Potty Training

A couple of weeks ago we decided to embark on the big adventure of potty training. I had been preparing myself for this by buying Corbin a potty seat and "cool" underwear. I also took up every bodies advice on what works best. I should mention what sparked this "training" was that Corbin had learned to take off his diaper and one night we found him in his crib with his diaper of saying "mommy go potty" and he had peed in his bed! We were not too happy and realized that maybe he is ready for potty training.

We got stickers, starbursts (which he calls "squares"), and capri suns for rewards when he went potty. I was told you want to keep rewarding them with fluid so that they keep going, this worked really well. We spent all day at home for the first 2 days and it wasn't too bad. He had several accidents the first day and then only a couple the 2nd day. After trying to get him to go to the potty every 15-20 minutes it started becoming a challenge to get him on the potty so I did what I thought was pure genius. I brought the laptop in and turned on one of his favorite shows and he was content. Who needs magazines!? The laptop strategy also worked with helping relax him so he could poop. I am proud to say that after a couple of weeks Corbin is doing really good. He caught on really fast and there haven't been a overwhelming number of accidents. Call me the Potty Training Pro! Corbin has also started cheering for us after we go to the bathroom. He jumps up and down and claps his hands a yells, "Yeah! Good job mom/dad!" It's nice being cheered for the simple things in life! :)

It's a Boy!

Yup! We are so excited to be having another boy!

Corbin and the Snake

We went to visit my friend and her little brother has a ball python. Corbin loves animals (which is amazing since his parents don't) so we thought it would be fun to show him the snake in the tank. Well when we were done looking Corbin was not satisfied so they took the snake out of the tank for Corbin to see. I was totally freaked out, but of course I couldn't leave the room with my child holding a snake! So I was forced to watch as Corbin carelessly handled the snake. Here are some of the pictures of Corbin the snake handler.

Snow

Yay for Snow! We took Corbin outside to play in the snow for the first time. He liked it, except he had a hard time walking at first and it kind of reminded me of the kid on A Christmas Story. :) When we first got out side we tried to show him how to make a snow angel...that didn't go over so well, I don't think he liked the snow falling in his face. He recovered though and had a wonderful time in the snow and later was laying down in it with no problem.

Update

I am so far behind with my blog so I will just add a picture for each big event...
This is at the Pumpkin Patch, where the Pumpkins were called "balls."

Halloween: Corbin was a Train Conductor. He was successful at Trick-or-Treating and insisted on walking the whole time.

Corbin's 2nd Birthday: Got lots of great presents! I can't believe he is already 2!

Here is our family of 3...

And why do Colby and I look so happy? Because we will soon be a family of 4!

Eyeliner

Need I say more...

Florida

Somehow I totally forgot to blog about our trip to Florida. Colby and I decided we needed a little vacation, we went to Florida in the middle of August right before school started. We left Corbin at home, which was really hard since we were going to be gone for 7 days, but I survived. I was really sad about leaving him, but once we left I was able to relax and enjoy myself, but towards the end I was ready to come home. Florida was a blast! We flew into Tampa and hung out at the beach for the day, then we went to Orlando to stay. We did Universal Studios, Epcot, and lots of shopping. We also got to eat at Emeril's, which was tons of fun and yummy! We totally forgot the camera at Universal Studios so we don't have any pics there and then our battery died while we were at Epcot so we don't have a ton of pics. One night we went miniature golfing and we got to "feed live gators"! It was funny because all the mini golf courses advertised that. I totally screamed the whole time! :)


Universals was pretty intense it was a lot of fun. Except, I'm totally a wimp and got sick after one of the roller coasters. Other than that it was fun. Epcot was my favorite part of the trip. I loved going around to the different countries and eating the food. It was all so yummy!



This is in Mexico! Don't we look great!?

I did realize something on this trip...I could never live in a tropical climate! It was so humid there, I thought I was going to melt! The trip was also good for Corbin to get to spend time with his grandparents. He had tons of fun...case in point...when we brought him home the first time we told him no he freaked out. We came to the conclusion that the Grandmas never told him no. Ha ha ha! I guess that's what makes them Grandmas. I think he missed us towards the end of the trip too, because he found our picture at my parents and was like "where mom and dad?" and then carried around our picture for a while. It feels good to be missed and loved!