Our happy guy - 2 and a half months old

Some of our friends have a blog and I love it .. I love reading it and looking at the pictures of their family. (Somehow it makes Texas seem a little closer.) I will try to update often.

I never knew how hard two could be .. or maybe it's just that Ella is now 2. The baby seems easy in comparison. Sometimes I think that I might go crazy!

Here's an example of what I'm talking about:
Once a month we have a parenting class on Tuesday nights that starts at 7:00. Child care is provided there, so the kiddos get to come with. Last week Case happened to be in Alabama, so I had to go solo. Every month we have homework and I still hadn't printed it out Tuesday afternoon. Case just bought a new printer and I didn't have the drivers loaded on my computer. So, around 6:00, I was trying to load the drivers, restart the computer, etc. so that I could print off a copy. Ella, who was recently potty trained, noticed that I wasn't paying any attention to her. She continued to ask for snacks, videos, etc. and my only response was "Just wait". She then had an 'accident'. She hadn't had one in about a week. Since we were downstairs I just took off her pants and threw them in the washing machine. I cleaned her off with some wipes and asked her to sit on my lap while I finished what I was doing at the computer. I gave her one instruction: "Do not touch Mommy's computer." She proceeded to look me in the eyes and aggresively touched the keys. In our previous parenting class, we had just learned that discipline had to be 3 things to work: Immediate, Memorable and Consistent. So, applying what I learned, I immediately took her upstairs for some discipline. After I was done, I had her on my lap and told her why I spanked her. She then looked me in the eyes and urinated all over me!! It's funny now, but trust me, it wasn't at the time. We were able to get cleaned up and I still made it to class on time - and I even turned in my homework!