Potty Training Update

Well I picked a good week to stay inside and potty train. We haven't left the house since we returned home from Church services Sunday evening.

Carson is doing good on the potty. He still has accidents (2 yesterday), but he's getting the hang of it.

Today, he went to the potty twice by himself without even telling me. I just heard him climbing up on the potty. YAY!!!!!!!

Potty Boot Camp Begins

Well this morning at 8:30am Potty Boot Camp began. 7 pairs of dirty underwear numerous towels and 1 crazy mom later, I think we have made progress. But we have a looooong way to go. We are giving it until Thursday or Friday and then if he's not going on his own we will try again in two months.

Carson's trying out the baby toys

Our Basketball Star

A Future American Idol

Daddy's Birthday

Carson picked out the ballons and the candle. So Daddy had a Spidermand birthday. We had a small cake, balloons, and presents on the 15th. Then we had family over for dinner and cake on Sunday evening. Daddy had a good birthday.

Daddy's little girl

Big Brother, Big Helper

Carson is all about helping with Sissy. He wants to help feed her, comfort her when she cries, and help with a bath. He also wants to do it by himself. He tells me, "Move Mommy". Now if I could only teach him how to feed her during the night :)

Carson and Ava during "tummy time"
Bath Time.

Carson loves to feed Ava, but he doesn't like it that she's a little messy. He says, "Oh Mommy, mess!" and takes the burp cloth and wipes her mouth. This is great except he does it every 30 seconds and Ava gets really mad. She just wants to eat in peace.

Cousins

Shawn and Ava getting to know each other. I think they might be good buddies.

We are Home!!!!!

What a crazy 3 1/2 weeks it was while we were waiting for Ava's arrival and our return home. We survived! We spent the first 9 days in Columbus in a hotel and at the hospital many hours. Then we traveled to Mason, OH where we stayed at our friend Amy's house while she was visiting family in Texas. It was great to be able to spend our first week together just the 4 of us. From there we went to Loveland, OH to stay with Darren's parents. We were there from the 29th of December to January 7th. The only hiccup was that I was accused of moving the pankcade mix by Joe. By the end of the visit he said, "maybe he remembers using the last of it". HA!

When we arrived home at 9:30pm on Wednesday (after church) we unloaded 2 cars of baggage. Our entry way and family room was filled with clothes, toys, Christmas gifts, hand-me-down clothes for Ava, and laundry. I've never seen a mess in my house that bad except on the day we moved in. It took me 3 days to get everthing back where it belonged.

Everyone slept much better in their own beds and Ava did great in her crib in her own room. She is a very noisy sleeper, so Mommy and Daddy enjoyed the quiet in their room.

Carson walked in a looked at all the toys from Christmas that he didn't get to play with because Daddy and Mawmaw and Papa brought them home cause there wasn't room at grandma and grandpa's. He said, " WHOA!" and he was up until 1am opening, putting together, and playing with all his new toys.

The first week home has been eventful. We purchased a new desk and put it in the living room so that we can make room in the 4th bedroom for a playroom. So I've been trying to get everything moved and organized. The office is complete, but the play room still needs some work. I'll leave that for next week.

Ava was already 7lbs 11oz last week. We go for her 1 month checkup on the 20th. She has grown so I'm guessing she will be over 8 lbs. She's sleeping 4-5 hours at night which is great! She is almost ready to smile. She loves looking around and really perks up when she hears Carson and she will follow him with her eyes.

Her hair is still growing. I so hope it doesn't fall out. We are having a photographer come to our house to take pictures on the 24th.

Until then, here's a photo of Ava and Carson.

Coming Soon....

Ok, so as soon as we arrive home I'm going to work on the new blog. Since I cannot keep two seperate blogs...Carson's going to have to learn to share with Ava.

See ya soon.