Daddy Day of Fun

Corey decided to stay home today for a Friday Fun Day w/ Olivia!

I have been receiving the cutest email picture messages from him throughout the day bragging of the fun they are having without me! Couldn't be that much fun, because I am not there, right?


Corey set up her kiddie pool, getting ready to go for a dip!


Using a pacifier pretending she is a baby, while getting ready to go potty!


Morning cartoon time, this pic actually did make me jealous this morning, how comfy does she look? I would love a jammy day too!

Summer Lovin' 2010

Tea party on the deck, pretending to be a puppy.


Swings at Olivia's new 'park' aka swing set


Swinging her baby

Reading to her baby - such a good momma!

A few pics of the begining of a great summer, in our new West Fargo digs.

Nursing Pick Me Up's

So as our due date is getting closer & closer...well 3 months away but hey, that's close...I am having a lot more 'questions' than I did the first time around. Strange, I know. I think it's because I know what to expect. OR I expect what I can expect will 'probably happen'....make sense?

My biggest question today is...To Breastfeed or Not to Breastfeed (that is the question, haha!)? I hated it the first time. Well, hate is a very strong word. I very much disliked it the first time. All this smog about 'convenience' and 'easy temperature controlled milk' and 'cheap'...well I don't agree. Here are my points....

• Saves You Money: I still had to buy the bottles for daycare. Because I nursed we had to try (& throw away) a million types of bottles, formulas & nipples to find the right combination with Olivia. Mind you the 'really cheap' (insert sarcasm font) milking machine I had to buy. I would say on a 'saves you money' scale we did not come out ahead on this.
• Convenience: I get it. I do. And really wish I wasn't so 'shy'. But for me there is nothing convenient about whipping my boobies out in public to feed my baby. However I do think it is very convenient to stay 100% clothed, shake up a bottle of formula & feed the baby by bottle. Once with Olivia I fed her in public, at lunch with my Grandma at a restaurant with no other patrons besides us. And I had my chest very well hid under a huge blanket. As a 2nd time Mommy I do think I can do better with this. Like utilize the corner table in the Target deli, instead of asking the clerks to watch my cart while I run out to the car to feed my child in the backseat & resume shopping in 45 mins. Or go to teh Sears wing of the Mall where minimal patrons roam. Yes I know. I can do better.....BUT......
• Temperature Control: Eh. I find it just as easy to warm milk in a glass cup for 13 seconds or however many my new microwave allows.
• *Low Odor Poopy: Got me on this. This was a bonus! Loved the fact her BM didn't stink!

So what I am saying is. Show me some love, I could really use some pick me ups. Some tips. Some tricks. Some, Trish you gotta do this agains. HELP!

I know I sound so selfish. I know the baby's needs should come before my own. I just am on a 'I hate breastfeeding kick' right now. So, can you sell me on it? Let's see you work some boobie loving magic on me!!

Potty Update

Wow! What a great couple of days Olivia has had potty training. Mark my words...this seems to easy. I think it is part (or totally) due to our awesome Daycare Momma.

Yesterday she was accident free! From waking up yesterday with a dry diaper (I am sticking to diapers at night for now!) to this morning when she woke up with a dry diaper! I am so impressed!

She did have a little naptime poopy accident, and a "Mommy Poopy" accident I couldn't throw her out of the bathtub fast enough accident. But for now, we are not counting poopy accidents. We are focusing on the 'Pee-Pee in the Potty!'!!!

Don't Potty on Snow White

Olivia is a total girls girl. She loves all things girlie. Baby dolls. Princesses. Crowns. High Heels. Makeup.

So we have been poking around with potty training. What's the hold up you say? I am just not ready. Ugh. I always frowned on Momma's that said this (sorry to my friends I judged - haha). I always thought "not ready for what? The savings you will go through each month? The losing of nasty diaper garbage's and stinky bottoms? Buck up Momma, it's time!".

Well I am just not ready. Diapers are SO EASY. There is no running to the bathroom. There is no wondering when she will pee on the floor. Just a nice, contained area that is easy to clean up!

So our daycare lady is bound & determined to have Baby O trained by the time Baby Boy Sorenson arrives this fall. And I guess I am on bored!

Yesterday they decided to throw her into big girl undies and just let 'er rip! And she didn't have 1 accident until 4pm! They put her in some snow white undies and said 'don't pee on the princess' and she didn't! At 4 when she did have her little accident she then requested a diaper. LOL

I did follow suit and put her back in undies at home. This time Minnie Mouse. And NO ACCIDENTS! WAY TO GO OLIVIA! So we are going to be a big girl undies at home, pull ups away from home kind of family from now on! I know, I greatly dislike pull ups but...did you know rubber undies are IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND in size 2T? And as soon as I find them, I will nix this Pull Up idea. I do have a Minneapolis trip planned for this weekend, so maybe Babies R Us will have something to offer!

Naptime Humor

When Olivia wakes up in the mornings or after naps we like to joke around with her that we can't find her outside her door saying "Olivia where are you?"

This past Saturday the conversation went like this:
Olivia (laying in her Crib): Moooommmmmy I awake!
Me (outside her door): Olivia? Is that you? Where are you?
Olivia: I right here! Giggles!
Me (still outside her door): I can't see you, where are you?
Olivia: I stuck in my curb (crib) Mommy! Giggles!

IT'S A BOY!!!!