March Madness

Yet another month to fly by! We have been playing catchup up lately, it seems. Alex has had to work more hours at EHL and with the school year nearing an end (yah!!) I feel as though I've started the scramble to get stuff done. This month has had it's ups and downs..

Jake continues to pee on the potty, at times and shows a bit less interest but we are A OK with that! He did pee twice on it in one day last week at school. Apparently, he likes to keep up with the older boys and enjoys going into the big kid bathroom. This is not the only thing he likes to do with the older kids - basketball is his new love! The boys next door play and every day when we pull up to the house after school he looks over to their driveway and says "ball?". A walk outside now consists of walking to their basketball net and playing with their ball. It's so hard to convince him to play with his own (adult sized) basketball and not theirs. I have to say - I love the little athlete in him already! At school he longs to play at the big kid section where they have basketball hoop. Whenever I pick him up, as soon as we get through the gate he runs for the big kid area and wants to play with them. It breaks my heart to have to pull him away! Literally, PULL him away. Someday, Jake!

The stomach bug hit us all pretty hard last week..it was probably one of the longest weeks we have had. Thankfully, Jake had it for only a few hours (the vomiting at least) and was able to go to Sesame Street and see Elmo and gang! He was such a good boy, sat on our laps most of the time and a bit in his own chair. He loved the show!

April is fast approaching, as is Easter! With Easter comes a visit to MA to see some family on Saturday and some QT with Yaya, who will be coming to stay for a few nights. We are excited to see everyone!



Hugging Elmo

One person happy with all the rain.. loves his "quack quack" rain coat!







We're gonna keep on truckin'....




Will he go ??

The Pee Word

Potty.


Jake has been showing sings lately of wanting to use the potty like a "big boy". His teachers say that whenever it's time for the big boys to go to the bathroom to use the potty he is the first one to the door and actually goes in and sits on it (with his pants and diaper on), pretends to go, and then washes his hands after. So, on Thursday night I took the potty out of the box and put it out for him. Wouldn't you know, he sat on it and peed. I was shocked! I quickly went and grabbed the camera and kept saying "Jake, you peed!"..he started saying " I peed!!!" with so much pride! Needless to say, all he wanted to do for the rest of the night was play with the potty. We had to hide it, he was playing with it so much.
On Friday night, I thought I'd give the potty another try right after dinner. Well, he peed in it again! I know he has the interest, but I really think that we are just getting lucky with the timing of it. Today, we took the potty out again but he did not pee in it, he just played on it. After his bath tonight, I let him walk around naked..well, he stood in the living room, looked at Alex, looked at me and then peed on the carpet! We couldn't help but laugh! Later on, we got the potty out and to both our surprise, he peed in it.
I really know that he is not completely ready for this, but know that it doesn't hurt to have it out so that he gets used to the idea. I just wish he wouldn't use it as a toy so much too! While I have some experience with helping to potty train the boys that I nannied for years ago, it was much easier with them because they just opened their back door and took care of business! We will have no such peeing going on at our house. The neighbors wouldn't appreciate it!
So..at almost 21 months, we will continue to let Jake "play with the potty" and see where it leads us. It's funny how when you tell people that he did it, there are ixed reactions. "He's a boy, that's just too young" or "Do it, diapers aren't cheap!" Whether he catches on or not, I am so very proud of my little man..but I am also a tad bit sad that my little man is growing up so quickly.

Vocab!

Spring is fast approaching as is Jake's 2nd birthday. It's hard to believe that in just 3 short months the little man will be 2! His vocabulary is ever expanding and it's amazing the new words he puts together to communicate with us. At dinner time he will tell us if he wants "juice", "wa wa" (water) or "milk"..but tonight he asked for "apple juice, pease". He also is starting to label everything: "Jake's milk", or "Jake's puppy". Thankfully he is no longer calling himself "Yakey". Maybe it's because Mommy told him over and over "I named you JAKE, not JAKEY!"

He got hit with a cold at the end of last week, with a pretty bad cough. The first night of the cough, we felt awful that when laid down he coughed uncontrollably. So..we decided to prop him up on pillows and let him sleep in between us in bed. This lasted a whole 3 minutes. He would look to my side and say "Hi, Mommy", turn to Alex and say "Hi, Daddy!"..turn to me and ask for a hug, and then back to Daddy for a hug. Over and Over and Over. So..back to his crib he went! He had a bit of a rough night sleeping and coughing, but we are happy to report that he is sleeping MUCH better, in his own bed.


Week 2 of swim lessons went very well. Alex said that Jake was a bit shy at the start of this lesson..but he eased right into it and loved splashing up a storm. He even showed me how he jumps into the pool into Daddy's arms. Very cute!

March will hopefully be a low key month for us..hopefully a month filled with lots of sunshine!