We wondered why our apartment was getting so cold last night when we've had recent success keeping it warm (after maintenance redid some weather stripping and thawed our compressor). This morning's wind chill of -1 explains the problem.
We're making a big step in this household -- potty training. We bought a potty seat for Judah last week. At first, he'd barely sit on it with the lid down. Then I think it was Friday night, he demanded to be completely naked and sat on the potty (lid up) for half an hour! He actually did tinkle a tiny bit! The next morning he again demanded to be completely naked and sat for 15 minutes (no tinkles though). The funniest part is that he won't even sit on the potty with socks on. He wants to be in JUST his birthday suit -- which does anyone else realize he'll be 2 in a month?? He is also starting the habit (fun to him) of running away and squealing in delight when you go after him. Especially when you really want him next to you for some practical purpose like getting him dressed. I caught him gazing at himself in the oven during one of these chases. And I still think he's a little top heavy. ::sigh:: Yesterday, before we left for church, he bailed AGAIN and hit his head on one of the legs of Elijah's crib. Instant egg and nasty colors. I just hope he won't end up with a vertical dent because the horizontal dent from the coffee table accident is still there when he raises his eyebrows. I'm not optimistic, but MAYBE they'll go away over time.
We recently had a family pizza/movie night. Matt saw Ratatouille several times on his galavant over the Pacific Ocean, and wanted the rest of us to see it. Judah - was - mesmerized! It is a show about cooking after all. Elijah had fun scooting backwards. He really enjoyed being under the bouncy seat and playing with the tags.
Judah is also starting to get feisty. His actions occasionally make me wonder if this is the kind of personality that Matt's mom speaks of when she tells of Matt's boyhood. The following picture is the FIRST of its kind for us. Hopefully the last.
Matt surprised me last week by coming home after half-a-day with flowers to spend the afternoon with me/the family. They are beautiful and smell so good!
Happy Monday!
We're making a big step in this household -- potty training. We bought a potty seat for Judah last week. At first, he'd barely sit on it with the lid down. Then I think it was Friday night, he demanded to be completely naked and sat on the potty (lid up) for half an hour! He actually did tinkle a tiny bit! The next morning he again demanded to be completely naked and sat for 15 minutes (no tinkles though). The funniest part is that he won't even sit on the potty with socks on. He wants to be in JUST his birthday suit -- which does anyone else realize he'll be 2 in a month?? He is also starting the habit (fun to him) of running away and squealing in delight when you go after him. Especially when you really want him next to you for some practical purpose like getting him dressed. I caught him gazing at himself in the oven during one of these chases. And I still think he's a little top heavy. ::sigh:: Yesterday, before we left for church, he bailed AGAIN and hit his head on one of the legs of Elijah's crib. Instant egg and nasty colors. I just hope he won't end up with a vertical dent because the horizontal dent from the coffee table accident is still there when he raises his eyebrows. I'm not optimistic, but MAYBE they'll go away over time.
We recently had a family pizza/movie night. Matt saw Ratatouille several times on his galavant over the Pacific Ocean, and wanted the rest of us to see it. Judah - was - mesmerized! It is a show about cooking after all. Elijah had fun scooting backwards. He really enjoyed being under the bouncy seat and playing with the tags.
Judah is also starting to get feisty. His actions occasionally make me wonder if this is the kind of personality that Matt's mom speaks of when she tells of Matt's boyhood. The following picture is the FIRST of its kind for us. Hopefully the last.
Matt surprised me last week by coming home after half-a-day with flowers to spend the afternoon with me/the family. They are beautiful and smell so good!
Happy Monday!
4 comments:
what were you concocting that required brown sugar? I miss you so much!
Yummy warm oatmeal!
that is a great pic of you!
Hi, I am one of Autumns friends from Ohio. Just to let you know your son isn't crazy, my son would take off ALL of his clothes to go potty, to, it took a lot of pleading to get him to stop that habit (at home, no big deal, when you are out...not so fun, or sanitary!)
Good luck with the potty.
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