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This Morning

Robbie woke up in great spirits (probably because he knew he was going to April's and then Nan was going to come visit). He pooped in his pull up and told me right away "uh oh, Robbie pooped. Poop goes in potty, Mommy!"

We got him dressed, went on the potty and then we could hear Lana waking. We ran up the stairs to go get her and he ran right up to her crib and asked me to pick him up. We both looked into her crib and started talking to her. He would repeat every single word I was saying to her, like a parrot. As soon as I picked her up he asked me (in a VERY polite way) if he could hold Lana. He sat in her rocking chair and I put Lana in his arms. The two of them looked at each other and giggled and he kept on saying that she was "so silly" and "SO funny", he wanted to read her Good Night Moon book to her but I had to intervene for a diaper change and feeding. I promised him that after she ate he could hold her again. He didn't forget the promise, right after the feeding he asked if it was his turn to hold her... what a sweet little man!

Here's a picture of my two kiddies... I love them so much and I'm SO proud of both of them.

Bonnie and Elyssa

After 17ish years I finally got to spend some WAY overdue time with a close friend of mine from my past. She was also an army brat in Germany and we have shared a lot of amazing memories together. Bonnie and her daughter, Elyssa, stayed with us for 4 days and they fit right into our family. She's like Marry Poppins, kids flock to her and she is amazing with them!

I'm missing my family a lot lately and her visit did wonders for me. Hopefully we can go out west soon, I can't wait to meet her son and hubby!

Big, big..... BIG NEWS

ROBBIE POOPED ON THE POTTY!!!

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Potty Training

It's been almost a week and my little guy's doing pretty well. I'm taking a casual approach to it and it seems to be working. He has yet to poop on the potty but can hold his pee (30mins) for the potty. Mornings aren't his forte but the more we do it the more he's willing to hop on there and do his business and get a little toy for his reward.

Now that we're potty training and I'm realizing how big he's getting we've been doing some investigating into preschools. We found a school downtown which has gotten great reviews and we're going to try and sign Robbie up!

This Morning

The New 'Do'

He looks like an entirely different kid.

Testing 1,2,3...

Where did my sweet polite little boy go? When/How can I get him back?

Our simplest little requests have been blown out to these rediculous issues. It's so frustrating; he forgets his manners, he expects to be rewarded before he's done good, he doesn't want to help out like he use to... I feel like we've taken about 10 steps backwards with him.

Colin's been great with him, the simplest things that Robbie knows he shouldn't be doing means an immediate time out. He gets down to Robbie's level and explains the reason for the punishment and why it's wrong. It's hard for me to have a 6 month old that constantly needs/wants me and have this toddler who's CONSTANTLY testing his boundaries and seeing what he can get away with. I get worn out.