It's POTTY time!

Jacob stealing my coffee.

Jacob went pee pee in the potty today!!!! I decided to try it out today and it went great. Of course, we still used diapers and he didn't tell me every time he had to go, but it's a start. We made a huge deal out of it and went and bought pull ups and M & Ms as rewards for the future. Of course I didn't have any rewards at home when he went this morning, so I took him to the pantry and asked him what snack he wanted. He picked BBQ chips at 9:30. Whatever floats his boat. We'll continue to work on it and hopefully he will catch on and it's not just a phase. 

We've had a much better week after last week's prednisone episode. Jake is finally back to his fun loving self.  We had a blast at the park Monday and then had a class at the library today. I signed him up for summer reading and he gets prizes when 8 activities have been completed. Of course that means when Josh and I have completed 8 activities. :0) Jake is starting to string a few words together, two or three, to form sentences. He has also become a bit of a dare devil. He now gets on his riding toy, pushes off, puts his feet up and goes flying down the driveway since it's at an incline. We, of course, catch him before he enters the road. Yesterday, we added a new twist and set up the sprinkler. He then rode through it each time and screamed with delight. He was soaking wet. I am not exaggerating when I say the kid has gone through 6 outfits in the last two days. We have also spent a lot of our days watching the construction workers and their machines. I don't know the names of all of them, so we just call them dirt movers. :0)

Post potty snack. "Mom, I don't need a napkin. I have my shirt!"

We sat and watched this for about 1/2 hour. I know you are all jealous.

Jake's new obsession....water of any kind.

The Big Move

We have finally started to settle into our new house. It has been a crazy few weeks with school ending and moving. The house is SLOWLY coming along. I, of course, want everything in its spot and all of the boxes unpacked. I don't think that will be happening in the near future. We have decided to finish our basement. Work will start on the 14th and hopefully be finished the beginning of July. The kitchen has been tiled and looks great thanks to Chris. He plans on finishing the rest of the house in the near future.

  Jake has adjusted just fine. I was worried with all of the moving around he may struggle sleeping. We haven't had any problems. He did develop a rash this past week. The doctor says he's allergic to something in the new house. Who knows what it is. After being on Prednisone for a few days and a topical foam, he's back to normal. Our A/C unit went out on Tuesday and we just got it fixed yesterday evening. It was a hot few days and the heat intensified his rash. Needless to say, I was on the phone a few times with the HVAC people telling them how frustrating it was to be without air for so many days. The heat and a 2 year old on roids don't mix.

 Here are a couple of pictures of the house and of Jake with his new Sponge Bob fishing pole. He got so excited about fishing, he dumped all of the night crawlers into the pond instead of using the pole. Daddy went fishing for worms instead of fish this evening! At least he caught something, right?

Our new patio we had poured this week. Now we just need some grass and flowers in the backyard. The front looks a lot nicer since it has sod and bushes.

I do like my new kitchen. I'm really enjoying my gas stove.

Bumpa helped hang our new baskets today. They look great and add some much needed color. We found some chairs this evening and a little table. I got excited and took the pictures before I took the packaging off :0)