Buchholz Family Homestead: Hustle and Bustle

Christmas is quickly approaching and we are having quite the month already!

My birthday on the 2nd--we didn't do anything special as I wasn't feeling well, I slept pretty much all weekend. I'm going to chalk it up to pure exhaustion because I pretty much slept for 3 days straight besides going to the grocery store for an hour. Thank God for Dan for letting me sleep while he did all of my normal duties!

We are in week two of potty training. Here is the run down on this. We have been trying, well, since the middle/end of summer (when I was massive) and I would work with him and he would fight tooth and nail. So, I said, "I'm not going to fight, I'm too big and too hormonal!" We let it go and let him do his thing. The annoying part--he would tell us EVERY time he was going to the bathroom..in his diaper. Then he would say, "it's okay, diaper on!" Which was even more annoying to me because he knew it was okay to go in a diaper just not in his underwear, arg!! So, two weeks ago now, he randomly said, "go potty," then proceeded to his potty and needed help getting his diaper off. I decided that was it no more diapers. We started a week ago Sunday, and he was doing great. Then we got a mouse in our bedroom so we went to stay with my parents until we caught it. It got us a little off schedule, he ended up getting a bad cold, and me being the worry wart didn't want him to wet their crib. Which ended up with a few accidents last week, mostly at nap time. Once we got home Sunday I made it clear to him and Dan that, "there is no more diapers!" We have had two accidents 1 when he got up the 1st morning without a diaper, and that same day at nap. Then he started to fight me every time I said he needed to go try to use the potty. I was so annoyed...hence my Facebook post which most of you probably saw. I finally just let him tell me when he needed to go and it has been 100% better and no accidents!! Crossing everything and knocking on wood, ha! I am praying this continues and we have only 1 in diapers come 2014..and she is in cloth so we wont be buying any more diapers!!! 2014 is looking up already ;)

As for more awesomeness--and let me be clear our lives aren't always sunshine and roses, we have a lot of things we can't control I just choose not to dwell on them, that may or may not be a good thing but ehh if tomorrow never comes at least I was focused on the positive, right?!?--Anyway, back to the awesomeness...Dan and I do every other night with the middle of the night feeding. Well, last night was my night and guess who slept ALL NIGHT?!? Yup, Kenzlie Grace! Dan did a feeding at 9:00 while I was at the gym and put her in her crib about 10:00 and I woke her up at 8:00AM this morning! This is probably a fluke, although, she has been doing the sleeping in longer spurts we knew it was just getting it at the right time of night so hopefully, fingers crossed, we have got it in the right spot. We shall see, time will tell right? Although, we know we can't complain with only having to get up once in the night, being she is only 6 weeks old! More of Kenzlie, she is finally starting to smile at us, she is really independent (I have no idea where she gets it ;) ) but when she wants cuddles she wants them now! It's really hard not to give in as they are few and far between!

Back to the mouse (I'm sure some of you are curious) I was getting up to do a feeding last week and I heard cords moving behind our bed, although, at first I thought it was sleeting out. Which I was told I probably was hearing the mouse climbing in the vents. (YUCK!) Either way, I got down on the floor with my phone flash light and there was this little mouse looking back at me. I jump on the bed and Dan, clueless, asked me what I was doing...oh honey, I'm just trying to get on you at 5:15 in the morning, by putting a flashlight in your face and saying, ewe, ewe, I knew it!! Haha...so I then ran to the bathroom and sat balled up on the toilet. Had Dan get Kypton out of bed (because I thought I saw the mouse run in his room) give me a break it was 5:15 and I saw a mouse--I was freaking out! Mean while I talked to my Dad and he was bringing over the sticky traps to put down. I took the kids to my parents, where we stayed until Saturday. We caught the mouse Friday night, but we wanted to make sure their wasn't a second one so we stayed with my rents and extra night. Ah, I know people keep telling me it has nothing to do with how clean your house is, and it's totally normal! Oh, no sir, I'm not okay with it on any level. So, the mouse is gone and I'm still working on getting over the fact that it was ever here!!! Please, Lord, NEVER AGAIN!!

Hmm..as for this week I ventured out with the kids by myself..to the grocery store none the less. Only took an hour, I was presently surprised. It only sucked as it was way to cold out and my fingers were freezing trying to get them in and out of the car, being that when I have my gloves on it's just obnoxious trying to push the buttons and yada, yada..you know what I mean! I think that is all the updates for now (that I can remember.)

Hopefully, everyone is having a blessed holiday season. I hope to get 1 last post in before 2014 but no promises!

Here are some of the birthday photos and some other randoms from the last few weeks..enjoy!

Birthday Doughnuts-