Cook Party of FIVE: November 2011

I am so happy to announce to everyone that Landin is potty trained! Woo hoo! We really thought it would never happen. We felt so defeated that all of our attempts were unsuccessful. That is life right?? We try to do things on our own timeline and how we think it should be done, but there is a bigger plan that He has all planned out for us. I know I am just talking about potty training, but let me tell you that I got pretty disappointed multiple times. Trevir was always there telling me that it will happen and that he not other children that were potty trained at the young ages of 2. He was his own person and he would do it on his own time (with some help from us). So, here is kind of how it happened. We were running low on pull ups and really did not want to spend the extra $20 on another package of disposables. We are really trying to save our money as much as possible. Anyway, he had on the last pull up (I had back ups hiding) and it had been peed in and needed to be thrown out, that's just what we did. I told him many times that this was his last one and we weren't going to the store to buy anymore. He took that pull up and threw it in the trash and said bye bye to them forever! We put on his big boy undies and started going pee on the potty. Looking back I don't even understand how it worked. He immediately took to the potty on his own. He would tell me he had to go then we would run to the potty together. Now, in just a short few days, he pulls down his own pants and undies and goes without my assistance. It is a blessing. We save money on pull ups and he is feeling a new kind of independence. I can't say how proud I am of him and all those worries and disappointments are forgotten. It's been great around here in the potty department. His behavior lately is something else! I think with this new sense of independence comes an "I can do anything" attitude. He has started telling me to do stuff in the meanest little attitude voice. Now Landin can be the sweetest, funniest little boy ever, but he also has a little temper. We are working on reinforcing his manners and using his "nice" voice and the magic word please. This is just a phase and it too shall pass.

Wow...that was a lot to read! Thank-you to those that made it through. :) On another note I started my first Masters class online on Monday. So far its going great and I'm really excited to get through the program. Trev is doing great at his job up here. He is seriously kicking some butt. He works so hard at what he does which makes him so successful. I am thankful for him everyday.

Now I leave you with some recent photos....