17

Today was day 17 of Jack pooping in the potty instead of in a diaper... I'm so proud of him! And I'm pumped about not having to change poop diapers!

On the car ride home from Portsmouth the other day we had the following conversation:
Jack: "Wow, this is a big boogie!"
Me: "Why don't you give that to mama to throw away."
Jack: "No, I want to throw it away."
Me: (Reaching back with a napkin) "Here, throw it away in this napkin."
Jack: "No, mama, I just want to ride with this boogie for a little bit."

Yesterday I went to my 34 week check-up. Everything looks great with my baby and with Jack's. When the doctor walked in the room Jack was laying on the exam table with his shirt up ready to hear the heart beat of 'his' baby. The doctor was great and played along. My last day of work will be the day after Thanksgiving... that's three more weeks... I can do it!

We still don't have a name for this little guy :(.

Words

"actually" - "we're actually going to meme and pa's house" He said this on our way to my parents house after I told him where we were going.

"probably" - "it's probably dark out, mama" He said this at 8pm while looking out the window.

"leave (insert whatever hes playing with) alone." He says this when he stops using/playing for some reason and will return to it.

"i'll be right back"

Hmm, there are others that I can't remember at the moment. These don't look like they'd be that humorous but they are coming out of my 2 year olds mouth.

baby wish list

I've registered at Babies'R'Us for random things that I'm going to need for baby. I really only did it because I got a free gift card out of it but as I was going I realized that there's a few things that I'm going to need. I also threw some things on there for Jack's Christmas, I didn't think it would hurt... it makes a great Christmas list. Of course I'm not expecting ANYTHING but if someone wanted to get us something and wasn't sure what to get, anything from the list would be greatly appreciated.

I'd really like a glider and ottoman, but I didn't put one on the list because there's gotta be cheaper places to get them. I heard Mardens is a good place so I'm going to check them out. I'm just a little hesitant about used ones, unless I know where it's coming from since my kids will be in contact with it.

Toilet

Every day when Jack and I get home I take his diaper off and we practice using his toilet. We've been pretty successful and he goes about 4-5 times on the toilet before he's diapered for bed. The most sucess is when he's naked. He likes to wear his big boy undies but we aren't always able to get them off in time to make it to the toilet so he's usually naked.

In the middle of dinner tonight he got up from his table and told us he was going to go pee. He sat down on the toilet and was very quiet with his head down. Then he looks up at me and says, "i pooping like papa!" And sure enough, he pooped in the toilet!! Thanks for the inspiration, papa!!

We're so proud!

Two Year Check-up

Jack got to perform all his tricks for the doctor today at his check-up. He's in the 90 percentile for for height and 75% for weight. The doctor was impressed by the size of his feet... that's my boy! Jack is very healthy and very smart, his vocabulary and sentences wowed them. The doctor also said that he's blown away by Jack's behavior and attitude, that some of it's genetics but most of it is because of how he's raised and that Jack's parents have this rearing a child thing down! That was a wonderful thing to hear! Of course, we also have his grandparents to thank as they play a large role in the rearing of our guy. And no shots!!

bath time

we're making progress...

Jack HATES getting water in his face when I was his hair, he will fake cry until I stop. Yes, it's completely FAKE crying. Today he drenched himself over and over in the face and entire head... he did the dirty work for me and he thought it was hilarious! I've got some video of it that I'll post soon. What a relief!

Jack also went pee pee on the toilet twice tonight. Everytime I change his diaper, I give him the option of keeping it off if he tells me when he has to go to the bathroom. He agrees but then tells me a little later, "mama, diaper on now." I ask him if he wants to try the toilet and he says no and asks for his diaper again. Tonight, he asked for the toilet... twice! He's very proud of himself, and so are we!


And he added to all this joy by pulling the cat's tail until she cried... ugh.