POOP!

Sorry for the title, but doesn't every parent get super excited when their kid finally is potty trained??? It's all that we talk about and consumes us!

I'm going to say, that AJ is now potty trained. He has been peeing in the potty for a few weeks now- but FINALLY this weekend he started pooping too! Such a big step. Now, all we have to work on is overnights- and I know that'll take some time.

The other thing that I'm pleasantly surprised about is that he's completely fine going to the bathroom in public toilets. I've heard a lot of parents tell me their kids won't do it, or are terrified of public restrooms. AJ doesn't like the "youd" flushers, but it doesn't scare him enough to keep him away.

SOOOO proud of my boy, once again :)

Update on Potty Training....Day 4

He is doing AWESOME!!! I couldn't be more proud of my guy! He only had one accident this morning at Jamies- and since then he's been perfect! In fact, for the first time tonight he yelled to me, "Mom! I need to go potty!" Since we started working on this, it's always been me nagging him, asking if he needs to go. THIS is progress!

AJ Funnies

AJ is talking NON STOP now. Seriously. Non stop. And most of the time, he's pretty darn funny!


Here's a few things from the past week:

* We're driving to the store and he's in the back seat, and he says to me, "Oh no...what's gonna happen here...." haha! I have no clue where that came from. Or what he was talking about!

* His new thing is talking about "last time". He obviously has no idea what that means because he'll tell me things that are going to happen in the future, but tells me they were "last time".

* The other morning AJ was waking up in my bed next to me and the FIRST thing he said to me when he rolled over and looked at me was "I'm a baby bear...roar (in a cute baby voice)" haha! I replied, "Good morning baby bear. ROAR!" love him.

Potty Training Take 2 (or is it 3???)

There's no stopping it now. We're full force ahead with potty training. It WILL be done!

Randomly, AJ decided to start potty training on his own last Saturday night. We were hanging out at my moms, making dinner and all the sudden he told me he had to go potty. So, we RAN to the bathroom and he did it! I put Cheerios in the toilet, took his diaper off and he stood on a stool in front of the toilet. I said, "Ready! Aim! FIRE!" and he did! haha. That night he did a few other great pottys. Each time he goes, he gets a jelly bean (yes, even at 6:30am or 8:30pm). I'm not thrilled with him having that much candy, but it's working.

Sunday didn't go quite as well. That morning he went through 4 outfits before 9am. He started thinking (and telling me) that he didn't want to go on the big boy potty. He goes back and forth between not wanting to go, and having to go all the time. It's hard to be patient when he tells me 4 times in 15 minutes that he has to go, only to get him in there and have him tell me "I can't". I heard he had a few accidents at Jason's later that day.

On Monday, his schedule was a little off because my mom was out of town and couldn't watch him. So, he went to our great friend Ki's house and God love her- she worked with him (while also having to watch her 3 year old and 9 month old boys). He was very emotional that day she said. I don't blame him though. He probably had to pee so bad and just was nervous about it and couldn't do it. She said after he finally did pee in the potty, he was a much happier boy. His mind was at ease, I'm sure. Monday night he did really well- only one accident. Then, this morning he had 3 GREAT pees in the toilet. We're on a roll!

It's bitter sweet to see him growing up and becoming a big boy. I love him SOOOOO much!

Denver Fire Fighter Museum

Today, AJ and I went to the Denver Fire Fighter Museum. I've been thinking about taking him for a while now and since it was pretty cold today, I thought it was a great time to do it. He's very into fire trucks (and pirates and trains) so I knew he'd love this place. The museum was pretty neat- he probably would have enjoyed it more as a 5 year old- but he had a good time. They had one truck that the kids could climb on and "drive" and the rest of the trucks were REALLY old were only for looks. They did have a fire pole that was kid size which kept his attention most of the time.It was another fun Mommy- AJ day :)

Here's a few pictures:

So handsome :)

Squirting me with the fire hose!

"Fireman AJ TO THE RESCUE"

Here's a short video of him sliding down the fire pole:

Easter Pictures!

We had a really awesome Easter with a bunch of our friends. AJ had a blast because he got to go on another Easter egg hunt, eat a ton of candy and play with his friends all day :) Here are a few pictures.

Mommy, AJ and Grandma

Love this boy!

Easter bunny cupcakes that I made

The kids table!

Riley, Samantha, AJ, Maddy and Joseph :)

Enjoying a bunny cupcake :)

Easter Videos

Hunting for Easter eggs with his buddies. Maddy and Sam are such good friends!!



Checking out his loot with Grandma and Cindy!



The day wouldn't be complete without some rockin out!