Horror

I cannot tell you just how big of a mess I had to clean up yesterday. Even though Trudi is well she's still finishing up her 10 day treatment of amoxicillin. Due to the medicine she has made so many messy diapers. Even this story blows Jennie's mess she had to take care of out of the water:

Yesterday morning I was laying down on my bed with Trudi sitting up next to me. I had just fed her when I saw her begin to make faces of "the need to go." I planned on waiting a few more minutes before changing her diaper to make sure she was finished. When she began to move away from the spot where she was sitting I gasped in horror. There on my bed sheet and pillowcase was all the stuff that had oozed out on the side of her diaper. It was a HUGE mess. I grabbed a towel to put underneath her as I laid her on the bed. I first had the idea that the mess was caused by the way she was sitting, making the diaper not fully cover her. But when I stripped her down I saw the problem was that there wasn't enough room to hold it all in the diaper. When I began to wipe down the side of her leg she began to go again, this time on the towel. I gasped again and cried, "Noooo!"

After finally getting Trudi clean I took off my bedding, agreeing with my husband that I should just throw out the pillowcase and sheet. They were pretty ruined.

Then this morning. After my sister Julie and I dropped off Heidi in the church nursery we headed over to Trudi's room to drop her off. As we were walking I noticed that Trudi had exploded through her diaper, making everything ooze up her back and down onto her pants. I thought to myself, "Not at church!"

So I had to take her into the nursing room, strip her down AGAIN, and put on some funky onesie I had in my purse. When I finally put her into the nursery I jokingly told the helpers what happened, explaining why she's not dressed for church.

What do I have to say? NO THANK YOU TO ANTIBIOTICS!

Funny Video

Another Milestone

Today is the day I'm going to lower the crib. Yep, I haven't done it yet. Trudi hasn't been able to sit up on her own so I knew that as long as she was just laying in her crib then it would be fine. That was until last night. Thankfully nothing happened to her but here's what happened:

Last night I gave Trudi her medicine that she's still taking to clear up her ear infection. She was laying on her tummy in the crib as I gave it to her through the syringe. As I recall, I left her on her tummy when I left the room with Gus playing with Heidi on the bed. As I was in the kitchen Gus told me to come back to take a look at what Trudi was doing. Thinking nothing of it, I went back to take a look at her. I was SHOCKED! There she was, standing up and holding onto the crib. I couldn't believe it. I searched for my camera to take a picture but Gus reminded me that it's in the car. So yep, the crib IS going down.

Monkey See Monkey Do With Aunt Rebecca

Good Job Heidi!!

As many of you might remember in my previous posts, Heidi used to sometimes have an accident when I would take off her diaper to take a bath and let her run diaper free to air out. Well, today I took off her diaper and took her to the bathroom to take a bath. Before I turned on the bathtub faucet she began to start whining and gesturing that she's going to take a bowel movement. I knew right then it was my chance to get her on the potty because she can't control herself from going. She's terrified of the training seat so I stuck her on the toilet. She was so scared to sit on there that I held her in my arms as she sat there and told her everything is alright. Before I knew it my little Heidi finally went in the toilet! Now, for any mom who has a toddler, you know that something like that is a HUGE milestone.

Heidi got scared when she looked in the toilet and saw what she did but I gave her two cookies and Gus and I congratulated her. It was then that she realized that what she did was good. I think her favorite part was when we flushed the toilet and said bye bye to her doings. Gus was also proud of me encouraging her to go. Good job Heidi!!

Poor Trudi

Yesterday Gus left for work at 8:00 in the morning. He and I had very little sleep the night before from Trudi keeping us up with her burning fever and all her crying. He worked all day and had to work overtime, which meant he didn't get home until 7:00 at that night. We both knew that we couldn't bare another night of crying and had to find out what exactly was wrong with Trudi. So we took her to the emergency room in Burbank and didn't get out until 10:00 pm. All four of us were beat tired.

We found out that Trudi has an ear infection, which is what we guessed in the beginning from all her ear pulling. Fearing that the infection could get worse and make her lose her hearing, the doctor prescribed amoxicillin. Heidi is allergic to that antibiotic but we'll see how Trudi handles it. All I know is that I don't like how it makes babies constantly take a bowel movement. Too many diapers! I'm just glad that Trudi is beginning to feel better. I'll ask Gus if he'll be kind enough to watch her tomorrow so that Heidi and I can go to church.

This morning Trudi wasn't feeling so good. So big sister Heidi decided to come by to cheer her up by showing her the scribbling she did on the back of a paper. Isn't she nice!

My Weird Day

Let me tell you about my crazy day. I have my girls on a daily schedule but today it was all out of wack. The girls usually get up at 7:30 in the morning to be with their dad as he gets ready for work. But Gus had a job interview this morning and was nice enough to let me sleep in, which Jesus Himself knew that I NEEDED IT!! When I woke up it was 9:30! WOOHOO! A whopping two extra hours of sleep! Now, to any person who has a baby, i.e. Jennie, Victoria, ya'll know that two hours is like two days! That also meant that Trudi and Heidi didn't wake up early to eat breakfast. I was sooo happy.

Since we share a room I had to creep out. They still didn't wake up. That meant I had the house to myself! So I made some oatmeal for myself and had a little left over. I was glad that I made it because Gus came home from the interview very hungry and he loves oatmeal. Right before he got home the girls woke up. Gus quickly changed his clothes, ate some oatmeal, and headed off to his current job, which is going bankrupt.

Trudi has a fever and her morning did not go well. At 11:30 I put her back down because she was tired again, which gave me a chance to shower as Heidi watched Barney.

After spending time with the girls and having issues with Trudi I put them down for their nap at 1:30. An hour later Trudi was up and screaming. Heidi had woken up from her so I took the girls outside to play. When we came back inside the, thankfully, cool house Heidi wanted to finish her nap and Trudi was tired again from the fever. So BACK DOWN they went.

Yep, It's been a crazy day with lots of naps for Trudi. I'm glad that all my housework is done for the week so I've allowed myself to be lazy today. Feels good!

Note: The picture was taken a few days ago

Time To Head Out!

After two years of living here Gus has decided it's time to pack up and ship out. There are many many reasons why we need to move. Let me name a few:

-When we first moved in the neighbors on both sides were so quiet that we felt as though we lived in a house. Now, we have new neighbors on both sides and we feel as though we live with them because of how much we can hear what they are doing. One neighbor is raising her grandson who's Heidi's age and she lets him run around in her place with shoes on back and forth on the wood floor. It is sooo loud. When it comes to neighbors disturbing you, I feel you on that one Victoria!

-My neighbor next door is a very nice lady but with her not being a christian she makes me feel unhappy to be in my marriage with her ideas of what I should do. Gus agrees that I need to only socialize with Christians who will encourage me to love my husband and be a better wife to him.

-Here's the top reason: For those of you who don't know, we live in a ONE BEDROOM! Now, God has taught me a whole lot on how to be content with what He gives us by having to share a room with my kids. My marriage is not the greatest, it couldn't be when he is not saved, but my husband and I agree that it could definitely improve our marriage if we had our own room. That way we could put the kids to bed then got watch tv in the bedroom (I know a tv is not recommended to be in your bedroom but Gus wants one), or we could just chit chat about our day together. We NEED alone time and I know God sees what we need. I know God will provide necessities at the perfect time.

Looking for a place to move is basically impossible, well, not for God at least. I wouldn't mind moving up north to get more your money's worth, considering my sister plans on moving there someday. I'll just keep praying for God to bring us a place that we can afford!

Bath Time

Yesterday was the first time I had the girls bathe together. Both of them got excited, which made it even more fun. I had to hold Trudi by the arm but I'm looking forward to the time when I can sit on the toilet and read them a book as they sit in the water together.

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New Car Seat

Gus' mom was very nice to buy a brand new car seat for Heidi, which happens to turn into a booster seat when she gets older. Since Heidi's old car seat is reversable Trudi is now able to use it. So long to infant car seats! By the way, if anyone wants the infant car seat for personal use then it's yours. It's in great condition.

"Get Moving"

Trudi can scoot but she can't crawl, at least not yet.

Teething

Any mother who knows what it's like to have your baby's teeth come in knows how tired you can be. Trudi's top left tooth is coming in and hasn't finished cutting through. She screams and screams when I put her to bed at night and for her nap. She practically has to cry herself to sleep. Being a mother definitely tests your patience considering that it can drain you physically and emotionally. I'm thankful that God has been giving me strength every day because there are times where I would love to be put down like an injured horse to sleep permanently. :(

Cute

Time to lower the crib

Awwwwwww

More Heidi and Trudi

Some Funny Happenings

As Heidi was eating lunch in her high chair today I got a phone call from my sister Jennie. As I was talking to her I went into the bedroom to do something. All of a sudden Heidi started yelling and crying, but not as though she was hurt. Still on the phone, I quickly went to the kitchen to see what was wrong. Her cry was more of a cry of fear as she covered her eyes with her hands. I tried to figure out what was wrong. Suddenly I burst into laughter and told Jennie what I was seeing. A fly had landed on Heidi's tray and she was terrified!!


Recently I was cruising on my bed with Heidi next to me. At that time Trudi decided that she was going to try to make her way into the room with her walker. I said to Heidi, "Look, there's Dee," which is what Heidi calls her. Then I said to Trudi, "Hi, Dee!" Suddenly I felt so stupid. Heidi must have been wondering why I shouted out her name.