Not Yet

Kyle got dressed in his Handy Manny gloves and tool belt. Grabbed his monkey and his lunchbox and was walking up and down the hallway with a very serious look on his face. I asked him where he was going and told me "go to work mommy bye."
He could not tell me what his job but that he was only going to work.

Just like Mommy

I was tired after a day of work, dinner and doing some packing for the our move. So I put my feet up to rest and feel/watch baby #2 move around. Kyle decided it was time for him to do the same thing.

The Beach Part 2

We had another great family vacation to the beach. This time we went to Rehoboth beach. Kyle got a little braver this time and put his feet in the "big pool." Also, this time we were continuing our potty training and he did great!

Kyle getting brave and dipping his feet with daddy.


Giving his cousin Taylor a kiss.


Feeding the seagulls.



Playing in the baby pool and sand.

Potty Update

Since my last post Kyle has only been wearing diapers when he sleeps. He is doing GREAT!!!! During that time we even took a vacation to the beach and he did not wear diapers when we went out. It did mean a ton of trips to all the different bathrooms in Rehoboth Beach.
Half the time it is mommy and daddy telling or asking him if he needs to go to the potty and half the time him telling us.
This morning he even woke up with a dry diaper!!!! He is going longer periods of time between potty breaks!
I am so proud of him and can't believe how big my little guy is getting.

Potty Training

Let me just say that potty training sucks! It is hard work for mommy and Kyle. But we are making improvements each day.
Kyle was showing signs that we was ready and I thought since I have time before going back to school this would the perfect time. It would also be nice to have a few months of diaper freedom before baby brother arrives in December.
The biggest problem in the beginning was finding something that motivated Kyle to sit on the potty. We have tried a variety of things... M&M's, cookies, gerber puffs, silly bandz, singing and dancing and gold (not real gold of course). Now we just rotate through the variety of rewards. (mommy needs to be getting rewards for this job also).
He has new Mickey Mouse underwear. The first day of wearing underwear, was like wearing diapers again. And I had to do a ton of laundry to keep rotating through his 6 pairs. He is now going longer periods of time and sometimes even telling me when he needs to go. And today he has been wearing the same pair of underwear since 9:00 (it is now 5:30). I do put a diaper on him anytime he is sleeping.
We have not left the house since Friday morning and have been totally focused on going on the potty. So today I had to get out for just a few minutes. We went to the store and were gone about a 1/2 hour and we made it back with seconds to spare without an accident!
I think we are getting number 1 down, now it is number 2. He seems scared to do this on the potty. But today he did tell me he had to go, but I could not keep him on the potty long enough and he went 2 seconds after leaving the potty.
I think I have used the words pee pee, poopie and potty more in the last 3 days than I have ever used them in my life.
Kyle is doing a great job and I am SO proud of him.
I think the cutest part is when I ask if he needs to go pee pee and he tells me "no pee pee all gone." I can't wait until I can say "diapers all gone!!!"

Stockyards

We were recently in Texas for Nick and Alicia's wedding. While there Brian, Kyle and I visited The Stockyards. It was a fun frontier town and it had a petting zoo. This was the first time Kyle has ever been to a petting zoo. He LOVED it. He ran right up to all the goats and said "hi neighs." He would grab each goats face and tell them "hi." We got some food and he loved feeding them (and they loved to be fed). Kyle even took some food from another girl when we ran out so he could continue to feed them.

One goat sneezed on Kyle and got snot all over his shirt!






He made sure he greeted every goat ("neigh") in the zoo.

Of course while we were there Kyle picked up a cowboy hat and practice riding.



We got to see a parade of longhorns. Kyle liked to wave at them as they walked by.

The Beach

We just got back from a wonderful vacation to Bethany Beach. We went with lots of family. Our friends also came down to visit for a few days. It was a blast. Lots of sun, sand and eating!

Kyle did very well, much better than we had hoped. He still does not like the "big pool" (the ocean) and does not like to go near it. And that is fine with us, we don't have to worry about chasing him into the waves the entire day. He liked to play in the sand and play in the little pool we brought down to the beach.

Here are some pictures from our trip: