And then there was one......

Child in diapers!!! YAY! thats right, our Eli is potty trained!!! He's doing so well. We had a couple accidents today, but they were little ones. He just waited too long to tell me and had a little bit come out before we made it to the potty, but just pee! He's doing SO well! I thought it would be harder than this to do, since we pushed it so hard, and he kind of reverted back after Ayden was born. But i guess its true, if ya wait till THEY'RE ready, then it makes the process much smoother. Now Ayden thinks that he needs to sit on the potty every time his brother does.... Do you think that means he'll not only be an early walker, and talker but also an early big boy pee-er? I hope so, how great would it be to have NO boys in diapers! I won't hold my breathe tho. Nor will i push Ayden as hard as i pushed Eli... I learned my lesson there!

Today was a good day. Got lots of stuff done around the house. Eli and Ayden play so well together. And now daddy is starting to get into the swing of the weekend routines. The boys love to play ball with their daddy. Mama isn't such a fan.... daddy hit the wine rack today and nearly broke the bottle that was on there! The TV is in grave danger i fear...

Plans for tomorrow: Church! and a nap! Ayden had me up at 5:30 this morning, guess he didn't get the memo that on Saturdays mama gets to sleep till 7:30!!!! I think we'll just hang out and do family stuff the rest of the day. I love Sunday's, they're so relaxed.

Dinner tonight: I made Tacos, Spanish corn, and spanish rice. ALL from SCRATCH! i've been on a bit of a baking and cooking spree lately, I made brownies, peanut butter cookies, apple crisp, and cinnamon rolls! Guess im practicing for my Christmas baking :)

WHEW!

Why is it than the moments that you just want to take in and enjoy, seem to fly by. October has been like that. We moved into our new home, which we LOVE. Its in a great location, the people are great, the community itself is great, the apartment is perfect, the only issue i've found so far is with spiders.... there was seriously a baby tarantula size black spider IN my house... Eli found him and decided to play with it... Needless to say, the thing RAN across the house, causing mama to jump up on her chair..... I am NOT a baby about bugs, but if you had seen the size of this thing..... you woulda done the same thing... i shoulda taken a picture of it.

My ayden turned one a week ago. Where did the year go? I was just holding him in the hospital and thinking how perfect he was. Now he and his big brother have turned into a troublesome duo..... Some how Ayden can convince his brother to do ANYTHING, yet then Eli gets upset that they are BOTH getting in trouble... Guess a 3 year olds logic is that whoever had the idea should be the one getting in trouble :)
We had a good first year... Talking at 5 months, crawling at 7 months, standing at 8, walking by 10, now he full blown runs! and hes talking CONSTANTLY. Hes much more vocal than his brother was at this age. And never misses an opportunity to voice his discontentment. The way he eats you'd think we never feed the poor child.... And his newest thing.... if you are in the kitchen or by the table, or if you have food he grunts at you until you give him some..... while its incredibly annoying... its also adorable. Seeing how different my boys are is just amazing to me.... they are polar opposites in so many ways, yet so much alike in other ways.

Eli too is growing up so fast. Can you believe he's going to be 3 in just 2 more months? When did that happen!??!?! Hes such a great big brother. He shares very well and is more than patient with his baby broha. He's been working on his potty training again. He has good days and bad... he got sick last night, so today hasn't been one of those GOOD days, but thats okay, it'll happen.... and i think it'll happen fast once he "gets it". He can spell his name, tell me his colors, count to 10, he helps me with house work- never being asked to, he's just a good helper by nature... wonder how long that will last. He's started to write. he knows his animals and their sounds.... and he's repeating EVERYTHING.... Im not sure if thats a blessing or a curse yet :) Certainly makes us all more aware of what we say.... I told jamie to shut up yesterday- jokingly of course, because he was teasing me again- and he comes the shut up police.... MAMA WE DON"T SAY SHUT UP!!!! Guess God gave us children so that we remember that we have someone watching us ALL the time!

My one year old wants to play ball with me, thanks for reading our update! Love and blessings.