Help!!

HELP!!

Grace refuses to wear clothes. She refuses to wear diapers. She will sometimes wear underwear. We tried ducktaping the diapers on. It took her about a week to figure that out. I have tried potty-training her and she will poop in the toilet but I don't think she is capable of holding her pee long enough. She just pee's a little bit every 15 minutes or so. Any ideas from anyone??????

What do ya know, I have some time on my hands (actually I am forfitting my housework and 1/2 of my naptime) so I scanned some pics of Sierra when she was little and here they are.

SOME INTERESTING AND FUNNY THINGS ABOUT SIERRA

1. When she was a baby she would store her food in her cheeks. We would find food in her mouth after she would wake up from naps. This ended up costing us a lot of money at the Dentist office and she is the only child I know that had at least four absest teeth and 4-5 root canals by the time she was 7. I hear she gets this lovely trait from her Grandma Syrett.
2. She has always found entertainment out of anything. When she was little, Grandpa and Grandma Syrett would take her on their tow calls to Vegas often and she loved it. All I had to do is send a bunch of little gagets with her and my parents would say she would just sit and play with them the whole trip. She also loved eating out in Vegas with my parents and has probably been to more Vegas restaurants than me.
3. This is definately not funny but last year she had some pretty painful injuries while playing her favorite sport. She had one week of softball where she was hit in the ankle by a softball and withing 5 minutes it had swollen to twice the size of normal. She skinned her knee up pretty bad and bruised her jawbone from gametime.
Then, for a season finale we went to the Chuckers game (Professional baseball team in Idaho Falls) and she was hit in the head with a foul ball. This sent her to the emergency room and in the hospital overnight. She fractured her skull and had some bleeding on her brain. She still has a lump on her forhead that docs say might never go away. All I could think of was how to get her out of pain and as soon as the EMTs got there I told them to give her something for the pain and they could only give it to her in an IV so she refused it. She's crazy. I would have said "bring it on baby, give me all you got". Both her eyes went black and blue and she looked sort of Asian for about a month but she has recovered and is now practicing softball for season 2009.

That's all I can think of for now. We are thankful for Sierra and although she complains alot, she is a great helper and we are so thankful to have her around. We Love her very much.

Happy Birthday Sierra

Happy Birthday Sierra

Ok, this is the month of Sierra's birthday, actually it has already passed, so I will introduce her for this month. Unfortunately, we didn't go digital until Sierra was at least seven or eight years old so unless I have some time on my hands you wont be seeing any baby pics of her. Too bad too, because she was a BEAUTIFUL baby.

Sierra joined our family on February 2nd 1997. Yes, it was ground hog day and she was a week late. They told me that if she saw her shadow when she came out that she would go back in for 6 more weeks. Lucky for me and her, she did not see her shadow that day. She had a rough time coming out (definately did a number on me) and after using the forceps and the vacuum, Dr. Henry just reached in and pulled her out. She broke her left clavical bone, and had various bruises on her head. She had lots of hair on her head and all over her body. Doesn't paint a pretty picture but she really was soooo beautiful.

Sierra was such a good baby. I would have more if I could be guaranteed they would be as good as her (unfortunately each one got worse). I don't think she even cried until she was at least 4 or 5 months old. She was easygoing and happy to be with anyone. Although she is now very defiant with me, she is still this way with others. She can be friends with anyone old or young.

Sierra is a very good student, always has been. She is self-motivated. I never have to tell her to do her homework or study for a test because she knows what she needs to do. She loves to read. Her worst subject, she says, is science which she still gets A's in. Maybe an A-. So, that has been nice for me, but imagine my rude awakening when Taten came along and is smart but does not enjoy school work. Luckily, he minds me and will do his homework after the 3rd or 4th time he is told.

I have to stop now to put the kids to bed but hopefully will add more on Sierra later.