Not forgotten

This blog has been sadly neglected although I do post tons of updates on Facebook!  If you're not already my "friend" there, add me! :)  I will post on here again eventually... but it's hard to keep it all up!

If you insist...

Where have I been?   Well... potty training for starters!  That's right, my crazy little boy has decided he's ready to be a big boy.  I had NO intentions of starting this at 18 months old, but it just kinda happened, and I figured I better go with the flow ~ ha! I guess that has more than one meaning!  I had put him on the big potty one time before his bath just for the heck of it a few weeks back, and he didn't do anything, but he asked for toilet paper and then got off and said "flush it" so that was that.  Well the next night, he remembered, and he insisted on "pee pee polly?"  so I tried again, and what do you know?  He peed!  So then he started asking every time I changed his diaper and the rest is history.

Now we're well into it and overall, he's doing GREAT!   We're taking it slow and not forcing the issue... I mean seriously, the boy is only 19 months old!  But he's really getting the hang of it.  He goes pee-pee right away everytime we put him on the potty (typically about 5-6 times a day right now), and has even done the other stuff a couple of times now!  I still can't believe how content he is to sit on his little froggy-potty for like 20 minutes and just read or play with trains. He'll hate me for sharing all this one day, but it's so cute, he even looks down and says "Come on pee-pee, come on!"  :)

I'd really like to just take a few days and do nothing but potty training... let him run naked, whatever, because right now it's kinda hit or miss.  He still has wet diapers, but yet he's very interested and does a lot on the potty... but he's a little confused if we're out somewhere and he says "poopy" and then I don't take him to the potty.  So I think we need to just go ahead and try to seal the deal.  Crazy Crazy.  Where did my baby go???

Talkin

18 Months Picture Overload!

Basket Head

I've been really slacking when it comes to taking pictures lately.   I can't remember the last time I picked up the camera!  I do snap a few with my phone, but they never turn out all that great.  So... this week, I'm going to grab that camera and update this blog!  Meanwhile, here is a silly video for your viewing pleasure.  We're having so much fun with Josiah.  I know I'm bragging on him a bit... but this boy is such the little sponge!  He understands and remembers so much... we are amazed at him every day!  He's such a little sweetie too.  He loves to give everyone hugs & kisses.  If you ask for one, he'll give it to you and then insist on giving you the other too.  And of course, it just melts me when he says "I lub you Mommy"  :) :) :)

Video Update

Here's just a recent video of randomness.... it's a couple minutes long, but it's pretty cute.

Still Here

So I guess I haven't blogged in almost a month.  That's probably a record for me.  Ooops!  I'll have to write a better catch-up post soon, but for now, I'll just leave you with my reading list for the beginning of this year.  That's right, I have a reading list.  I'm ashamed to admit how long it's been since I've read an entire book from start to finish, but I really do love to read, and there are so many books that I am interested in right now.  In the amount of time that I spend/waste online, I could easily read so many great books! So I'm just committing to close the computer more often, and actually read them!

Current:
Crazy Love by Francis Chan (life-changing)












Living Free by Beth Moore

Next on my list (in no particular order):

Radical by David Platt

Shepherding a Child's Heart by Ted Tripp

Bringing Up Boys by James Dobson












What about you?  Any books you're hoping to read this year or ones you'd recommend??