More Potty Updates

We have had some very successful potty experiences lately! That's not to say that we haven't had our fair share of accidents, but I am very proud of my little man for the progress that he has made. We went out a few days ago and were gone for about 4 1/2 hours and no accidents!! He even went potty in a big potty at two different stores. It is very cute because he gets so excited when he pees in the potty and we have a little celebration right there in the public restroom. We seem to be a little more successful when we are away from the house than when we are home. I guess it is just too hard to stop playing and run to the potty. Go Tyler!!!

Potty Training continues

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days, but we have been very busy with the whole potty training thing. I wanted to update all of you on how it is going. Let me start by saying how proud I am of my little man for the progress he is making. I would say we are about 50/50 right now on making it to the potty. He is getting much better at saying "potty" when he needs to potty. The problem is when he says potty, he means right now. We are working on letting mommy know with enough time to get to the potty. We did have our first success on a big potty at Borders the other day though. I was so proud of him!! We will continue working on it and I'll update you on how it is going.

Potty Training!!

Day 1:
Our big day came yesterday, Day 1 , of our 3 day potty training method. We started about 8:00 in the morning with throwing away all the diapers and putting on big boy pants. Tyler helped with this, but didn't seem all that interested. Then we went in to check out his new potty and he did have his doggy sit on the potty a few times. The main focus of this method is to teach the child to let you know when they have to potty and not just to sit them there every 15 min. So, I let him play and watch a little TV (sitting right by his side of course) and after an hour of nothing, I finally had him go in and sit on the potty and he peep immediately!! We celebrated and got stickers and even called Daddy to tell him. Don't worry though, the rest of the day was not so easy. He did resist sitting on the potty quit a bit during the day and we had our fair share of accidents and oops, but we did have some minor successes for Day 1. All in all, I think we had a successful day. He even ran into the bathroom saying "potty, potty" right after his bath and sat down (although most of it ended up in his big boy pants). It was a long, exhausting day for mom (and there are still 2 more to go), but definitely worth it and worth all the effort. I'll keep you posted on the following days.

Happy Halloween 2008

Tyler experienced his first trick-or-treating this year. We went with some friends, Ally & Colton, and they all had a great time. It only took one house for them to figure out what was going on, after that they were all into it!! Tyler really liked when they let him pick out of the bowl. He would take one, put it in his bag, then take another and another and another, until we made him stop. All three kids were still going strong after an hour of trick-or-treating, but we decided they had enough candy. It was a fun night!!

Pumpkin Fun!!

This past weekend we had some fun getting ready for Halloween. Tyler carefully painted his very own pumpkin. Everything was going very well, until he realized that he had some paint on his hands. He's not a fan of anything sticky or gooey on his hands. After that, daddy helped Tyler carve out his first pumpkin. He wasn't so sure of this at first because it involved sticking his hand inside where the goopy stuff was. It took a little coaxing, but he got the hang of it. We are looking forward to trick-or-treating at the end of the week. Stay turned for more costume photos from the big event!!

Costume Contest

On Saturday, Tyler and 2 of his friends (Colton & Ally) participated in a costume contest at the Mall. All three of them did a great job walking through the crowd to show off their stuff. Although we didn't win anything, all the kids had fun dressing up and showing off their costumes. After the contest we went into the mall for some dinner and a little play time. It was a long and busy evening, but great fun. Don't worry, we'll try again next year!!

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

On Sunday we participated in the Race for the Cure. It was a beautiful day to be out doing a 5k walk through downtown Phoenix. We were joined by our friends Donna, Keri, Colton, Amanda & Trey for this great fundraiser. The boys go to stretch their legs and play a little before we started. We then strapped them into strollers for a 5K walk through downtown Phoenix. The weather was great, cool and breezy (about time for some cool weather around here). After the walk we relaxed in the grass with some snacks and played a little more before heading home for a nice long nap. This was Tyler's second race and we are looking forward to next year.