Avery's 9 month check-up

Avery had her 9 month check-up on July 7th. She is such a delight! My life is blessed so much to have such wonderful kids and Avery is just a sweet spirit. she is always smiling, she loves playing with her brother and is going to be walking any day. She is saying da da and Mama. She starting saying Mama first then da da just happened more recently. She has learned how to clap and hold her own bottle and she will just stand up and balance for a minute before sitting down. Her 9 months status are as follows: HC 44 (50%) Weight 16 pounds 6 ounces (10%)Length 27 3/4 (50%).

Jenny's Visit

Jenny and her daughter Ashlynn who is 2 months younger than Avery came for a visit the first two weeks in July. We had a good time overall, unfortunately we had some sick kids throughout the visit. We were able to celebrate the 4th and my dad's 60th birthday. We went to the Zoo, the pool and went shopping. I even dragged her to the gym with me TWICE! (She did great even though I think she was about to kill me!) It was nice to watch the kids play together... we can't wait for her to move here!

Pooping Finally... Standing up?

Yes, that's right Travis is pooping but he is pooping standing up on the toilet. He had always tried to go sitting on his little potty, but wouldn't sit on the toilet until I bought the seat to go on top. Then lately he wouldn't even sit down anymore. When he wanted to try standing up I told him no and made him sit... this just led to him not pooping for two days. So he finally said he had to go poop again, but wanted to stand again... this time I decided to let him try standing up. Well, he did it! I was just happy he finally pooped in the potty, I didn't care how it got there... yet I must say it was quite the scene. So this happened on June 20th... and today we are still pooping standing up, he still won't sit but I am determined to get him to before preschool?

The VERY next day!

Travis woke up this morning using the potty. Of course he is telling me OK, let's go to Target and get my bike. We went to his eye apt. and he even used the potty at the doctors office which is huge for him! I called Clint and told him we were going to have to get the bike today. We went to the Honda Shop, got Clint and were off to Target for Travis's new bike. The Target by Clint's work only had bikes in a box, so we took it back to the Honda Shop, took it to the Service Department and Clint put his son's new bike together. I must say Travis was so excited and continued to use the potty... with the exception of pooping.

Tantrum in Target

Well I am a little behind on my posting. But I have a few things I still need to write about because they are priceless moments.

Well on June 1st we went to Target to buy a few things... let me back up. We have been determined to get Travis potty trained especially since he's turned three. I have done the sticker chart, potty candy and they both worked for a while then lost their lust. So whenever we would go to Target Travis would want to ride on the "big bikes" with training wheels. The bikes are way better than his tricycle. So I resorted to bribing my kid to use the potty. I told him if he used the potty all the time now he could get a big boy bike.

OK, now that I have told the back story, this trip to Target was our first trip since me telling him he would get a bike for using the potty. (The stipulation being, he had to use the potty ALL the time.) So everything was going good, I usually don't show him the bikes until I have done all my shopping so that was no different this trip. After getting everything I needed we went to see the bikes... Travis got to ride one, then it happened, I told him we had to go and the bike was staying here because he isn't using the potty yet. Well, he started his tantrum! We went to the checkout kicking & screaming, which isn't easy when you have two kids. So, one of the items I was going to buy Travis was a new basketball, so I gave him a warning that if he didn't stop he wasn't going to get it. The cashier had rung it up with everything else and then handed it to Travis thinking this would help, well Travis in his glory decided to throw the ball. I told the cashier to take it off, that we wouldn't be buying it. The cashier had to ask me again as if I was joking, and Travis who was calming down took the tantrum to a whole new level of embarrassment. We managed to make it to the car, but didn't make it home without having to pull over for Travis unbuckling his top seat belt pulling his arms out. In a nut shell, No Bike, No Basketball and No Fun!

Mother's Day Weekend

I was lucky enough to have my mom out for Mother's Day! We had a great weekend, we built Travis & Avery a sandbox in the backyard... Travis thought it was the best thing ever, so thank you Nana! We can't wait for you to visit again.