Potty Training

One week down of potty training and Nathan is trained. He was a piece of cake to train, and atleast I know I can do it now!! I'm still working with Lexy. She is doing really good, but the break in the day when she goes to school is really hurting us. I have to put her in a pull up for the bus and for school, so I think maybe spring break we will finish the job on her. She hasn't had any accidents at home, but I'm not sure how well she'd do without the constant reminders. Like I said though, I'm proud of her, and I think she is well on her way.
Gotta go, time for bed around here!!! Liz

Little Miss Camryn 03-16-09

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Potty Training

The dreaded month is here....the month to start training the kids to use the potty. Lexy has been going #2 in the potty for over a year but can't quite get the peeing in the potty down. Nathan went yesterday for the first time and promptly told me "fishing pole now, Mommy?". He went again today and said "tackle box now, Mommy?". Before he runs my savings out, I bought a bag of kit kats (his favorite), and now that is his special treat for pottying. The both have done pretty well so far, so as long as I can keep up, we will keep going. Everytime one uses the potty, the other is screaming b/c they want on the potty too...fun times!! Diapers are costing us close to $150 a month now, because we added Camryn in the diaper business too. Way too much to spend on something that is filled with you know what and thrown out in the garbage!!
Other than that, not much going on. Lexy had her IEP this week and it went pretty good. I'm going to go and visit and make sure I like this set up first, but I think it will work best for Lexy. She'll spend 60% of her day in the regualar class, and the other time she will get more one on one in special ed. Camryn is growing like a little weed, and has the best little personality ever. She loves watching Lexy and Nathan and all the crazy things they do. They are her entertainment, no saucers or bouncy seats needed here!! She has had the sniffles the last couple days, but I'm just giving her breathing treatments again and hopefully it'll pass soon without much hoopla. Nathan is our little talker, and could carry a converstaion with you all darn day long. He loves to sing now, and his favorite is the Winnie the Pooh song right now. Right up my alley!! He is obessed with bowling and fishing on the Wii. Hence the fishing pole prize!! We are going to have a bowling party for him for his bday, so I'm really excited to see how well he does.
Well better go, off to shut off the potty timer and get going once again. Have a good weekend!!

Colds

As I mentioned last time, we are all fighting colds. And we still are. I took Camryn and Nathan to the DR on Wednesday. Nathan and a double ear infection (yikes) and Camryn has RSV and an ear infection. The put her in the hospital for 48 hours to keep an eye on her but she is doing better now (as in good enough to leave). I feel so sorry for her, b/c she is just miserable. Her nose is so full of snot and she can't breath very good because of this. I'm taking her tomorrow for a follow up visit, so please pray that she's on the mend. I'm going to have them check on LExy's ears too, just to make sure they are cleared up. Prayers are welcome for our family this week!!

Colds!!

Everyone (except me) has had a horrible cold the past couple weeks. I ended up taking Lexy to the DR, and she had a double ear infection. YIKES!! She actually is on the mend, but Nathan seems to have gotten worse!! If he isn't better by Friday, I'll take him to the DR too. Camryn is holding her own, she has a few sniffles but nothing she can't handle :-)!!!
Lexy had a good day at school today. A dentist must have came, b/c she had a new toothbrush, toothpaste, and dental floss in her backpack (seriously now, dental floss?!). I put her hair in piggy tails, and she hated every minute of it, but she looked too darn cute!! We are currently getting ready for her IEP for Kindergarten next year. I have a lot of issues to discuss, mainly on safety and classroom size.
Nathan is doing good too. He loves the Wii and I really have to keep an eye on how much time he plays. It doesn't take him long to figure out a game, it is amazing! He can teach me a few things too! He hasn't quite mastered bowling, but I'm sure he will soon.
Camryn is cute as ever. Last night she slept for 8 hours, so she is definitely on the right path!!!!Lexy and Nathan still don't sleep 8 hours!!!!!!!
Well, I'm off to clean up pizza. C-ya

Sorry for the lack of updates, sometimes I just can't find the time in the day to sit down and type. I'm usually holding Camryn while I sit at the computer and it is especially hard to type doing that!!
Lets see....Nathan got a "big boy haircut" this week. He looks so darn cute and really a lot different. I decided it was getting too long and it was so darn staticy that it really did need to be cut. He likes it a lot, and now we can put gel in it and he really likes doing that :-)!! He is defiantly lovin the WII and I really have to regulate how much time he spends on it. I never thought a 2 year old could do it as well as he does, but he's proved me wrong. He's favorite game is fishing but he can play about all of them (he tries a least). I'm ready for spring b/c he needs to run off some of his energy outside!!
Lexy is doing great. Everybody has a cold (except me), and poor Lexy has it the worse. Hopefully it'll get better soon and we can go back to sleeping at night!!! She still loves her Doritos and comes home everyday and has 2 plates. That is the first thing she says when she gets off the bus "dortios please mommy", no hi or how are you, just "doritos please". Gotta love her food choices!!
Camryn is growing up way to fast. She is smiling now, which is completely adorable. I have to take her for her first shots this week - boo!!!
We've decided to go to Gatlinburg this year on our family vacation. We rented a huge cabin up in the mountains right in front of a lake. If anybody has suggestions on things to do while we are there, I'm game!! Jason and I have been there 3 times but never with kids.
Well off to fix lunch.

Snow days!!!

Just wanted to share some pictures i took yesterday and today. The kids loved the snow!!