted some candy. I informed her that we didn't have any, but she said, "Mom, all we have to do is say Trick-or-treat!"
We went camping and I asked if Claire had fun. Claire: "I love camping, but Jared was naughty. We should leave him home".
Me: "Claire, why are you out of bed?" Claire: "Because of this..." She starts moving as if she'll pee her pants. Me: What? Claire: "Because I have the wiggles."
While at the mall bathroom, "MOMMY! YOU DID IT! YOU PEED!" For everyone to hear.
We're still trying to potty train Claire and have her poop in the potty! She says she does it, but can't seem to have it happen and will hold it for days (which is very frustrating). In an effort to get the ball rolling, I said, "Claire! Let's both push. 1...2...3...push!" At that point I did a fake push and she quickly exclaimed, "MOMMY! Don't poop in your pannies!" 7/12/13
Jared was crying and wandering around the house this morning. He popped his head in the bathroom where Claire and I were, and started to cry. Claire said, "Oh Jared, stop whining". 7/3/13
Brian and I were talking about the frustrating expenses of moving. At one point I said (about our debt), "It's all my fault." Claire came to the rescue and said, "NO! It's MY fault! My fault....and Jared's!"
This morning Claire woke up at 5 am screaming, "I WANT A COOKIE!!!!!" I went in, she repeated her sentiments. I promised her a cookie and she went back to sleep. When she got out of bed at 10:30, she jumped into my arms and said, "Where's my cookie?"