Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Potty Training

Lucas is officially potty training! Woo hoo!! When he needs to go - or sometimes when he doesn't - he signs "potty."

Then Levi or I will take him in to sit on his little seat :)

With Pooh Bear, who he poos with ;)


Some times he sits for a while... But some times he really does have to go right away! If he actually goes, we then give him some Swedish Fish.

A lot of times now he will sign it without really having to go, so it's still a hit and miss kind of thing. In public it kind of plays out like The Boy Who Cried Wolf! He of course still wears diapers, so if we're at the store and it's just not convenient to stop in the middle of shopping with two kids so one can *maybe* pee in a toilet and hopefully not fall in... we just don't try. Not in public. Not yet.

He's definitely doing much better than I had every imagined at this point, though! He first started bringing us clean diapers a few months ago when he had messed the one he was wearing, so we thought, "Why not just buy a little potty and plant the seed?" We figured we would introduce him to it, get him used to it, then eventually start using it. BUT then we taught him the sign for potty, and he just started signing occasionally when he had to go! I love, love, love his sign language! It doesn't conquer all the battles - especially when he's tired - but if he's hungry or thirsty or needs to say sorry to Via for kicking her in the head, he signs it :)

We are moving away from the signing, though, as he rapidly adds to his vocal vocabulary (as seen above).

I just can't believe how fast he's growing... and I hear it never stops *sigh*. At least, soon enough, we won't be buying diapers in size 4 and size 2!

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Seriously Random Post

I have no idea what to write about... but it's been a while, so I feel like I need to haha! So, what's new with us? Lucas now says a few more words including "football," "puppy (pu po)," "thank you (tank)," and "please (peaze)." Via is also wiggling around more - moving mostly by kicking her legs while she's on her back. Sometimes she will try to get her knees up under her while on her tummy, but I'm totally fine with her staying minimally mobile for a while longer! Lucas's running around is already almost too much to handle!

And teeth: Via has definitely started teething, Lucas has cut his top two canines and is getting the bottom two in. I also got my wisdom tooth (yes, just one) removed on Friday. I think we are all doing well with our teething, though ;) We stay drugged when necessary lol!

And graduation!: This is our last semester at BYU-Idaho! Levi will be graduating this July with his Bachelor's, and I will be done with classes for my Associate's. I will still have my externship to do later this fall, but then take my CMA exam and be done for a while... maybe. We'll see. Nursing is the next goal :) The end is near... The only scary thing is that we don't know exactly what the end will bring. We have no idea what we are doing yet after graduation. I hate that part! Everything will work out, though...