The Good, The Icky and the Green

So we had a great day yesterday!

The Good: COLIN WENT PEE PEE IN THE POTTY FOR THE FIRST TIME! YAY! We've been talking to him about it for quite some time, read books about it, we watch an Elmo DVD about it, etc.

We ask him every night before bath time (when he's already naked) if he wants to go pee pee in the potty. He always says no and we're fine with that. But last night, he was IN the tub and told us he wanted to go pee pee in the potty. So we got him out, dried him off and stood him in front of the potty training urinal we bought him. He stood there, grabbed his pee pee like we've showed him and said "Wait." He didn't seem to know what to do, so I told him he had to push out the pee pee. So he said "Momma help." I laughed and told him I couldn't help, he had to do it on his own, so he turned to Dadda and said, "Dadda Help." And then...he peed! We all clapped and we made a VERY BIG DEAL out of it. He got to put a sticker on his chart. (Every time he goes pee pee in the potty he gets 1 sticker, poo poo gets 2, when he gets to 10 stickers he gets a new puzzle.)

Colin's sticker chart, and a proud boy!

The Icky: 2 minutes after going pee pee in the potty, he went poo poo on the floor. One battle at at time.

The Green: Lucas had his second day of peas and he seems to LOVE them, which makes me happy because I love all kinds of peas! So far the little monkey hasn't turned down anything we've offered, he has now had: rice cereal, avocado, and peas YUM!

A Moment I've Been Waiting for for 2 Years and 3 Months

Colin told me, "Love You" all on his own last night. I laid him down and tucked him in and just as I was leaning in for a kiss he said it. It was kinda funny because at first I thought he said "yellow." So I asked him "yellow?" and he said nuh huh. I said "love you?" and he did his little giggle that means "yes."

I left the room with a tear in my eye.

Big Things for a Little Kid...

Colin has had quite a few new exciting things happen lately.

On Saturday we bought him his first Bible, I'm excited to share that with him, which we will do tomorrow.

We are starting a homeschooling program tomorrow, which includes a daily Bible lesson. Starting with Jonah and the whale.

Also on Saturday we switched his bed to a toddler bed and bought him all new Elmo sheets and a big kid pillow. We did this while he was with Gramma and Grandpa, whom he still stays with every Saturday night. So when he got home on Sunday, just in time for nap, he got a bit of a surprise! We also placed his Elmo doll in the bed and he wrapped his arms around him and snuggled up.


That first time, he got out of bed about 3 or 4 times, banged on his door, and cried some, but eventually went to sleep. That night he only got out of bed once or twice and slept the whole night through. Tonight, his second night in the bed, he didn't get up at all. We are so unbelievably proud of our little man!

He's getting one more BIG surprise on Wednesday, stay tuned for details on that! hehe

Sweet Sweet Sleep

Great news! Lucas slept six straight hours for the first time last night. I only had to get up with him once versus our normal three times a night. He's right on track with his big brother who also slept six hours straight at 8 weeks. So hopefully we are in for some nice sleep filled nights for us both!

Growing Up So Fast...

My little monkey is only 6 weeks and 5 days old, and he rolled over for the first time today!

He was getting his tummy time in on his new play mat on the floor and just rolled himself right over.

Vacation, Part Deux!

These are photos from Gramma and Grandpa's camera:

Day 1:

Early morning with the ladies.

Watchin' Elmo with Grandpa.

First formal night.

Colin chowing down at formal night.

Day 2:

Good morning Dadda!

Yay! Swimming!

So much fun!

He loved jumping in and out!

Line dancing with Gramma and CJ.

Day 3:

Tuckered out in Jamaica.

Great group photo in Jamaica!

This kid LOVES the water, can you tell?!

Day 4:

Welcome to Grand Cayman!

Yum, ice cream cone!

Second formal night with Gramma.

Day 5:

Ready to swim in Cozumel.

Swimmin' in Cozumel with Momma and Dadda.

Sand baby.

Hi, Momma!

Day 6:

Spent the night with Gramma, Grandpa and CJ.

Chillin' with Dadda.

You're so funny, Grandpa!

Day 7:

Last morning on board.

Vacation!

So I made you all wait as long as I could, but alas, here they are, at least some of them!

As most of you know we went on vacation with Colin last week, we took a cruise and visited Jamaica; Grand Cayman; and Cozumel, Mexico. It was all we could do to drag him off the beaches and out of the water! It was a lot of work, but it was definitely more fun for having him there! He truly had a great time and made friends everywhere he went.

Day 1

A little round of putt-putt with Momma and Dadda.

Hey, where did my ball go?

There it is!

Ahhh...exhausted.

Day 2

We all know he loves fountains, and water!

Yay, sunny enough to swim!

Day 3

With Dadda at Dunns River Falls in Jamaica!

Swimmin' in Jamaica!



Dunns River Falls.

Our tour guide, Peate Jr., otherwise known as Repeat. Made good friends with our little man.

Another Jamaican beach!

Day 4

Butterfly farm with Dadda in Grand Cayman.

Pretty butterfly and flowers.

The world's largest moth.

He got to pet the turtles!

He LOVED this!

Day 6

Click on this picture to make it larger. He's got chocolate teeth! He was eating the mint they left on our pillows at night.

Day 7

Back in Galveston, feeding the pigeons bananas with Gramma and Grandpa on our balcony.

These were the best pictures from our camera. I'll get Gramma and Grandpa's pics this weekend and post some more really good ones next week. Stay tuned!

Did I Mention He's Walking Now?

It only took 16 months for him to get the courage to let go of Momma's (or anyone's) hand and take off on his own, but once he did, he was off! This is a toy he got at Christmas from Gramma and Grandpa. Before he'd sit in the floor and roll it back and forth in front of him, now it's one of his favorite toys to just drag around with him.




For the record, we are considering Sunday April, 5th as his first time walking.

Grand Easter Weekend!

Egg Hunt One: GG's Church

GG attends a small church and invited us to join their egg hunt on Saturday morning. Colin was the smallest by 3 years, so they gave him his own patch of grass and eggs. Gramma, Grandpa, Gramma L, GG, Momma and Dadda were all armed with cameras and helping hands. He saw the eggs as we were coming in, so he was ready to go! We were pretty surprised at how well he did. He went right for the eggs and after Momma showed him to put the eggs in his basket, he knew just what to do.

Egg Hunt Two: At Home

Later that afternoon, we decided to go ahead and have an egg hunt for him at home. Rain was forecasted for Sunday (Easter) so we went ahead with the hunt Saturday in our backyard. The same crew came over to help him out, and he had a grand time!

Easter Sunday: The Goods

Today all the Grammas and Grandpa came over for Easter lunch and to give Colin some goodies. He got an Easter basket from Gramma and Grandpa, then one from Momma and Dadda, and a third from GG. We hid them around the living room and he found them pretty quickly. Amongst other things he got a camera (toy) and telephone from Gramma and Grandpa, some Sesame Street figurines, and a cool book and sunglasses from GG. He got lots of goodies (candy!) that he took full advantage of. He's also been learning to use a spoon, so when eating some dessert with GG he had his own spoon, but that wasn't enough, so he stole her spoon too!