Last night's poopy in the potty wasn't a fluke.

Caleb just asked to go poo poo and when I put him on the pot, he did it!!

Yay!!!

So, I'm sitting down here on the computer catching up on my normal websites for the day, when Jordan and I hear, Caleb pouting a little bit in the tub. Jordan went up there, talked to him, but then asked for my help upstairs, more like help with an interpretation.

I get up there, and Jordan seems to think that he Caleb said pullup. So, I go into the bathroom and asked him what was wrong and he started to put a little more saying that he needed a pull-up and I said, "Do you need to poo poo?" And he said, "uh huh". So I got him out of the tub and set him on the big boy potty (more like the adult potty), and told him that it's time to go poo poo in the potty and that he's going to be a REAL big boy if he does it. He cried alot, but I just told him that he was going to get a real big special treat if he went poo poo on the potty. And he kind of stopped, but still pouted a little bit, still asking for his pull-up. I just kept reassuring him that it would be ok, that he's going to be a real big boy, and he's going to get a special treat - three of them  (mini chocolate chip cookies).

Finally, I brought him forward just a little bit and just told him to let it go and to squeeze real hard, and he eventually got what I was telling him. Low and behold, he gave one big squeeze and there it was. 

Can you just imagine what I must have looked like when he actually did it? I mean seriously. I couldn't obviously jump up and down because I had to hold him otherwise he'd fall in, but I let out this big hoot and hollar and smiled and gave him a hug and told him what a REAL big boy he is.

After wiping him off, I let him look in the potty to see what he had done, still using my happy voice and telling him what a good boy he was, and asked him to flush. He did and said, bye Bye poo poo!! 

Put him back in the bathtub since he wasn't finished with his bath, and started feeding him his mini chocolate chip cookies.

He just looked so happy and he could tell we were proud of him. 

I think since he told us that he needed to go, and the fact that he actually did it in the big potty, well, I think it's going to be icing on the cake from now on. WOOO HOOOOOO!!!!!!

Now, the next step in the potty training process? Nap and night time training.

Caleb's Toddler Forecast: Trying to go to sleep

Not too long ago, Jordan bought Caleb a doodle pad and ever since, he's gotten into drawing, as well as having mommy and daddy draw for him.

Today, Caleb brought me his pad and said, "Draw, mommy, house." I can draw houses great, so I did that. The next thing he said, just melted my heart, "Good Job, Mommy. Good Job!!" All the while clapping. I felt so proud. Even a rough draft of a house can satisfy my 2.5 year old little man.

The heat here has been awful for this time of year. Usually, we don't have this kind of heat wave until the end of July, first part of August, but it has started so early this year. Being that I'm pregnant, I don't stay out in it very long, and I feel really bad for Caleb because I know he enjoys being out there. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks, after Zoe is born, I'll be able to spend some time out there with him. I need to get his pool set up so that we all have a place to cool off when it is hot. 

He's growing up so much and so FAST. It seems unbelievable that he's going to be THREE in just a few months. This time has gone so fast, and I have no idea how it did. He's become quite the little man as of late. Everything he says or does just amazes me now because he learns so fast, and catches on to things so quickly. 

Don't grow up too fast, honey. I need you to stay my little boy for a little bit longer. 

Caleb's Toddler Forecast: Taking a break from drawing and watching Oswald

One year ago today, we found out that Caleb was very sick and had neutropenia and the diagnosis of possibly having leukemia was brought up. It was a rough week that week, but looking back on that week and seeing how far he has come, has really put things into perspective. He obviously didn't have leukemia, but he was very sick for awhile. Thankfully, we've overcome that and he's doing well.

Thankfully, from what his pediatrician has said, he shouldn't get that sick again. Let's hope so.

I thank God everyday for my little boy and I'm so blessed to have such a wonderful little man I can call my own.

Here's a pic from a year ago (on the left) and comparing him to where he is today (on the right). Big difference, not only in how much weight he lost, but just that he looks older.

Caleb's Toddler Forecast: Playing with Daddy

I'm going to attribute this to preggo brain. Seriously, it's a real phenomenon in the pregnant women world. Really. Honest!!

Anyway, Caleb got a new piece of furniture for his room about 2-3 weeks ago, and I just raelized I never took a picture of it. My mother-in-law brought this up to us probably about a few months ago (prior to us getting pregnant), and I wasn't all that interested at the time. Then, I took inventory, and realized that yeah, we were going to need one. 

Here's the new addition:

And can you believe it? I think all of his books fit in it with the exception of just a few. I have the top slats filled, plus the drawers. Woo!! And it looks swank with his room decor. I'm VERY happy with it. We read every night and he for the most part picks out the books he wants. Most nights, we just pick it and he's happy with it, but he's learning to participate a little more now that he can see what he actually has. 

Awesome news today. Caleb slept in his underwear during naptime and NO LEAKS!! Totally a freak thing, I think, but he did it and boy did dad (as in MY dad) and I  praised him big time. He got two special treats for doing so well - two vanilla creme cookies. And of course, I couldn't let him have two without me having one.

I might have to be brave enough and see if he will do it here at our house. But am I that brave enough to do it. That's the question. 

I'm so proud of him. He's really making strides in his development.

Now, if we can only get him to say other colors except the color green. Everything is the color green. 

Caleb's Daily Photo:

Caleb's Toddler Forecast: Watching cartoons

Saturday we took a day trip to the zoo in Omaha. It is supposed to be the best zoo in the midwest. Friday night, we put Caleb to bed normal time, but he woke up twice for some reason, so that means, I didn't get that much sleep. I woke up at 5:30, exhausted, but I really wanted to go, and we all were out the door by 6am.

The trip was pretty good. We stopped at Denny's for breakfast and for once Caleb actually ate decent. That's a rare occaision these days.

We arrived in Omaha at 9:40ish to a nice traffic jam. We just figured it was people going to the zoo, but nope. We later found out that it was the NCAA collegiate World Series. I won't go into too much details, but we didn't even get parked and in the zoo until around 11:30, and we were NOT happy. Jordan wrote a letter to the city of Omaha, the zoo, and NCAA last night and I think sent it today to let them know.

Anyway, once we got into the zoo, we did have a good time. Caleb did for the most part once he saw the animals, but I expected him to be a little more happy about it? I think the fact we were in the car for so long getting there, and trying to figure out where to park, just wore him out. And he was tired. 

All in all, we were there until around 5pm, so even though we were not there the full day like we wanted to, we still made the best of it. 

Here are some pictures:

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Caleb's Toddler Forecast: About to get ready to go bye bye

Caleb still likes his bath time - especially with lots and lots of bubbles.

I got a picture of this when he was younger (probably about a year ago), but he still can't resist doing it:

And he even got me:

I love this stage of toddler hood.

Caleb's Toddler Forecast: Watching Lazy Town

Yep, today was hair cut day for Caleb and boy did he need it. His hair was just getting too long for me. Now it looks all neat and clean and I'm satisfied for another month or so.

While he was there I also got my facial wax as well - eyebrows, lip and chin (due to the pregnancy hormones). Now I look better. I usually get my hair done every six weeks or so, but I got so sick last night, I scheduled it for closer to when Zoe is born. I'll have mine July 7th. 

Caleb has been extremely clingy as of late. Not sure what is up with that. It basically all started when he had those bad dreams. Ever since his need to be around me constantly has increased. The past couple of days have been pretty good, but he started up again this morning when we took my mom to the airport for her trip back home to MD. I guess he thought I was going or something and he just kind of freaked out. I'm still hoping that this is just a phase. At least it's gotten a little better, so there is hope.

It's raining here today. Thought maybe I'd take him to The Legends to see the water fountain after his haircut, but the rain and clouds came sooner than anyone thought, so that's a scrap today. Supposed to be like this all day, so it's stay in the house and watch cartoons kind of day.

I'm going to try to tackle his toy box again to get rid of old, old, toys, broken toys, etc, so we can make room for new stuff.  We'll see how far I actually get.

Caleb's Daily Photo(s):

Before:

Caleb's Toddler Forecast: Watching cartoons

Caleb got a present from his TX grandparents today. I knew it was coming, but didn't expect it this soon - more like in a couple of days.

Anyway, this is what he got:

Putting them on:

Got them on:

Ok, now the funny part

The box it came in:

Seriously, how can companies get a way with this. I think my in-laws paid more for the packaging then they did for the actual sunglasses. If not more, pretty darn close.

I couldn't help but not laugh when I saw this big ol' package keeping the sunglasses "safe".

Caleb's Toddler Forecast: Sitting on the potty

We actually got this last night, but it kept having errors, until later.

This should make anyone laugh.

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