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Stuff I should have known...

1. If writing something within reach of a above average height 2 year old and your phone rings...take the pen with you...failure to do so results in devastation to your walls, clothes and floor.

2.  When a 2 year old says they are done eating...they mean it.

3.  Take full advantage of a toddler's desire to help with housework...laundry can't get put away fast enough.

4. It is inevitable that if a baby is going to explode their diaper, it will happen while they are sitting on your lap while you are wearing your good jeans.

5.  There is no such thing as too much caffeine.

6.  You can never read a book too many times.

7.  Watch what you say around toddlers, or you will have a girl whose new favourite word is crap!

8.  They are your child and you love them, even at 2 am

Exhausted

Last night was a bad night...we don't have too many of them these days, but last night was bad!  Surprisingly though it was not the baby that made it a bad night...although it was not idea because she spent the whole night in MY bed with us, but at least she slept through and did not shove us too much.  The bad night came in the form of the toddler...she was up until 10:30pm (when her normal bedtime is between 6:30-7pm), she was just running around her room.  But finally at 10:30, just as we were headed up to find our own rest she crashed for what I hoped would be an extra long time (she usually sleeps from 7pm-8am).  However, last night, she was awake again at 1:30 saying "I done, downstairs", I managed to get her back to bed only to have her wake up the day at 4:30.  Thankfully my husband went downstairs with her and I was almost able to go back to sleep.  Needless to say, today is an XL timmies kind of day!

Abbie's Favourite Songs

There comes a point in life when fun no longer means clubbing, drinking or being out 'till 4am, or thinking about yourself first! Fun means Disney movies, family dinners, bedtime stories, long cuddles, a messy house, being asleep by 10pm and hearing little voices say "I love you." Becoming a parent doesn't change you, it makes you realize that the little people that YOU created deserve the very best of your time!

My husband had a great post today that brought tears to my eyes!

Frustration

My oldest daughter just turned 2 years old.  So lucky us, we are thrown into the "terrible twos" stage.  The stage where all of your words seem to be ignored and the frustration sets in because most of the time, you have no idea what they really want.  For example, today, while trying to get Abbie to eat her lunch, she kept telling me "I done mama, I done" so believing her, I would go to take her tray away because I know the food will just be thrown if I take too long, and as I take the tray she starts eating again.  We go through this 3 times before I finally got it, then of course she throws herself on the floor in an epic tantrum!   I now have her in her room for "nap" in which really it means that she is in there destroying the place.  But I would not trade it for the world!

The intelligence of a 2 year old

So this morning, I was trying desperately to get a few more minutes of sleep (which never really works...but I can dream) all the while listening to the conversation Graham was carrying on with Abigail in the next room.  She was reciting her ABCs for him and we were surprised to know that she can now recognize "X" (which she always called "K") and she will now refer to "Q" as "O", in which she used to just say "I don't know!"  We have also learned that we really need to watch what we say...unfortunately for us, last night while getting her ready for bed, I accidently taught Abbie her first curse word.  I was holding her sister and Abigail jumped off the change table at me saying "jump!", luckily I caught her, but in the process yelled "Oh Crap", which is not as bad a word as I could have said, but still.  Immediately after I yelled it, Abigail proceeded to yell "Oh crap!" over and over....not the ideal ending to my evening...but it did not end there...I am about to talk about potty training, so if you don't want to know about my daughters bowl movements, please stop reading now.  Last night, long after Abigail went to bed, I was watching television downstairs ( I was watching One Tree Hill, if you are interested) and Graham was at Bible study, but I started to hear Abigail crying upstairs.  I ran up and Abbie started yelling "Poo! Poo!"  in which I checked her diaper and called her a liar and started to leave the room...she yelled out "Poo, Poo, now, potty"  so I ran her to the bathroom and sure enough she pooped on the potty...in fact I cannot remember when I last changed a poopy diaper of hers....Graham can't either.
This morning, her vocabulary shocked me again, when she brought over some of her play food and told me that they were "strawberry, donut, coke, and mato"!  Go Abbie Go!