Kids being Kids

Here is some video of Trooper spinning the kids at the park on the swings a few weeks ago...
Peyton

Paige

Parker

Hat day and Prayer Request

It was Hat Day at preschool at the beginning of the month...here are Parker and Paige's Pictures...

I don't know how many of you look around at other people's blogs that you do not even know, but I have one that you need to look at and pray for...I usually follow this blog daily, but I have not looked in over a week. What a difference a week can make. Please look and pray for Jennifer (McMama), her family, and for 5 month old baby Stellan.

I know, I know, It has been FOREVER since a post!!! Peyton 11 months old

I know guys...it has been forever since a post. The house went on the market, we were out of town for a week, and we have been busy keeping the house up to par with 3 kids running around so blog posts have taken a back seat. Right now the house is clean and there is nothing on the to do for the moment so...

Peyton turned 11 months old (2 weeks ago). He was 28 1/2 inches long and 18 pounds 10 ounces. Here is his picture...



Check back this week for more pictures and updates...

Music Class

As promised, here are a few clips of the kids...

Parker Singing...with Peyton crawling on Ms. Kami and Paige...well being Paige in the backgroind since I could not get either one since I was taping Parker.

Paige singing...a little during and after. She is also trying to play the microphone like one of the sticks.

Peyton playing along to the beat with the sticks.

All 3 kids love the drums!

Thank Ms. Kami for fun during performance week!

***Just a Potty Paige update...she was dry and clean in panties ALL DAY AT SCHOOL!!! Even after nap time! Big girl!!!***

Potty Paige...round 3

Well I think she has it...is at least working on it! I tried to see about this time last year, this summer before preschool started, and over the Christmas holiday if Paige wanted to potty train (no diapers on during the day/lots of water/praise and treats for being dry and clean as well as successes). She did not. I was then going to go again spring break. Since we moved up the house sell, I decided to just hold off for a bit to see how long it too before doing the potty thing again. All along I have been putting her on the potty before bath time, before bed/nap, and a little after breakfast. Before last Thursday we had had 1 #1 and a few #2s.

As of Thursday night after bath...we had 3 #1s.

Friday while home (no bottoms on while home), we had no accidents in the house!

Saturday we had no accidents, but put on a diaper for church to be safe. She even woke up from nap dry!

Sunday no accidents again! We went out to eat and put a diaper on, she was dry when we got home and asked to go potty once while there! Oh, and dry after nap again!

Today...BIG GIRL PANTIES!! We even when to music class...dry and clean the whole time while in panties. I had an aerobic class that I was subbed...dry and clean the whole time in her panties. She did have one accident with a #2 while running to the potty from outside just before bed.

Not too bad for our little/big girl.

Stay tuned...music class videos from performance week coming tomorrow...

Potty Paige...again and some news...

Well here is a Paige update on potty time...did #2 once yesterday, #1 2 times today, and has kept her diaper on when she has not made it to the potty. See this post if you are a little confused. Since Paige did not do well with potty training over the Christmas break, I was going for another round come Spring Break. Since we are putting our house up on the market a few days before Spring Break, I was just going to pass on that until we were settled. Of course, that is when she would be interested. Fine with me though...as long as it gets done!

On the house comment...if you have not heard, we are going to be moving down to Austin area sometime this year. Long story short, this process has been in motion for the past 3 years and we decided to finally act on it this past month. At work, Trooper has an opportunity in place within the same firm to move to our Austin office and help develop our engineering services for the Central Region of Texas (Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi). All in all, we have been praying for a while on this and are now taking our leap of faith.

At the end of next week, our house will be on the market with a goal to sell the house and then move Jami and the kids to Austin in an apartment before Summer's end (fingers crossed considering the market). Reason we want Jami and the kids to be there by then is because our kids made the waiting list at the preschool program at Great Hills Baptist Church, which starts in September. On Trooper's end, he will be challenged to complete all his treatment plant projects here in the DFW area before being officially released 100% to move to our Austin office. Looking ahead, and God-willing, Troop will be 100% in Austin next January/February. During the time of separation, he will be living with one of his friends here from work during the week and will be in Austin every weekend.

Not Me Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Here is my "Not Me Monday "

Well I did not find Paige in the bathroom one day last week during nap...diaper off and poop on the floor, her blanket, and toilet paper all over the bathroom (that she had wet in the toilet in efforts to clean herself). No, not me...

I did not find Paige this past weekend during nap in the bathroom with toilet paper in the potty to the point of overflowing from her flushing. The potty water then flowing over the potty onto the floor where it met the bath confetti (that is soap/bubble bath when you add water...oh and it is colored) ALL OVER THE BATHROOM! No, not me...

I did not, in an effort to keep stealth Paige in her room for nap time to actually take a nap sit outside her room and read a book in the playroom for nap time today. I did not then 2 hours later go the get Paige up from nap find her on the floor with her dress up clothes all out of her dresser, tutu on, diaper off, and poop EVERYWHERE!!!! No, not me...