What the heck?!!

I heard this story on the way to the dentist this morning (yes more work done :(). I had to read the whole story on Fox news when I got home.
I am literally speechless! All I can say is WHAT???
Here's the link. Bathroom story
WICHITA, Kan. — Deputies say a woman in western Kansas became stuck on her boyfriend's toilet after sitting on it for two years.

Potty trained!!!!

You guys have all heard me whine about Rex not wanting to be potty trained. I swear I have been trying off and on for a year to do this. Finally I gave him a break and then I came up with a potty chart that has stickers for everytime he goes in the potty and then a prize at the end of the week if he gets enough stickers. He really took to it and has done great! He hasn't had an accident in over 2 days now and we even have been able to go out places without an accident!! He doesn't ask for his diaper anymore which is huge! I am so excited and had to share the good news. Here's his chart!

He got the first toy yesterday and was so proud of it because he earned it all on his own! He even had to sleep with it!
We had a busy weekend. It was VeAnne's birthday so I took her to lunch on Saturday and then Sunday they had people over for dessert. It was really fun! I really love VeAnne and am so grateful to have such a great neighbor and friend! Here is us!

Here are some pics of the party.

My laughy baby boy

I just love this little boy! He is such a sweet heart and never fails to put a smile on my face. I think this video says it all!

Family Pictures

My friend Dana down the street loves photography and has a real knack for it, so we have been meaning to get her to take some family pictures of us for awhile now, unfortunately the weather hasn't cooperated with us very well. Yesterday it was sunny and supposed to be around 50 degrees so we decided to do it. Unfortunately the wind was blowing pretty hard which made it much colder, but we still got some good shots. She did a really great job and I am so impressed with her talent! Rex didn't cooperate to well as usual, that kid is not fond of taking pictures. Oh well. I am really happy with how they turned out though. Thanks Dana so much, you are so talented!!
Here are some of my favorite shots. If you want to see all the shots just click on this link.

Learning words

Sam has learned his first words besides mama and dada. They are car and ball. Do I have boys or what?!! It's so cute, he picks up a car and goes, "ca". I tried to get it on tape but of course as soon as the camera came on he wouldn't say another word, even though he had just said it 20 times! I also let him attempt to feed himself some yogurt yesterday. It was pretty hilarious! He made quite a mess, but it was worth it since he enjoyed himself so much and I got these cute pictures.



Last night, Rex would not go to bed. He took a really long nap yesterday so he was wired. Finally at 10, we just let him come down and watch Mark and I, we were engaged in a competitive game of pool on the Wii. He was so cute, I could hardly be mad that he was up. He would get so excited whenever we won. He would say "Mommy/Daddy I am so proud of you!" And then he said, "Daddy I am very impressed with you". It was so sweet! It's nice to know that your 3 year old is proud and impressed with you!
This is Rex with his "spaceship".

Wii have jumped on the bandwagon!

Our friend Pete called us up the other day and let us know that they had some Nintendo Wii's in at Best Buy. So we caved into the peer pressure and bought one! We became addicted at Pete and VeAnne's and decided it actually is fun, family entertainment. Rex got a Diego Safari Rescue game and he loves it!

Well checks

I just wanted to post the boys "stats" from their well checks today, so I can have a record of it. I have to say I am quite surprised, Sam is my huge eater and Rex is my tall, skinny bird eater. Rex has almost always since he was born been below 50% for weight. Sam has been at 50 or above. Rex was 36 pounds and 39 inches. He was in the 90th percentile for weight, and 75th for height!! I couldn't believe it! I guess I can finally after 3 years stop worrying about his food intake! Sam on the other hand was only in the 25th percentile for weight, and 35th for height. The Dr. wasn't concerned just wants me to get him to start drinking whole milk. Every time I give him some, he makes a nasty face and spits it out. Rex loved milk, so I am at a bit of a loss. All in all it was a good Dr. visit. Rex didn't have to get any shots, and I only let the Dr. do 1 for Sam, so he wasn't too upset (I do a delayed vax schedule, if anyone is interested email me, it's another one of my strong opinion things when it comes to parenting:))
Now if we can just get Rex pottytrained!