we are on a potty mission with Bryson and I started in full force yesterday and Im not giving up like I have in the past. I'm not lucky enough to get to have the days with him so we are doing our own modified version of whatever it takes to get this child to be out of diapers before halloween, i hope that's not an unreachable goal.
So..Day 1.. he went a few times at daycare, but the minute we get into the house i take his pants and diaper off take him potty and let him pick out and put on big boy undies- I tell him, OK.. great job on the potty and your a big boy now so we have to pee on the potty and don't get these undies wet, u tell me anytime you feel like you have to go, or just go straight to the potty on your own. We added a sticker to the potty chart.. 4 stickers=prize, by the end of the night, he made the 4 so i owe him a prize today, so i gotta go get some..whatever it takes right? lol.
We even took a wagon walk for about 20-25min and he did great! which leads to a funny bryson story:
there is a cute itty bitty mouse/shrew bobbing around the road we walk on, we were having fun watching him, and he let us get really close and he just stood there trembling and bryson says.."lets pick him up mom" i said.. he's really scared, he's shaking, lets just watch him. He says.."I want to ride my bike with him, he can sit on my handle bars, he like it?" I laugh..sorry buddy your bike is at home, "lets go get it, he want to ride with me" i said, well, maybe tomorrow we will come back with your bike and look for him. "OKKKKaay" he says.. hilarious kid. then Nolan is dragging his hands over the wheel by his seat and bryson keeps telling him STOP it baby, you can't do that, and pulls his hands back into the wagon, and nolan looks at him with a nasty look and puts them right back.. no baby stop! and pulls them back in again, over and over til the baby finally just screams.. i say, thanks bryson, your a good brother, but he's so little and doesn't understand, lets just ignore him and maybe he'll stop. Im glad he's looking out for him even if the baby won't listen!! :) They are so much fun, just make life so much more fun and entertaining.
Bryson doesn't want to go to bed lately and is becoming great with excuses and stall tactics to stay up...he showed up at the bottom of the stairs last night and scared the crap out of me, i say, why are you up? "ba cause..ba cause mom, i just want to" then he sees my popcorn, i want some! so i give him a little handful and say, we are going to bed. he goes and hugs and hugs me, don't leave mommy, sleep in my bed" then he says.. i want popcorn. i just didn't eat much today." i say, oh so your hungry cause you didn't eat enough.. "yep mom." I said, well, sorry buddy, its bedtime so you can have breakfast when you get up. and I finally get to leave after a long conversation and a million hugs. Its so hard because i love his loving side, even when i know he's trying to manipulate me! lol.
Back to Potty.. Day 2! he wakes up, daddy takes him in to potty, he begs for big boy undies, but i tell him we can wear a pull up and wear some undies over it, he finally agrees. we get are on our way to school this morning and in the car hes s aying..i have to PEE..i say, hold it, we are almost there.. we get in and he sprints to the bathroom and goes potty! i was SO proud, this is huge for him! So i tell the teacher what we are doing and hope hope he continues doing well at school and doesn't forget to tell people, but i will pick him up at 430 and we will be back on our routine like last night. and saturday we will do all day at home and just focus on potty potty potty!
FInGERS crossed, wish us luck!! (more updates as the days go by!)
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
ONE YEAR!!!
Party Highlights:
Bounce house slide.. so fun!! WEEE!!!
Hmm.. do i like cake? YES!
LOVED my monkey pillow pet
Love the bounce house!!
My cute construction bday shirt
Bounce house slide.. so fun!! WEEE!!!
Hmm.. do i like cake? YES!
LOVED my monkey pillow pet
Love the bounce house!!
My cute construction bday shirt
My baby is ONE!! Can you believe it? I sure can't, it's crazy! im not ready for this, can we freeze time?? Nolan is such a sweet, active little boy, he and his big brother are such a blessing to our lives, I honestly can't remember what we did before this. I love my boys!!
Last weekend we had a big Construction bday bash, transformed our yard and it was awesome, we were scared the weather wasn't going to cooperate but it turned out GREAT! Nolan dug into some cake, but really didn't go to nuts with it. We had to wake him up alittle after people started arriving so it took him awhile to adjust to all the people and let loose and take off on his own, he kinda looked around thinking what is going on? We had a bounce house and all the kids, even babies and parents loved it. It was really fun! My mom and sister came up to help get everything ready, i baked the cakes and made the icing and my mom went to town decorating, then Nicki and i made a rice krispie truck, it looked cute, but tasted terrible! not sure what the problem was!?? We had construction hats for all the kids with their names and a pinata with yummy candy, and treat bags filled with tool shaped bubbles, stickers, playdough and fruit roll ups..then some construction dressed rubber duckies for the littler ones! Nolan got lots of wonderful toys,golf clubs, books, some cute clothes some new seats(pb chair and a disney saucer chair), a play tent and even a trike! He really loved his pillow pet from his Nini, he just hugged and hugged it..he is a big fan of soft fuzzy things, blankets or animals....(i think he got that from me!!) . He got a big kick out of his laughing Elmo doll too! We had a great turn out and I think everyone had fun and was worn out!! I know I was!! Bryson has enjoyed the toys probably more than even Nolan has, he thinks they are all his and gets mad when Nolan tries to push his way in to play..i have to keep reminding him of whose they are!! :)
Nolan has had a great first year, and I just can't believe how much he and Bryson are alike. They are very similar on their height and weights. both in the 97% for weight, height and head(which i figured, huge heads!) Nolan is 24.6lbs, 32", and big ol chubby feet. He has 10 teeth with more looking like they are about to start the process of breaking thru, those are such a joy. NOT! He says mamma, dadda, baabba, bye, baaa(ball) will wave, and does' more' in sign language(b taught him), claps..knows the doggie and kitty in books.. loves to read, he gets excited for our colorful books with mirrors or touch and feel, and loves the sesame street baby books also. He loves animals, goes crazy if we see a dog in person and will chase it around for as long as he can.. i'd really love to take him to a zoo soon. He understands more than he can actually say and gets his point across pretty well, with that true red-headed temper. But he is just so cute with his sparkly blue eyes, red hair and chubby cheek toothy grin, it's hard to say NO.. He is obssessed with our phone! if our bedroom door is open, he goes right for it..he even puts it up to his ear and says..DAAADAAA....it's so hilarious! then he'll carry it into the other room and just yell..DAADAAA.!!! We are trying to get off the bottle, he is usually only having one, at night to get to bed.. occasionally he will get one in the middle of the night if he's really upset and mommy wants to get back to bed. lol.. he goes off and on on the sleep, he normally does great if he's not teething.. those teeth are rough!!
Bryson and Nolan are great buddies, and in true old brother style, Bryson likes to pester him. He will put him in head locks or just wrap his arms around him hugging him too hard, i've seen nolan trying to get away pulling bryson across the floor, or here him going EEEH EEEH trying to pull away, after awhile, he's finally had enough and squeals loud... I've caught him trying to kick the baby away from him when Nolan wants something he has or wants to sit in the chair with him. He also likes to feed him bits of what he has. He thinks he is quite the big brother, which he is. The other day I picked him up alone from daycare and he said, mom wait, we forgot baby nolan!!! very concerned big bro! Nolan really lights up and squeals when he sees Bryson, I never imagined watching brothers bond would be so rewarding and just plain ADORABLE to watch! Nolan is starting to learn to fight back..we were on a walk last week in the stroller and Nolan was pounding bryson in the face with a foam bat, i could help but laugh! bryson kept saying he's hitting me, you tell him to stop but he doesnt' really understand that yet.
Well, i've written a book and could go on all day..i better wrap this up.
more later!
thanks to all friends and family for helping make Nolan's birthday so special, we love you!!
Last weekend we had a big Construction bday bash, transformed our yard and it was awesome, we were scared the weather wasn't going to cooperate but it turned out GREAT! Nolan dug into some cake, but really didn't go to nuts with it. We had to wake him up alittle after people started arriving so it took him awhile to adjust to all the people and let loose and take off on his own, he kinda looked around thinking what is going on? We had a bounce house and all the kids, even babies and parents loved it. It was really fun! My mom and sister came up to help get everything ready, i baked the cakes and made the icing and my mom went to town decorating, then Nicki and i made a rice krispie truck, it looked cute, but tasted terrible! not sure what the problem was!?? We had construction hats for all the kids with their names and a pinata with yummy candy, and treat bags filled with tool shaped bubbles, stickers, playdough and fruit roll ups..then some construction dressed rubber duckies for the littler ones! Nolan got lots of wonderful toys,golf clubs, books, some cute clothes some new seats(pb chair and a disney saucer chair), a play tent and even a trike! He really loved his pillow pet from his Nini, he just hugged and hugged it..he is a big fan of soft fuzzy things, blankets or animals....(i think he got that from me!!) . He got a big kick out of his laughing Elmo doll too! We had a great turn out and I think everyone had fun and was worn out!! I know I was!! Bryson has enjoyed the toys probably more than even Nolan has, he thinks they are all his and gets mad when Nolan tries to push his way in to play..i have to keep reminding him of whose they are!! :)
Nolan has had a great first year, and I just can't believe how much he and Bryson are alike. They are very similar on their height and weights. both in the 97% for weight, height and head(which i figured, huge heads!) Nolan is 24.6lbs, 32", and big ol chubby feet. He has 10 teeth with more looking like they are about to start the process of breaking thru, those are such a joy. NOT! He says mamma, dadda, baabba, bye, baaa(ball) will wave, and does' more' in sign language(b taught him), claps..knows the doggie and kitty in books.. loves to read, he gets excited for our colorful books with mirrors or touch and feel, and loves the sesame street baby books also. He loves animals, goes crazy if we see a dog in person and will chase it around for as long as he can.. i'd really love to take him to a zoo soon. He understands more than he can actually say and gets his point across pretty well, with that true red-headed temper. But he is just so cute with his sparkly blue eyes, red hair and chubby cheek toothy grin, it's hard to say NO.. He is obssessed with our phone! if our bedroom door is open, he goes right for it..he even puts it up to his ear and says..DAAADAAA....it's so hilarious! then he'll carry it into the other room and just yell..DAADAAA.!!! We are trying to get off the bottle, he is usually only having one, at night to get to bed.. occasionally he will get one in the middle of the night if he's really upset and mommy wants to get back to bed. lol.. he goes off and on on the sleep, he normally does great if he's not teething.. those teeth are rough!!
Bryson and Nolan are great buddies, and in true old brother style, Bryson likes to pester him. He will put him in head locks or just wrap his arms around him hugging him too hard, i've seen nolan trying to get away pulling bryson across the floor, or here him going EEEH EEEH trying to pull away, after awhile, he's finally had enough and squeals loud... I've caught him trying to kick the baby away from him when Nolan wants something he has or wants to sit in the chair with him. He also likes to feed him bits of what he has. He thinks he is quite the big brother, which he is. The other day I picked him up alone from daycare and he said, mom wait, we forgot baby nolan!!! very concerned big bro! Nolan really lights up and squeals when he sees Bryson, I never imagined watching brothers bond would be so rewarding and just plain ADORABLE to watch! Nolan is starting to learn to fight back..we were on a walk last week in the stroller and Nolan was pounding bryson in the face with a foam bat, i could help but laugh! bryson kept saying he's hitting me, you tell him to stop but he doesnt' really understand that yet.
Well, i've written a book and could go on all day..i better wrap this up.
more later!
thanks to all friends and family for helping make Nolan's birthday so special, we love you!!
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