Two

You may be seeing a lot of posts falling under this title. On Monday I will have a two year old. She is making herself known around here. After 1 year and 11 months of laying low, being our funny, obedient, sweet little girl and BAM! One month before her second birthday she has decided to scream no, throw herself on the ground, throw what she is holding, look away from me, walk away from me, the list goes on. A lot of you have 2 year olds so you know what I am talking about nothing out of the ordinary, just your run of the mill acting out to see if she can get away with stuff. Its frustrating feeling like I am constantly being so mean! Even when I try to make it a lesson and talk rationally instead of just whacking her (jk) I feel mean.
Please tell me you feel mean to and that your kids dont hate you!

Her taste buds are evidently changing as well, last week she asked me every day for for pizza and yogurt this week she wants salad and soy nuts, no lie! The girl wants spinach salad!

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That's the number that determined my fate this morning. That was the number that was assigned to Mia in the nursery. I was expecting it, she was due to eat during church. Off I went making jokes along the way with the ladies in the hall... you know the milk wagon, mooing that sort of thing. As I was feeding her she decided to poop... All Over Me! It was down my (kelly's actually :o) shirt onto my skirt and it was awful! I went out into the foyer just to share laughs with the other 4 moms standing out there. My wonderful fearless dear ladies bible study leader Ann Hornblower actually pointed at me and doubled over in laughter! So I made Ann hold her while I cleaned myself up! I then hung out at the nursery desk for the last 15 min of church not being able to muster up the courage to go back to church with the front of me soaking wet and smelling like poo!

Same Ol' Stuff

• I type to you wearing a hoodie for the first time of the season!
  

• This has been one crazy week. Sunday was a successful 5th annual labor day weekend party at the (new) Zuerner house. 57 adults 24 children and 10 babies under 1yr! I think its safe to say that people don't mind not being able to see the fireworks at our new house!

• Monday was a day of clean-up from the rockin' party. The floors got mopped, kitchen scrubbed. It the perfect feeling long weekend kind of day. Up early with a happy baby, windows open with a cool breeze moving in, husband home, no real plans. My parents came by for a grilled hot dog left-overs lunch and to load up all the tables and chairs. Annie went to play at Gram and Gramps for the morning which was a first... its funny to have a kid old enough to want to go somewhere to play just because, I felt guilty because I didn't need her to be there for any reason!
  

• I finally made a decision after hemming and hawing over it to buy a sit and stand stroller. It was one of those instances where it just all came together. I found one on Craigslist, the lady contacted me back, it was affordable (although not cheap) in really super good condition. Joe was with me to go pick it up so no one killed me :o) After all the reviews that I read it seemed to me that the people who didn't like it were those with large children (either tall or heavy) and my children fall into neither of those categories!

• I woke up at 2am with buyers remorse but I had a totally unrealistic first time using the stroller. Joe was with me and 2 parents is always easier than one! Annie had no nap and has all the sudden decided that she is going to act like a 2 year old (that's a whole different post... how do you spank a child every 10 min and not feel like a big fat meanie?) So Joe was chasing Annie who didn't want to sit or stand and Mia was hungry and wanting to be held so I was pushing an empty stroller around the outlet mall! Grrr. Don't worry we have taken quite few walks since then and Annie LOVES it and asks for it all day. The maneuverability is good although nothing will ever compare to my jogging stroller.

• We were at the outlets to buy Annie some fall/winter clothes. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE the carters outlet! Their clothes are so cute and so inexpensive! I got her a pair of khaki pants for $8 and the tag said $24! I realize that you could buy second hand even cheaper but I am not good at second hand shopping for some reason so I go for the next best thing. I was annoyed that I had to buy her 12 month pants and they still fall off her waist! I felt like I was wasting my money because she will have to grow at some point right? Oh well such is life with children, constantly trying to keep up with them!
  

• We are trying to decide what to buy Annie for her birthday. She is so much fun right now I just feel like she would LOVE anything we got her and I want it to be something fun for her to have. We don't ever buy her toys throughout the year so birthdays and Christmas are fun! I guess whatever I don't get her for her birthday can be put on her Christmas list.
  

• I have tried to blog about 5 times in the past 2 weeks but felt so uninspired and whiny about potty training and life with a 2 year old that they sit unpublished in my draft folder just to spare you all the boring selfish prideful rambling! Bullet points are so much more fun and keep me from rambling... kind of.

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