Friday, June 29, 2012

Afternoon with grandma.

We got our haircut this afternoon and then played at grandma and grandpas for a while. Braylen wanted to wait for the fireworks, he was a few days early but willing to sit it out. I found a book that I remembered from my childhood, but the oscar page had added text that I didn't remember!!

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

No new baby, but we're getting closer...

My belly is growing and getting a little more uncomfortable every day.  The past 2 dr appts have been pretty uneventful and showing no signs of labor.  As ready as I am to meet the newest member of our family, I am willing to wait until beginning of July when my midwives get back from vacation.  Another weekend of being pregnant is OK with me, especially when that means more potty practice and more sleep for all of us!!  My next appointment is next Thursday and they will see how/if I'm progressing at that time.  Braylen has been talking about the baby a lot lately and last night I carried him into the living room after bath time like a baby. I told him he'll be my baby for a little bit longer, but soon there will be another baby and he will be my big boy.  He proceeded to tell me that he will be a big brother and he will have a little sister.  We then talked about all of the things he is planning to help me with once the baby is here; help me change the diaper, feed him/her bottles and give the baby a bath and put on their shirt.  This is his first proclimation of the baby's sex and this is directly after my first dream about the doctor telling me that the baby is a girl!  Only time will tell the sex and if Braylen will "help" with all he claims!!

Monday, June 25, 2012

Kernals Baseball game

We went to Cedar Rapids for Braylen and our first baseball game of the summer.  I really wanted to take Braylen before the baby is here and we were glad Nana and Papa could come along too.  It was a super hot day and Braylen wasn't super interested in the game, but we all had a good time.  We had a picnic before and Braylen peed outside for the first time in the bushes, the day before was his first peeing off of the boat experience, both were "very good" for him and he really liked to pee outside, big surprise!!  A fun end to the weekend!!





Saturday, June 23, 2012

Potty Time

We have been semi succesfully potty training for the past week.  An egg timer is what started it all and setting it every 25 minutes and sitting on the potty when it dings, has been a good start.  We've weened ourselves and Braylen off of it a little, but use it as needed.  He has told us a couple of times that he needs to go and we are trying to get him to pull his pants down and up by himself, he's only interested in doing that sometimes.  I must say wearing pullups during naps only and diapers during bedtime has drastically cut back on our diaper use, woohoo. Unfortunately, our laundry load is growing...
The "prize" for going potty and wearing underwear is a fish tank.  So with Nana and Papa tagging along we went to the pet store to get a few fish for the tank.  Braylen was very excited and loves to watch them and feed them!!

Monday, June 18, 2012

Happy Father's Day

We had a great Father's Day spending time at breakfast with the Fluhr's, relaxing at home and then an afternoon boat trip!  We had an amazing dinner of dad's request, 2 DQ blizzards for the 3 of us, Rumor Has It, skype time with my family and mom and dad down time after Braylen's bed time!  Braylen and Alana helped Jeremy open gifts that morning, a serious highlight of their day, and then went around all day telling everyone, "Happy Father's Day".

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Funny kid

Braylen has been entirely too entertaining lately.  He has been saying funny things and doing even funnier things!  Last Friday I gave him a kiss on the cheek during dinner and he put his head down and mumbled something that sounded like s-h-i-t.  I asked him to repeat it, twice, and found out he was saying, "Aw shucks."  It was seriously one of the cutest things I've heard or seen and we had a fun game of doing that to each other the rest of the night!  Also, after our Sunday boat trip I was joking with Braylen and saying to him, "You don't like ice cream, do you?"  He was vigorously shaking his head and, of course, disagreeing with me.  We told him we were going to have ice cream for dinner and he starting saying something about his friends.  I didn't catch all of it, so I asked, "What friends are you talking about?"  He said, "You and you, my friends."  Melt my little heart to pieces!!!! Final story... we pull into DQ and he tells me he sees bells, but I don't have any idea what he's said.  I ask him to repeat himself 2/3 times and then finally give up and say, "Braylen, I'm sorry I don't know what you're saying."  He sits in the truck for a few minutes and thinks and then says, "You know, ding ding ding, bells."  No note of frustration in his voice just pure sweetness while explaining himself.
I almost can't wait for the next little person to come along, who knows what kind of questions and comments that will spark!!

40th Anniversary Party

Saturday we hosted the FLuhr's over to celebrate Don and Rita's 40th Anniversary.  Due to Fluhr "tradition", at least it seems that way when I'm taking pics at these events, I got none of the couple together, but a number of the kids!!  Typical!  We had a great day of food, fun, pool time and play time. 





Thursday, June 7, 2012

Duct Tape Dad

Although I really wish this had happened on Father's Day, would have been perfectly ironic, it was close enough.  Most dad's, by a general rule of thumb, can fix anything and this goes for my dad and also my husband.  I'm so glad I married one of "these kinds" they are fun and extremely handy to have around.  So here's what Jeremy fixed this week after he "broke" it.
The best thing about this situation is how intrigued Braylen was in this whole process and how "proud" he was of his fixed diaper.  He was very excited about it, a couple nights later when Jeremy changed him he asked if daddy was going to use tape again.  Happy early Father's Day to all of the Duct Tape Dads!!  We love you more than all of the duct tape in the world!!