*breathe*

why does it seem like the fit hits the shan every time steve leaves? the very day he leaves, the dogs decide it would be a good idea to dig a hole by our back fence and bust a post and escape. it seemed to happen while (or shortly after) i was taking steve back to work so his car would be left at home while he was gone. i had no clue the dogs were even gone till i happened to see a couple boys walking a boston and...hey, wait...a black pug right outside my front door at about 4pm. apparently they had been out since around one. :\ i guess i was just enjoying the quiet. i also bit my tongue and didn't tell the boys that maybe they wouldn't try to dig into their property if they stopped harassing my dogs and kicking balls at the fence and running along it taunting them. no, i did not say that. though i wanted to.

and then this morning i find that the dogs pissed in their crate. on the doggie bed that steve wanted to put into the crate. and the inner filling is partly ripped, so cedar crap came out all over the place as i was trying to get the cover off to wash it. and i don't even think i can wash the inner part given the cedar filling. so i'll probably have to toss it. fabulous. and that's not to mention the pee from their paws that's all over my carpet and kitchen floor from letting them out this morning before i saw that there was pee in the crate. *insert expletive*

so now i am counting down the minutes till the girls are down for their nap so i can finish cleaning stuff up. and i am just praying the vacuum doesn't wake emma, cuz it's just gotta happen.

and this is just the first official day without my husband. wonderful.

onto a lighter note....ashlan is on the verge of rolling over from her back to front! woo hoo! i am hoping it will be soon. i can't wait to see her accomplish it! heck, if she doesn't do it soon, i doubt she will at all....she's sitting up and i imagine will soon just want to sit and crawl and get-er-movin'!

and i've started her on formula after her nursing sessions. she's been increasingly fussier after feedings and seemingly not satisfied. though i would think 4 oz would be good for her, it just doesn't seem that way. and my supply goes down after the afternoon, so i imagine that doesn't help. while she was at the in-laws, they ended up feeding her both 4 oz packs i gave them for her in about one hour. so i figured maybe i would try and supplement. i opted for the formula before the cereal for some reason. so far so good. she seems to have adjusted to the awful smelling stuff pretty well, so that's a plus! :)

and on a oh-holy-crap-my-daughter-is-growing-up-too-fast note...emma just opened our child stair gate all by herself and then proclaimed, "yay, emma did it!" um...most adults can't seem to figure that thing out (it's a slide the thumb thing back and hold while lifting up and swinging gate open kind). great. lol