Hysterical Musings of a 4-year-old

I've enjoyed Katie's company during my maternity leave. Most of the time, she keeps me calm and entertained. She is full of hysterical stories and theories. I'm going to post some of our latest conversations that I've found the most funny.
Conversation #1:
(Scene: I am trying to feed Mackenzie her bottle. Kenzie keeps shaking her head getting milk all over her face and spitting it out at me.)
Katie: Mommy, she doesn't want that.
Me: Oh really, how do you know?
Katie: I just know. Give her your boob.

Conversation #2:
Scene: Driving past the Ft Worth drying beds right after it rained
Katie: Hey, do you smell that?
Me: Yeah, what do you smell? ( I expect her to say poop.)
Katie: Um, it smells like breastmilk. (I have no idea where this answer came from.)

Conversation #3:
Scene: In the kitchen making dinner. Dave comes home, and I'm trying to get him to notice that I'm finally wearing regular clothes (not maternity)
Me: Hey Dave, do you notice anything different?
Dave: Umm...(thinking)
Katie: Yeah, Papa has boobs.

Conversation #4:
Scene: Family is sitting at dinner table and we are discussing show-and-tell this week. Katie has to bring something for the letter E.
Katie: What could I bring?
Me: You could bring your favorite princess' husband.
Katie: I could bring Prince Eric.
Me: Yup.
Katie: Prince Eric (the imaginary one) is in my room taking a nap. He's sleeping in my bed. He's sick.
Dave: Oh really? Where will he sleep when it's time for you to go to bed?
Katie: He's going to sleep with me. Don't worry, he won't cough on me.

1 month

I took Kenzie for her 1 month check-up. Evidently I make and maintain big babies. Kenzie was 9 lbs 13 oz, which was 2 pounds up from her birth weight. It didn't help that her weight was in the 75 percentile but her height was in the 25 percentile. Evidently, she's short and fat...who knew? I love the fat rolls. I got the checklist of do's and don'ts, which was a quick review. Then, she got a shot...she was not happy. In fact, it seems she enjoys shots about as much as she enjoys baths.

Poor Pug!

Every one that knows me knows that I call Pugsley my oldest child. We adopted Pugsley on the one-month anniversary after we got married. He was a total spaz of a puppy, but we fell instantly in love. The family we adopted him from didn't want him anymore. Last Saturday, I noticed a tiny red mark on his eyeball. It only got worse. Wednesday I took him to the vet. They said that it looked like an ulcer, but I needed to go see a veterinary opthamologist (I didn't even know those existed.) I took him the next day, and yes, he has a corneal ulcer. The ulcer has penetrated his entire cornea. We are treating it with 6 antibiotics. If they don't cure it, they will do surgery, which I really don't want. Here is an up-close shot of his eye.
The red outer circle is his eye's way of protecting the ulcer. The ulcer is the tiny mark to the left of the giant red mark in the circle. I need to take another pic. His eyes are looking better, but the ulcer isn't gone. We go back in a week for a re-check.

Katie's first rollerskating adventure

We headed to the Arlington Skatium for Juli's birthday party. Katie was so excited about skating. We got there, and she put the skates on immediately. We got all the way to the rink. The minute she set the skates on the rink, she fell down. She panicked, started getting hysterical, and told me to take the skates off. Thankfully, her friend, Keira was there. Both girls ran around the outer part of the private rink for almost 2 hours. Five minutes before the party ended, everyone went in the middle of the rink for the Hokey Pokey. Katie and Keira both wanted to put their skates back on and return to the rink. We barely made it onto the rink as they said it was time to go. I had just enough time to snap this shot. It all went downhill from there because Katie didn't want to leave.

Mackenzie is here

Dr. Wiegman scheduled an induction for 5 AM on Tuesday, Aug. 24, which was 10 days early. He had a vacation to Colorado that he would be enjoying on my actual due date, and he wanted to avoid another 8 pound baby. We arrived at the hospital about 10 minutes early, and the nurses immediately put me in a room. We hung out for about an hour waiting for IVs and fluids to get set up. At about 8:30 Dr. Wiegman showed up to break my water. He told me that I could have an epidural at any time. At about 9:15, I asked Tara, my labor and delivery nurse for an epidural. By 9:30, the anesthesiologist had shown up and administered the best drugs ever. Labor progressed slowly, but since I was under drugs...I drifted in and out of sleep. By 3:30 PM, Tara said that Dr. Wiegman was on his way, and everything should go pretty fast from there. If I remember correctly, Dr. Wiegman showed up at 3:50. I pushed like 3 times, and she was here. Mackenzie was born at 3:55 PM. She was 7 pounds 14 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. She had jet black hair and a tiny cry. She is one of a kind. She does look a lot like Katie did except with black hair.

Is it time?

It seemed like a normal Sunday. Dave and I headed to the car wash to get our cars cleaned before the baby got here. While we were there, I started having contractions. They finished our cars when my contractions had been 4 minutes apart for 45 minutes. We dropped Katie off at my parent's house, and we headed to the hospital. They took me into triage at about 12:40 and checked me. They hooked me up to the monitors, and started checking my vitals. The nurse informed me that I was at 2 centimeters, but I had a good contraction pattern. She also told me that Dr. Wiegman was unavailable, and if I delivered, Dr. Peppler would deliver the baby. I told her that I needed Dr. Wiegman there, and she said he wouldn't be available until 7 AM the next day. So, at that moment, I prayed that we could wait until he could deliver. We walked, we sat, we read, we texted...after 3 hours, we were released. The nurse said that she wouldn't be surprised if we returned later that day.

Happy Birthday Jaxson

Katie has really missed one of her best friends since they moved away. She had been waiting for Jaxson's birthday party for about a week and a half. She couldn't have been any more excited when it finally arrived. His party was at a public pool in Arlington geared toward kids 4-7. It was perfect. Katie had a blast and enjoyed being reunited with her best bud from next door.