We are now on day 6 of potty training. It was been a particular kind of torture for mother and child alike. Aria is the most stubborn child even to grace this world. I have done everything to make it a pleasant, rewarding experience for her. I have wrapped presents on the toilet. I have bowls of m&ms and jellybeans nearby. Yet she refuses. She even went so far as to sit on the potty, holding an m&m in each hand and finally I told her that if she was just playing around and not going to go pee pee that she needed to put them back. She gladly dumped the seemingly tasty treats back in the bowl to be free of the dreaded potty. She used her magical almost 3 year old powers to only pee one time, ONE time all day. She went to bed dry and woke up dry, 16 hours of holding her pee in. After my mother freaked out believing she must have an obstruction, I caved and gave her a diaper and told her to pee pee wherever she pleased. She peed in her room. She also managed to not poop for 5 days. Now, Aria is usually quite regular, so this was quite an oddity, again causing concern on the adult parties of this endeavor. When she finally did poop yesterday I attempted to use it, as the book says, as a training experience. We went to the potty, under where full of crap and sat on the potty. I then attempted to flick the poop into the toilet water, which was way more difficult than the book made it sound. I finally just had to dig my finger on the backside of a poop lump and scoop. All this poo scooping being done while a toddler leaned on me for balance in the big toilet. Of course my success at dislodging the turn was quickly squelched by the turd causing a backsplash as it plopped into the pool. A splash of delightful chemically blue toilet water that went directly into my eye. I let Aria down and pulled her soiled undies off just in time to notice I'd missed a chunk and it unceremoniously tumbled onto my bare foot. Poo water in my eye, poop on my foot.
Yesterday at about 9pm I knew Aria had to pee. I was determined after 5 days of living and breathing pee and day dreaming and real dreaming about the moment it went in the potty that this would be my shining moment. Finally at her breaking point, she literally couldn't stop holding her crotch without a little pee escaping. It was time. I took her to the potty, the big potty upstairs, as from what little I could tell, it was preferable to her over her own personal sized potty. I told her we were going to go and that it was going to feel so much better. Just real quick, let's do it. She resisted. She began to cry as I sat her on the potty. I held her there. Her cries got deeper and loader. As she bit her fist in a shriek of terror. The pee came out. Her other hand reached to block the stream. Then she was done. She refused her potty gift. Somehow it didn't feel like a win.
Monday, May 19, 2014
Friday, May 9, 2014
Happy 1st Birthday!
Well it is here they find anyone and Lisa made it through an entire year we just ended the party it's 10 PM and I'm laying in bed with Arya Patrick and Jamison honestly they had a lovely cowboy themed evening banana King dad meatballs salad rice ordures Carbocaine Emily and Josh Carey. I'll update more just wanted to say happy birthday to my big baby boys!!!
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Easter, Egg coloring, Chickens, Aria Making Friends, Boys 1st Birthday Preparations
Hello there lovely,
My has the year flown by. We are closing in at one year already. Can not believe it. My sweet boys are so grown up. They are a little pack of all trouble. They crawl around the house getting into EVERYTHING! Jamie still speed crawls even though I'm fairly certain her has the ability to walk. He also site on his knees and hops across the room. Patch is my strong boy, he is getting faster at crawling and he also has started the knee hopping. Jamie can stand for long periods of time not holding onto anything and he can stand from the ground with out any help. I'm counting the days before he is fully mobile.
Aria learned how to blow bubble yesterday. It was so cute. She has tried for a while but never quite got the blowing motion, rather more of a lips together spit/blow. But Carlo came over and we played with bubbles and viola. Guess she just needed a little incentive to show of to her favorite boy.
Aria is talking a bit more now. Still not on level with where she should be, but she is saying a lot of new words. She said bubble and goldfish yesterday.
Aria loves the movie Frozen. It's really the first movie that she has actually shown a preference toward. Funny how it struck a cord with so many little kids. She is going to have a Frozen themed 3rd birthday party. She loves to wear capes and gloves now because Elsa does in the movies. She also loves braids in her hair, (like Auntie Dobby has), which Anna sports in the film. It's pretty adorable hearing her muttering away the song "Let it Go" all day long!
Let's see… I'm still not sure what color Patrick's eyes are, they are blue with brown in the middle, but a darker blue than mine, almost slate. We will see. Jameson definitely has brown.
I just sat down for a minute to update all y'all and the beasts a reeking havoc. Patch in the trash with dirty diapers and coffee grounds all over the kitchen and Jamie taking the fine china out of the cupboard. Alas, life. Kevin is getting a breakfast burrito with Aria. I wish I could up and just take one kid somewhere sometimes.
Steven and Kira are getting married on Saturday!! Aria is going to be a flower girl and Kevin and I are part of the bridal party. It will be a juggling act with all the kids but my parents and Billy, Gabby and Raph will be there to help!
Lauren and Mike asked me to be their baby girl, Hannah's, Godmother! I'm so excited! This is my first Godchild! Her Baptism will be July 27th in Irvine, CA. I'm hoping we can make a Disneyland trip out of it as well!
Aria enjoyed coloring eggs this year and hunting for them. She made friend with one of Craig's little nieces at the Easter party. They seriously played the entire time and Aria cried when her friend Iris had to leave. Iris was exactly Aria's age, her birthday is June 17th.
Until next time (hopefully be updating soon with 1st birthday festivities),
xo Rosie
My has the year flown by. We are closing in at one year already. Can not believe it. My sweet boys are so grown up. They are a little pack of all trouble. They crawl around the house getting into EVERYTHING! Jamie still speed crawls even though I'm fairly certain her has the ability to walk. He also site on his knees and hops across the room. Patch is my strong boy, he is getting faster at crawling and he also has started the knee hopping. Jamie can stand for long periods of time not holding onto anything and he can stand from the ground with out any help. I'm counting the days before he is fully mobile.
Aria learned how to blow bubble yesterday. It was so cute. She has tried for a while but never quite got the blowing motion, rather more of a lips together spit/blow. But Carlo came over and we played with bubbles and viola. Guess she just needed a little incentive to show of to her favorite boy.
Aria is talking a bit more now. Still not on level with where she should be, but she is saying a lot of new words. She said bubble and goldfish yesterday.
Aria loves the movie Frozen. It's really the first movie that she has actually shown a preference toward. Funny how it struck a cord with so many little kids. She is going to have a Frozen themed 3rd birthday party. She loves to wear capes and gloves now because Elsa does in the movies. She also loves braids in her hair, (like Auntie Dobby has), which Anna sports in the film. It's pretty adorable hearing her muttering away the song "Let it Go" all day long!
Let's see… I'm still not sure what color Patrick's eyes are, they are blue with brown in the middle, but a darker blue than mine, almost slate. We will see. Jameson definitely has brown.
I just sat down for a minute to update all y'all and the beasts a reeking havoc. Patch in the trash with dirty diapers and coffee grounds all over the kitchen and Jamie taking the fine china out of the cupboard. Alas, life. Kevin is getting a breakfast burrito with Aria. I wish I could up and just take one kid somewhere sometimes.
Steven and Kira are getting married on Saturday!! Aria is going to be a flower girl and Kevin and I are part of the bridal party. It will be a juggling act with all the kids but my parents and Billy, Gabby and Raph will be there to help!
Lauren and Mike asked me to be their baby girl, Hannah's, Godmother! I'm so excited! This is my first Godchild! Her Baptism will be July 27th in Irvine, CA. I'm hoping we can make a Disneyland trip out of it as well!
Aria enjoyed coloring eggs this year and hunting for them. She made friend with one of Craig's little nieces at the Easter party. They seriously played the entire time and Aria cried when her friend Iris had to leave. Iris was exactly Aria's age, her birthday is June 17th.
Until next time (hopefully be updating soon with 1st birthday festivities),
xo Rosie
Boys birthday invitation!
My fancy return addresses ;)
Easter Pictures <3
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