So Proud!!

Zach LOVES his potty. I'm so proud of him! Now, we decided to use "beans" (a.k.a. M&M's....dark chocolate at that!) to reward him for peeing in his potty. He only had 1 accident today. We decided to go to Barnes & Noble in the morning just before lunch time and right after he was successful. We lucked into a story time.....Mercer Mayer's Little Critter was there. I wish I had taken pictures. And, we brought a change of clothes and Zach didn't mind carrying them in his backpack just in case. But, we didn't need them. I can't believe my little man is growing up so fast these days. *sniffle*

Potty Training has officially started

Yikes!  So far, no success and one wet pair of shorts and one wet cloth training pant.  We are now in big boy underpants and no shorts just waiting.  At least he doesn't like being wet.

Any helpful hints about cleaning furniture or the carpet is completely welcome!

A good reminder

My friend, Steph, whom I met through the Babycenter forums around the time I was pregnant with Zach has a really awesome blog post this morning.  And for that reminder, I am posting this:

I am putting my trust in God that everything that happens in and to my family is His will.  There will be days that are beyond frustrating, and there may be nights where I don't get one lick of sleep even though I no longer have a newborn.  Dan may have to take an extended business trip at some point in the future.  But, if I remember that He is in charge every day, then I have a good shot of having a happy, healthy life for my family.

Thank you so much for the reminder, Steph.

Mopping....ugh!

So, I'd been putting off mopping the kitchen floor because it's been so wet outside and our lovely greyhounds bring in grass and mud regularly when it's been raining. Seems kind of silly to mop, only to let the dogs out and back in and need to mop again in just 5 minutes. Well, Zach is still working on his skills with a regular cup. He knocked over a nearly fully cup (probaly about 4 oz left, really) of milk. Eh. I checked his clothes to see if he needed new ones (he didn't)...picked him up and stuck him in the living room.

Copious amounts of paper towels later, I start thinking that milk has lactose in it....sticky central! Ugh. I pull out a mop and get to work. Who knew our kitchen floor could look so nice with two dogs and two messy boys?

Remodeling/Updating continues....eventually.

So, our next step is to replace all the original single pane windows in the house.  Yikes!  That will include the 8 foot sliding glass door to the backyard and the front door that has cracks wide enough to see light through.  But, before that can happen, I must declutter....organizing would be a plus, but the workers have to be able to reach the windows in order to actually replace them.  I guess we all know what I'll be doing over the next several weeks.

And we have toddling....sort of.

Tom finally took a step yesterday without holding on to me or a piece of furniture.  I'm not sure he realized he did it, but I praised him OBNOXIOUSLY for it.

Let the crying commence as I remember that toddling leads to running, which in turn leads to growing up.  *sniff*

Fences make for good neighbors

Well, we almost have a new fence.  The old one was ripped down on Wednesday, and all the pieces picked up on Friday.  The new metal (yay!!!) posts were set yesterday.  I was napping when they left, so I don't know, but I hope, they can put up the runners and pickets today.  I had no idea just how much sun was reflected from our neighbor's house in to our kitchen until the fence was gone.  Wow!