Big Day for Colby

Colby is a very cautious little boy. When it comes to swimming he can do it but it's been a struggle. He has had lessons for the last 3 summers but each year we have to start all over again. In the last week he has swam down to pick up the rings on the bottom of the pool (with a push from mommy on his back)and has gone down the water slide at the club!!! Funny, Dylan has not had a gear of either. We are so excited thy Colby has been able to finally overcome his fears, for this summer atleast :)

Potty Training Day 3 and on.....

So by my last post we all could see that continuing to potty train was not only going to be a challenge but absolute torture! Well to my surprise Dylan woke up the next morning a jumped put of bed to go potty. Wait...no whining? Come on that was one of the joys :). Day #3 the kids went to Grammys for the day so it was going to be an easy day, for me that is. He ruined another pair of underware before I left for work but he has gone pee pee several times. Colby had no issues with going poopie on the potty it was remembering to go pee. Now I have one who won't go poopy on the potty....great! I'll take a year of pee pee accidents over this mushy crap....no pun attended. Trying fiqure out why his poops are so loose we decide to take the M&M's away along with his "choc choc". For the rest of the day he messes one more pair of underware but no pee pee accidents!!!

Over the weeked we still don't get him to go poopy on the potty but he does Great going pee pee!!! At this point there is no going back. Still no "choc choc" or any other kind of chocolate.

Monday is here and he has done it!!!! Yes Dylan told us he had to go poopie!! The whole family was there to celebrate!! Woo Hoo!!!

After 2 days of complete whining and crying and 6 days of throwing away underware I did it!!! I potty trained my sweet little Dylan :)! Let's hope this sticks. Congrats Dylan and Good Job Mommy!!!!

Potty Training Day 3

We had a break through this morning! Dylan woke up and went straight to the potty! Thank you Lord! No whining and no "it wont come out"!! All day he did very well with going pee pee. Pooping is another story but we kinda cant blame him. Poor lil guy has diarrhea and we think its from all the chocolate he has eaten the last 2 days. Now he is getting gummy worms for using the potty. Poor mommy has 4 big bags of M&M's to eat.

Lets hope for more progress tomorrow!!

Potty Training Day 2

So we wake up to start the day off with "I don't want to go potty" "it won't come out". Great I'm so excited to do this all over again. Trying to keep my cool we get dressed and start eating breakfast. Somehow during my conversation with my 4 yr old and 2 1/2 yr old over peanut butter toast and apples I fiqure out Dylan has pooped in his pants. No big deal it happens (this is what I am telling myself). Change underware and we move on. I set the timer and keep reminding him to go potty. I get the same whining as above.

As the time passes by Colby is bored out his mind so I decide let's go for a bike ride. We make it home with no accident but more whining as I ask him to go potty when we get home. Now I tell him he can't put his underware on til he goes potty. About 10 min go by and he starts yelling "I need to go poopie" I say "go fast get to the potty" (btw I cannot get up because I am feeding Abby). He procedes to poop on the potty Colby runs in to see and yells "he did he did". I get up and sure enough he did!!! Colby then tells him if he pees too he will get 10 nims (M&M's). He jumps off the seat throws the lid up and goes pee pee!! We are throwing high fives and call daddy.

Not too long later I walk into the playroom and he looks funny I ask "do you need to go potty" and I see him holding one leg outward and he says "I went poopie". What????? Yep he sure did right on the floor.....sorry to be graphic but it wasn't the most solid piece of poop. I just shake my head and go clean him and the floor.

Finally we are at naptime!!! Don't kid yourself I am not trying this at nap or bedtime so he puts a pull up on. Two and half hours later he wakes and are you kidding me......his pull up is DRY!!! How?? He goes straight to the bathroom and goes potty. Whatever Dylan!

Daddy comes home and the boys go outside to help mow the yard. Scott comes in after being outside for a little bit and is grossed out and frustrated because Dylan pooped his pants and it wasn't very solid! Seriously did you really come in and act as if you have delt with this all day?!?! He is frantically trying to find wipes and saying "these underware are ruined". Hello aren't you outside can't you just hose him off?? Really I think he just needed to let me know he was cleaning poop!

On to day 3......

Potty Training Day 1

So the day did not go the way my fairy tale mind had thought! Dylan cried every time I asked him to go potty. Its not like he has never gone potty before. Lots of whining and not the kind of wine I like :). I cant discard the fact that he did go several times and did a small poopie on the potty but still not quite sure why I thought this was a good idea.

On to Day 2......

Father's Day

This Father's Day my brother and his family wanted to surprise my dad. We started planning this about 2 months ago. So Friday we headed to Tallahassee to spend some time with our friends Ron, Kitty, & Tucker (baby #2 is brewing). Saturday we hung out with the Draa family then headed north to see Monkey Dave and the gang to surprise my dad. We sent all the kids to the door and although we couldnt see dads face we heard it in his voice the excitement and joy!!!

For our daddy we will celebrate this weekend. He wants a full family day on Saturday.

Abby's Milestones

Crazy how time flies by so quickly!! Abby is growing up quicker than a minute. She will be 8 months old in a week. She is so easy going and so very happy! Last Thursday (June 10) we heard her on the monitor and I walked in to get her and to my surprise she was standing up in her crib leaning over the railing looking down at her pacifier on the floor. Of course she looked up with that sweet sweet face and smiled at me like as if she was trying to say "look at me mommy". Needless to say daddy came home and moved her mattress down. Funny how a small thing like moving the mattress down can make mommy somewhat sad :(.

On the same day she decided that putting one arm forward and falling down on her belly wasnt fun anymore so she decide it was time to crawl! She isn't at lightening speed but can still make herself around the house pretty easily.

I can remember her coming home from the hospital and her 2 big brothers waiting for her to get there. Grammy and Pop Pop were at the house too to welcome our new baby girl! Colby and Dylan have loved her and adored her from day 1! We layed her in her swing so the boys could admire her. A few minutes later they left the room and came back with their stuffed snakes. They laid the sankes on Abby and said "she needs her own snake"........sooo cute!!!



I just cant wait to see what is next from this bundle of joy!!

Potty Training

Once again my husband thinks that our 2 1/2 year old is ready to be potty trained. I beg to differ! All of you who know him probably realize this also. Love love love my little Dylan but he is way too busy to stop and think about going pee or poop. Maybe I am missing the boat on getting him out of diapers but it is way easier/faster for me to change his diaper than take him potty every 20 minutes with two other kids in tow. So daddy decided to put him in "ware ware" aka underware after bath. Daddy called it an experiment, an experiment for who I might ask?!?! Dylan doesn't make it more than a 1/2 hour and daddy notices he has peed in his pants. Here is the conversation on their way to the bedroom to change:
daddy: if you want to wear big boy underware you can't pee in your pants
Dylan: I get to pick out new pj's
Daddy: if you feel wet you need to run to the bathroom
Dylan: I get to pick out new pj's
Daddy: don't you want to be like Colby and wear "ware ware"?
Dylan: I want monkey pj's
by the way this conversation is going on simutaneously Dylan isn't listening to daddy at all.
Mean while Dylan comes out in puppy, not monkey pj's (he doesn't even have monkey pj's) all excited because he has new pj's on. This kid didn't even care that he peed in his pants.

Our weekend

What a great weekend!!! Love love love spending te with the family! Yesterday we went to the beach and pool. The kids love playing in the sand, the waves (the ones ankle deep), and the pool. This pool has a slide and Dylan loves it!!! By the time we have caught him he says "I wanna do it again" with this big smile on his face. Colby, our cautious little one, has not gone down the slide but I'm confident he will by the end of the summer.

Came home for naps then out to fish in the pond across the street. Colby caught his very 1st fish. Even mommy and Abby caught one!! Dylan is still trying....he'll get there soon :).

Today we went to church which always fills me with such joy. My big boy Colby takes such pride in carrying his bible into church just like mommy and daddy. Such a huge thrill to see him wanting to learn more about Jesus's love!!!!

New to Blogging

I am starting a blog so that I can document some of the crazy, funny, and life changing events in our family. My friend Allison is the one who has inspired me to do this. If I could go back to the day I became pregnant with Colby (my 1st child) and start blogging I would. For now I will begin and try to play ctach up as much as I can.

With 2 boys and a little girl all 4 years and younger our life is not only busy but we have some pretty funny things that go on. I try everyday to say "each day is a new day" this keeps my sanity in tact for the days that dont go either as planned or are extremely frustrating.

I hope that I can keep up with this so that in the years to come I have something to look back on and remind me of these precious years.

For now I am off to feed the family lunch. Cant wait to add more!!