3 Men & A Little Lady: Way to Go Owen!!!!

Friday, July 24, 2009

Way to Go Owen!!!!

My to-do list before our little girl arrives is quite lengthy. Not only do I have to get her room all ready, buy her clothes (this requires a lot of shopping and $), but I have to update all the boys photo albums, scrapbooks, finish remodeling our 1/2 bathroom, and potty train Owen. I am quite pleased to announce though that I can check off my list...potty train Owen! We always potty train our kids when they turn two, so when we returned from our vacation we said "good-bye" to diapers and "hello" to big boy underwear. He has done great with only a few accidents. However, one was a very sticky and messy disaster as he decided to poop in our upstairs loft and then proceed to walk in it and down the stairs. Luckily he did this right at five o' clock and daddy had just come home and was able to help with the clean up. Besides that mess it has been smooth sailing. I'm just so thankful I won't have to deal with two kids in diapers. Unfortunately, we will continue to fill up the landfill and pay for diapers for our newest one.

Potty training in process....Day 1. He loves to watch "Choo-Choo," otherwise known as "Thomas the Train" while working his magic! Hey whatever works.

Our Super, Silly Big Boys! They just finished running around in the sprinklers in their underwear, at least they weren't completely naked!

5 comments:

Pattersons said...: boy, i should send nani over to your house! i tell you, girls are no walk in the park:) but you'll find out for yourself soon enough:) hooray for owen!!!; July 24, 2009 at 6:23 PM
MisDirectedMama said...: Owen is so cute! I can't wait till your little girl is born!; July 27, 2009 at 2:59 PM
The Expatts said...: amen to the nesting thing :) i feel the same way right now! way to go on the potty training-- we will be doing that next week with little Randy... wish me luck! Miss you guys!!

p.s. you are such a cute pregnant lady :); July 28, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Brady, Theresa, & Lily said...: Sooo cute! I love your blog and congrats Owen!! He looks so cute on his little potty:) Lily has a little pink potty and she sits on it but that's it:( You'll have to give me some tips:) See you soon!; August 7, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Christine said...: Congrats on your baby girl! (it's me, Mason's sister) I like to check your blog through Ashley's once in a while to see how you're doing, it was so fun to meet you and I know my family loves you!
Plus, you usually have more pictures of my nieces and nephews on your blog than Melina or Darcy have on theirs :)
Good luck with your labor, and with that Banning heat!; August 12, 2009 at 10:14 AM

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They say the cutest things.....

Mya, my little girl, said in her prayers last night, "Please help us to be strong and healthy like the Hulk!"

Owen almost ran straight into a woman as we entered a dark parking garage. As I told him to watch out, he quickly yelled, "Well she's all black!" Coincidentally she was African American! She was wearing a black dress, which is what he was referring too!

Owen told me today, "You are the best mom I ever had! I love you all the way up to Jesus!" He also loves kissing and told Kenny, "I just want to stay home from school and kiss mom all day!"

Drew lost a tooth at school when he bit into his apple. He felt the tooth inside his mouth as he was chewing and when I asked him about it, he said, "I didn't realize it was mine and I wondered if it was one of the workers!"

While at church, a teacher asked the kids what happened to Jesus right after he was baptized and brought up from the water. Ian enthusiastically raised his hand and said, "He asked for a towel!"

After a long struggle with my boys, to get them inside, bathed, and into bed, I yelled, "I am done, go to sleep!" Owen looked up at me and said, "Mommy I'm sorry you're sad, but the problem is that you don't beat up Drew and Ian. Just beat them up and I will be on your team!"

We are not a family who eats beans, so when Drew went to a friends house to play and eat dinner, he was hesitant to eat the burrito that had refried beans in it. When I picked him up he said to me, "Mom she put mud inside the burrito!"

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Drew asked this morning, "Mom in 2011 can we get a cat?"

Everytime I feed Mya prunes, Owen comes up to me and says, "Me like chocolate mom!" I give him a bite and his face turns to total disgust.

Owen ran up to me after wrestling the dogs and said, "Me see Cassie's boobies!"

While I was nursing Mya, Drew walked in and said, "Is she done drinking from your boob?" I replied, "No and it is called a breast, thats the proper way to say it." He looked at me puzzled and said, "No thats the Spanish word for it."

Kenny opened the fridge and said, "Something in here stinks." Ian looked at him and said, "Dad, sometimes I toot over there!"

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