I used to think this Steve Martin character was funny albeit disturbing. But now I feel it is more a reality than I am willing to admit. We have been through 5 dentists since moving here. The first dentist was from Mexico and was really nice. He even called me "Mi-ja". Well actually he said that every 2 seconds and it got real annoying. But I was willing to look past that until I had a really bad tooth. He told me it had a really big cavity and we should just pull it out. Huh? I thought dentist had sworn an oath to protect teeth at all costs. Needless to say, after having a root canal and Dr. Mijo putting a crown on that he did a really bad job doing. He then again reccommended me just getting that tooth pulled. I finally saw the red flags and went to another dentist. Meanwhile my kids needed their teeth looked at so I went to dentist #2. This was one of those dental clinics with lots of dentists. It was called Gentle Dental and the irony of that just kills me. T...

Lily has been spending crazy amounts of time like this lately. I am sure our septic system has reached its toilet paper quota for the year. You may question my sanity in potty training a not even 2 year old. I didn't choose this she just really loves it. And the good part is that I am not stressed out with high expectations because of her age, but I am secretly hoping that after a week of this we can go back to stress free diapering. I can't complain too much because she is doing a pretty good job of it. However the filthy music that I have had to listen the last week is really getting to me. The routine seems to be that after the bathroom thing she watches the "potty show". Every song of course refers to pee and poop in some new and exciting song genre- regae, ballad, and up beat. Think of the controversy a 10 second potty scene caused on God's Army and that made it a PG movie. With all the scene time spent in bathrooms on this show it must make it at le...