q-tips, pennies, poop and work

Things have been busy busy busy for the Meece family in the last couple weeks. We're still working on getting settled into our new home, but now we HAVE to be done by a certain date because we're having Lydia's birthday party here...so it's crunch time! Speaking of Lydia, she is certainly becoming what I would expect a typical 2 year to be. On Father's day she was playing in her playroom(Which we put a gate in front of the door so A)she's not going up and down the stairs and B)she's not throwing toys down the stairs)well she was playing really well and being super quiet. Next thing I know she's downstairs...I asked Matt if he put the gate up and he said yes. My next thought was "are all of the doors closed?"...NOPE! Well the gate was just propped against the door(it's a tension gate)so naturally she just pushed it open. Our bedroom door was open(OH CRAP!)!! Almost a whole box of q-tips had been put in the toilet and then onto the floor, my clinique foundation and moisturizer were in the toilet alond with miscellaneous hair clips and stuffed animals! There was also a glass of water on my side of the bed that she dumped...on my side!(Matt went to take a nap and called me to ask me if I had peed the bed!!) lol!

Lydia noticed me putting some change in my pocket the other day so her new obsession is to have change in her pocket. So as a reward for not putting the coins in her mouth I let her have a couple pennies to put in her pocket...as soon as she takes them out or plays with them I take them away(PLEASE DON'T CALL CPS ON ME!?). So she had 2 pennies in her pocket on Saturday and I noticed her playing with them so I asked her to give them to me. She ran away from me and put them in her mouth. I calmly walked towards her so she wouldn't run with them and as soon as I got to her *GULP* she swallowed both of them! So after 3 days and 1 trip to the ER...
We have pennies! Poor thing was probable so confused as to why Matt was so excited when she told him she was pooping!! lol! We should nickname her "coinstar"!

And lastly...I have decided to go back to working in a salon. A friend of mine(I used to babysit!!)just opened a new salon in Mount Vernon and has invited me to come work with her. It's an opportunity I couldn't pass up and I'm really excited about it. So come check us out at ESCAPE salon 360-428-8315...I start the week of July 13th.