Harley is alive and well!!

Harley is fine. Kalee chases him around daily yelling "DOG!! DOG!!" (So maybe he is not fine, but a little annoyed with her not learning his name!) I guess I confused everyone. He is not dead. I was just listing examples of things that had happened to firefighters wives when their husbands were at work. Bad example. Sorry!! Let's face it, if he had really died, I would have been a complete mess. He is my first baby and it would be horrible. I chose to believe that he will live forever. FOREVER!!

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I am anxiously awaiting the birth of my second niece. Kate is due January 25th. I am hoping she will be born January 26th, then I will have a birthday buddy!! But apparently yesterday, Kate thought she was having contractions, so she went to the hospital. She spent the night there hooked up to the monitors. Contractions were happening, but nothing else. So they sent her home this morning. I'm sure it was a long night for her and Steve. Maybe Baby McCario doesn't want to be my birthday buddy and she will come early. That would be ok too. My parents are going on a trip to Mexico for my Dad's work. He is management now and gets fun little perks...if only he could convince them that he needs his "assistant" Shelly to go along also! But they are leaving the 23-28 and could possibly miss baby girls arrival. So I guess if she decided to come early, I will get over not having a birthday buddy because then Nan and Pop will get to be there for her birth. Keep your fingers crossed that she will come soon!

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We are not doing much today. Kalee and Peyton both have nasty runny noses, so that's fun. Plus, Kalee has some poop issues with her medicine. Another disgusting parenting responsibility...Diapers. Though not nearly as bad as curdled milk or vomit or blood, it's still not very fun to clean up when it gets out of the diaper! Especially when they are in the tub. That is the worst. Kalee has only done it once, but Peyton used to do it all the time. She would go in the tub, and then practically fly out of there screaming once she realized what had happened. A few other notable poop experiences...When Peyton was little, she was playing in the living room. I looked down and she was sitting in a puddle of poop. Major blowout! She had it everywhere, was playing in it. DISGUSTING! Another time, more recently, she had an accident in her panties. Then a few days later she looks at me and says, "Why did my poop pour out of my bottom into my pants?" I about died. I think the funniest part was that she stewed over it for 3 days before she asked about it. It may be one of my favorite Peyton quotes. Matt was gone that week training for the fire department in Champaign. So I texted him her quote of the week and he read it to the other guys. Not very many of them have kids. Matt said they all about lost it. To this day, they bring it up all the time. Peyton is a constant source of hilarity for all of us!

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Debbie called this morning to tell us that Marvin P was in the hospital. We are thinking about him and hoping he will recover. Things don't sound good. Keep him in your thoughts.

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1/2 M update...3 miles...pumping myself up for 5 tomorrow. Thank god for the treadmill cuz running outside is NOT an option!