Potty Training Brooke (skip this post if you don't want to read about the topic)

Up until Wednesday evening, Brooke has shown no interest in potty training.  I wasn't even going to bother to try and get her interested because I was worried she would regress once we had the baby.  Well Wednesday night, I just happened to ask her if she needed to go potty.  She said she did so she sat on the potty and went.  I couldn't believe it.  I had purchased a little prize at the dollar store for incentive so she got her prize.

Bracelets and rings.

I figured that it would just be a one time thing.  I still wanted to make a big deal of it so maybe she would want to try.  Well, here it is Monday(you won't see this until Wednesday).  And she has gone potty at least once a day since then.  Today it was twice and the second time she did it without anyone asking if she needed to go.  I'm trying not to get my hopes up.  I am not ready to have her wear underpants instead of diapers because the few times we have tried in the past few days she has had accidents.  I am too pregnant and lazy to clean up after her.  She is definatley making progress though.  There is a chance that she will have herself trained by the time the baby gets here!  I guess we will see.

Dallin the Trouble Maker

This las week our toilet clogged and plunging wasn't working.  I asked Dallin what he had put in the toilet(this has happened before so I knew who the culprit was).  We found out that is was my pumice stone.  Aaron tried to snake it out and couldn't get it.  So he had to take the toilet off the floor and get the stone out from the floor side of the toilet bowl.  This fun adventure also had me going to Lowe's at 8:00 Thursday night to get a new wax ring so Aaron could put the toilet back together after unclogging it.  I'm sure one day I will think this is funny, but that day is not today.  I would expect my almost 3 year old to be flushing things.  Not my almost 5 year old who I would think should know better.

Here is the pumice stone next to Aaron's hand so you can see how big it was.

The grooves in the top are from the toilet snake.  I guess if Aaron had worked at it all night he might have worn it down enough to flush it.  Ugh.

30 Weeks

I am 30 weeks today!  Only 10 more to go(actually just under that since we have a c-section scheduled).  Aiden is very active and getting very strong.  I am feeling good, but already feeling huge.  The kids are getting excited to have a baby brother.  Brooke loves to talk to Baby Aiden and "play" with him.  She makes me lift up my shirt and she pokes my belly, hugs it, and kisses it.  She is so cute.

Here is a picture of my growing belly, and yes, I know it's huge.  I definitely don't have a cute pregnant belly, but I didn't with the other two either.  Oh well.



Dates #22 and #23

Date #22 was on the 4th.  Aaron went and got us food from Pace's.  I ordered a grilled cheese, and I don't think they know what a grilled cheese is.  What they gave me was a hamburger bun with melted cheese on it.  It was gross.  But, I also got a lime slush with ice cream (I think they call it a rainbow) and it was delicious.  Aaron got chicken strips and they looked yummy.  Anyway, we watched a movie while we ate.  It was a nice relaxing night.

Date #23 was on Saturday.  We made dinner together and had a nice candlelit dinner.  We had steak, salad, and bread.  It was so yummy! 

Girl's Night!

On Friday, Dallin and Aaron went to have a sleepover at Aaron's brother's house.  So that meant Brooke and I need to have some fun too!  After we dropped Dallin off at Aaron's work, we went to my cousin's house to play with her little girls.  We played at their house and also went to the park.  The three little girls had so much fun playing together and my cousin and I had fun talking.  On our way home Brooke and I stopped to pick up some dinner. 

Being silly

After dinner, we got in our pajamas and painted our toenails.

Saturday morning I made some french toast for breakfast. 

Brooke thought it was yummy.

After breakfast, Brooke wanted to watch a movie.  So we watched a movie and hung out until it was time to go pick up the boys.  It was fun to spend some one on one time with my little girl.  I think we will have to start kicking the boys out of the house more often!

The zoo!

On Saturday we decided to take the kids to the zoo.

When we got there we went straight to the train.  Dallin was the first person to ride the train all year.  I guess it was the first day they were running the train since they put it away for winter.  He got to pick whatever seat he wanted.  He picked the very back.

Happy kids on the train

Dallin enjoying some cotton candy at the end of the day.

When we were looking at the elephants, we asked Brooke what an elephant says.  She said "Ney hey hey".  She is so silly.  It was a lot of fun, even though quite a few of the animals are gone because they are adding on to the zoo.  The kids had a blast running around and looking at all the animals.  The zoo is definitely on our list of things for Aaron to do with the kids when he is home for a week after we have the baby.

Date #21

Friday night we had a game night with my brother Nate and his wife Kassie.  It was so much fun!  We played Blockus and then we played Apple to Apples.  Part way through our Apples to Apples game, one of Nate's friends and his girlfriend came over to join the fun. Surprisingly Dallin fell asleep and both kids stayed asleep through all of our loud laughing.  It was a fun night, and we might have to make game night a monthly event.