The Artinghelli clan had a great staycation! On Monday, we hit up Pirates Cove in Elk Grove Village. It's a kids theme park, it's small, but eventful for kids. Austin especially liked the choo choo train and the bumper boats. We went on the train a few times and the boats 2 times. They also had a carousel and a big slide and a park! It was super hot that day so we didn't stay too long. John David loved the choo choo train and tried out the boats, but was not a big fan! He was in there for maybe 2 seconds before he cried to get out. Poor guy, hey, at least he tried. That's a big step.
After nap time, we converted John David's crib into a big boy bed. No more shenanigans for the boys. I was very nervous that John David wouldn't do well in the big boy bed, but he proved me wrong. It was like he was a pro, and maybe daycare helps out with that since he sleeps on a cot there. I guess he is an old pro. It still took them forever to fall asleep as they were playing in there.
On Tuesday, the boys went to daycare and Kevin and I had an us day. We went to lunch and looked at mini vans. We test drove the Chrysler Town and Country and the Toyota Sienna. Both were nice and but I think we are bigger fans of the Chrysler. Looks like this momma is getting a mini van soon. Maybe by the end of the week or next!
On Wednesday, we went to the Naperville Children's museum. That was a lot of fun! They boys loved playing with the balls and the water! They played music too. we'll definitely go back there! Wednesday night we went on a Chicago Segway tour. We knew it was risky as a huge storm was coming in but we went... we got about 20 minutes in and the sky was flashing with lightening, pretty but not when you are on the segways. We saw about 5 minutes of the fireworks show before we bolted back. We got back just in time. As it started to DOWNPOUR.. Yikes, we got a raincheck. The segway was hard for me at first, but after a few minutes or so, I got the hang and it was actually fun. I look forward to our rain check. It was really freeing when we are riding outside. I liked it a lot!!!
On Thursday we went to Schaumburg Waterworks. It's an indoor water park. Perfect for the kids. A kid area, water slides, pool, and diving area! Cool cool cool, we will definitely go back there, especially on a rainy day! The boys were little fishes. You can definitely see John David breaking out of his shell.
Friday, the whole family, hit up Italian Fest in Milwaukee. We went there 3 years ago when Austin was 6 weeks and thought it would be fun. It was quite the adventure! The food was yummy, especially the ravioli from Carrabbas! yum! John David went the whole day with no nap and was a champ! He was happy most of the day, which is fantastic! Austin fell asleep in the stroller holding is popcorn in hand! Too cute! John David was out within 15 minutes of getting in the car, he sure was exhausted.
Saturday I took Austin to see the movie Ice Age! He just loves movies. He got his little popcorn and sat in his chair the whole time and ate his popcorn. This kid was meant for movies! Saturday night I went and to Country Thunder and saw East Corbin and BLAKE SHELTON. I just love Blake, love his songs and just had an awesome time.
Sunday, we just laid low.
So all in all a great vacation! Loved spending quality time with my family!!!!!!!!! Loved hearing, "daddy what are you doing" (Austin), "Autin, look it" (John David), "Are we going on an venture" (Austin),
One big thing that happened over the week was we separated the boys, now they each have their own room. Bittersweet and I hate that it changed so fast. I hate that what I was use to doing suddenly changed. But. We just felt like it was the right thing to do. I mean, they wouldn't go to sleep until 9, wake up at 6 and were crabsters the whole day. So we thought we'd try it out and it's working wonderfully! Such a good decision. And who knows how long it'll be like this for. Maybe a week, a few, months, years. we will just go with it and see what works best for our family. John David is back to bed by 7:30 and Austin by 8. They were sleeping in (now it's back to 630 since we have to get ready for school/work). But being together just wasn't working for them. It's hard because they've been together in the same room since John David was 3 months. We'll be okay, change is good, right?
Monday, July 23, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Shenanigans
Shenanigans is what the boys have been up to at night!
My good sleepers have quickly turned into nightmare sleepers. Just like that. In a blink of an eye. I used to be able to put them to sleep at 7. I would start our routine around 645 or so and by 7, they were in bed and just about covered up and ready for slumber.
A few weeks ago, after my trip to Atlanta, we veered from the routine, yes I know, bad idea and now I'm paying. A few times, it was nearly 9 p.m before they fell asleep in the room by 8:15. Gotta get back on track, I thought. Then we had a 4 hour nap, yes, that was lovely, but I did pay for it. That night I put them down an hour later and it still took an hour to get settled.
This is what we have been up to this week, which is major Shenanigans!!!! Kevin and I put the boys to sleep around 7 and then we proceeded to do somethings around the house and outside. I went downstairs about about 8 and heard something from the boys room. I thought it was Austin playing quietly with his cars, which he has done before. I wish I had taken a picture because I don't think my description of the event can do it justice!
Okay so I walk in..... The boys are on the floor putting change into their piggy banks. Let's rewind a bit.....John David still sleeps in his crib, and he was on the floor, and 2 the piggy banks are on the tall dresser, which means someone (Austin) had to climb up and get it! Heavy sigh.....
The best part you ask....every single one of Austins blankets, all 6, all of his stuffed animals (dozen or so), books and puzzles, cars, anything else my little hoarder has hoarded into his bed (see pic below of what his bed looks like on most days) was put into John David's crib. I'm sure all of that stuff helped John David free his crib.
Mommy was not happy!
Daddy was not happy!
My good sleepers have quickly turned into nightmare sleepers. Just like that. In a blink of an eye. I used to be able to put them to sleep at 7. I would start our routine around 645 or so and by 7, they were in bed and just about covered up and ready for slumber.
A few weeks ago, after my trip to Atlanta, we veered from the routine, yes I know, bad idea and now I'm paying. A few times, it was nearly 9 p.m before they fell asleep in the room by 8:15. Gotta get back on track, I thought. Then we had a 4 hour nap, yes, that was lovely, but I did pay for it. That night I put them down an hour later and it still took an hour to get settled.
This is what we have been up to this week, which is major Shenanigans!!!! Kevin and I put the boys to sleep around 7 and then we proceeded to do somethings around the house and outside. I went downstairs about about 8 and heard something from the boys room. I thought it was Austin playing quietly with his cars, which he has done before. I wish I had taken a picture because I don't think my description of the event can do it justice!
Okay so I walk in..... The boys are on the floor putting change into their piggy banks. Let's rewind a bit.....John David still sleeps in his crib, and he was on the floor, and 2 the piggy banks are on the tall dresser, which means someone (Austin) had to climb up and get it! Heavy sigh.....
The best part you ask....every single one of Austins blankets, all 6, all of his stuffed animals (dozen or so), books and puzzles, cars, anything else my little hoarder has hoarded into his bed (see pic below of what his bed looks like on most days) was put into John David's crib. I'm sure all of that stuff helped John David free his crib.
Mommy was not happy!
Daddy was not happy!
The boys were ecstatic!
I put every thing back as it was, minus the piggy banks as they have been relocated to the top of my dresser.
I would like to say they went straight to bed after their little party, but sadly no, I think I went in there a few more times and still shenanigans was occuring.
The next night, it was a little different.
I went in there to find... All of Austin's belongings in John David's crib as well as Austin! I totally ruined their little sleepover! Bad, mommy. Austin was upset and told me "I want to sleep with John David!" Cute, huh!
As you can imagine our crib days are just about over. We will be converting the crib into a toddler bed and I will be loosing one of the last things that makes my baby a baby. It's very sad for me as officially, I will no longer have a baby, but a toddler who climbs.
I wonder if the boys will sleep together. Stay tuned to find out. And stay tuned to hear about our staycation which starts on Monday. Boys will be home from school and both Kevin and I took the week off. We have a lot of ideas on things to do, so we are super excited!!!!
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Atlanta
So let's see, I just got home from the SHRM annual conference in Atlanta. It was so nice to get away from the daily life and go to this conference to get inspired, motivated and rejunivated. The conference was filled with great speakers, breakout sessions and entertainment. One of the best sessions I went to was on Enjoying the Ride. One of the main messages was to stop focusing on what's next and what happened but to really enjoy where you are. A lot of time it's so easy to forget to live in the moment and to cherish what you have because you just never know what is going to happen next. It helped that the "speaker man", Steve Gilliland was hystercial. He was more comedic in his delivery and I don't think I have ever laughed so much, well that was until I saw Jerry Seinfeld. Oh my goodness, he was too funny. He was just a great entertainment. Last year I saw Keith Urban, this year, Jerry Seinfeld, I just wonder what they will have next year. I already signed up for the conference next year, WOOT WOOT, it's in Chicago, so I have to go! I also got to hear Condeleezza Rice, Jim Collins, Tom Brokow and Malcolm Gladwell.
While in Atlanta, I went on the Coca Cola tour. That was pretty fun. At the end of the tour you got to taste as many of coke products as you wanted. I tasted a few of my favorites, Barq's Root Beer and Mr. Pibb, even tried a cherry Fanta and kiwi apple Fanta, not too bad, I also had the pleasure of tasting Tab. Well, I don't think pleasure is the right word. I wasn't even sure what it was, but some guy behind me said, Tab, OMG, I need my picture with that. So I thought it must be good. So I tired it, and all I can say is YUCK! OMG that was AWFUL!!!!
Also we were able to squeeze in the CNN tour. Our hotel was in the CNN headquarters, how cool is that. We got to see the studio and the news room. Pretty fun and cool.
I totally missed Kevin and the boys. While it was nice to be away, I was missing them like crazy. Kevin did a great job with them, he had one on one time with them, daddy dates as we call it and you could tell they had fun. So lucky to have Kevin in my life to support me and be okay with me going on a 4 day trip and have no problem taking care of our boys.
Other than that, we are getting ready for our Staycation in a couple of weeks. Kevin is on vaca so I decided to take it as well. And since we don't pay for daycare when we don't go, we decided to do a staycation and use some of the money for some activies during the day, a water park, children's museum, zoo and possibly the beach. We are looking forward to the 4th next week, I want to take the boys to the parade and possibly it up the festival.
It's time to "Enjoy the Ride"
While in Atlanta, I went on the Coca Cola tour. That was pretty fun. At the end of the tour you got to taste as many of coke products as you wanted. I tasted a few of my favorites, Barq's Root Beer and Mr. Pibb, even tried a cherry Fanta and kiwi apple Fanta, not too bad, I also had the pleasure of tasting Tab. Well, I don't think pleasure is the right word. I wasn't even sure what it was, but some guy behind me said, Tab, OMG, I need my picture with that. So I thought it must be good. So I tired it, and all I can say is YUCK! OMG that was AWFUL!!!!
Also we were able to squeeze in the CNN tour. Our hotel was in the CNN headquarters, how cool is that. We got to see the studio and the news room. Pretty fun and cool.
I totally missed Kevin and the boys. While it was nice to be away, I was missing them like crazy. Kevin did a great job with them, he had one on one time with them, daddy dates as we call it and you could tell they had fun. So lucky to have Kevin in my life to support me and be okay with me going on a 4 day trip and have no problem taking care of our boys.
Other than that, we are getting ready for our Staycation in a couple of weeks. Kevin is on vaca so I decided to take it as well. And since we don't pay for daycare when we don't go, we decided to do a staycation and use some of the money for some activies during the day, a water park, children's museum, zoo and possibly the beach. We are looking forward to the 4th next week, I want to take the boys to the parade and possibly it up the festival.
It's time to "Enjoy the Ride"
Friday, June 8, 2012
Happy Birthday, John David!
Happy birthday, John David! Holy moly you are 2! This just can't be.... Someone needs to create a pause button, so we can pause on this special time! 2 years ago we welcomed you in the world 4 weeks early, you did so great, were only in the Special Care Nursery for a day to help with your eating issues, haaha, if they could only see you right now they would never believe that you needed help in the beginning. :-) We took you home as scheduled and my wonderful chaotic life of a mother of 2 started. Such a great baby you were, a go with the flow baby who spit up all the time. You were given the nick name Spit up Baby from your friends at daycare, that's okay, we gave them some nicknames too, remember Toe Jam! ;-)
You are my difficult child in terms of illnesses... pneumonia at 7 months with a lovely stay at Sherman Hospital, multiple ear infections, ring worm, tube surgery, hand foot mouth (I still feel bad) and pink eye, just to name a few ;-) With all of that, you taught me patience and I definitely got some extra cuddle time.
You love your mommy! And I am soaking it up as much as I can because I know that one day, while you will still love me, I won't be the center of your world and gasp, you probably won't want as many kisses as you want now. So, I will kiss you as many times as I can, and will hold you as much as I can while mentally putting these moments in a "memory box" so I can take out whenever I need it.
You want to be just like your brother. You are a great talker and I think having Austin talking to you helps you tremendously since you talk much more than what Austin did at your age. You are a puzzle wizard, only want lovely, gicket (blanket), and sometimes glow sea horse in your crib, if I put something else in there, you throw it out, you call milk wa, love applesauce, pancakes and bread, you see the airplanes in the sky before any of us and tell us, you are always are calling Aw tin (Austin) in the car as you want to show him everything you see, ool usses, airplanes, doggies, etc. you are becoming quite the little dare devil with climbing at the park, jumping off the couch, sometimes sit on the potty when Austin does, wants to open and close all of the doors, including the garage door, loves letting Buster out and telling him to get busy, cleaning, oh my gosh, John David, you love to clean! You use grandma's duster, the broom, you have your own vacuum and you just go to town, throwing, we are trying to limit to the balls but you will throw everything and you have quite the arm! I think daddy is super excited as we think you will be our sports star!
You are amazing, John David, you are so loving and full of energy!
You were the greatest surprise EVER! and I can't imagine my world without you in it. I look forward to many many years together! Happy Birthday!
You are my difficult child in terms of illnesses... pneumonia at 7 months with a lovely stay at Sherman Hospital, multiple ear infections, ring worm, tube surgery, hand foot mouth (I still feel bad) and pink eye, just to name a few ;-) With all of that, you taught me patience and I definitely got some extra cuddle time.
You love your mommy! And I am soaking it up as much as I can because I know that one day, while you will still love me, I won't be the center of your world and gasp, you probably won't want as many kisses as you want now. So, I will kiss you as many times as I can, and will hold you as much as I can while mentally putting these moments in a "memory box" so I can take out whenever I need it.
You want to be just like your brother. You are a great talker and I think having Austin talking to you helps you tremendously since you talk much more than what Austin did at your age. You are a puzzle wizard, only want lovely, gicket (blanket), and sometimes glow sea horse in your crib, if I put something else in there, you throw it out, you call milk wa, love applesauce, pancakes and bread, you see the airplanes in the sky before any of us and tell us, you are always are calling Aw tin (Austin) in the car as you want to show him everything you see, ool usses, airplanes, doggies, etc. you are becoming quite the little dare devil with climbing at the park, jumping off the couch, sometimes sit on the potty when Austin does, wants to open and close all of the doors, including the garage door, loves letting Buster out and telling him to get busy, cleaning, oh my gosh, John David, you love to clean! You use grandma's duster, the broom, you have your own vacuum and you just go to town, throwing, we are trying to limit to the balls but you will throw everything and you have quite the arm! I think daddy is super excited as we think you will be our sports star!
You are amazing, John David, you are so loving and full of energy!
You were the greatest surprise EVER! and I can't imagine my world without you in it. I look forward to many many years together! Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Austin
Happy birthday to my little man, Austin! I can't believe you are 3 years old! Seriously, where does the time go? People tell you that it goes by fast, and while, I was sure they were right, I just didn't understand it, until now, as I look back and wonder where the time went. It seems like yesterday that we came home from the hospital, rocked you in the glider, woke up every 3 hours (or so) and swayed you through those witching hours. I remember when you were learning to roll over, crawling, taking your first steps and now look where you are, talking in sentences, telling me what you wants, trying to go on the potty and just acting like a little boy.
Where Austin is today.
In these past 3 years, he has grown so much. It's just amazing. He is a master at puzzles, he loves cars and has a back pack filled with them, he loves movies, and TV (Einsteins, Dinosaur Train, Arthur, Handy Manny), has 6 blankets on him at bed time (in a specific order) along with at least 10 stuffed animals and other little things in his bed, must have multiple hugs and kisses before bed and when you leave, tells the sprinkler that he will get him (even though the sprinkler will win every time), loves pancakes, applesauce, hot dogs, CAAAKE, he loves to jump (on and off everything), he loves exploring at the park and grabs as many sticks as possible, points out all trucks, school buses and airplanes, he loves dinosaurs and dinosaur shirts (I think he would wear one everyday, if I let him), he loves stickers and is pretty sticker motivated, he must do everything first and I often hear, "I do it" he must have his boo boo's kissed, loves to watch videos on the computer with grandmom, and a lot of the times asks to go to either the park or grandpa's house when I pick him up from school, he loves hanging out with daddy and helping him, when we are in the car and driving home, we must drive by the lion statues so he can ROAR at them (good thing we have 4 different lion statues nearby our house, he is a crazy little guy with the biggest heart and soft spot.
I just can't imagine my world without Austin! He sure makes life fun and it's great reliving childhood experiences. Just the other day, we were at the park and some boys were playing tag, but they needed to see who was going to be it, so they did "bubble gum" (bubble gum, bubble gum in a dish, how many pieces do you wish (5) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (out). It's great hearing these things that bring me back to my childhood.
Being a mom is wonderful especially since I have the 2 most amazing kids out there!
Where Austin is today.
In these past 3 years, he has grown so much. It's just amazing. He is a master at puzzles, he loves cars and has a back pack filled with them, he loves movies, and TV (Einsteins, Dinosaur Train, Arthur, Handy Manny), has 6 blankets on him at bed time (in a specific order) along with at least 10 stuffed animals and other little things in his bed, must have multiple hugs and kisses before bed and when you leave, tells the sprinkler that he will get him (even though the sprinkler will win every time), loves pancakes, applesauce, hot dogs, CAAAKE, he loves to jump (on and off everything), he loves exploring at the park and grabs as many sticks as possible, points out all trucks, school buses and airplanes, he loves dinosaurs and dinosaur shirts (I think he would wear one everyday, if I let him), he loves stickers and is pretty sticker motivated, he must do everything first and I often hear, "I do it" he must have his boo boo's kissed, loves to watch videos on the computer with grandmom, and a lot of the times asks to go to either the park or grandpa's house when I pick him up from school, he loves hanging out with daddy and helping him, when we are in the car and driving home, we must drive by the lion statues so he can ROAR at them (good thing we have 4 different lion statues nearby our house, he is a crazy little guy with the biggest heart and soft spot.
I just can't imagine my world without Austin! He sure makes life fun and it's great reliving childhood experiences. Just the other day, we were at the park and some boys were playing tag, but they needed to see who was going to be it, so they did "bubble gum" (bubble gum, bubble gum in a dish, how many pieces do you wish (5) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (out). It's great hearing these things that bring me back to my childhood.
Being a mom is wonderful especially since I have the 2 most amazing kids out there!
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Feeling Nostalgic
I have been feeling very nostalgic lately. Most likely, because the boys are having birthdays next week. Over the weekend, I went through all of John David's 18 month clothes and put them away. I took all of Austin's clothes from last year and went through them and put them with John David's summer wardrobe. He is set! Austin has some hand me downs and a few shirts that I bought, but with their birthday coming up, I will wait until I go shopping. I also went through my picture albums and baby books because I wanted to update that Austin went pee pee on the potty!!!!, and because I wanted to see what pictures I wanted to have printed, since I have 50 free prints to use by the end of the month. So , I guess sorting through clothes and seeing all sorts of baby pictures and "firsts" has made me feel extra sentimental!
I just can't believe that 3 years ago, I was in the mindset that it could be "any day." I remember that time like it was yesterday and really all I feel is like it went by so fast like a blink of the eye. And now, I have an independent, funny, extra loving, crazy 3 year old who loves to gives kisses and drive me crazy!
And nearly 2 years ago, I was also in the mindset that it could be "any day" even though I was only 35 weeks, since the prior week, I was in hospital for preterm labor. I remember that time so vividly. And now, my sweet John David is more like a boy than a baby. He wants to do everything his big brother does and he knows exactly what he wants and lets you know if he is unhappy. He sure knows how to make us smile and his laugh is contagious.
A quick update on the boys.....
Austin went pee pee on the potty a handful of times over the weekend! And even once at school yesterday! He is sporting some cute underwear, including, Thomas the Train, Nemo, Super Heros, Cars, and Woody from Toy Story. He sometimes runs to the potty but sometimes, I have to tell him that I'll put a diaper on him and he gets really mad and says, "I WEAR UNDAWEAR!
I created a behavior chart yesterday, since we have been having some behavior issues, typical of all children, I'm sure, so we thought we should create a reward system. It will be going into effect tonight. Going on the potty is included. So, every time, he does something on the chart, going potty, washing hands, playing nice with his brother, sharing, listening to mommy and daddy, he will get a sticker to put on the chart, once he gets a certain amount of stickers (amount to be determined), he will get to pick a prize out of the prize box. Hoping it works.
John David is turning into a little daredevil! At the park, he is climbing up a storm! It's good, because, he's been very timid about those things. He is talking up a storm! This morning, when I went in their room to get them dressed, they both were sleeping. John David turned when I turned the light on and I went to pick him up and he said, "No, Aw tin's turn" He definitely was not happy when I picked him up anyway. He still has quite the arm, and loves to throw EVERYTHING! We are trying to get him to throw only balls. We shall see. We will be using the behavior chart for him as well. He may not totally get it, but I think over time, it'll sink in.
I just can't believe that 3 years ago, I was in the mindset that it could be "any day." I remember that time like it was yesterday and really all I feel is like it went by so fast like a blink of the eye. And now, I have an independent, funny, extra loving, crazy 3 year old who loves to gives kisses and drive me crazy!
And nearly 2 years ago, I was also in the mindset that it could be "any day" even though I was only 35 weeks, since the prior week, I was in hospital for preterm labor. I remember that time so vividly. And now, my sweet John David is more like a boy than a baby. He wants to do everything his big brother does and he knows exactly what he wants and lets you know if he is unhappy. He sure knows how to make us smile and his laugh is contagious.
A quick update on the boys.....
Austin went pee pee on the potty a handful of times over the weekend! And even once at school yesterday! He is sporting some cute underwear, including, Thomas the Train, Nemo, Super Heros, Cars, and Woody from Toy Story. He sometimes runs to the potty but sometimes, I have to tell him that I'll put a diaper on him and he gets really mad and says, "I WEAR UNDAWEAR!
I created a behavior chart yesterday, since we have been having some behavior issues, typical of all children, I'm sure, so we thought we should create a reward system. It will be going into effect tonight. Going on the potty is included. So, every time, he does something on the chart, going potty, washing hands, playing nice with his brother, sharing, listening to mommy and daddy, he will get a sticker to put on the chart, once he gets a certain amount of stickers (amount to be determined), he will get to pick a prize out of the prize box. Hoping it works.
John David is turning into a little daredevil! At the park, he is climbing up a storm! It's good, because, he's been very timid about those things. He is talking up a storm! This morning, when I went in their room to get them dressed, they both were sleeping. John David turned when I turned the light on and I went to pick him up and he said, "No, Aw tin's turn" He definitely was not happy when I picked him up anyway. He still has quite the arm, and loves to throw EVERYTHING! We are trying to get him to throw only balls. We shall see. We will be using the behavior chart for him as well. He may not totally get it, but I think over time, it'll sink in.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
May 3, 2012
Things are moving along with the Artinghelli's. We are hopefully on the mend of these sickies we have been having. I feel like it's been one thing after another with them being sick. They better get better, after all, they are having birthdays in just one month! I truly can't believe that Austin will be 3 and John David will be 2. They are such the little boys now. Austin cracks me up, as usual, he now associates birthday with cake. So today, grandma said, "happy birthday mom", and he turns and looks and me and goes CAAAKE! Grandma is going to make him a dinosaur cake for his birthday since he is totally into dinosaurs, I mean, every morning, he wants to wear a dinosaur shirt. I can count 4 or 5 dinosaur shirts that he has, it's crazy. The kids at daycare are going to start to wonder. I guess it's better that he has 5 shirts and not just one, that could be a problem. So, back to the cake, every time you ask him, what kind of cake he is going to have, he is always so excited about his dinosaur cake.
John David, my sweet John David, is starting to go through the terrible 2's. He knows what he wants and if he doesn't get it, he whales. Sometimes, when I say "No" he gets this look on his face and comes at me. We are nipping that one in the butt asap. He wants to be independent and do things as Austin does, but in some aspects, he's just not ready, although we are trying. He wants to dress himself, but he just can't seem to get his arms through the shirt holes, only the head hole, but he gets mad if I help him. We are working on it.
We are also working on potty training. I'm totally going with the flow. I've been asking Austin if he needs to go and sometimes he says yes and runs to the potty. He knows how to undress and take his diaper off, so we are golden. This past weekend, I was changing John David and asked Austin if he needed to use the potty. He ran to the bathroom, undressed and by the time I was finished with John David and in the bathroom, he was on the big potty, proud as can be. So I sat there with him and talked to him, and then John David wanted to use the little potty. So we got him all situated and all were sitting there. Kevin came home from work and must have thought we were all crazy for sitting in the potty. I'm interested to see who will go first on the potty since every time Austin went on the potty, John David did too. Nobody actually went, but we are close. One of the best parts, was Austin showing/telling John David how to push the poop out, with the "ERRRR" "Push it" haha, he had me laughing for hours!
I have 2 more classes before my big exam! I have about 80 pages left of reading and then I'll be studying like a mad woman. I'm so nervous about not passing! I will pass, I just need to remind myself, I can do it!
I'm finally over turning 30. I went to bed last night 29 and woke up 30. Not much that I can do but embrace it. I'm not old, I'm still the same person as I was yesterday, so why was it a big deal? I don't know, just a number I guess. But as I sit here, I truly feel very blessed with my life. I have an amazing husband, the 2 best boys ever, wonderful family and friends, a great career and so much more that I can't even put into words. I love my life and love everyone in it!
John David, my sweet John David, is starting to go through the terrible 2's. He knows what he wants and if he doesn't get it, he whales. Sometimes, when I say "No" he gets this look on his face and comes at me. We are nipping that one in the butt asap. He wants to be independent and do things as Austin does, but in some aspects, he's just not ready, although we are trying. He wants to dress himself, but he just can't seem to get his arms through the shirt holes, only the head hole, but he gets mad if I help him. We are working on it.
We are also working on potty training. I'm totally going with the flow. I've been asking Austin if he needs to go and sometimes he says yes and runs to the potty. He knows how to undress and take his diaper off, so we are golden. This past weekend, I was changing John David and asked Austin if he needed to use the potty. He ran to the bathroom, undressed and by the time I was finished with John David and in the bathroom, he was on the big potty, proud as can be. So I sat there with him and talked to him, and then John David wanted to use the little potty. So we got him all situated and all were sitting there. Kevin came home from work and must have thought we were all crazy for sitting in the potty. I'm interested to see who will go first on the potty since every time Austin went on the potty, John David did too. Nobody actually went, but we are close. One of the best parts, was Austin showing/telling John David how to push the poop out, with the "ERRRR" "Push it" haha, he had me laughing for hours!
I have 2 more classes before my big exam! I have about 80 pages left of reading and then I'll be studying like a mad woman. I'm so nervous about not passing! I will pass, I just need to remind myself, I can do it!
I'm finally over turning 30. I went to bed last night 29 and woke up 30. Not much that I can do but embrace it. I'm not old, I'm still the same person as I was yesterday, so why was it a big deal? I don't know, just a number I guess. But as I sit here, I truly feel very blessed with my life. I have an amazing husband, the 2 best boys ever, wonderful family and friends, a great career and so much more that I can't even put into words. I love my life and love everyone in it!
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