Monday, December 22, 2008

*** MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! ***

Hope you have a very Merry Christmas!

Friday, December 19, 2008

2 1/2 YR OLD + POTTY TRAINING+ BABY BROTHER+WORK= AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

LAST WEEK , ON SUNDAY NIGHT, JAKE LOOKS AT ME AND SAYS " WE NEED TO POTTY TRAIN BRITTON! SO THIS WEEK THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO" (I LOVE THAT HE USED THE WORD 'WE' - BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT THE MEN ARE SOOOOOO GOOD AT THIS AND ARE THERE THROUGH THE ENTIRE THING!!!!!) HAAAAHAAA!!!! SO MONDAY MORNING I TELL BRITTON HE IS NO LONGER A BABY, THAT HE GETS TO WEAR BIG BOY UNDERWEAR---- HE WAS NOT TOO SURE AT FIRST..... BUT A BUCKET OF CANDY DOES WONDERS!!!!!!! SO WE WERE OFF ON THIS EXCITING, TIME CONSUMING, CARPET CLEANING, ADVENTURE TOGETHER.... ME AND BRITTON OF COURSE!!!
HE ACTUALLY REALLY DID PRETTY WELL... THE FIRST COUPLE DAYS, I DON'T THINK HE KNEW QUITE WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT BY FRI HE WAS DOING SO DANG GOOD!! I PROBABLY ONLY HAD TO SCRUB MY CARPET... 20 TIMES ALL WEEK, AND THE GOOD THING IS, HE CAUGHT ON TO #2 FROM DAY 1!! I NEVER HAD TO CLEAN THAT OUT OF MY CARPET!!!!
WE HAVE GONE TO A COUPLE STORES (I AM TERRIFIED TO LEAVE MY HOUSE!!! LOL) AND HE HAS HAD ONLY ONE ACCIDENT..... AND THEN HE WILL TELL ME AND WE WILL GO..... BUT WHEN WE ARE OUT... MY FAVORITE PART IS WHEN YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF SHOPPING AND HE SAYS... 'I HAVE TO GO'. I THEN HAVE TO LOAD UP KASER AND RUN WITH BRITTON, AND THEN HOLD KASER ALL THE WHILE I TRY TO GET BRITTON ON THE TOILET...... UGH! THAT IS A JOB!!!!
THESE ARE THE MOMENTS THAT I THINK..... I WOULD RATHER PAY FOR DIAPERS!!!!!!!
BUT IN ALL REALITY, I LOVE THAT HE IS GROWING UP AND DOING WELL..... ALTHOUGH I TRIED EVERYTHING YOU COULD IMAGINE!!! WHAT WORKED THE BEST FOR US WAS TO DRAW ON BALLOONS WHILE HE SAT ON THE POTTY..... THAT WAS FUN!! AND THEN EVERYTIME HE WOULD GO WE GOT TO BLOW OUT CANDLES ON A CAKE I MADE JSUT FOR HIM!!!! HE LOVES LOVES LOVES TO BLOW OUT CANDLES!!! THIS INCENTIVE WAS PERFECT!!!
SO I FEEL LIKE I AM BACK TO NORMAL SOMEWHAT.... THAT WHOLE WEEK I DID A LOT OF SITTING IN THE BATHROOM, WATCHING THE TIMER, AND LETTING MY HOUSE GO.... I DIDN'T CLEAN OR COOK!
AND THE PICTURE OF KASER IS JUST HIS FUN PERSONALITY!!!
HE GOT A LOT OF TREATS TO KEEP HIM HAPPY WHILE I WAS BUSY!!!












Sunday, December 7, 2008

December is here... and almost gone!

can you believe that we are already in december!??? i sure can't! and i sure have been a slacker lately.... We have been very busy these last few weeks. Last night we went with some friends to Arctic Circle, so the kids could play, and then to Temple Square to see the lights. It was really fun and Britton had a good time! This is his Friend, isn't she cute??!!! Britton Loved seeing the Temple for real and the Horses that pulled the little carriages on the street.

*Kaser is about ready to walk... SCAAAARRRY!!!! and he has 2 teeth and is getting 2 on the top. He is just so much fun!! It has been fun to see the differences in the two boys.... He Grins at about anyone or anything!
* Britton is... well..... INDEPENANT! he likes to do everything himself.... and he says the randomness things!!! He sure seems like a little man and I love to just sit back and watch him when he doesn't know! He has funny conversations with himself and his "friends"
Happy Holidays!!!