The Potty Blues

Potty training. You would think that as complex as God, our awesome creator, has made the human body, that potty training would be a breeze. It seems simple enough. You feel the urge, you go to the potty. And, with my oldest son, Sam, it was almost that simple. 2 years and 2 months into his life, he learned this basic principle in about 2 1/2 days.



Ben, our 3 year old, is a COMPLETELY different story. He was born premature, so we have been acustomed to him being a little late reaching various milestones. For that reason, I didn't even begin trying the whole potty training process until just recently. He turned 3 last week, and I made a commitment to have potty training boot camp this week. Saturday went wonderfully. Sunday was a mess. With church and naptime, the day was almost over before we made any effort and no progress was made. Today, let's not even go there. I know it's a learning process, but if I clean up any more accidents, I may as well invest in some carpet cleaner stock.



We've put him in "big boy pants" full-time now, except for naptime and nightime. I've always heard that's best because kids don't like being uncomfortable in wet pants.



They didn't know my child.



He could have the entire contents of Niagra Falls poured onto his clothing and he would sit quietly and watch TV until he was discovered.



You gotta love him,though. The look on his face when he is successful in "going potty" is priceless. And for that reason, I'll press on.

Protected Identity

My husband has informed me that I need to use pseudo-names for our family.......so I submit to my hubby and will change the names of our children to protect their identity. For those of you who really know them, here are the changes:



Our oldest, 4 years old, will now be known as Sam.

Our middle, 3 years old, will be Ben.

And the baby, 19 months, will be Aaron.



There you have it. I didn't ask him if I'm to change his name to. HMmmmmm.......that could be interesting...........

Up and rolling

whoa. Time flies when you're having fun. It's been almost a year since I've written anything. So, instead of picking up where I left off, I decided to make a fresh start. Seems to fit my life better these days.



So, here it is. A new version of my ramblings about my kids, my hubby, and our crazy life.



Sit back and "Saddle up your horses, we've got a trail to blaze" (Steven Curtis Chapman)

I'm BAAAACCCKKK

Wow it's been a while! In the midst of all that has happened in our lives in the past 9 months, I truly forgot about my blog. I think I'm finally ready to start back up. I have A LOT to blog about.



These past 9 months have been the most challenging of my entire 29 years of life. God has used them to stretch me to a point that I didn't know existed. He has taken me out of my comfort zone and put into my life everything which I previously deem uncomfortable. Maybe over the course of the next few months, I will be able to put into words the experience He has led me through.



My kids are all as busy as ever. Lucas is 4, Noah will be 3 next month, and little Jacob is 18 months. Time sure does fly when you're having fun (is that what they call it?)



In fact, I think I hear little voices now. Check back soon. There will be more updates to come!

Well, I had an appointment to correct my hair color. Then my husband came home.



"I really like it" he kept insisting.



So I canceled the appointment.



Here I sit.......copper hair and all.



Maybe tomorrow, he'll change his mind.

and the results are in

I finished the color experiment and........



it looks as though a ton of liquid copper was poured onto the top of my hair.



I should have ended at step 1. The highlighting step went haywire.



As long as I stay in a dimly lit room for the next 4-6 weeks, everything should be just fine.



And the lesson I've learned........never mess with what God gave ya (unless you pull out the big bucks for a professional!)

15 minutes and counting

whoa. I'm now waiting for step 2 to be rinsed. The highlighting step.



This may send me on a trip to the salon.



Not sure how "evenly spaced" these highlights will be. Not even sure they will all be the same shade of color.



A little scared to see what the next few minutes has in store.