What a week!!!

Boy have things been crazy this past week. I haven't posted as much as I usually do, but for good reason. Last Wednesday all three of my kids got the flu. Now I have had one kid sick and throwing up. But you should have seen me Wednesday with three kids throwing up. Plus it is so much harder when one is only two and has a hard time hitting anything but the floor. So I sat on the couch all day playing catch with a big bowl!! Then on Thursday night Logan was still throwing up and so I got up to go change his bed because he had thrown up and as I was getting out of bed I started heaving. Yep I actually caught it too!! Corey had to work after midnight at his proctor job so I was all by myself. So I was crawling around the house changing sheets and getting Logan situated. I kept having to go to the bathroom for my own needs and then having to find Logan again. It made for a really bed night. Go figure that Corey got it Saturday night and had to miss church. Although I don't think he was too heart broken over it. Plus as you know I started potty training Lexie on Wednesday before she got the throw up symptoms. So it was a crazy week. I am hoping this weekend will be more relaxed and we can just chill. Whew.

FINALLY

So we have finally conquered the toilet. She tells me now every time she has to go. I am so happy. Although I had to go grocery shopping today with all three kids and of course she had to go about every 15 minutes. So it took a lot longer than normal. But we sure saved on our grocery bill not having diapers included on there. I am so proud of her. She still has accidents at night, so I am trying to work on that. But it took exactly a week to get her all set. What a cutie.

Success!!

Finally, she managed to go poop in her potty this morning. She has been holding it for two days now so I knew it had to be time. So we made her eat breakfast on her potty and it happened. We were so excited. Hopefully we made such a big deal about it that she will continue to want to use the potty. Hopefully she will grasp onto going pee in the toilet as well. I will keep you updated. Looks like three days has turned into more than that, but hey I guess you can't have everything.

Hats Off

Before Grandpa Rollins left for Cancun (yes I think that isn't fair either) he gave both boys a hat. I have bought hats for the boys before, but they never wanted to wear them. But since it was Grandpa who gave them the hats, they wear them all the time. They even wear them to bed. They think they are the best things ever. Oh, and for Grandma and Grandpa Esquibel who bought some magazines for Logan to get his Spongebob T-shirt, this picture is for you also. He loves his Spongebob shirt and wears it whenever it is clean. I have to actually hide it under his other shirts just so he doesn't wear it every other day.

Oh NO!!

OK, so the first day of potty training has been HORRIBLE!!! I guess that is a common response though from the first day in action. I will say at least she tells me she has to pee before she actually pees on the floor. So now we just have to concentrate on holding it till we get to the potty. The worst part is she is afraid to poop in the toilet. She had to go and she would keep telling me she had to go poo poo and then she would cry when I put her on the toilet. This went on all morning. I tried to keep a close eye on her, because I knew what would happen. I finally got a second to eat and that is when she hid in her room, closed the door and pooped all over the floor. Yup, I got the mother load all over my carpet. What a disaster. I made her take a quick cold bath because I had a girlfriend who that worked for. So she finally was so exhausted, along with mom, that she fell asleep. So day one has not been really good. But hopefully in a week or so I will look back and laugh at this...but I am not laughing now!!

Potty Training here we come!!

Well I have finally decided to take a leap and try the potty training with Lexie. Today was our first day without diapers and I can honestly say I am baffled. She only had to pee once and she told me as she was going. I tried to get her to drink more, but man that girl has one big bladder. She did have a poop accident, but she seemed to understand that it was gross and belonged in her new potty chair. Thanks to my brother and sister-in-law who sent me the program to potty train in three days. So far so good. I am really hoping this will be easy for me. This will be the first time since Logan was born that I haven't had someone in diapers. But I can say it will be nice to get everyone using the tolit. When she finally has a success maybe I can get a picture. I will keep you updated.

Logans Celebration

Yesterday we went out to eat to celebrate Corey's Promotion at work. We are just so proud of him and how fast he is moving up in his company. I guess they know a good man when they see one. We went to Logans Steakhouse and it was so much fun. Usually when we take the kids out to eat it is more of a hassle then fun. But now that the boys are getting older it was so much better than I could have expected. Of course they have the buckets of peanuts on the tables that you can eat and throw the shells on the floor. The boys thought this was a rare treat. They really liked eating the nuts and just throwing the shells all over the place. I think it kept them occupied until the food got there. Little Lexie decided she wanted to try some peanuts while we weren't looking. She didn't understand that you have to take the shell off. We look over and we see her gnawing away at a whole peanut in her mouth. But she didn't seem to mind and even put in a few mmm's.

Then it was time for the rolls and our dishes to come out. The boys ate everything and Lexie just ate from every one's plate. We took pictures of the kids, but we had no one to take a picture of us. Logan said he could do it. He did a really good job. I guess I don't let him do enough around here!!

Everyone was so full afterwards. Both boys had to use the bathroom while we were there. I have not been eating big like that for awhile now, so mom was extremely sick leaving. But it was something special worth celebrating. So we took a finale picture in front of the fire. Notice how happy the kids are. Gabe kept asking if we could go to another store like that one and get some dessert. That kid could eat all day. But things are going so well for us we are truly blessed.