Toilet Tales

I hate Potty Training. So Tate has shown signs off and on that he wants to use the potty. Once last summer when we were to take a big road trip to a family reunion, so it was not the best timing. The other time he hated the feel of underwear and wanted his diaper back on admidiatly, so we didn't push it. So we waited for him to tell us he was ready again. We also have had these two toy trains waiting for Tate whenever he decided to poop in the toilet. We will bring it up here and there just to remind him. So this last week Tate came down wearing his underwear. His diaper was underneath, but I figured this could be a sign. So we got rid of the diaper and went from there. Tate was doing awsome.

Day One: Tate went the first half of the day with out any accidents. Later that day he asked if he got to choose a train (of course he couldn't forget this!). I told him he had to poop first. So he tries all day with no sucess. By the time he went to bed and we put on the diaper he pooped. So no Train.

Day Two: Tate had accident after accident and ran out of underwear. Matt was with him most of the day, so who knows if that had anything to do with it. By the time I came home Matt had had it and put a diaper back on him. (Tate was mad he never got his train)

Day Three: Tates underwear was clean but he would't wear them. he wanted to go all natural underneath his pants. So why fight it. He did really well but never pooped. He tried, oh did he try, He really wanted that train. That night Grandma and Grandpa were going watch him. Tate had to wear his pj bottoms. Needless to say when he pooped, it did not stay in. He yelled for his grandpa and showed him his wonderful surprise.

Day four: Dirty Pants All Day Long!

Day Five: I know your getting sick of this but.....He finally did it and got his train.

Day six: Tate decides he got his train, why try?

Aaahhhhhhhh! I hate Potty Training.

Cupcakes

So my good friend Tanya is having a baby girl. Tanya and I became good friends when we lived in West Jordan. She and her hubby just lived around the corner. Luck had it that we both followed each other to Draper and now just live a few houses away from each other. So with her being such a wonderful friend and all, I helped put on a shower for her. It was so fun to get all creative and try out some new things. So one thing I was really excited to do was decorate cupcakes. I wanted to try something new so I found a fondant recipe and went from there. So here is what I came up with. It was so fun. Now with Tate's Birthday coming up I just may have to pull out the fondant again and try even more creations.
The shower went really well and it was fun to see some old friends from the old neighborhood and have some new ones join us as well. I feel so lucky to have so many great people I can surround myself with. So just a few more weeks and Tanya will have her little girl and Addie will have her first "Best Friend". I t is so fun when good friends have kids around the same time, same age group, gender and such.

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Tate didn't get the memo about the Happiest Place on Earth

So Tate had been talking all week about how he wanted to see Mickey and how excited he was to go to disneyland. The day finally arrived and Tate woke up really early with much excitment and anticipation. Tate started getting really impatient because the park didn't even open until 10:00 and he had to wait 3 hours still. Finally we got out the door and got to the park. We asked Tate if he wanted to go on a ride and he strongly said, "NO". We practically dragged him on it. We made the big mistake of bringing him on Snow White's Scary Adventure first. I didn't notice the "Scary", in the title. Opps! He did not like it.



After that the rest of the day was a fight, trying to get him to go on any ride. He did not trust us. We did like Casey Jr. Circus Train and the Tea Cups though. Later on Austin, Tate's Cousin, joined us. That helped a little bit. Finally the time came to go theough Mickeys house and see Mickey.......Tate got scared. He wouldn't even walk near Mickey. Karen, Matt's sister, was extra nice and offered to watch Austin, Tate and Addie so that we could go on Hollywood Hotel of Terror, in California Adventures, That is one awesome ride. Good for us, by the end of the day Tate was exhausted..



The Second day went alot better luckily. We still had some scared issues, but it went much smoother. Tate especially enjoyed seeing the charactors this day. Things even worked out were Tate and Addie would be good for us so that one of us coulf leave and go on some more adult rides. Then we would swap turns. Over all though I still love Disneyland. It's just a little bit of a different experiance with kids. Well it's great for the memories, right?

Tate and the BIrds!

Tate kept chasing birds around and trying to touch them. We didn't catch this part on video, but we point out right after all the birds flew in right towards him. YOu can totally tell he was freaked out. We did catch one bird swooping right in front of him afterwards though and that REALLY freaked him out. We thought this was so funny! Here is the video below.

The Long and Winding road

The drive was not so fun for Addie. She is a really good baby, but she just couldn't keep that happy face on in the back of the car with nothing but the back of the seat to stare at. She cried most of the time. Tate on the other hand was really good. I think Matt and I both agreed at the end of the trip that things would have gone a lot smoother if we could have just strapped Tate in a car sear and a car the whole time. We ended up driving half way and then stopping in Mesquite. The next day we drove the rest of the way. On this first night we also learned Addie does not like her Pack n Play. She would not sleep in it at all. So the first night we shared a bed with her. Things did get better though. In our second hotel we got upgraded, not only did we have our two queen beds but we also got a separate room with a pull out bed. Addie was then given a comfy mattress, which she preferred. Tate was really excited to have his own room, but when we realized the glass window which separated our room from his would be such a distraction, we almost couldn't get him to sleep. He kept smashing his face through the window and making faces at us. He really thought he was funny. We would have taken a picture, but we knew better then to encourage his behavior.
We decided that we would take Tate to an aquarium the first day we arrived. We went to the Long Beach Pacific Aquarium. It was actually really fun. Tate really enjoyed the fish. Even Addie seemed to enjoy watching them swim around.

We're Back!

So I have learned something new this week. Vacations are no longer meant for relaxation! With two kids to pack and entertain in a 12 hour car ride, there is nothing relaxing in any of any sort. Was it worth is???? That is a very good question. Well for our first big family vacation I guess it was. So here are the details.........