VITO

First I'd like to start by saying Taylor has acted MUCH better since I last blogged. She's been doing extremely well with potty training...only 1 accident during the day and that's usually at dinner time. Hey, a girl's gotta eat...no time for bathroom breaks!


I know most of you are going to say I'm crazy for this next part...but we've adopted a dog. He's name is Vito. I've been wanting a dog for awhile now, and I knew that I wanted a German Shepherd, but I was afraid of getting a puppy and going through the whole chewing and training bit with little ones in the house...but then I was also afraid of getting an older one with issues. After some deliberation and many questions to reputable German Shepherd breeders, I decided to put an application into the German Shepherd Rescue of Central Alabama. They came and did a home inspection and recommended Vito. His owner died and his family couldn't take care of him, so he was surrendered to the local shelter. GSRCA came and got him and have been fostering him for 2 months. I have to say that I'm glad I listened to them and met Vito. He's the most well behaved, good natured, laid back dog I think I've ever been around. We were in PetSmart with tons of kids (not just Tucker but at least 6 other kids were climbing all over him) and he just loved it...laid there and licked faces if they would let him. He doesn't pull on his leash (yes...even in PetSmart) and so far seems to be enjoying his new home. As I'm typing this, he's laid out in his crate (which is at the foot of my bed) and is asleep. I'm sure I'll post more pics of him and the kids...but here's the one from the GSRCA website. We are all very excited about our new addition. Here's Vito!!

White Flag

The last 2 weeks have been a test. A test to determine if I can resist the overwhelming urge to tie my daughter up and hang her from the fan that hangs from my 20ft ceiling in my living room and leave her there while I go down a keg of beer at the local bar.

Yesterday morning, I almost gave up...but this morning she awoke with a white flag in her hand.

This morning when I went upstairs to get her from her room, she was holding a pair of white Minnie Mouse panties and said "Mommy, I wear big girl panties." I said okay, put them on her and she went the whole day with only one accident!!!

She started Friday wanting to wear the panties, but not wanting to go to the bathroom. But today, she made up for it. I'm so proud of her!...and myself for letting her live this long :)

Her attitude and behavior was a complete 180 from the way she acted yesterday. Hopefully we can keep this up!

Pics from Halloween

Halloween here was so much fun. Tucker got to "dress up" twice because of MDO (Mother's Day Out). So, for MDO, he was "Officer Hutson". My mom got him this outfit for his birthday. He's been asking for a police man outfit so "Grammie" delivered. The outfit is so cute and he's already gotten alot of use out of it. Hopefully the billy club won't see the back of Turner or Taylor's heads!





Both sets of grandparents came to the house for Mexican...special thanks to dad for picking it up--and paying ;)....and after dinner, the kids got dressed up as cowboys/cowgirl.

Turner wore a costume that was Tucker's first Halloween costume...he didn't go trick-or-treating with everyone else, he got to stay behind with me and (Nana) Linda and handed out candy to other trick-or-treaters. Thanks to (Gammie) my mom Katie for making Taylor's outfit and for Tucker's outfit. Everyone looked adorable and fun was had by all!!!

I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween!