Fun Week!

We've had a busy week!

On Wednesday, our buds came over to play. We rode bikes and then capped off the morning with a dance party.

Dylan has quite the moves.

"I'm sorry, I don't drive a Ferrari. But that don't mean I can't get you there!"

Morgan whipping up some grilled ice cream while the boys danced. So refreshing!
On Thursday, we went to the Four Seasons to see our friends the Jorgensens who were escaping the snow for the week.

The kid pool is the best thing ever. Two feet of water means Mama can sit in the shade and relax a bit!
Jacob cooling off.
The Bibby got to hang with Ma-Maw (Sue) Clarkson.
The boys ca-noodling. Ha!
Jens and Evan having a splash off.
Jacob, Jill and debuting in September, Baby Jorgensen.
Dudes. Fun!

Safety Week at Swim

Evan had safety swim today!

All I can say is ham, ham, HAM!

The kids had to go into the water in all their clothes so they would know what to expect if they ever fell in....heaven forbid!!

Weekend Pics

Evan's car parade.

On Thursday, Brian had his wisdom teeth pulled. Ouch. He and Evan watched the movie Cars and chilled that afternoon. Evan had never seen Cars before and now all his toy Cars characters from Grannie Annie and his Cars book from Aunt Annie have a whole new meaning!
The Bibby girl got a new activity chair for eating and relaxing.
We introduced her to puffs this weekend. She is now an eating machine.
Taking Baby Darth Vader for a walk.
The Dude's new Spiderman helmet.
After Little Sluggerz, Evan and Daddy went to another car show. Sweet!

This kid is going to expect a Ferarri for his 16th birthday! Ack!

Okay, Dad...I know this is a Lambo, but I'm ready to get Audi here now.

Yes. I did. And I LOVE it.


Hearts sufficiently melted? You're welcome.
On Sunday, Lindsay & Kevin and Janet & Joey came over. The Bibby wearing her outfit from Lindsay's mom, Terri. It is a 6 - 9 month but the leggings are already capri pants on this bean stalk!
Big Kev and the Dude.
Skyping with Aunt Val in Philly.
The whole gang, Val and Mat, too!

Swim

Evan started back at swim a couple weeks ago. It's exciting for me because I don't have to get in a bathing suit and get in a public pool! He is a big boy now and swims with an instructor and three other kids who are 3 + years old.

The first class, Evan screamed bloody murder. The second class, he screamed as long as he could see me through the glass, so I was asked to leave. Ha! I watched class from behind a plant and a podium.

This was his third class. He is now completely comfortable with Coach Cassie (who has "twilight" tattooed on her wrist. Oh Cassie, your job prospects are limited). He was hamming it up enough for one of the other parents to comment, "He should be on television, what a personality!"

A couple times, Mama had to tap on the glass and mouth to him to knock it off because the kid beside him was not enjoying his splashing and singing.

Potty Update: Evan pooped and peed on the potty this morning before we left the house. I put him in a swim diaper for the drive down and then when we got to swim, he sat on the potty in the car and tried, but no luck. I told him he could not poop or pee in the pool.

After class, I stripped him down by the showers and he immediately said he had to pee. Luckily, there is a bathroom right off the showers so I opened the door and he scooted right in and jumped up on the toilet and peed! Seriously, I couldn't have gone that fast. He wore undies on the way home!

When we got home, I got him nekkid from the waist down and went to put Hollan to sleep. When I came out a few minutes later, Evan excitedly told me he had pooped. Yay! Oh, wait....he had been crawling all over the furniture and had taken out about 100 Matchbox Cars. Ick. The potty in the living isn't going to work anymore. I cleaned him up and spent the next half hour wiping down furniture and disinfecting MB cars. Next up...a new potty strategy. Stay tuned.

Hey, Cracker!

Hollan was recently introduced to teething crackers (thanks, Anna). They disintegrate upon contact with saliva and then the pieces get stuck to her face, her neck, her clothes, her toys, her walker and then Pearl takes over from there.

Daddy was able to photo document her snack time today.

On the Move...

Hollan has really turned over a new leaf, heh heh. Two weeks ago, she was rolling over and sitting up with some help.

What a difference a couple of weeks makes! She is a sitting up and rolling machine and now can pull/scoot herself across the room in record time. Usually in pursuit of some form of technology or one of Evan's toys. See for yourself!

Potty Training: A Serious(ly exhausting) Business

On Thursday, Evan (with absolutely NO bribing or threatening from me) told me he wanted to take his diaper off. He has NEVER done this so I am going for it. Let's do this!

Thursday

• Evan plays outside sans pants and pees (I mean REALLY pees) in the potty with no coaxing from me. He just ran over to it, sat down and did his business as though he'd been doing this all his life. When I pick him up to hug him, he says, "I'm so proud of you, Mom!" I'm so proud of you too, buddy :) We do an insane potty dance, call Daddy and eat M&Ms in celebration.
• Success again! Evan has been nekkid from the waist down all day and has had no accidents on the floor or furniture AND he peed in the potty again (see below). Call Daddy, eat more M&Ms.

Friday

• Evan is pants off from the time he wakes up and pees on the potty all on his own! Daddy joins in the celebratory dance, eat M&Ms and now add watching the "family video" (the Bumble Bee montage) to his potty incentive package. Thank you again, Heather!
• We head down to Aiden's house to play in the pool. Aiden is also potty training and is therefore nekkid from the waist down in the yard. Sweet! Strip Evan down and he and Aiden take turns on the potty. Evan pees! Do celebratory dance, Evan eats M&Ms, pb&j sandwich and jolly rancher popsicle.
• Evan wakes up from his nap with a super wet diaper and a big ol' load. We have not even broached the topic of pooping in the potty. We've learned from 12 + months of potty negotiations with this little dictator not to push our luck.
• The rest of the afternoon is a dream! Evan runs to the potty each time he has to go and has no accidents! He even wears undies and shorts to ride his bike with Daddy in the evening. He eats his weight in M&Ms and watches the family video 14 times. Brian and I now have the montage song memorized and based on the lyrics, we can perfectly time when Evan will laugh and say, "that's my favorite" (the picture of him with the cactus scratches).

Saturday

• The day starts awesome! Evan pees on the potty twice and then gets ready to go to the car wash with Daddy. He sits on the potty for several minutes before they leave and we get no results. We put a potty in the back of the car and undies on Evan. Off they go.
• One hour later, Evan walks in the door....wearing a diaper. Uh oh. "Buddy, did you have an accident? Yeah, I had an ax-sa-dent in Home Depot." Brian comes through the door with wet shorts and undies in hand. Apparently the Petersons aren't very popular at Home Depot at the moment.
• E sits on the potty again before his nap but no go. He wakes up from his nap with a super wet diaper. He says he is ready to go on the potty. Pants off! Let's get back on the horse! He sits on the potty before we head out to ride bikes but another no go. We're just going to the end of the street, he'll be ok....right?
• Wrong. We get to the end of the cul de sac and Evan gets an odd look on his face, "Daddy, I have to pee!" Brian leaps off his scooter and dashes across the cul du sac with intentions of tucking Evan under his arm and doing the Heisman down our street to the "endzone". Alas, the whistle has been blown and this play is over, the puddle on the bike seat made. Evan rides home with wet pants.
• The wind has been let out of our sails. We try to get Evan to go on the potty a few more times but the accidents must have discouraged him. He sits on the potty for extended periods of time but produces nothing. After Brian leaves for the Rattlers game, Evan and I sit in his bathroom for close to an hour. He wants to repeatedly read a potty book where the little girl has an accident. We discuss how everyone has accidents and getting back on the horse tomorrow. Evan wants to know what's this about peeing on a horse?

Sunday

• We have peed on the horse! I mean, we're back on the horse and peed in the potty! Eat M&Ms (see below) and put on diaper to go to Costco.

• We're gone for about 2 hours and when we get home....score! The diaper is dry and Evan immediately sits on the potty (with the lap top at his feet playing what else? The family video).
• When I come out of the nursery from putting Hollan to sleep, Evan is eating M&Ms...a good sign. He and Daddy look super excited about the contents of his potty. I peek inside and yippee! Pee and a sort of poop!! (If you need further explanation on "sort of poop", please email me...I want Evan to speak to me as a teenager/adult so I will refrain from posting that explanation in cyber space).
• I make the brave decision to look into a summer camp for Evan at his preschool, which requires kids to be "reasonably potty trained". The camp isn't until mid June and is only 4 hours/day for 4 days, we should be solid, right? It's non refundable....
• I also make the decision to cancel our monthly size 5 diaper order with Amazon and order training pants. I am a confident and supportive parent!
• Evan got up from his nap with a wet diaper but did bust out a pee before his bike ride. On which he wore undies with no accidents.
• The afternoon is awesome! We have several more pees and then after dinner, Evan runs over to the potty and says, "I have to poop". Brian and I purposefully ignore E on the potty in hopes that the lack of attention will de-pressurize the situation. This could be HUGE!
• And it was. In all senses. He did it! Yay yay yay yay yay yay. You would have thought that Brian and I also had our first poops in the potty by the celebrating that was going on!
• Evan finally gets the much discussed and anticipated red Ferrari Enzo and a bonus red McLaren F1 GTR. (See Below)

It was a great weekend, to say the least! We have an army crawler and a potty user, in just a few days. I think we will all sleep well tonight. ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

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Check out the video from our family photo shoot in Bumble Bee!

Happy Early Birthday, Daddy!

We gave Daddy an early birthday present last night.

His very own scooter! Now the boys can ride scooters together down to the end of the cul de sac. Since it is already in the high 80s here, we figured we had better give it to him now before it gets too hot for scooting!
Safety first! I probably should have gotten Daddy a helmet since his maiden voyage around the living room almost ended in a header into the granite counter top.
Twinners.
Scooting on down the road.
More celebrating to come in April!

Roley Poley

The vibrating chair and baby swing have been put away and the pack and play has been dusted off. Hollan's favorite method of transportation is rolling and she can get halfway across a room in record time. So she now gets placed into the "baby cage" (pack and play) when we can't keep constant watch over her.

Today we had a roll fest in the office while Evan napped.

She also chews on her fingers non stop so we anticipate more teeth anytime now.
Just the two teef for now!

Beauty!