Whoever said "No use crying over spilled milk" was not the one cleaning it!

We packed up all of Aedan's sippy cups this weekend, and he is now drinking out of a "big boy" cup. I did a little happy dance as he proudly threw them in the garbage, because I despise sippy cups for the following reasons:

1) They don't always work! They give you a false sense of security that the liquid you place in the cup is actually going to stay there, but it doesn't! In a sleep fog at 6am it is easy to put the top on wrong, or not secure the white "stopper" so it falls out allowing your toddler to spill juice all over the house!

2) They are easy to lose. Because you are letting your toddler roam the house with the cup it is easy for them to end up odd places, only to be found at a later date and time. No matter how hard I tried to keep track of all of the cups, we constantly had a "rogue" sippy lost somewhere in this house, and it is never fun when you actually locate it!

3) They are impossible to clean. Anyone who has ever had the pleasure of cleaning them will surely agree with me. Could they come with anymore small hard to clean parts?

4) My son used it JUST like a bottle! Nothing like watching an almost three year old suck back a bottle in two seconds. He was using them for comfort, and at three, he should be able to comfort himself by other means.

Ok, rant on sippies is over, I am just so happy they are gone, although we have a new problem. I am sure you can guess by the title of this post what our new problem is!! It isn't that he can't physically drink out of a normal cup, he actually does a great job with that, our problem is that he can't remember not to knock it over. When he sits down we remind him that he has a big boy cup, and to be careful. As he is eating both Chris and I move the cup out of harms way at least twice. Then at some point during the meal, while the two adults are not paying attention, he activates his go go gadget arms and manages to knock the cup over. Every meal. After the first couple of meals we started filling the cup only half way, and now he gets about three sips in his cup at a time. The kicker is that our dining room is carpeted (yeah who thought that was a good idea?), so it isn't an easy clean as you can imagine! I am hoping his gets used to this new cup thing soon so I can clean the carpets. Until then, my house will smell like sour milk. Sigh...

The Daddy

Ok, so he didn't get a very good intro did he? The cat and dog upstaged him really, and that wasn't very fair! He is laughing at me in this photo of the bathroom that we are remodeling, and by we, I mean him. I will have you know this picture was taken less than a week ago and we already have the tile down on the floor, and the vanity, medicine cabinet and light bar installed. Almost done, WAHOO! Oh, back to the daddy...

He is a great daddy, because not only is he a truly great daddy, but a great husband as well. Don't get me wrong, this is no fairytale...we both do things that piss the other one off, but at the end of the day we love each other. We really do. I know that can't be said for everyone, so I really do appriciate that. He is a great man, and I respect him for everything he does for this family. Not to mention the fact that he is pretty hot, and not so bad to wake up to every morning! You may think I am saying this only because he reads this blog...but he actually doesn't have time for "my silly internet games"!

The rest of the family

As promised, the daddy (Chris) and the kitty (Johnny). Don't let the picture of the pets fool you, they do not happily coexist at all. Most of the time June Carter Cash chases Johnny Cash (the cat in black) around the house, or vice versa. One day I am sure they will work it out, but for now it is just more chaos! You know you live in a busy house when you are excited for the animals to chase each other, because that means the dog has stopped annoying the toddler. (If you are ever here when the dog is annoying the toddler you will know why I say that! There is always a screeching "Noooooooooo June bug" every time the dog does something Aedan doesn't like.)

A proper introduction

I thought I should introduce my cast of characters. These three trouble makers keep me busy all day, every day.

I will start with the furry one! June is the golden retriever puppy, who will turn one in May. A word of advice, no matter how much your husband whines you should not agree to go "just look" at puppies, unless you really want to take one home that day. She was his "getting out of the Navy" present, and has been a hand full, but is actually a very well behaved puppy. However, if you take her and a toddler and put them in the same room, it is very much like having two toddlers.

Speaking of toddlers...that brings me to the big one, also known as Aedan. He will be three in March and is the sweetest almost three year old around, most of the time. He does know how to throw tantrums and loves to whine, but then again, what three year old doesn't? It is amazing how smart he is already, and I am sure it won't be long before he is out smarting me. For now I still have the advantage, luckily!

Then there is the little one. We like to call him Corbin. He was born last October, which makes him 3 months old. He is an "easy" baby, which is the only reason I am surviving this stay at home mom thing! There is something wonderful about second babies, as a mommy you have already gotten used to living for someone else, so that part comes easy and you are just able to enjoy them.

I tried to find a photo of just me, but I couldn't, and I thought this one would do just fine:

That was taken right after Corbin was born, but not much has changed since then! Taking care of them is like three full time jobs! Sometimes I do them all wonderfully, and other times I am sure they would like to fire me, but they can't!

There is a husband and a cat, but since they take care of themselves and I hear a baby calling, I will introduce them in another post!