Okay, it's been a while since I've blogged because I've started my new job. I really don't have time to do much of anything but there are so many things I want to blog about.
As of October 5th...
Milestone #1 Chase is officially potty trained! Can we say HALLELUJAH! This is a MAJOR milestone for parents of toddlers. At the age of 3 years and 3 1/2 months old. He now tells me when he needs to go poop and pee! NO MORE DIAPERS! NO MORE CHANGING GROSS POOPIE DIAPERS! Yes, he still wears pull-ups at night and nap time but this has been such a long journey. I've done the stickers, in fact his chart is full with no more space. It wasn't that he wouldn't go on the potty, he just wouldn't tell me. So it's just me reminding him for months and months, like a broken record. Poop was also the hardest to overcome. I mean, it's like you're asking him for blood. I'm so excited and proud of my boy. It's also just a reminder of how much he's not a baby anymore. The only thing that sucks is that we have a very high toilet. Every time he needs to go, we still need to help him get on the potty.
Milestone #2 Trent CAN WALK!! At the age of 1 years and 1 1/2 month he's a walker!! It started off with just a couple steps here and there, gradually more throughout the week. Then, last weekend he just started walking where ever. Mind you, he still walks like a sloppy drunken zombie. But, walking is his preference. It's so much fun watching him. He also seems to love it even more himself! It's amazing how all of this can just happen over a weekend.
Things has been kind of crazy with my new schedule at work. It's been very hard to get things done. I now work from 8:30-5pm. It's the same distance, but I commute during rush hour. So instead of taking me the 25 minutes to get home, it's bumper to bumper. It takes me about 40 minutes to get home. So now, I don't get home until close to 6 which leaves me no time to prepare dinner. I've been experimenting with different ways to manage my time. When Brandon was dropping off the kids in the morning, it freed up my time to prepare or cook dinner in the morning, do the dishes, clean the house, get the kids clothes and school things ready. The downside is, when I have to pick up the kids after work I don't get home until about 6 and it sucks having the kids stuck at school so late. So now, I've been dropping the kids off in the morning and I don't have as much time to accomplish as much housework and it's still just a 15 minute different coming home.
I guess everything will just work out once we get a good schedule going. It'll all take work.
Trent is just the cutest thing ever. He's such much fun and such a goofy kid. He's so dramatic with his emotions and I can tell that he's going to be a handful when he gets older. Right now, he's just silly but so mischievous. I remember when Chase was his age, he was so mild mannered. If we told him not to do something, he wouldn't do it. Trent will stare you down and cry then throw himself on the ground or continue doing it. But, he's twice as affectionate as Chase was at that age. I don't want him to grow up!
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