Express Yourself

So I have to say that my daughter is truly my guts. Recently she has started saying "aaaahhhh cccuuuutttteeee" when I pick out her clothes for the day. I love it!! She is so enthusiastic and reminds me of myself sooo much. I guess I'm gonna be in trouble though when she gets to be a little older and starts to care a little more about fashion. I was cleaning the other day and came across one of her old hats, and of course she wanted to play with it. The end result was this. Can you guess who dressed her for bed.........

OK OK OK

Ok, so I've been catching some heat about the length of time between my posts. The truth is, is that I love posting pictures with my blog and I only just recently took some new ones. So I promise there is more to come and soon.

My husband and I are about to leave on a romantic getaway to the awesome city of Toronto. Ok, so it's not a romantic getaway, it really a business trip for him, but hey, I'm going. This conference is being held in a super ritzy hotel and my awesome parents are keeping Layla for us. So maybe it is a little romantic. Who knows maybe we'll come back with more than souvenirs....

ps still trying out new blogs so be patient.....kimberly heheheheheh

Can't Make Up My Mind

Ok, so for the last couple of times you've visited my blog you've probably noticed some changes. I have found that I get bored with the templates and have been testing some new ones out. I've tried out several of the templates blogspot offers, but I just can't seem to settle. I'm not really too excited about any of the templates anyway. If anyone's got any ideas for how I can get creative let me know

Pee Pee on the Potty

Now that Layla's about to turn 2, we have decided that it's time to start daunting task of potty training. She's definitely interested in going potty and has gotten into the habit of grabbing her little butt and saying poot (not poop poot). Yesterday she got up from her nap, sweat-soaked hair plastered to her head, and I asked her if she wanted to go potty. She answered with an enthusiastic YES and the result is this picture. I can't wait to embarrass her when she brings home a boyfriend......

"Are Your Kidney's OK?"

Being a nurse is great. After 51/2 years of working in the hospital, I've picked up a thing or two. As I've posted before, I work on a Renal unit taking care of people with kidney failure. We see a lot of other patients, like those with heart failure, sepsis, pneumonia etc, but my real strength is the kidney stuff. Our unit hosted the first ever "World Kidney Day" at my hospital in March and recently some other staff and I had the opportunity to share our wealth of renal knowledge with some of our affiliates. I love teaching so this opportunity was perfect for me. Here's a picture of us getting ready to talk it up.

Sports Widow

Every year about this time a change comes over the man of my house. My husband is transformed into a football-crazed sports maniac who lives for Sunday afternoons, Monday nights, and now (thank you NFL), Thursday nights. Ok maybe "crazed" is exaggerating a little, but he's definitely more than just the average fan. He's an AWESOME father and husband, but at 1:00 on Sunday afternoons the jersey goes on and he enters "ESPN zone" and I don't mean the restaurant. He's not the only one. He has a large group of friends that are just as wild about football as he is. They get together often to watch a game or call each other to talk smack about the other guys team. It's really funny to watch. For example, let's say the almighty Chargers are playing and the quarterback makes a mistake or someone fumbles the ball; the phone rings and Jeff calls to pour a little salt in the wound. You can be sure that when the Falcons are playing, Josh will be sure to call out their screw-ups. Their so cute they even have a fantasy league where they give away this trophy and a pot of money. Josh was the winner last year so now I get to look at this lovely thing until a new winner is crowned. My man swears he's the best though and this friggin' thing will be in our house for yet another year. I know the perfect place for it......the garage. hahahah. Just kidding were only a few more weeks away from finishing the man-lair in the basement. My husband is soo excited to have a place to recline back and watch his team on the big screen. Did I mention that big screen is already purchased and has replaced our computer on the desk in the den. I have to say it is pretty nice, flat screen HD. We watched a movie the other night and I swear you could count the pores on the actors face. Ah well, it will all be over in January and I'll have him all to myself. For now, I'll bring the beer and the snacks , sit beside him on the couch and shout with him at the TV. I love that man of mine.

Mothers & Daughters

My awesome parents do foster care. That's how they acquired me and that's how they have acquired the two newest editions to our family. If you read my mom's blog, then you know the younger of the two sweeties has a few handicaps. Little guy is adorable and his big sis is so dear. We recently tried an outing together with everyone. If you read Poppa's blog then you will know it was a total disaster. If my almost two-year-old wasn't flippin' out then little guy was. At one point we were all strolling through the mall with little dude hanging upside down flailing and my daughter arching her back and kicking. You could feel the judgements being cast down on us by onlookers. However, we remained totally cool. After watching my mom with kids for years, I've learned a thing or two. She is totally calm and patient, loving, and warm. Even if she's ready to tear her hair out on the inside, she rarely shows it. Thank you Kate for teaching me what is truly important when it comes to children. Now that Layla is approaching the "terrible twos" I'll need all the help I can get.