Potty Training, Teeth, Hair Cut....

We tried the three day potty training thing...It took three weeks, but at exactly three weeks Olue got it.  I'm not sure if it took that long to strengthen her bladder muscles or what, but she hasn't had much for accidents since last Thursday.  She even made it through an afternoon bought of diarrhea with no accidents (thank goodness!).  She still wears a pullup at night which I like (I'm not doing multiple loads of laundry everyday now).  I'm down to doing the normal every other day laundry again, which I like :).

Jeremiah has his two front bottom teeth now, so his Christmas wish list is fulfilled...All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth:).

Jeremiah is in the process of getting his hair cut.  It was getting so long that I was having to decide which way to comb it after baths to stay out of his eyes.  We've had two goes so far and we're still not finished.  I had one of those sick-and-tired-of-it moments after I gave him a bath yesterday at noon, so I cut his bangs.  I only took two snips (and they weren't totally strait), but he looked so much better!  Josh didn't even recognize him when he got home.  I had to stop there because he was hungry and wiggly.  Then after supper Josh started to buzz the back of his hair when he got an ambulance call and didn't get back til right at bedtime.  So he still has a mop on the top of his head, but hopefully tonight we'll get it finished.

Olue seems like such a big girl now that she's potty trained.  She's doing so well communicating and being a little mommy.  She loves to color and draw.  She likes to draw little circles all over her paper.  She's very precise (as precise as you can get at that age) when she's drawing.  I think and hope she'll like to do crafty things with me when she gets bigger:).

Jeremiah is looking like a little boy now instead of a baby (especially with the partial hair cut).  He's getting pretty big.  I tried to put him in a pr of overalls that Johnny had gotten for Christmas at this same age, but Jeremiah has already outgrown them.  I saw him get up onto the crawl stance once this week.  He kinda scoots around backwards on his tummy, but I'm not sure if his directions are intentional or just frustrating for him.  He never seems to be frustrated with anything though; he just plays with what's infront of him or watches the other two play.  They do a good job of including him in their games every once in a while.  He just discovered his feet last weekend (when he was wearing a sleeper with big puppy dog ears on the feet).  He now loves to take his socks off and play with his toes.

What about Johnny..."What about Me?"...He says that a lot.  Johnny is Johnny.  I know he's growing and maturing, but now it's slowing down compared to the other two that I don't notice as much.  He always asks "What are we going to do today?" or "I want to stay here today" or "I want to go to Grandma and Grandpa's (or Addy's or Cy's)".  He talks very well in full sentences, sometime he missuses words, but I can understand what he's saying and try to correct him.  Lately he's been saying I'm really "drinky" or "eaty" instead of thirsty or hungary.  One time I didn't want to read to him (I used to read to the kids while I nursed Jeremiah, but now he wants to look at the book too, so I have to focus on feeding him separately ) and Johnny said "But I'm really read-ee"  It was pretty cute, so now he's been doing it with the drinky and eaty.

Johnny and Olue really like to go outside.  We LOVE having snow to play in and the weather has been really nice for playing in the snow.  John loves to run and chase and play tag outside.  He's everything a romping boy is.  Olue likes to play in the snow too, but not so ruff.

Okay...I need to get outside and feed the animals before "7".  (That's when the kids can get out of bed...I think they might sleep in a little today though.)

November Happenings

So we've been busy here and these pictures are old, but this is what happened in November...

• MN Deer Hunting Weekend
• Josh sat with Tolya as he shot his first buck.  Me and the kids stayed up at the house and enjoyed the weekend together with the family.

• ND Deer Hunting Weekend
• It stormed on deer hunting opener weekend.  We thought Josh might not get his deer til later, but he was successful on Sunday night.
• We came home to lots of snow and beautiful ice on Monday.
• Weekend at home
• We started potty training Lu Lu.  We went cold turkey into panties.  We have since gone back to training pants at night, but she's doing fairly well.  I still am doing more laundry than normal, but at least I'm not changing my big girl's diapers any more;)
• Josh helped me clean house and we started working on Johnny's Christmas present, a race track.  He's been helping too, but he thinks it's a chicken feeder...Shhhh don't tell him.:)
• Thanksgiving at Home
• We spent Thanksgiving Day at home relaxing, watching football, and eating bacon cheese cresants.
• Thanksgiving weekend at Mom and Dad's
• We had a nice ham and all the fixings Thanksgiving meal at Mom and Dad's

Ooops!  So I've used up my 1 GB space on the blog.  I won't be able to add pics anymore.  I'll have to figure it out later.

Here's what the kids have been up to lately...

Jeremiah has a new tooth.  His first one.  I noticed it on Monday when we came home from Thanksgiving.  He rolls over now and pushes himself backwards when on smooth surfaces like the wood floor.  He still likes to snuggle with Mommy and sit in his bouncy chair.  I'm usually trying to get him quieted down for the night when Josh is playing (romping) with the other two.  Jeremiah can't stand calming down when Daddy is playing with John and Lu, he wants to join it too.:)  He likes listening to me read books to the other kids and he gets the best spot, in the middle on Mommy's lap.

Lu Lu is working on potty training.  She's sleeping in a big girl bed.  She talks all the time about everything and is so cute!  She has a dolly that she takes everywhere.  She plays with it all the time.  Doesn't really play with much else right now.  The past two days she's been potty training her dolly.  Johnny even got in on the game and got the diaper bag out to change dolly's diaper.  Jeremiah's diapers didn't fit the dolly too well.:)

Johnny loves to run and chase and play football and "Sharp Teeth" and hide and seek and wrestle...See a trend?  Sharp Teeth is a game where one is the T-Rex and the other is the Long Neck Dinosaur.  The T-rex growls and chases the Long Neck and the Long Neck tries to push the t-rex over.  

Both Johnny and Lu Lu are my big helpers.  Sometimes I need to keep on them to help me though (or I'll find dirty laundry half way to the laundry basket:)  They also help me set and clear the table, bring diapers to the garbage, help dust and mop, and most important bring me a burp cloth when I've been spit up on!:)

John and Lu work on art projects for "school".  Lu can count to three and knows some colors.  John can count to 10 or so (the teens get a little mixed up) and knows lots of colors.

They are all growing up so fast.  It's a joy to be their Mommy.