Just a bad day

I know I haven't blogged in forever and I feel guilty almost on a daily basis about it. To be honest the biggest reason I haven't blogged is, I cannot for the life of me, figure out how to upload my pics without "losing" them. Whenever I try to access the pictures after I blog with them, I cannot, it says "JPEG not found." So without pictures, it seems lame. Anyway I will try and figure something out.
Back to the bad day. Well for starters Isaac has been working nights the last two weeks and it has been super hard on everyone. The poor guys is tired all the time, the girls rarely see him, and I rarely see him and NEVER get a break. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE being a stay at home mom, but feeling like a single stay at home mom with two kiddos who miss their dad like crazy has been hard to say the least. Well today was just icing on that yucky cake. Madi woke up early, which she usually does, but Gabi had a hard night- she's been super scared of the dark and her room lately, not sure why but I think it has something to do with her boogey monster chaser being gone at night aka dad- so Gabi slept in. I thought I could sneak away to Twin for a few hours with before Gabi woke up since Isaac had just gone to sleep. There were some wood blinds that measured PERFECTLY for two of our bedrooms that I had seen the night before and went home to make sure they would work out. I didn't want anyone else to get them so I had to hurry- plus they were super cheap and I LOVE good deals. So I got Madi all ready jumped in the car, briefly woke Isaac up to let him know the plan and off we went. Just as we were about to leave town I realized that I had forgotten the tape measure- I wanted to make sure the measurements written on the blinds were correct since you can't return most things there. No biggie, I ran back home to a crying child- Gabi- and a hubby that was dead to the world asleep. So I got Gabi dressed, fed and into the car. Mind you I hadn't even showered yet....aka scary hair and makeup less Keitra. All went well until we arrived in Twin 20min later, entered DI and Gabi spotted the toy aisle. I don't know what got into her but she had to have every toy, at least it seemed like that. Not to mention there was a grumpy lady working there who kept giving me the stink eye. I made it over to the blinds, measured them and we were good to go. Until we passed by the toy aisle. To make a very long story short after two hours, a very grumpy mommy, a clingy Madi, a fit-throwing Gabi, and a cart full of toys we finally left. Honestly if I only had Madi with me or if I was by myself I could have been done in 10min. Urg. I decided Gabi is no longer allowed into DI and she isn't getting any of those toys until 1)her birthday, 2) Christmas, or 3)she finally is potty trained/reward. K, I know I may sound mean but I seriously hate fit-throwing especially in public. I know it happens, I just wish it wasn't my child. :) Oh well. Since we were in Twin I decided to get gas, all went well there- and then pop into Fred Meyers. Bad Idea. Horrible idea. I still was the makeup-less crazy haired Keitra trying to tame two now tired and hungry children while picking up a few essentials. To be honest I can't even remember what I bought. All I know is I spent way too much- k out of budget- and I was grumpy. So in the car we went and home bound we were. We get home and my sweet husband is still sleeping, which is fine, but I am seriously at my wits end. A large portion of my productive time of day is over and I still haven't even showered. Luckily Madi is sleeping and Gabi calms down enough to go do her own thing and play. After some general grumpiness from Gabi fast forward a few hours and Isaac and Madi are awake. I'm seriously having a meltdown- not just from today, but a build-up of the last week and a half of sleepless nights and stress. I finally get a shower at 4:30 before Isaac leaves for work. Poor guy got a little taste of what I've been dealing with...and then he's off to his 12hr shift- yuck. So I get dinner ready for the girls and head off to Shylee and Alli's Ballet recital- super cute. Would have been a lot more enjoyable if my 2yr old knew how to LISTEN! It was held at a park, and I should have know better than to go after a day like today, but against my better judgement, I did. Not only did she run off, several times, she ran in the sprinklers, which I wouldn't be surprised if it was irrigation water, rolled in the water with her cousin and threw a fit. In front of everyone. Right as the recital started. I was humiliated. The fit lasted awhile, too. Blah... the selective hearing from my dear sweet Gabi continued for the rest of the time we were at the park. So we went home. Ah, that is after Gabi getting upset about not getting a cupcake...When we got home the girls ate dinner...which is all over my floor...and somehow cheese got crumbled into several small pieces and is all over my floor as well. Have you ever tried to sweep up cheese? It is very hard. Anyway, while the girls were eating I had to run off to the bathroom. Gabi was sitting at the table and Madi was in her highchair. I shouldn't expect a minute of peace...no sooner had I shut the door when Gabi opened it. Gotta love when they learn how to open doors...a second later we hear Madi crying so Gabi runs off to see what's going on. I naturally assume that Madi was sad everyone had left her. I heard her cry again and hurried into the kitchen to find my little daughter"s legs hanging off the tray of the highchair! Somehow the tray must not have locked, she must have pushed it forward and climbed out! That's a first. I'm just glad she didn't get hurt! So now both my girls are crying because Madi was scared and Gabi was scared because Madi was. I decided it was time for a bath, hoping over hope they would go to bed super early. So I have them a bath. It went pretty well until I went to go get Gabi out. Right as I was walking into the bathroom she said, "Ew. Momma, I poop!" Second time this week. And guess who gets to clean it? Yep, dear mommy. That was it. I had it. I didn't want to pick up poopy out of the tub, I didn't want to clean the tub, or give Gabi another bath...I just wanted the day to be over. So after completing all of the tasks I so didn't want to do I put the girls in their jammies and started seeing the yawns. You better believe they went to bed early :)  Ahhh........sigh of relief. So this day may not sound too bad to a lot of you, but with everything that has been going on lately with church and work and family, it was a rough day in the Knight house.
K, so I don't like to be negative, so here are the positive things of the day:
1)I got the blinds, wahoo! They totally match the ones in our front room, they fit perfectly in the windows and they were only $5 each!
2)I actually managed to squeeze in two loads of laundry and a load of dishes...not that the clothes are folded yet or the dishwasher is unloaded :)
3)I got a shower!
4) At the ballet recital I saw the nurse who probably quite literally saved Madi's life a year ago when she was life flighted :) Come to find out her daughter has come to Activity Days several times and also to primary in our ward (I'm Activity Days leader as well as a Primary teacher, and she was in my class)
5) Icing on the yummy cake- if the guy Isaac is training (The whole reason he has been on night shift) does really well tonight and tomorrow night he will be back to days staring MONDAY!!!! Seriously happy news!!

Hope you all are doing well!!
Some posts to look forward to:
My new niece!
My sister-in-law gets married!
First Horne reunion
Knight Reunion
Updates on Madi/ Anniversary
Surprise!!

LOVE sunny days!

Today the girls and I headed off to Boise to go and see grandma and grandpa horne. Before we left we went and visited Isaac at work (no, that is not what he wears on a regular basis:) ) We then headed off to Boise. The girls did pretty good, and we all sang to the Tangled soundtrack...the entire way... We had a ton of fun in Boise, Gabi knew immediately where we were when we pulled up to my parents, she's such a smart little wipper-snapper.:) We had a ton of fun at a nearby park, poor Madi was asleep the whole time, hopefully we will get to go back tomorrow.:)

Daddy n' lil Madi

Daddy n' Gabi Gabi's first experience at a park on a very scary looking Dumbo

Playing tic tac toe...

Mom and Gabi going down the slide, wahoo!

Grandpa had some fun too, and yes, he really

did go down the slide!

She didn't love the swings quite as much...

Going down the fast slide!

The end of the slide, luckily gma was

there to catch her:)

Madi sporting my sunglasses

She likes 'em!

Watching Tangled with Gpa, yes, we love that movie!

Gabi ready for bed after a long day

Madi...not quite ready for bed yet

What can I say, she's a Knight :)

Hope you enjoyed these pictures! Have a wonderful day!

Love, The Knights

P.S. Daddy, we love you and miss you tons! Can't wait to see you tomorrow!

Green Beans are Gross!!

Well, at least they are to Madi, in fact she doesn't like peas either. We tried really hard the other day to get her to eat some. She loves carrots, sweet potatoes, and squash, but when it comes to the green veggies, she'd rather pass. She's so stinkin cute, even when she hates her veggies :)

Before we started with the GB's

First Bite... remorse over first bite...

second bite wasn't any better...

and the refusal...

She's so cute, she makes me laugh so hard. She was practically gagging, thus the reason we stopped. I tried telling her that it was good for her...she didn't believe me, apparently. :) I was even nice and tried to mix some yummy bananas in there...I guess it just made it worse!

Love,

The Knights

And we're back!

So, it's been awhile. It kind of goes without saying, but I'm very sorry to all of our wonderful family and friends that live far away and are wondering what in the world we are up to.

Well...we are doing pretty good. Definitely looking forward to spring and sunshine, but all is well. Madi is doing really well and hasn't had any problems related to the Chylothorax so far, so we are very optimistic that the problem has been resolved. She is the best baby EVER! She rarely cries unless she's really hungry or really tired, which doesn't happen often because she is on a pretty set schedule. She sleeps 10-12hrs a night and smiles and smiles and smiles and smiles! We love her so much!

Gabi is 2 going on 20 with an attitude to boot! She talks a mile a minute, some makes sense, and some doesn't, but usually it makes sense. The other night it was bedtime and I told her, "Gabi, it's time to go night night!." She briefly looks up at me and then continues playing with her barbie (she refers to all barbies as "friend," it's cute) and said, "No, I busy." I couldn't stop laughing. I still laugh when I think about it! She sure keeps us on our toes! Talking about toes, for those who are aware with her obsession with lint free toes, she's still at it in full force and checks her toes at least 3 times a day. I don't know why I put socks on her! She also loves to check Madi's toes out whenever she gets the chance, much to Madi's chagrin.


Isaac is doing well, and is really busy, but that's okay. We make sure we get plenty of family time with Family Home Evening and Saturdays.


All in all we're doing great. I promise I am going to try really really hard to be better about blogging.


Love ya guys!



Here's a few photos, most were taken today :)

Love,

The Knights

6 months and 2 years

Even though Gabi just turned 2, Madi is still 6 months, we just barely got them into their respective Well-Child Checks. November and December were busy!! So, both girls are doing really good.
Madi- She is in the 50th percentile for height and 75th for weight... the weight is actually off because she weighed in at 13.6lbs, but the nurse charted her at 16.6lbs. So, she's probably in the 25th percentile for weight as well, and yes, we are switching doctors. Madi is a real chatter, and LOVES to laugh and play with Gabi. She is sitting up really well on her own, has down amazingly well with her new "regular" formula (wahoo!!), and she still has the sweet happy disposition we have all fallen in love with.
Gabi FINALLY made it above the 5th percentile and is now in the 10th percentile for weight and the 25th percentile for height, what can I say, we just have small girls. (but big babies?? how does that work?) Gabi is also a chatter box, but we already knew that! She speaks in complete, understandable sentences and is a big help to her mama doing dishes, laundry, sweeping, you name it, she's my little shadow.
We love our girls and we love to see them play together. They have so much fun, and rarely get mad at each other. They laugh SO MUCH!!
We hope all of you are doing well, and that this new year brings you much happiness and joy!
Love,
The Knights

Technical Difficulties

So, for whatever reason my computer isn't letting me upload any pictures, it's saying I need to "reformat" my SD card. I've never had a problem with it before, so I don't know what's going on. If any one has any ideas, please feel free to leave a comment. Also, whenever I was able to upload pictures before, if I took it directly from my camera, which is the easiest, when I went to download the pictures it would say "image unavailable." Any ideas there?? Hopefully I will be able to get this resolved soon. Thanks!

2010, We Bid You Adieu!

Dear 2010,
You have been a year full of many things; joyous events, heart wrenching events, memories we don't want to remember, memories we don't want to forget, valuable lessons learned, tears that have been spilt, and a family that has drawn closer together.
We are very grateful for the lessons we have learned, the testimonies that have been strengthened, and the miracles that we have witnessed.
We will not miss many things, however, and we are glad for this year to come to an end. We look forward to 2011 and what it has to brings.
We have high hopes that 2011 will bring much happiness.
So, 2010, thank you for the thing we have learned, but we bid you adieu!
Sincerely,
The Knight Family