Impromptu Pics

So I got a wild hair last night to ATTEMPT to get a Chirtsmas pic of the kids. We got just a few before meltdown set in. But here are a couple decent ones!

STOP THE CAR........

So we were driving to Moses Lake (45mins away) on Satruday afternoon, and all of a sudden Jaxon starts yelling "Stop da car Dad...I nee go pee!!" Dan and I look at each other in total shock and each take a few seconds to comprehend what was just said and start laughing. Then I ask Jaxon does he really need to go and he say "Des Mom, Stop da car!!" Of course we are on a very narrow road with NO place to pull off so we tell him to hold it for a minute and Daddy will pull over as soon as he can. So we go a 1/2 mile of so and we find a spot and low and behold he REALLY had to go! This was only the second time he has actually told us he needed to go. We were SO PROUD!! The whole telling us thing has been an on and off again thing, but at least he realized it! Maybe we are getting somewhere!

We LOVE stickers

So we have been doing the whole go potty on the toilet and get a sticker, fill your chart and get a prize, and Jaxon LOVES it! This has been going on for nearly two weeks and he is starting to forget about the stickers and just go. He did really good for a week or so with only 2 pee accidents all week, but then has had a few more this week! The whole poo thing is a real pain! So we will continue to trudge through it! I hope someday this gets easier!!

A reward or bribery......

So week 3 is starting in potty training land. So this weekend I got some stickers and prizes to try and entice Jaxon to go to the bathroom without the fussing. He will do great then all of a sudden get mad at me making him go potty! I wonder where he gets his STUBBORNNESS from??? =D So we started out small, 12 squares to fill, and in one day he wa able to fill the squares so he got a new puzzle! He LOVES his new puzzle, but today he is throwing a fit when I tell him to go potty! If Dan stayed home all the time I think he would be trained in a few days, because he does it for Daddy, not for Mommy...frustrating. So I am going to try the sticker and prize thing and see if it works. If you have any insight into this whole process spread the knowledge! So ya, I will stop babbling and go bribe my child some more! :)

FRUSTRATING...........ahhhhhhhhh!!!

So after a GREAT day yesterday, today was horrible! 3 accidents by 11am, I was DONE!!! I put the diaper back on and boy howdy did he hate it! Which I thought was hillarious!! He freaked out when he wet his diaper and I just had to chuckle. I am going in to take off the diaper from nap time and start afresh...but I really just want to bag the whole thing and come back in two months, but it is nice to be using less diapers everyday, so there is one perk! Maybe tomorrow will be better!

Day 12.......Yes I am STILL counting.....

Jaxon has been doign really good. I was so proud of him yesterday, no accidents then just before church he had one, oh well, I is not too bad. He is starting to understand what the "feeling" is. Maybe by Christmas we can be day time potty trained, at least that is my hope! :)

We had a WONDERFUL weekend away visiting friends in Couer d'Alene. Jaxon did not do all that great with the potty thing, but we were away in a new environment, so he was wanting to explore and play, I don't blame him!

Lainee is rolling over when put on her tummy, but she HATES being on her tummy so I rarely put her on. I got her on video rolling over finally and Dan has to upload that because I am video camera upload challenged!! =D lol

Hope you all have a wonderful week....and are looking forward to the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday! Tootles!! ;)

My little Lady is growing up!!!

So yesterday Lainee rolled over for the first time! I was SO excited that I ran to get the video camera and tried again and again, to no avail. No more rolling!! I will keep trying and when she does I will post for all of you to see her new milestone!! Congrats Little Princess!!!

Day 6.......

So I had a LONG talk with Jaxon last night before he went to bed about waking us up in the morning when he felt he had to poo, seeing as though this usually happens around 5:30am. About 5:25 he came into our bedroom and said "Mama I poop!" I asked if he had gone in his daiper, he said, yes, and I asked again and he said "Nope, I go potty!!"" YEAH!! So we ran to the bathroom and low and behold he went on the toilet!! I am SOOOO proud of him and all his accompishments this week! I know we are no where near totally potty trained, but he is making HUGE gains everyday! I just hope he keeps it up this weekend when we head out of town!

The end of day 4......

So day four is coming to an end and we have had 3 accidents today, but too bad. This evening I put a diaper on Jaxon because Matt & Shawna and the girls came over for dinner and for some reason when he is playing with them he totally forgets he needs to use the bathroom, too much excitement I guess! He DID NOT like the diaper. He peed in it and was like get this thing off me! He just stood there with his legs spread freaking out, it was SO funny! I guess that is a good sign though. If any of you have any great tips about potty training your little ones I would LOVE to hear them! I will take any help given! Thanks for following the potty blog! :)

Oh the dreaded Potty Training!!!

So Jaxon has been using the big potty since Saturday, Nov 1. We have only had four accidents in four days, so I am counting our blessings! I have been setting a timer and about every 30-40 minutes he has to stop and hop on and go! He is so funny he says, "Mama tima go beep beep, I go peep peep potty!" I LOVE how little minds process things! The hard part is I don't think he really understands what the urge to pee is. His first accident was HUGE and then the latter ones have been rather small where he he caught himself and then tells me, "I need go peep peep." So maybe he is starting to understand, who knows! My goal today is to try and teach him how to get up and down all by himself and take his undies off, what a HUGE feat that is, man it wears me out!! So ya, keep us in your prayers that he gets it and we can go back to only buying diapers for ONE KID!!! Diapers are SO expensive, I hate them, but I will NEVER do cloth, too much work for this lazy bones! =D So ya, potty training here we come!!! lol