Here-There-Everywhere!

Its hard to know where to start when I have been off of here for so long. I will just catch ya up to speed with a photo blog from the boys bday celebration.

Well, recently we celebrated Caleb turning 4yrs old(June 5) and Baby Jonah turning 1yr(June 24)....We had a joint birthday party for the both of them. It was fun but I think we are going to stick to having them seperate from this point on. It got a little overwhelming. :)

I'm Back! No really, I am!

So. I miss you Blogger and I really want to spend more time with you....but it is 1am and I need to get some shut eye. New entry tomorrow. Promise.

Man, How Time Flys!

I cannot believe how long it has been since my last blog, so much has happened since then. Let me feel ya in. Well, Caleb is actually still working on the potty training..advice to mom's who haven't reached the potty training stage: They trick you! One day he had it and was doing great and the next he refused. He is really close and I am hoping that he will be completely potty trained by the time he is 3yrs old. Also...... I am pregnant!!! With boy #2. Jonah. He is due July 1st and we are all beyond excited!!!! I am going to be a home mom and promise to be on here more with updates!!! Until then......

"Poop on the Potty"

My kid’s a genius! No really, he is! He is actually potty training himself. On Tuesday, September 14th, he actually told me that he wanted to go “poop in the potty”. I was so overwhelmed with excitement that I got a ginormous smile on my face and did what every mother of a 2 year old would do….. I confirmed that he indeed did want to go “poop in the potty”. I did this by repeating his announcement back to him as a question- “So, are you telling mommy that you want to go poop in the potty?” (I swear I feel like I have spent the last year repeating every single thing that Caleb says back to him…ya know, just to verify that I understand what he is saying and that we are on the same page.) So, to make a long story short he said “yes”, we went into the bathroom, he got up on the potty and did his business. When he was finished he yelled at me to come take a peak. Kids are so funny! I congratulated him and told him how he was such a “big boy” and awarded him with a miniature Reese’s cup.



He has continued this for the last 3 days…..the Reese cups might be a really good motivation but I give Caleb all the glory! My little man is growing up so fast and this is just one more milestone that separates him from being my little baby. As a mother, I feel so torn. One part of me is super proud of his achievements while the other part is sad because it means he’s growing up and becoming self-sufficient! It’s just one more thing that he doesn’t need mommy’s help with, sniff sniff. But, all in all I am so proud of him. Wish me luck that this potty pattern continues…sure would be nice to scratch diapers off the monthly budget.

A woman who understands the “boy” in her man is a hard woman to defeat!

An amazing woman, my mom, once shared this saying with me, advice that her Grandmother Stinnett passed on to her when she was a young woman. My mom told me that it was one of the most helpful instructions on marriage that anyone ever shared with her. I thought to myself that this was the silliest thing that I have ever heard. I mean how ridiculous is a woman who allows her husband to act like a child? I wanted a man that acts like a man – not one who plays video games at the wee hours of the night or acts like a 5 year old when around his friends. I wanted a man that acted like a sophisticated adult and that was responsible all the time. If this is what I wanted then I had to demand it, right? WRONG!!!! I think as women we have this fairy tale mentality that there are actually men out there like this, there’s not! They all want to play the video games, drink beer, watch football, drive fast cars, and act ridiculous together. This is what men do, no matter what age they are, and I think it is important that we accept that they are going to act this way from time to time. Actually, it’s crucial. I have been married for 5 years now, and trust me I have tried to “control” the things that my hubby does….and you know what it didn’t work- if anything it only put a wedge in our friendship. If you want to know the key to a long and happy marriage….well it’s about allowing each other to be exactly who each other is. Women cannot change their husbands and they need to accept them for who they are. When a woman marries a man and then tries to change him, she is not accepting him for who he is and this is going to be hurtful to him. A man can change certain things about himself if he wants to and a woman can be a guide to him in a positive way, but she cannot change him- she can only embrace him! So stop complaining about all the stupid stuff and love him for who he is!