Potty Training

Yesterday I decided to try the potty training thing again. I had tried back in Dec., but he wasn't quite getting it. So, Friday, when we all got home, we pulled the training pants back out. Now Jase usually goes all night with out going. And when he's up, he only goes about 4 times all day. And this time he actually seemed excited about the "Big Boy" underwear. He even asked me to take pictures of him in them when he saw me with the camera. Well, in his words, "Mama, take picture of my butt with these!" (as he pointed to his underwear) Ha Ha! The boy cracks me up. He posed and everything for me.

All this excitement was quickly shattered when he wet himself 3 times between 4:30 and 6:30! I mean come on...the kids who only needs his diaper changed once between lunch and bedtime went three times in two hours! Needless to say, I was very frustrated after the third time. Then it dawned on me, maybe he started to go, felt it, and made himself stop. And after I changed him and got him all nice and comfy again, he'd continue his business. This calmed me down some, and when he stayed dry the rest of the night, my confidence was regained. This morning when he woke, he was dry again! Yay! And went on the potty! Double Yay!! We did have one nasty #2 accident, but dry all morning! Then we had to go out. I didn't trust the training pants on an outing, so we put some Pull-Ups on him and those...he loved! They have the "Cars" characters on them and I told him that McQueen and Mater would be upset if he peed on them. That must be all he needed, cause he stayed dry and used the potty the rest of the day!

I am so proud of my big boy!

Wish us luck that we have the same success tomorrow!

Bowling

We took Jase bowling for the first time today and although this picture of Rob and him is absolutely adorable, the bowling adventure...not so much. He loves watching us bowl on wii so we though he would really enjoy it. We made the mistake of going to Toys R Us first, though, were he got Mak, the tracker trailer from "Cars." He wanted nothing to do with bowling because it required him putting the truck down. We took him to the alley kicking and crying his first couple turns thinking he would see how much fun bowling was and forget about the truck. But, we weren't successful. At least he likes the truck, though!

Cleaning His Mess

I've learned the secret to getting your toddler to clean up after himself when he eats. You just have to feed him something that is absolutely scrumptious! This morning I made Jase these chocolate covered cinnamon twist breakfast thingies. They were pretty big so I just put one on his plate and he devoured the thing in less time than it took me to pour his glass of milk. Then, he licked all the chocolate icing off his plate and fingers. And as you can see, he didn't stop there. He even licked all the chocolate off his face! You should have seen him trying to get the last little bit off his chin. I guess next time we have spaghetti I should use chocolate syrup instead of spaghetti sauce to avoid the mess. LOL! He wishes!!!! LOL

Puzzle Pro

I want to remind you that Jase is only 2 1/2 years old and this puzzle is aged for 4-6 year olds.

His Trip to GA

After not seeing his Uncle Andy, Aunt Kristen and cousins, Sonny and Makenzie, for almost a year, we headed down to GA with my parents for a weekend visit. It was a lot of driving and not enough visiting, but Jase made the most of the time he had with them. We left our house Thursday evening, met up with Grandpa Jack and Grandma, and hit the highway. We got through the first 4 hours of the trip before stopping for the night and finished the the second half of the trip Friday, getting to their house right as the school bus was dropping the kids off. Jase was a little standoffish the first night (mostly due to exhaustion and he wasn't feeling too good), but he woke up Saturday morning ready to go!

TICKLE FIGHT

Jase was the first victim as Makenzie showed no mercy taking Jase down to the floor in belly rolling laughter.

Then, with a little help from Grandpa Jack, Jase got revenge.

And then the two decided to team up and get Grandpa Jack when he least expected it!

MATCH BOX CARS

Sonny knew how much Jase likes playing with cars and trucks and brought down a huge tub of them. Makenzie then proceeded to teach Jase how to organize them all by color.

"See Jase, you put this car with the other purple cars."

I think Jase was more interested in playing with them, though, cause he kept taking the cars out of their rows as Makenzie was putting them in the rows.

So, then Sonny brought down the tracks that make up a little city. There was even a cool haunted race track.

Makenzie was showing Jase how the haunted race track worked.

And Jase found that if he sat in the middle of the track, he could reach the whole thing.

And I'm not sure who had more fun, the little ones, or the big ones.

TUB RACES

I knew two big empty tubs weren't gonna sit there too long before someone wanted to get pushed in them. So the tub racing began.

On your marks...

Get set...

GOOOOOOO!!!!!!

LUNCH

Grandma fed the the little munchkins lunch.

And Jase thought he was something else sitting on the big stool and with the Spiderman plate and cup.

MUDDING TO SEE THE DAM

Uncle Andy had mentioned this dam you can go to that was right by there house. Since we weren't in GA long enough to do any site-seeing I thought we could at least go see the dam. He failed to tell us that it was no official viewing post, rather we'd be walking through gravel and mud to get there.

But we all made it through the mud.

Some having more fun squishing their boots in the mud than others. Jase thought the mud was great while Rob was freaking out that his new kicks were getting dirty.

And when we got to the viewing site...you could barely see the dam...Good job Uncle Andy! LOL

There was a big gully, though, that Jase had fun throwing rocks in.

He would throw the rock in...


And watch it fall alllllll the way down.

O'CHARLIES

We met up with Aunt Kristen's mom and dad for dinner at O'Charlies. Although us hungry adults didn't care for the wait, the kids enjoyed themselves and each other's company.

The three of them waiting to be sat at a table.

And after we got to the table, neither Jase nor Makenzie wanted to sit it their seat, they decided to fight over my lap.

And even though they hid us in the back corner of the restaurant, I think we're a good lookin' bunch!

After dinner Sonny walked Jase out of the restaurant.

FAMILY PHOTOS

Since the last pictures we had before now of just the three grand kids were back when Jase was just several months old with no neck and too much cheek, we made sure we got some family photos while we were all together.

The Grand Kids

The whole family

JUST LIKE SONNY

Jase loves him some Sonny, and when he wasn't playing with Makenzie or chasing the poor cat, he wanted to do what ever Sonny was doing.

So when Sonny got comfortable on the floor watching "The Kids Choice Awards" Jase had to follow suit.

GOODBYE BREAKFAST AT CRACKER BARREL

Cracker Barrel is definitely one of Ma-ma and Da-da's favorite places to eat and I think it is quickly becoming one of Jase's too.

They have fun games to play.

And delicious hot chocolate (I'm gonna regret letting him have that for breakfast!)


And you could tell the kids were getting sentimental over us getting ready to leave when they asked for me to take their pictures at the big fireplace.



At first it was just Jase and Makenzie.



And Makenzie was getting very mad that Jase was ruining "HER" picture.



Then cool, calm, and collective Sonny came in to save the day.



And try to keep Jase sitting still.


And before we said good-bye, Makenzie and Jase got a quick game of Checkers in.

King Me!!!!

It was such a great trip, just way too short. Jase wasn't feeling to great the entire trip, but still managed to have a great time. And now we are missing them already!

Night-Night Prayers

Every night since Jase came home from the hospital, we have said night time prayers with him. Now, that he is getting older, he is joining in with the prayer. Listen to how incredibly cute he is:

Don't you just love how he calls his grandparents "grandpresents". He always corrects me when I call them grandparents. And I just love how he blesses himself. He makes his mama proud.

Handy Manny

See...boys can play dress up too!

He had on the entire Handy Manny outfit.

From the upside down hat, to the work gloves and tool belt.