Monsters University

We've been having a lot of summer fun...that's what you're supposed to do after all, right? We decided to take the kiddies to see the new Monsters University movie. It'd been a while since we've attempted a movie theater experience with Kerrington...I'm not confident if KB has ever been!

They did really well! I wondered if we'd make it through, and we had a few moments that were questionable...but thankfully we made it through and have a lasting family memory of our 2013 Summer Fun!

Welcome Home Daddy!

Daddy is home from Zimbabwe! Finally! It was a long two weeks...but it was productive and we made it through! I'd say the kiddies were a little excited to finally see their daddy again, what do you think?

22 Weeks

 

How Far Along: 22 Weeks

Size Of Baby: 11 inches and almost a pound, about the size of a spaghetti squash

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 2  pounds since the last doctor visit...I don't visit the scale any other time...no worries here!

Maternity Clothes: Full force, and with heat indexes of 102 degrees, I'll be either in dresses, or at the pool this summer, thank you very much!

Best Moment This Week: It's still got to be feeling those baby kicks...they're getting stronger and stronger, and that NEVER gets old. 

Gender: It's a BOY! We're keepin our one and only lil princess, and Kellan gets a lil brother to pick on (I mean love on)!

Movement: Oh yes. They're not very frequent yet, but I've felt a few jabs and kicks...and let me tell you, that's one of the coolest feelings in the world!

Food Craving: Well, I've been craving things to drink other than water....and I've got to have something sweet every night before bed. By the time this pregnancy is over...I'll probably have consumed about 12 gallons of ice cream.

What I Miss: Life is good. I'm happy and blessed, what more could I ask for!

Sleep: Sleep is wonderful...at this point, I'm sleeping so well. I fall asleep really well because I'm tiiired, and in the morning, I'm ready to go! I know this won't last long though.

What I Am Looking Forward To: Feeling more movement from the littlest K!

Belly Button: Innie
Symptoms: Right now, other than a growing belly, I don't have ANY pregnancy symptoms, weird huh?

(definitely not intending to make this an every other week update...but, right now, that's what it is, hey, I'm a busy, tired momma of two lil ones, what can I say?)

Weekend with Gigi and Mo

 

 

Gigi and Aunt Mo came for the weekend while daddy was away! It was a great distraction and we sure did have fun as always! We packed as much in to the two full days they were here as we could.

 

They arrived Friday early evening. We said our hellos, opened some gifts (they're s-p-o-I-l-e-d), then went to Jalapenos! Saturday and Sunday mornings were spent at none other than, our second home, the pool! The kids had a blast playing around with someone other than their momma!

 

We also managed to pack church, some shopping, and two movie rentals into the weekend. Gigi and Mo stayed with the kiddies while I helped with a friend's sprinkle on Sunday. The weekend was, of course way too short, and they packed up to leave early Monday morning. Our only saving grace was that we had to head straight to swim lessons as they left!

 

Luckily, we'll see them in a few short weeks! Cant' wait!

Potty Bootcamp

"Drew's gone...why not potty train my son?" Yup, those were my actual thoughts. I'd actually been thinking about accomplishing this feet for a little while now, but as the days drew closer, I was more and more confident that it wouldn't work. And I was ok with that. I thought I'd give it a try...our pediatrician said that it'd be easier during the summer months since it'd be warmer outside. I also figured it'd be a good time because Drew's not a fan of messes, and I assumed I'd be dealing with a lot of messes, so better to do when he'd have no idea, right?

 

I talked this up to our lil guy, and let's just say, he wasn't buyin it. Every time I suggested a 'pee' in the potty, I got a flat out, "No". With our independent lil chic, she was more than willing, and interested, so this made my confidence dwindle even more. So as the day approached, I didn't have any real drawn out plan, I wasn't even sure at what point I'd try during Drew's two week trip, but I was going to give a good ol' try. I did know that I was going with the naked approach...just let him run around free as can be (little did I know I'd be introducing a new found freedom to our lil jaybird).

 

Drew left Thursday, we woke up Friday, and of course, I thought, today is as good of a day as any, so let's just give it a shot...

 

(warning, naked booty pictures ahead)

 

Day 1....playing with potty near. I carried that sucker around every where that lil touchey went.

Wouldn't you know that my stinker didn't do a single thing on that potty from 8:45 until 11:55?! With every 10 min potty attempts!!!!

At 11:55, as we sat in the kitchen, my lil Drew had a tiny dribble, alerted momma, and we finished on the potty! Hooray!

Potty chart with stickers as incentive.

 

We had a few minor accidents during the afternoon, but no floods (thank goodness).

 

I broke away from the 'no undies' rule for a trip over to Mamaw and Papaw's house. KB hadn't um, gone #2, all day, but I don't think we could have realized where the first duce would go...

he dropped it in my mom's cabinet...yes, that's right. Thankfully, he let me know right afterwards, and we were able to contain the mess and promptly flush the poopie down the potty, where it's supposed to go.

 

Day 2 brought more potty success! I was gaining confidence that this might actually work!

Super excited for a dump truck that momma gave him as a potty prize!

 

 

After a few days of success...we went and got ourselves a potty present. My boy did it. We were potty trained in a weekend! Way to go big guy! We're workin on night-time, but I am more than thrilled that we're out of diapers for the mean time....