I'm listening to Trey keep singing "mickey how coud how, go uh lide, go uh lide" translate: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Come Inside It's Fun Inside

it amazes me every day the things he is saying and telling me. he told me this morning that he wanted to hold the nail polish. how does he remember these things? he is still so little how does his little head (well he does have a big head) remember these things? AMAZING!

October?

NO WAY!!! is it seriously october tomorrow???

i always heard time flies by so fast when you get older and it is oh so true!! then you have a child and it moves that much faster! it is so hard for me to believe that it will be november/thanksgiving in one month! much less christmas in 2!

short update....
i was able to post some of our summer pictures on facebook (finally), trey has TOTALLY stopped with the potty and we are in full gear with school!

Pictures:
something is wrong with my camera/uploader. i would be sooooo close to completing an upload and then it would tell me there was an error. so every day i would take more and more pictures and couldn't get them off the camera. in swoops jerry to save the day and says "i will take the card to work and put them on a disk for you" WOOOO HOOOO! problem solved, well, for the time being a guess. sad part is, i have really enjoyed my camera but i can tell it is on it's last leg. it is very unreliable and half the time just won't work :( hopefully it will make it a little bit longer!

Potty:
for who knows what reason, trey decided that he doesn't want to potty on the potty anymore. i put his cloth trainer underwear on and he will full fledged pee! not a little bit like he once did but all of it! what happened? i don't get it! i have been told not to worry. i was told that since he won't even be 2 1/2 until december it was amazing he did so well for the 2 weeks he did it. i don't get it though. 2 weeks!!! he even woke in the night to go pee on the potty! what now?

School:
i am loving me some school! my class rocks, no criers!!!!! they are all very happy and super super cute!!!! and as for trey... he has been so much better all around. i have always heard that children really need to be "under" other adults and around kids their age to help them learn & listen etc. and i have now seen it to be true! he still has his naughty side don't get me wrong, but he is learning better on how to handle himself. and of course he still shows out more for me than anyone. why do they do that?

these are the biggest things since last post (that i can think of right now at 10:17 pm) :)
hope this finds you and your family doing well!

i don't understand

why are 2 year olds so hard?

they don't listen, they say "no" all the time, they don't listen, they are wild, they don't listen, they are never out of energy and they don't listen.

don't get me wrong, my child is precious and i love him dearly. he is "high spirited", i don't want to break his spirit, just mold him to be a little more obedient.

emily gave me 2 books, the strong willed child and bringing up boys.

i will begin the strong willed child as soon as i make myself a drink. hahaha and i mean crystal light, although something else may calm me more. :)

if you have any suggestions, believe me, they are welcome!!!!!!

Amazing #2

6:25 am
Trey: Mommy get me

no sleeping late :(

Amazing

it is 9:30 as i write this and my sweet boy is STILL in his room playing. he has this (quite annoying) singing bug thing in the bed with him and he keeps pressing the buttons over and over and over and... well you get the picture.

he has had a full day today. apparently 2 year olds and the energizer bunny have equal battery life. he was at church from 8:45-1:00, lunch at cici's, nap, running and playing in the rain, tacos, more playing and at 8:15ish he was in his room "ready" for bed.

i hope this means i get to sleep late... yea right!

My new found love

I can not get enough of sewing now! I have ALWAYS wanted to learn the ins and outs of sewing and I am finally doing it.

1st project: a SUPER CUTE John Deere blanket for Trey's bed. I took my wonderful material and everything that I had to Florence to my M-I-L's and she taught me what to do! We had a good time pinning it together and sewing it. Now she is going to help me put the border around the outside of it. (pictures to come when I get my camera/computer to download them)

2nd project: really fun pillows for Trey's room. He has never slept on a pillow (he doesn't seem to care for them). But I made a tie end, fire truck pillow case for him and he has slept on it ever since. I also made another pillow for his bench out of the same material.

I LOVE SEWING~!~!~!~! Now to learn to read patterns! I want to make curtains for our kitchen, bedroom, computer room & Trey's room not to mention maybe even a bed set for our room.....
boy am I getting ahead of myself. oh and btw I am doing all this on my Mema's Kenmore Model 42 sewing machine. (very very old)

the Potty

there are no words to express my excitement about trey going potty! it began last wednesday and really getting into it on thursday and he has been full force ever since!!! he is going on the potty away from home, waking up at night to go and even doing poo poo too! i am so proud of him!!! we are still doing diapers at night time and nap but as you are putting it on, he repeats "no pee pee pants" meaning don't pee pee in your pants! he is soooooooooo stinking smart! can i just say again that I AM SO PROUD OF HIM!!!!!!!!

during the day he is wearing the cloth training underwear where he may pee pee a little but then runs to me saying "pee pee pants" and we rush to the potty. he is getting 2 m&m's and a sticker. he gets so excited and i do too. my favorite part is, right after he finishes he balls up his fist in front of him (kinda like a boxing stance) and dances and grins. then he is reaching for me for hugs! we both get so excited i will kinda be sad when it wears of. we also have a elmo potty char that we are using to notate intervals and how he does. he has only had 2 accidents so far and again, I AM SO PROUD OF HIM!

So much has happened...

since our last post.

Trey is using full sentences and is full throttle ALL THE TIME!!!! He LOVES fire trucks, tractors, any heavy equipment (back hoes, dump trucks etc.) and trains! He is all BOY!!!!

He picks out his outfit each day (well his shirt, I match the shorts). It is so hard for me to grasp the fact that he is making his own decisions! He has began the FUN trail of potty training. I think we are gonna skip pull-ups (except for night time) because they are just like diapers and he will just pee in them. This is a whole separate post anyways.

We have had many fun events over the summer including a trip to Raleigh, EdVenture, the zoo many times, the splash pad in Florence, a junk band concert, beach with the whole family, a gymnastics gym, leaping lizards, another bounce place and my niece spent 2 nights with us! This is some of the many highlights Trey has enjoyed this summer.

We still have until September 9th until preschool starts and he is so ready. He DOES NOT like staying at home for extended time, unlike his Mommy, I would love some down time!!!

I promise I will try to do a better job of updating this. In a bit I will add some of our fun summer pics!

It gets worse :(

Trey has the croup! I have heard random stories about it and don't really know what to expect. I feel so sad for him. He has had a horrible birthday and now his party is canceled. He had a very low grade fever yesterday and today I haven't checked it but i know he was warm before the Tylenol. The dr. told me his throat was horribly swollen and bumpy and that he has got to be in some major pain. She also said it will get worse before it gets better. He has been a little winy and wanting me to sit and hold him. I feel so very sad.

what a poopie birthday for my baby boy

Crazy Birthday Week

Trey's birthday is today and he (we) has had a crazy week. He got poison ivy over the weekend, last night our AC went out (again) and today, his birthday, he has a funky cough and low fever (100.0). Our house has been like a sauna so we went out and about so he could be cooler. I don't know what is causing his fever but his attitude is fine. He has been chewing on his fingers a good bit lately so maybe it is teeth. We went for his 2 year pictures Wednesday and he wouldn't cooperate so we made another apt. to try today but had to cancel it for the AC man to come. We will try again in the morning.
He has gotten a couple of birthday calls in which he chats nonstop to the caller. My Mama heard him say he is 2, Aunt Sheila heard him say that it is his birthday and Aunt Gladys, sadly, called while he was napping. I will call her back later so she can talk to him.
It is now 4:30 and he is still napping since he couldn't get to sleep on time (the house was too hot) He did enjoy Chic-Fil-A with his BF Wells so that was awesome for him as well as got to ride on the "tractors" at Home Depot. So all and all it has been a fun day for him.
I'm gonna go wake him now so he will sleep tonight.
I will write more later.
Happy Birthday My Sweet Boy!!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

No More Pap Pap

WOOO HOOO!

And he doesn't even ask for it anymore! It has been a week and a half and it has been easy sailing. He is waking in the middle of the night though and all he wants me to do is re-cover him. When do they do that themselves? hmm....

On another note, today was the last day of school! I ONLY cried like 8 times :) Very good for me! Emily and I found out we will be in the younger 1's next year with one of our friends, Amy! Good times and great fun! Can't wait.

VBS is June 15-19 and we are in 4's! How funny to go from "older babies" to 4's to younger ones! We will be able to do many new things that we haven't been able to do with babies the past 2 years and we couldn't be more excited about it!

Pap Pap

Day 3
20 minutes of fussing but it worked :)

Pap Pap

Day 2

AUGH! Last minute decision had Trey and I going to Mel's house last night. Horrible 1st night with out Pap Pap I know! He did have a fussing fit, I finally gave in and gave him his Pap Pap. He saw me walk in, he said Pap Pap as I put it in his mouth and he rolled over and was done! It is so crazy to me how attached he is to that thing. When we headed for home he woke up and stayed awake until we got home. As soon as we got here, he took his antibiotic and went to sleep, no Pap Pap... no problem.

I was talking to a friend and we were discussing how the child will have to "learn" how to go to sleep with out the "crutch". I never thought of it that way! I guess it is the same as when I had to learn how to fall asleep on my side and not on my belly when I was carrying this sweet child that we're talking about!

Nap time:
Oh wait, there was no nap time. He played in his room for 1 1/2 hours and NEVER slept! I gave up and took him outside to play while I did some yard work. Then when it was 4:15 we sat in the chair together to watch some of his firetruck DVD and he fell asleep in less than a second! I laid him down and gave him 30 minutes.

Nite Nite:
1st lay down: Horribly! He wailed like a banshee (hehehe Ashley) 2nd lay down: We had our discussion again that the babies need the Pap Paps and he is a big boy now so he doesn't need them like the babies do. I resettled him. I gave him his water, Elmo, Daisy Belle and his Thomas blanket and he was done. Praise God!

Saying good by to Pap Pap

Day 1

He only gets Pap Pap at sleep times and it stays in the top drawer of his dresser. So I took him when we got home and showed him that Pap Pap was going to the kitchen. (that way he wouldn't try to climb up his dresser to get it) He said "Bye Bab Bap" (his way of saying it) and that was it.

At nap time when he was ready for "nite nite" I took him in his room, put him in his bed and gave him his blankie. As usual he asked for Pap Pap. I told him "No Baby, No Pap Pap." Needless to say he was NOT happy. He stood at his door and cried for at least 15 minutes. I even sat with him and held him for a few minutes to no avail!

Jerry and I decided long ago that when he turned 2 he would not have it anymore. The main reasons we "pushed" the pappy is #1 he had HORRIBLE reflux and the pappy helped him keep his meal down. #2 you can take it away, a thumb you can't

Now we just have to get through the night time! But I am here to say... NO TURNING BACK!!!!

Crocs

I got Trey a pair of fake Crocs from Target yesterday and he put them on and said he didn't like them!!! I was sooooo super sad! He walked around like a robot picking his feet up like they wouldn't bend. Then he, Jerry & I went on a walk around the block and he was full fledged running up and down hills in them. Today he wanted to put them on 1st thing when he woke up and cried when I took them off for his nap. So needless to say, he has surley began to like them. The best story comes from tonight! I had already gotten him all dressed in his jambies, he had taken his meds, we said prayers and he was all tucked in. About 5 minutes later I hear him hollering for me, he had decided he wasn't really ready for bed and wanted to play. I walked down the hall to tell him to get back in bed and... you guessed it, he had put on his Crocs! It was so cute I couldn't let him go! I swooped him up and for a full hour just cuddled & read books with him.