Yes...we're alive. LOL

So anyway sorry i haven't been blogging lately. I have been reading everyone else's just not taking the time to write anything. Not much is going on with us. We are moved and fairly settled in at my sister's house and so far we are really enjoying living here. The boys are having a blast with Matthew and being able to pretty much be outside from sun up to sun down. They have been taking "tubbies" together (Matthew's word for baths) and having fun doing that.

Ethan is finally getting the hang of the potty training thing. Well kinda anyway. He does really good when we are inside and he needs to go pee but he doesn't tell us he needs to go potty outside until it's too late and then he has yet to go poop in the big boy potty. I am starting to get frustrated about the pooping thing. I don't know how to get him to go on the potty. I have tried telling him he will get more m&m's, my sister got him a big chocolate coin candy and told him he could have it when he goes on the big boy potty and I have done the "ewww, yucky, pooping in your underwear is so gross." But nothing is working so far. So if anyone has any tips, i would love some help. My sister said she just kept telling Matthew how gross it was and that poop went in the potty not in his underwear and after a few days he went on the big boy potty. Well we have been doing this for a week and he is still going poop in his underwear. So I don't know what to do.

Anyway, that is all I have for right now. We went camping for memorial day weekend so i will try to get pics of that up soon and will blog about it then. This weekend we are going to Kennewick for Karston's birthday so we are excited for that and then next week Thursday thru Sunday we are camping at Potholes State Park for my birthday with my mom and step dad and on Saturday we are attending a 10Th anniversary party for one of my best friends and I am really looking forward to that. So lots to look forward to. Will talk at you all later. TTFN

Putting off potty training

So I am kinda bummed but we have decided to put Ethan back in diapers and wait another month or so to try potty training. I don't know why he had one superb day and then since then he has not went in the potty. And he is getting to the point now where he gets too worked up if I even try to take him in and have him just try. So we decided that since we still have diapers left we will just wait a bit longer. Maybe during this break I can work with him on sitting on the potty without getting all worked up. Anyway, I am going to go finish cleaning my living room. Just wanted to do a quick post. Will talk at you all later.

Bad potty training day

Ok so today wasn't such a good potty training day. He has refused to tell us or my mom when he has to go potty and has had accidents all day. I talked to my sister about it and she said Matthew had days like this too and to just keep reminding him to tell us and taking him in to try and if he does have a success to be sure to make big praises of it and not a big deal about accidents. So that is what I have told my mom since Ethan is up at her house tonight. She is bummed because she really wants to get to praise him for a success but he hasn't has a success yet. I told her to just hang in there and not let him bum her out too bad.

It is just so frustrating since we had such an awesome and dry day yesterday and today is like the first day of potty training all over again. Oh well we will just continue to remind him to tell us and make him go in and try occasionally and do the praise and sticker rewards if he does have a successful potty. I know he will get it but he is going to make sure it is his idea and on his own time. I keep praying that God will help me in this challenge and give me the patience to continue trying and ignoring the repeated accidents.

Well gotta go for now but will talk at you all later.