Sugar High

Ballet Tuesday

Today we saw the St. Paul Ballet perform Peter Pan.  Nina was entranced and gave the dancers a shy wave.  She was also just as thrilled with a small tree branch she found on the ground and of course the ants on the steps.  On the way home she said "I think I should take a nap!  Please mama, please!"

Back Seat Partners

Today we were talking about brothers and sisters and how Luke is my brother and so on.  Then Nina asked who my friends are so I named a few.  When I asked her who her friend is she said Ty.  So cute...

Here they are entertaining each other in the back seat

The Potty Story

I am trying to remember how we trained Nina so I have something look back on when its Ty's turn. I think I bought her a little potty when she was 18 months. She randomly peed on it in the next few months and had pooped a couple of times before her 2nd birthday. She seemed interested but I wasnt convinced she was ready and after Ty was born I was the one who wasnt ready - it was easier to have her in diapers.
Nina had been waking up with huge soaking diapers in the morning. But Saturday, Feb 25th was different - she woke up dry and thus Chad made the executive decision to start potty training and there was no looking back! We even went out to the MOA on her first day where she rode the ferris wheel and carosel with no accidents!
The next week we pretty much stayed home and sat her on the potty as much as I could remember. She would tell us after she went by saying "I skeez it!" By Friday she was telling us "I want to go potty! I have poopoo!" and she made the cartrip to WI with no accidents! It has now been over a week and she has never peed in her bed so I am thankful for that! And pooping has not been an issue at all. Probably because she loves getting 2 chocolate chips for poo and a "treat" (yogurt raisin) for a pee.
Today we went to the doctor because she was having painful urination, but there was no infection - just irritated from "too much wiping".

Almost 4 month photos

Valentines Video

I couldnt get these videos on blogger, so here they are on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAfMPpGFgfc&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hv3bLn7wfQ&feature=youtu.be

Weeks 12-24

Weeks 14-15: laughed for the first time on Valentines Day (when tickled), eating every 3 hours during the day, sometimes have to wake him up which is painful when he is napping so good but keeping him on that schedule makes him sleep 6-9 hours at night. diaper rash went away but is coming back again. had his first blowout diaper. started using the whale bathtub and seems to like bathtime. really loves sucking his thumb! hates the carseat - screams a lot then passes out. there was a point i thought he might be a needy baby because he would cry and then stop when we picked him up, but he has turned out to be the opposite! he likes attention, but he is content pretty much anywhere.