Cold, Rain, and Mud!

It's been a cold, rainy, and YUCKY past couple of days. And Harley loves playing in mud! Great right?! Not so great! Muddy paw prints all over my floors!

Anyway. It's been cold. I'm in my hoodie and sweat pants and still cold! Baby girl is coming down with a cold I think. Not too sure yet. But I did give her cold medicine last night and this morning she seems to be doing better. She has such an amazing personality! Right now she is sitting on the couch with her blanky reading a book and watching tv!

Yesterday Harley got out of the fence. (Choo left the gate open) I had him and Elvis outside and Harley took off around the corner. And I started hollering for Choo to grab him (he was cutting up boxes on the side of the house) and he got by Choo, as soon as Choo called him he took off like a Rocket literally and he never stopped. Choo had to chase him at least 9 blocks! He ran all the way to the river! Then this morning I took the dogs out and Harley tried to take off AGAIN!! I chased him to the gate (I didn't want him to jump it). I had to chase him in the RAIN in my SOCKS through the MUD!!! I am so angry with him!!! And Elvis is just digging himself deeper and deeper in the hole he's in. I took them out and he came right in a pooped in the floor! Can you believe that. Oh he's in some serious trouble. So back to his crate he went!

Anyway I think today is a day for hot chocolate and cuddling on the couch with baby girl!

OH and we got to sign the papers for the housing inspection today!! YAY!!!

just an update:)

Sorry I haven't been updating lately, things have been hectic in the Houchins' household!

On Tuesday Choo got all FOUR wisdom teeth cut out at one time. Poor thing has been miserable. And his pain pills make him sleep all the time. He got to stay home till Friday then he had to go back to work:(.

We also found out that finance over paid us ALOT because they wouldn't update his address until our travel voucher went through. So they never notified us and this next check is 400 dollars SHORT!!! That will make us in the hole after bills are paid. So we went to talk to them and got the rest on a payment plan and they can't do anything about the 400. And they also gave us a PCS loan to get us through until the next check, and our travel voucher is "SUPPOSED" to post this week, but they haven't approved our DITY move yet.

I'm excited to move on base here in the next couple of weeks! But we have so much to do and so little time! And we have to clean the carpets because the 4-legged children we own are playing who's the dominant one! UGHHH.

Which leads me to another point, we got a new dog! He's a Husky. We changed his name from Apollo to Harley, he responds so much better now. Harley's such a good dog! But he's still in a puppy stage and chews stuff up! AND he freaking RIPS the HEADS off of their toys!!! And he eats them!!! I have NEVER seen a dog do that in my life! At first he didn't get along good with Elvis, but now they are in-separable.

Caitlyn has started talking more, she winks, and spins in circles making herself dizzy! I can't believe how much she has grown in just a month. She can't fit most of her clothes that we brought from home:( And she's on the fast track to a size 6 shoe!!! So I'm taking clothing donations for her 18-24 month, and shoes size 6:) Haha.

Ok, I've been on here long enough, I'll try to update more. Love to you all!

She's A Mommy's Girl

So on Saturday Choo and I agreed on a time out alone plan. I let him go fishing ALL day Saturday he got home at 530. In return I was going to hang out with a friend, have dinner and watch a movie. That lasted 2 1/2 hours and I got a phone call. Caitlyn screamed the entire time I was gone. He couldn't handle it anymore and needed me. I came home rocked Caitlyn and with-in five minutes she was asleep!! So now that I know I can't go ANYWHERE with-out Caitlyn throwing a fit, I'm worried about trying to get a job. What happens if she does this every time?!? UGHHH!!!

On Sunday we took a family day and wen't out to the biggest waterfall in Great Falls, it was beautiful! And great to spend time just the three of us with no phones and no interruptions.

Caitlyn is still having her moments where all she does is SCREAM. I've figured out when she wants something she screams till she gets it, she won't say please, or I want, or drink, sippy, blanky. Nothing she just pitches a fit until she gets it! She know how to talk and say please, she just wont. I don't know what to do anymore with her. I'm really having a hard time with this, she just won't allow me to have a break. Oh well, it's the mommy life and I wouldn't give it up for the world. She's my life and she makes all the screaming worth it when she comes up to me and says mommy. MWAHH and plants a big wet kiss on my cheeks!

Now on to another Caitlyn dilema, she has not been sleeping at all!! She isn't going to bed till 12 and getting up at 6!!! OH MAN!!! What happened to my baby who wen't to sleep at 830 and wakes up at 10? Thats a big difference in her sleep schedule.

Potty Training and House Breaking.

I went to tend to Caitlyn when she woke up last night. She didn't sleep very good at all.Anyway I get to her crib and she had her diaper off ONCE AGAIN!!! She peed all over her bed. I had to change her sheets at 3 this morning! Ughhh. So we've been trying to potty train her, it's not working out. She just wants to play with the potty. A friend emailed me a potty training book, I guess we'll try that method. You put them in big girl panties and watch them like a hawk and when you catch them in the act put them on the potty until they finish. I guess I'm lucky she doesn't poop all over her bed at 3am but still peeing is enough. So after being exhausted from being up all night with her I woke up at 9 this morning, usually I can go back to sleep but not this morning. Caitlyn slept till 11:30!!! And that was because I woke her up! And here it is 1:30 and she's napping. That baby is tired!

Now on to my other child (my dog) Elvis. He's 3 and has been house broken since about 2 weeks after we got him. But I guess this move is taking a toll on him. He feels the need to poop ALL OVER anything in the floor and he pisses on Caitlyn's clothes:( It's not like we never take him out! Choo takes him out when he gets up in the mornings, then I take him out when I get up, and periodically through out the day, and then Choo takes him out before bed. I have even taken his food and water up at night and it's still not working!! I just don't know what to do!

I'm so stressed. I need a job. Staying at home all day is driving me crazy! Don't get me wrong I LOVE staying here with Caitlyn and spending the day with her, but she's hit her terrible twos and I just need to get away for a few hours to keep my sanity! Between her and Elvis I'm surprised I haven't lost all my marbles! And the extra money wouldn't hurt us either.

Oh the Joys of Terrible Twos!

Today I am trying to rest. We had to go to the ER last night because I was hurting. Found out I have a possible cyst on my ovaries. I have never had one before:( Caitlyn is being a WILD one! She carried her little ride on toy into the dining room and climbed on it so she could reach the computer desk and snatched EVERYTHING down into the floor!! I just got her down for a nap, she's been fighting it for almost 40 minutes. I'm still trying to figure out why she hits her head on the side of her crib when she's mad, or she smacks herself in the face when she's mad. And when she gets in trouble she throws herself on the floor and flops around until you pick her up. The other day I ignored her fit and she went into her room and slammed the door! Where in the world did she learn that?!

I'm missing home a good bit. My nephew turns FIVE this month. I remember the day he was born:( I can't believe it. I have never missed his birthday so it's hitting me hard. He is starting school this year and playing football too!! Where does time go? I'll just have to have them Skype me at his party and send me videos of him playing football!

But now I'm off to do my wifely duties. Meaning cleaning this house and getting dinner ready to cook. I would do the laundry but our washer and dryer are in the basement and I'm TERRiFiED of going down there when Choo's not home. He gets mad, but I can't help it. When I was little my mom used to watch America's Most Wanted and that has made me the biggest chicken in the world!!!