Potty Training 101...Family Visits...& Other Updates

Matthew and Grandpa sharing a laugh

John & Casey

Not sure what he was looking at here...my guess is he was probably about to yell for Casey to "Git back over here!!" while holding onto the stroller.  Anyways, I like this pic of Joe so I included it!

John

We had a fun day today!  Anne, Ella, Abby, and Maggie all came to spend the day with us.  Kate really enjoyed her girl time and we had so much fun catching up with our cousins.  Miss and love y'all!  Thanks so much for coming to see us!

Sweet cousins:  Ella, Maggie, & Kate

3 little cuties just a' swangin'

Haven't you heard?!  The latest fashion is to wear your tutu underneath your smocked dress.  Thank you Ella for sharing this new trend with us :)

Maggie, John, & Abby

Think John likes women?!  Lol!!!

...and again chillin' on cousin Maggie's lap :)

Kate, Maggie, and Matthew

Matthew and Anne

We have been working on potty training pretty solid since Saturday, which means today was day 3 of no diapers except at night.  She is doing what I would consider to be very well.  We have of course had a few accidents but I think we are finally beginning to make some progress.  Woohoo!!!  Going to tackle school tomorrow in pull-ups so we'll see how that goes.  We have not yet attempted any public outings, which I hear is when the real fun begins ;)

The boys have finally begun to sit up on their own.  Matthew is a little ahead of John with it but both are pretty much there.  We can sit Matthew in the floor and walk away for a bit and know that he will be fine, whereas John we really still have to stay right there with him.  Their personalities have been funny lately.  They constantly flip-flop but lately Matthew has been the "bruiser" and John has been "laid-back Jack."  This has actually probably been the trend we've observed since the day we came home from the hospital with them...although we try to be careful so as not to pin labels on them.  If Matthew is sitting in the floor and suddenly happens to topple over it does not phase him whatsoever.  He just rolls around until he's either on his tummy or his back and looks around for something else to do.  John is pretty content to just lay on the floor , not quite as interested in putting forth the effort to try to sit up.  He likes to be in the Jumperoo and will stay there jumping until he is wore slap out.  Matthew has also been quite temperamental lately.  He grunts really loudly and his face turns bright red as if he is making a huge diaper for you, but you know he's not.  He's just throwing a baby tantrum.  He especially likes to do this when he's eating his solids.  John is usually content to just keep eating through it all and seems to even be amused and entertained by Matthew's fits.

Matthew sitting:  sweet lil dumplin'

What all can I do from this position?

Happy Sitter

Happy to report that I believe we finally have just about everyone well and healthy here in our house.  John is bringing up the rear with still finishing up his antibiotic for ear infections.  We have had a rough month of ear and nasty upper respiratory infections, rashes, pink eye, etc.  You name it.  It seems the only thing that hasn't paid us a visit has been the stomach bug, praise the Lord. Praying that statement does not come back to haunt me later!!

I have been busy here at home but also dabbling back into work some.  I have enjoyed getting back into it a little.  I'm only working about 3-4 days per month right now, doing some consulting as well as staffing at the pharmacy.  It has been a good, healthy balance for right now, and I thoroughly enjoy the adult time ;)

We are looking forward to Spring!