Biggy Boy

Zach was running around sans diaper tonight because he had a little redness I thought could use some air. He said "I go potty?" We headed upstairs, he sat down, and about 3 minutes later he went potty! We were all excited and clapping and cheering for him. Then he wanted to sit on the potty a lot longer, but couldn't understand the lack of cheering when he'd hop down and say "all done" but there wasn't anything in the potty.

I by no means am trying to potty train him- at all- but it did give me some hope that it won't be as bad as I'm dreading!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Bella and I started Valentine's Day with a run to the library. Well, two runs to the library because it was not open the first time we got there. And then we ran Nick's truck out of gas, blah blah blah... Anyhow, at some point we finally got to the library. While we were making our selections I got a call from the girls at work that flowers had been delivered for me. I thought it was odd that Nick would send the flowers to work on a Saturday since he knew I didn't have to work, but then decided he must have ordered them not realizing that Valentine's was on a Saturday. When I got to work I found...

These beautiful roses from a patient! He is one of my favorite patients- his calls always brighten my day because he truly appreciates everything that we do for him- he doesn't think he's entitled to anything. This was very sweet.

I have been rambling for months about wanting to get a vacuum that picks up our pet hair. After a lot of reading on the internet every pet owner review I could find led back to one vacuum. The Dyson Animal. It was on sale today at Sears and my mom gets an extra discount for being an employee. I decided (in the wake of a large tax refund) that I was just going to get it. With one large, very sheddy dog and two cats, we have a lot of pet hair on, well, everything.

I have vacuumed our living room and was just as shocked as all the reviews said I would be. This was in my carpet, in only my living room, after one time of vacuuming with the Dyson. Ewwwww gross!

So as we sit here, feeling like we have won the battle of pet hair, we are just waiting for the Valentine's Day treat that Nick and I decided to share- pure happiness for $2.39. Mmmmm, life is good!

Fiber One

I ran out of Special K bars for the kids (they either have Special K bars or mini bagels for our grab-n-go breakfasts) so instead on Tuesday they had Fiber One bars. I thought to warn my sitter that there could be some explosive results in Zach's diaper. What I did not think to warn her about would be if Zach decided to feed half of his Fiber One bar to her 5 pound Maltese... I might owe her a carpet cleaning. Oops.