Holy Crap!!!! She peed on the potty!!!!

Nic got Belle ready for a bath and sat her on her potty just for fun and told her to "go potty", and guess what, she did. I'm just floored. She's never wanted to sit on it with a bare butt before.

I was downstairs on my laptop when Nic came out and said she had peed on the potty. I had to see it with my own eyes. Sure enough!!

I was gonna wait til she was 2, but she might be ready now.

Belle's Cousin is a . . . . .

Working at a hospital has it's perks. Check out Sara's blog for the sex of Belle's cousin.

Where's Waldo?

The suspect returned to the scene of the crime to find that her work was cleaned back up, but in no time it was back to it's original mess. Can you find her?

I've been robbed!!!

Suspect: 24lbs and 32in tall white female
Last seen: in the vicinity of the living room wearing pink footie pjs

Belle meets Belle

When we were in Ohio about a month ago, we went to Duck Duck Goose, a little children's boutique. They have tons of cute stuff and this visit just happen to be during their birthday celebration. They had Belle from Beauty and the Beast for the kids to meet. Belle was less than interested, but I thought it was neat that Belle got a picture taken with Belle.

I look like I'm striking some sort of model pose. I don't know what happened there.

Fun with the Macbook

Belle wasn't feeling good this morning and all she wanted to do was sit on my lap. Of course my laptop is pretty much attached to me, so it was on the couch with us. We had a little fun with the photo booth program.

Feeling crappy, but amused that she can see herself in the computer.


Look, I can see my hand moving


Giving "the look"


Now this is just weird

Do you think we should trust her on this thing?

Mom and Dad dug out a horse similar to this one and has kept it at their house. Belle LOVES it. My mom rode it, Sara and I rode it, now Belle is?

Well Nic found this horse at a garage sale to have at our house. Its a little different in that it has a frame that comes up around the horse and the springs are looser. The movement of the horse goes a lot farther.

Belle has a blast on it, but you really have to watch her. (ignore Nic in the background, for some reason I couldn't upload the file where I got rid of the sound)

Insurance sucks!

Would Universal Health Insurance be that bad? No, I don't think it is the answer, but I'm infuriated with the issue of health insurance.

Why am I so mad? Nic's employer whom I won't name (though a lot of you guys know) has changed their insurance offerings that will be effective in 09. Now the company is selling it to their employees as the next greatest thing, but I am not buying it. Sure its great if you don't get sick, but with kids it's just not practical.

Right now we've got the normal PPO (co-pays and deductibles). In 2009 we will be forced to go to a Consumer Based plan. Here is how it works. The company pays $300 for preventive care, then we pay a $400 individual / $800 family deductible. Once that is met, the company pays $1000 individual / $2000 family, and then we have ANOTHER deductible. THEN the insurance is 80/20. With a total out of pocket being $3500 individual / $7000. RIDICULOUS.

Why is it that a company making record profits can't take better care of their employees? Why aren't more people mad about this? Is it just me?

I have several other issues that I have with this company and their policies. But I guess in I could look at it another way, atleast we have insurance and atleast Nic has a job.

Its really coming down to companies not appreciating or valuing their employees. Its happening all to much. I've experienced it, Nic's experienced it and so has my dad. Sad but true and there is really nothing we can do about it.