Let the good times flow!

2 words I have been dreading for a while now.

Potty.

Training.

I know my kid, I know him (and should) better than anyone else.  This kid has been stubborn since the day he was born.
Mom, you want me to breastfeed? Nope, I will fall asleep every time you try, but give me the bottle and I am hungry all of the sudden. 
The kid that did not walk on his own until he was 15 months, but was walking behind a push toy at 12 months.  We all knew he could do it and he knew he could do it, just was not ready to let go yet.

Then comes the potty training.  I do not understand but people put an age on potty training.  Like oh your kid is 2, and he is not going on the potty?  Tsk. Tsk.  Well I knew that it would take some time for Logan to even want to go on the potty.  We introduced the potty right before he turned 2.

 He had no interest in it.  He thought it was just a naked chair where he read books before bath.  The one or 2 times he did happen to go in it, we made such a huge deal about it.  Stickers, treats, the whole nine.  That did not seem to impress him. He would have off weeks where he refused to sit on it at all.  We started really trying at 2 1/2 and explained to him that big boys wear underwear.  He was not too impressed with them and we would explain to him over and over, you can't pee pee or poo poo in your big boy underwear and he would say ok.  Not 15 seconds after we put them on they would be soaked and he would tell us he was wet but would continue to play, not seeming to care about his saggy, soggy bottoms.  Frustrated and having tried almost everything, last week I made the decision that we would let him to pick out his own potty.  He would think it was cool.  We go to Target for him to pick out "Logan's special potty" and he picked out one that he could "flush" and sings a song when he goes in it.  Which I must say, he picked out the most expensive (of course) but I really like that feature because most of the time, we are not in the bathroom with him so we can hear when he goes so we can go praise him.  I was going into it with a positive attitude that "Mr. Potty" as Logan calls him, was going to work.  This was it.  And to my surprise, I was right.  We got home and put him in his underwear and not 20 minutes later he said he had to go potty and ran to the bathroom.  He went about 4 times that night and one accident. But the accidents have been minimal so far and I finally think he understands the concept! We are so proud of him! He is still in a pull up at school, and at night, but they have been telling me he will go on the potty (pee pee only) at least 2 times during the day.  The next thing we need to work on is he thinks he has to completely remove his pants (not just pull them down) to sit on the potty and will throw a huge fit if we try to tell him any different.  Whatever, I will take it, he can learn that later.
Probably the most important thing I have learned being a parent: Every kid is different.  Don't compare your kid to others.  And I knew that it was going to be a tough battle with Logan, but we are getting there. We are just going to let the good times flow!

Going #2 on the potty.....stay tuned..... 

Christmas and NYE recap

Christmas is over.  But please do not judge me that I still have our tree up....hey it is on my list for this weekend!

The morning of the 21st, we did our little family of 3 Christmas.  I woke up early and went and picked up donuts and Logan opened a few presents from us.  He was really excited about his drill set.  He has worn the battery out already!

We left for Houston later that afternoon to have my family Christmas.  It was great and Logan got lots of fun stuff.  Then we headed to my sister's house to stay the night.  Logan was out for the count, he had so much fun playing with Hayden, he was wiped out!

 The next day we had breakfast and let the kids play with their toys.  We left for Laredo (very strategically) around Logan's nap time and he was asleep for about 2.5 hours.  We stopped at Buc-ee's like we always do (it is the halfway point) and let Logan get out and stretch.  On a side note, how great would it be for Buc-ee's to have an indoor playground?! Let kids get out and run around and play for a while, I happen to think it is a genius idea, I need to find out who can make that happen.

We got to Laredo that evening and Logan got to play with his cousin Wyatt and was looking forward to it, he kept telling us how he wanted to play with Wyatt.  They play really good together.

Christmas 2012

Christmas 2013. yes we are going to squeeze them on that little couch every year! They have grown so much and Wyatt now has hair, but the same look!

The next day, Logan was running in the house and slipped and got his first busted lip.  We had never even seen him bleed before (pretty good for him being almost 3!), so I was freaked out.  He was ok, but had a fat lip for Christmas, my poor baby.

Fat lip, but all smiles!

We just hung out at the house and had some family get togethers with was nice to see everyone.
Christmas morning went a little different than I expected.  Months ago, Logan found Bryan's Rockband guitar and would not let it out of his sight.  I knew right then, what his Santa gift would be...a guitar! Well Christmas morning came and we let him wake up and walk into the living room but to my surprise he could care less for the guitar.  I wanted to cry....I think I may have.  I just wanted him to be super excited and he wasn't.  He also is not a morning person either.  Oh well, he got into later and said he liked it.  Christmas day was a little crazy with 6 little ones and the presents took up half the living room! Logan got a monster truck with a racetrack, books, clothes, a firetruck book, puzzles, a tool set, the list goes on.  Let's just say we put some of the toys in the guest bedroom for him later.
We need a bigger house! We had a great time and the week went by really fast and before we knew it, we were heading home.

 

I was so glad to get home.  Bryan had work the next day and Logan's school was open (yea you can judge me) I took him to school.  You try cleaning the house, unpacking and doing like 6 loads of laundry with a toddler.  Nope, he would have more fun at school with his friends than stuck at the house.
Then it was New Years! Last NYE, we were at my parent's house and just got in from Laredo.  We were so tired we did not even make it to midnight....lame! I told Bryan this year, we were doing something! One of my best friend's was hosting a family friendly NYE party at their house in Tomball.  We packed up yet again and headed to their house.  Glowsticks, balloon drop, a dance party, fireworks, food and friends! Who could ask for more?! The kids had a blast.  Most of the kids that were there were a little older in like the 5-8 age range so Logan could not really play with them too much (they were pretty rough, hyped up on candy and capri sun) but Logan is an independent little person so he played with his trucks until his friend Jackson got there and he is 18 months so they got to play for a little while.  Logan was pretty excited about the balloon drop (not so excited when all the kids started popping them) and doing the sparklers (not so excited about the big fireworks that were going off ALL night).  He has some pretty sensitive ears. My friend lives outside the city limits and her neighborhood does it up big and at midnight it pretty much sounded like we were at war.  Logan was REALLY hard to put down that night with all the noise, but Bryan eventually got him to sleep and the adults stayed up a little while longer.  It was a great night surrounded by dear friends!

All the girls

This one might be my favorite, Logan did NOT want to take a picture, surprise surprise. 

 With all that, I can honestly say I am looking forward to doing NOTHING (oh yea except taking down my tree, it is coming down!) this weekend!!