Birthday Boy
Tanner is officially 1!! He is a leap year baby so we just declared he is officially 1 on March 1st. Jake and Gracie made him a chocolate cake with sprinkles at first he just was kinda of eating it but then he decided it was delicious and by the pics below you can see he really ate alot of it. We had to hose him down after he ate cake. Then he opened presents and played with his new toys with Gracies help. He is a really a good boy he is very happy and smiles alot. And he loves to give kisses and hugs. He is also quite the talker he will babble to Gracie and I all day. He even talks to himself in the mirror its pretty funny. He is so silly and goofy he can cheer everyone up with his antics. Also he just loves his big sis they can sit and watch a whole 2 hour movie together and play. I'm glad that so far they are good friends. I'm really blessed to have such great kids.
New York here we come
I went to New York and saw my sister Melissa and her family. Yay! On our way there however we got delayed in Cincinatti for five hours talk about BORING! It wasn't very fun especially with an almost 3 year old running around and the airport was freezing cold. But we did finally make it NY. It was fun to see my Lissa and her cute family we mostly just hung out and chatted and played with the kids. Did some housework for her while I was there. It was cold but we had a few days of warmth so we got out of the house and played.
We had a girl night and Spencer stayed home with all 4 kids while we went to a movie and dinner. Thanks! It was fun to get to know their kids better and Gracie had a great time having another girl to play dress up and barbies around here she mostly just gets to play trucks with Tan. So she had a fun doing all those things girls like to do. We unfortunately also go sick while we where there. We got the flu or stomach infection as spencer would say ( he is a doctor). So we passed it around while we were there but luckily that last week we were all semi healthy! Yay. We stayed and visited for 17 days and then we headed back home. The trip home was better no delays but still along trip about 10 hours. I'm not sure how my sister does it with 3 kids with one it had its moments but luckily Gracie loves Airplanes so she did pretty good. Here are a few pics of my cute niece and nephews we had alot of fun and wish we could see them more often!
Anniversary
And then on March 18th Jake and I have been married for five years! Wow time flies by when your having fun. I was still out of town on the actual day but after we got home we had my sister Jen babysit while we went to lunch Ruby River Yumm! and then that saturday my parents offered to babysit so we could go out to dinner! So mine and Jens kids went and had a pizza party while we went out. That was fun for all we had a good time without kids and they had fun playing with the Grandparents.
Potty Training
So Gracie girl his going to be 3 soon so I though enough with the stalling it was time to get this potty training thing done! I tried a little bit before but she wasn't into it and really I wasn't that motivated to get it done. But since our trip was over it was a good time to go for it. The first day was to say the least Painful!! We had many accidents and she just didn't seem to care. I tried to reward her with Treats or Stickers but she would just say ummm...no thanks I don't need one.
Ughh... so I would praise her if we happened by some miracle to catch her in time when she went on the potty.
Finally it was afternoon and I called my sister Lissa to ask for advice. And she told me that maybe I should take something away when she has an accident like he fav blanket or toy or something so I thought I might as well try it out. So she has a favorite blanket she calls it her purple blankie but its really pink! And she had an accident and i took it away and told her she can have it back next time she goes on the potty. And it worked! YAY! She has been going on the potty ever since. She has had a few accidents but overall she has been doing very well. I can say its wonderful to be diaper free with her. She has been doing really well for a week now so Good Job Gracie!! And we also took the bottle away from Tanner that was so easy its easier to get that done before they can say bottle and make you feel guilty. But he has been bottle free for 2 weeks so it is gone for good. My kids are getting so big :)
