Stitches for Livvy

Well we have had our first experience with stitches (crazily enough Ryan hasn't ever needed them) We have a ward play group up at the church building in the nursery and Olivia walked into a table and split open her eye. It was one of those that may or may not have needed stitches but the Doc said that it would heal faster and leave a smaller scar so I decided to do them. The girls at the church let me leave Ryan with them and so I just took Livvy to our pediatrician and he stitched her up the worst part was he didn't want to give her a shot to numb her for only 2 stitches so I had to hold a cotton swab on her cut for 20 min to numb it up a little and she screamed and fought the whole time. To do the actual stitches they wrapped her up in a sheet so she couldn't move and a nurse held her head while I held her body but she actually did really well for that part and even told her doctor thank you when he was done it was super cute! And our Pediatrician's office does stitches so we didn't have to go to the ER thank goodness! Here are some pictures of her "boo boo" as she calls it!

as you can see it looks like she may have already pulled it out a little! Now all I have to do is keep her from walking into stuff for a little while (she is a little bit of a klutz!) just too much else going on to possibly pay attention to where she is walking!

Cheap Christmas Cards

So I got an email the other day with this offer from snapfish:
Get your first set of 20 4" x 8" photo cards for just 20¢ -- that's only a penny each! Choose from over 100 holiday designs that are completely customizable.Just use coupon CARD08 at checkout to save big on your season's greetings. Hurry, this offer ends November 23!*
just go to snapfish.com
I have used them for photos before and they are really great anyways if your like me and don't send out more than a few cards this is a great buy. And since I have finally found my camera (okay so Chris found it) I can take a cute picture of the kids and make some super cute cars! Unfortunately since my camera was gone for a month and a half now I can't find the transfer cord which is completely typical, but we will figure something out and soon I will stop posting boring pictureless posts and get new pics up!
PS Our current tenants are moving out Dec.1 so we need to new tenants so if anyone knows someone that is looking for a place in this area we have an awesome 2 bedroom apt. it is $575 a month and that includes all the utilities and it is a really big apt!

Husband Tag

Okay so I have been tagged for this twice in just the last day so I guess I better do it! Each person answers questions about their husband. At the end of the post, the person then tags 6 people and posts their names; then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know they have been tagged.

What is your husbands name? Christopher Ira Wertz
How long have you guys been married? 4 1/2 years
How long did you date? that depends on what you count from beginning to end about 4 1/2 years but he was on his mission for 2 of those and I did date "a little" when he was gone!
How old is he? just turned 26
Who is taller? him by lots I love it he is the perfect height for a person my height I even read a book that said the same thing!
Who can sing best? Definitely Chris, I have a very hard time carrying a tune and he practically has perfect pitch and an amazing voice to go with it!
Who is smarter? Well if you look at our ACT tests him but I did way better in school than he did! He is definitely smarter if he wants to understand something he just gets it, it is so aggravating!
Who does laundry? All me we have had our washer and dryer for just over a year now and he had used them maybe 3 times combined!
Who pays the bills? Me but it would drive me nuts to let him I have to know exactly how much is coming in and going out!
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you are looking at the bed from the end of it I do!
Who mows the lawn? both, he mows it if he has any time but last summer he was gone all the time with school and work so I did it too!
Who cooks dinner? I would say I do about 75% of the time but he is really good to cook whenever I don't feel good or just am not feeling inspired by the food we have, he is a really good cook!
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Him, I know you are all shocked but I really have a hard time admitting I am wrong (that is what happens when you never are) but I am getting better!
Who kissed who first? Definitely Chris he seriously attacked me I don't think he was positive of what my reaction would be so he just figured I better get a good one in now just in case I don't get the chance again for a while! He shouldn't have worried though I kinda liked him just a little at time!
Who wears the pants? I do unless it is important and then he tries to let me think that I do but it is all him! We really do try to negotiate we have to with 2 people as stubborn as we are!

I think most the people I know have been tagged at one point or another so I tag everyone that has already been tagged and not done it yet!!!

Potty Training!

Well we are finally almost through it! Ryan went one whole week with only one accident and that was during a nap so doesn't really count. That was last Wednesday thru this Wednesday he has had 2 accidents since then but he is doing really well way better than any other time and we are officially out of diapers (for him anyways)! We are so proud of him and so excited to have one down one to go! Olivia is also doing really well she is still in diapers but loves to go on the toilet! Sorry for so much info but to those of you with kids you totally understand and for those of you without kids just wait one day the joy of your day will have to do with bodily functions! Sorry for no pictures I lost my camera a few weeks ago and it just hasn't turned back up, luckily I have good camera happy friends so I will have some of my kids in their costumes but it takes awhile!
One other super exciting thing (at least for me) I found a c-frame bunk bed (meaning the bottom half is a futon) on Craigslist for $55 so we can finally have guests stay at our house we didn't have a lot of room in our spare bedroom so this is the perfect solution. So now our guest don't have to share a twin bed, just ask Jen and Sam not a lot of fun! Anyway that is about it! I just had to share my excitement I love good deal!

My Silly Boy

This is a conversation between Ryan and his daddy.
Ryan comes up with a scowl and says: I'm mad
Dad: why?
Ryan: cause I can't see my forehead
He also likes to pretend like he a super hero and when he is in super hero mode you can't call him anything else. So randomly you will be calling him Superman and then he will just decide he is done with that and say, "You can call me Ryan now."
Also when you call him bud or monster (that's my pet name for both my kids) he just looks at you and says, "no I'm Ryan." I know none of them sound as cute in writing as they do in real life but it is so cute especially if you know he can't say "r" or "l" so it is that much cuter

On another note we are yet again trying to potty train (this is a year in the making) and I told him that if he could go the whole day with no accidents that he could get a Lightning McQueen car well on Friday we were to 4pm and at the store and he was still good so I bought the car just in case, unfortunately he had an accident at about 6:30 and yesterday again about 2 hours before he went to bed. I'm not sure who was sadder me or him, anyways today he made it the whole day even through church. I was so proud of him I am really hoping this is finally the beginning of the end of potty training! Also Olivia is really excited about the whole bathroom thing now too so she has a fun potty chart now too and while she rarely has a dry diaper she goes on the toilet almost every time Ryan does and actually goes so we are close there too. I am really hoping by Thanksgiving we will be out of diapers forever!!! Sorry no pics but do you really want pictures of that. I did want to get one of him finally getting his car but my batteries were
dead. Oh well!
Okay so I did find a fairly recent one this face shows about how excited Ryan is about potty training he just doesn't care! But he is still cute anyways!

Applesauce Man

Okay so everyone needs to go to my mom's blog it has the cutest video of Ryan making applesauce and if you listen in the backdrop you can hear Olivia screaming! Yep that is about how my kids are, one is always being nice and helpful while the other one is screaming, except when we are in the store when they gang up and me and run in 2 different directions. It is a good thing they are so cute definitely a built in defense mechanism.