Surprise!!!

On August 5th I got up at 3:30 am to get the car packed up and the kids and I headed to Tonkawa to surprise a certain Mima on her birthday. Papa kept us informed on the way and we pulled into the driveway about 6am. She saw us pull in and ran out to meet us. We spent the day on the farm and had a great time. We played in the garden, played on the tree swing, ran up and down hills, cooked "birthday brownies" and got to see Grandma and Grandpa Sinor. We left late that afternoon to get ready for Noah's 10 year reunion, so it was a short trip, but it was so nice to see the Family!

Crew and Mima walking in from running the hill.

While we worked in the garden we saw 2 bunnies!

The product of our Harvest

Swinging on the tree swing

Crew stayed awake with me on the way up there, so we napped from about 8am to 10am.

Mima and Kyntli stayed busy in the kitchen for us :)

Viva Las Vegas

This year for vacation we went to Vegas. This was the first time I have been. I was nervous because I am not a gambler so my game plan was to sit by the pool and drink margaritas and read my Kindle. WRONG!!! Noah and his family were in a bowling tournament, so that is what we did during the first 2 days. We shopped, walked through numerous casino's, shopped, Drank margaritas, visited a piano bar, shopped, almost got kicked out of Gilley's numerous times, ate fabulous food and shopped some more.

Possibly the yummiest salmon I've ever had!

It was hot, but a different kind of hot than here. We walked the entire strip and I didn't even sweat. It was really fun.

I did manage to get some pool time in :)

Buddy's 50th Birthday happen to fall while we were there and Tracy had us riding in style!

Noah and I had a great getaway with each other but we were ready to get home to our babies. They stayed in Chickasha with Mima and Papa and had a great time. They were sad to see Mima and Papa go, but they were excited to see Mommy and Daddy :)

Kyntli's First injury

KK is my healthy one. She is clumsy but until this summer has managed to avoid serious stuff until May 20th. I was in the kitchen getting dinner ready, the kids were on the trampoline and Noah was cleaning the pool. I am headed outside to get them for dinner and I hear her yelling that she is ready to go inside. Somehow she managed to unclip and unzip the safety net and is standing in the opening holding onto the net waiting. Noah is headed over to get her out and I'm walking toward the trampoline and Crew jumps against the net on the opposite side and shakes the net which flings Kyntli out. Noah and I were not more then an arms length away but she toppled to the ground before we could get there. She let out a scream that makes my stomach turn just thinking about it. I immediately look at Noah and tell him her arm is broke to call his mom because we need to go to Norman ER.

This is her in the car on the way to Norman. We wrapped it in ice and towels and as long as we didn't move it she would sleep.

Waiting in the ER, We ended up being admitted to the Hospital and staying the night and having surgery the next morning. She was a trooper.

Very proud of my Girl. This is a pic of her right after surgery.

Day 1 at Home

Day 2 at Home

Our Cast she picked out :)

She was side lined from swimming, but she would still come out with us and sit on the side and splash her legs.

Mother's Day

Mother's Day is getting more special the older I get. I don't remember the person I was before having kids very well, but I do remember it was all about me! No responsibilities, sleeping whenever I wanted, and what stress I thought I had is laughable now. As mother's we give up, well, ourselves, to care for these little babies. We feed them, wash them, play with them and watch them grow. We hope and pray that we guide them in the right direction so that they can have all they can dream of and more. We want our daughters to find their Prince. Someone who will love them and care for them and provide for them and treat them like the Princesses they are. We want our sons to find a girl who loves them, supports them, and someone who will love our grand babies and be good mother's to them. It is a hard and hair-pulling kind of job, we want them to grow and go, but ultimately we want them to stay little and in our arms forever........... Being a Mom is a little confusing for me, I don't want this time in my life to end. I don't want them to go to school or get bigger. I'm sure every mom has these emotions and I know it's selfish, but it does make me appreciate my Mom and all that she went through raising me and my brother. She is a great role model and support system for me. I Love You Mom!!!!!

Potty update

Okay this last week has been a blur! But I am happy to say that Crew is using the potty. He does not go in his underwear or his pull-up. He does his potty dance and we run to the potty. At first I think he thought we didn't want him to let it out at all :( Poor guy was holding it til he was just miserable, and screamed when he was going in the potty, but we seem to have moved past that stage now. He also wakes up at night and goes to the potty! This was something I was not prepared for since I still have to set my alarm every night for 1:30am to wake Kyntli up so she won't go in the bed. But he is a light sleeper like me and Kyntli is a hard sleeper like Noah. I still have to watch Crew. He isn't coming up to me and saying peepee, but he does his little dance right up to me. We even made a trip to the potty at Walmart yesterday. I'm gonna need some pointers on how to hold him on a big potty and get him to aim down. That was a HUGE mess, but he did avoid Mommy's clothes :) Overall, I am 100% pleased with the progress, and very proud of my Crew!!!

Potty Day 1

After further research I did not go with Potty Boot Camp. I went with potty train in 3 days. The first day is over. (Thank Goodness) from 8am-1230 we went through 9 pairs of underwear and lots of juice without a single success. Nap time was fine and he woke up dry. After that was the war of the poop. He really needed to go and just wouldn't, however, he was making a little connection, because I could see him begin to squirm and wimper right before. So we ended up getting the poo poo in the potty! YAY. By the end of today he is not fighting sitting on the potty and he is starting to be uncomfortable before he goes. All in all, according to the book, it was a successful day. Even after all of the yucky stuff and wanting to pull my hair out, I feel that it is going smoother this time around. I am more patient and positive (this could be because I don't have a newborn and a baby along with the stress of potty training this time around :)

This last picture is my team! YAY for a smelly free house!!! This is what will help me sleep good tonight!!!!

Preparing for the Potty.....

It's that time in the Willard house. As of April 1st we will start potty training Crew. Kyntli was such a nightmare I bought a book this time. Potty Training Boot Camp. My plan is to do it on my 5 day stretch of being off work. We are in what the book calls "Prep Mode". We are watching Elmo potty shows, he is going to the bathroom with me and his sister where we explain what we are doing to him. Kyntli loves being "the teacher." So far everything is going as planned. This past weekend he said "poo poo" and I looked in his diaper and he had just went. So I think the potty wheels are starting to turn! I am very stressed over this and just want it to go better this second round. I guess we will find out soon enough!!! Stay tuned.................

Spring is in the air

Oh how I am ready to get outside and stay there. We have had some nice teasers the last couple of weeks. This Spring/summer/fall we are planning to update the outside of our new house. We have done some work to the inside, but are SO excited to get the outside settled. So I amgoing to post some of the before pictures and keep posting as we get things done. Noah and I dug out one small tree and 4 dead shrubs from the front. I am no green thumb, but excited for the blank canvas. We recently had 5 trees removed from the yard. One was just to the right of the front door. It was a nice tree, but completely covered the front door and hid the house. In the back yard we had 3 evergreens removed from the left side of the deck. We have plans for a new deck and we are going to make it a little bigger than the original, so we needed the expanding room. We had one more removed from in between the brick outlines. It basically had no branches left and blocked the view. Our first house had hardly any yard, so I am just so excited for cookouts and play time. The pool should be open sometime mid-April to early May. We are going to convert it to a salt water pool. The pool is a very new thing to me, so I am going to have to learn how to take care of it. If anyone has any experience with the pool thing, or salt water vs. chlorine suggestions and opinion are welcome!

2 years ago today

I was huge and working in Labor and Delivery. They sent me home because they caught me contracting (I was trying to hide it.) So I went home and we packed our bags but I didn't want to go because we deal withfalse alarms daily and I knew my evil co-workers would not let me live it down!:) About 11:30 I had a contraction that woke me up. Noah helped me out of bed and we walked into the bathroom and my water broke. We called Mammy and she came over to be with Kyntli and we set out for the hospital.

Denise met me there and I was 6cm. Got my epidural and started pitocin at 3:30am. At 4:51 am Crew Thomas Willard was placed in my arms! I remember that day like it was yesterday. Crew was not planned, but he was by far the best surprise I have ever recieved!

His first year seems like a blur, He had to have surgery at 9 months old at OU Med Center. Nothing emergent, but surgery non-the less.

His second year was full of ear infections and asthma. We finally got tubes in October. In Decemberwe were hospitalized for 3 days for a abcess. My wish is that he will stay away from the Doctor for this next year! He is loads of laughs and LOVES his Mommy. He is all boy loves to run and jump. He loves to sing and dance. Elmo is what we are into now. I cannot believe he is 2. I don't know where the time is going, but I would give anything to freeze time for a while. My kids bring so much Joy, Laughter and Love to my life. They are a lot of work, but SO worth it! I am so lucky to have a job where I only have to work 3 days a week, and get to spend 4 days a week with them. I cherish every moment I get with them, because Life really is short.

New Year!

Okay, so last year didn't go so well with the Blog. Time to start fresh. We had a very busy 2010. Noah and I purchased our first "flip house" we sold it within 1 month of owning it. The next month we sold our first house and moved to a new one. We stayed in Chickasha, but gained about 1000 square feet, a huge backyard and an inground pool. We are very excited to get into that this summer!!!! Noah is doing well at the Bank. Sandy is still in Labor and Delivery at Norman. Kyntli Started school and dance class.

She is doing well at

school, but still

cries when we drop her

off.

Crew will turn 2 on January

14,2011! So far in his little life

he has had 2 surgeries and right before Christmas

we were hospitalized at OU

Med Center for 3 days.

So I'm hoping we AVOID the

Doctor except for check-up's in

2011!

Our Baseball Trip this year was to Chicago. We went to see the Cardinals (of course)

against the Cubs. We had a great time with our friends. We missed our Kiddo's like Crazy!

We are excited about 2011 and all of

the new and exciting things that is in store.............