Walking Machine

Charley has become quite the walker. She has really started to walk a lot more within the past couple of weeks. She definitely prefers it to crawling. She is a little Frankenstein when she walks, which is so cute. I love that she is walking, but it makes me realize just how big she is getting.

Ouch!

Today Thi came up to me and said something about his finger. I didn't think anything of it and went to go wipe his hands off, and that's when I noticed a huge blister on his index finger and two smaller ones on his middle and ring fingers. I have no idea what happened or even when it happened. He has since popped the blister on his index finger. He now has a nice Dora band-aid on it.

Pick a Sticker...Any Sticker

Jon's aunt sent the boys some stickers for Christmas last year. We have been saving them because we didn't want the boys to simply waste them by sticking them on their shirts or places they didn't belong (furniture, walls, etc.). We didn't really know what we would use them for, but when we started potty training we knew they would be a perfect reward for Justus. He loves stickers. There are so many different kinds to choose from that he becomes a little indecisive when it comes to picking his sticker. It's worth the wait though if it means he is going on the potty. Potty training is going great!!! We have only had the a couple of accidents and that's it. I guess it's true that when they are ready they will pretty much potty train themselves.

Chicken Pox?

I'm thinking I'm going to have to make a trip to the doctor's office tomorrow. She has a little bit of a rash, and I'm not sure what it is. My first thought is chicken pox, but only because that's the only type of red bump rash I know. It all started with Thi having little spots on his face, but I didn't think anything of it since it was only on his face. Now though Matthias' are pretty much cleared up and Charley's have spread....hmm. She is due to go back to the doctor tomorrow to get her ear checked anyways, so I will just ask the doctor about the rash while I'm there.

Day #2

Day #2 of potty training has gone very well. He did have 3 accidents...one pretty big one and two small ones. We were expecting accidents, so we just remained calm explained to him that big boys don't go potty in there underpants and then gave him a quick little shower. After the little accidents he seemed to understand a lot better the difference between wet and dry. A few times he would start to go pee and then stop and run to the bathroom telling us he had to potty. A big success of the day was him going poo on the potty! We knew he had to go since he normally goes twice a day and he hadn't gone since Thursday night. Him going poo on the potty resulted in me taking him to QT to get a candy bar....only because I had promised him one the first time he went poo on the potty. He chose a Snickers with almonds....good choice. This picture is him showing off his stickers that he has gotten for going on the potty.

Potty Training: Take 2

Today we began our second attempt at potty training. After some advice/tips from some friends we realized that we just needed to buckle down and start. So far it is going well. We haven't had any accidents, but we took him to the bathroom just about every 30 minutes or so. Jonathan took the day off, so that helped out quite a bit. When he goes pee on the potty he gets a sticker and every 3 stickers he gets a penny for his candy machine. If he goes poo on the potty he gets a sucker, but we aren't pushing that right now. I now realize that Justus was probably ready the first time we tried potty training, and that the problem was probably that I wasn't. Oh well...we are going to stick with it this time, and hopefully start Thi within a couple of weeks.

Have a Seat

Charley is so funny sometimes. She just does her own thing. Today she decided to have a seat on the car bin. I can't imagine it was comfortable sitting on a whole bunch of Hot Wheels and plastic cars, but if she was okay with it then so was I.