2nd Night in the Big Boy Bed!!!!

Last night was Jack's first night in his "new" room and his big boy bed.  It was a little rough to begin with...sounded like a herd of elephants were in our upstairs for the first 15 minutes.  Lots of pounding with intermittent cries of, "Mommy!".  Tonight went much better...only five minutes of crying, so we're improving each night.  He seems to like his new bed, just not when he has to be in it alone and the lights are turned out.  He's such a trooper!

"Potty, Potty, Potty!"

Ok...we've entered the land of potty training.  It's going REALLY well.  Jack has successfully made it a few times in the car to and from Mimi and Pop's house without an accident.  Yesterday went out without a hitch, so I decided "why not?" today.

It was an early morning for us--cholesterol clinic day.  I got Jack up and he used the potty.  So far, so good.  I withheld his normal morning sippy cup of milk.  Smart, I thought.  We loaded up in the car.  Two minutes from home, he yelled, "Potty!  Potty!".  I pulled over in a church parking lot, of all places.  I popped open the hatch on the wagon, set the potty in, and he did his thing.  Ok.  I can deal with this, I am thinking.

Five miles later, "Potty!  Potty!".  Pulled off the paved road onto a dirt road.  Popped the hatch again and set up shop.  Successful, except for the eighteen mosquito bites I got while hanging out by the cornfield.  Pretty full morning...and all before 6:30am!  For the record, on a normal day, it's only a 20 minute commute! 

Our First Posting

Our first posting...I can hardly believe that I have crossed over to "the other side" of blogging.  I have always known that people do this, just not people I know.  Then came Bethany.  Now I'm feeling the pressure to keep up with her...

Anyways, this was a busy weekend for us.  Jack's second birthday was Sunday.  Saturday was his big birthday party--John Deere theme (of course).  Since Sunday was his actual birthday, Ben and I tried to make it extra special with chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast and swimming in the lake (complete with a trip to the island).  Jack ended his day with a stroller ride (which was very popular with him).  More pics of the party to follow.