The boys share a room with success!!

The day finally came and Jake and I decided to move Jacob and Brooks into the same room and experience the sharing room deal that you always hear about.  Now we have more space in the 3rd bedroom for the treadmill and toys and I really like the change.  It's been a little over a week and it is going great- sometimes!!!  Naptime is easy because both boys are serious about sleeping, especially Brooks.  Nighttime is a different story...  Brooks is ready for bed around 7:00 and Jacob is not ready to sleep until 8:00.  Normally we let Jacob read for a while until he is ready to fall asleep which will sometimes wake Brooks up, then Jacob will get out of bed to visit and then a big ugly sleep process starts.  We are in a trial and error phase right now and hopefully in another week the boys, Jake and I will have learned how to get this right.  Here are the pics of the bedrooms.    Do you wonder what happened to Brooks in the cloudy picture?  That is what my boys do when they find baby powder- they make a total mess.  

Potty Trained!!!!

Can it be true?  Free of diapers?  Well, at least one of our boys is trained.  Many of you know how I started the training with Jacob but for the rest of you, here is the story.  

One morning I decided I was going to teach Jacob how to "pee-pee" in the potty. He did not do well and 2 hours later I threw in the towel.  A few weeks later I tried again and that stuck until lunchtime.  Can you tell I am not patient?  I kept thinking, it HAS to be easier then this- it can't be this hard.  Do I read another child book on the subject?  Interview every mom I know for hints?  Let him stay in diapers until he realizes that a 5 year old should not have diapers on?  I decided to let time pass and I waited until after all the holidays when the house is back to some state of normal and try again.  It was a Monday and from the very first time on the potty, he got it.  Simple. Not an accident the whole first day, the second day looked pretty great as well.  Here is the funny part... he would not, would NOT go in public.  So I am admitting that I was that mom stopping the car in random places to find a tree or bush to let him to his thing.  I tried to keep a sense of humor about it because what else could I do?  The best story was at the post office and they would not let us use the bathroom.  (Are you kidding?!?)  He could not make it home by the looks of him holding himself and crossing his legs.  So out we went to the side of the building when I noticed an area where the brick makes kinda a "hiding" area -and he did his deal.  While he was going I thought to myself... could we get in trouble for this???    

So today another potty milestone we hit is the big #2.  He has not done well in this area until the last few days.  Today was huge because we went to the library this morning and he went #2!! Yippeeeeeeeee.  I cannot tell you how happy I was.  At home I actually do a whole dance for him when he goes #2 but I was afraid if I made too much noise we may get arrested.  

How awesome!!  I am very proud of Jacob.  The pics say it all... 

More Pics of the Snow

Snow day....

When I woke up this morning (at 6am- thanks to Jacob) I did not realize that we would have a HUGE snowstorm.  Kristi called me and told me about the weather headed toward us.  Typically I would blow it off because, hey, we live in Texas and really- how bad could it be???  Thankfully she called because I was not prepared at all.  By 11am I was out the door to WalMart and by the time we were done around noon the snow was already here.  I was so happy to see the big snowflakes that I felt like a kid again.  After I got the boys to sleep I was ready to wake them up again to play outside with me!!  So these are the pics of the snow day... 

Brooks got his first haircut

Ohhhh,  he's not a little baby anymore.  I know he is 15 months but come on the first haircut is a big deal.  We took Brooks to the same place we took Jacob when he was 16 months.  Brooks sat there and let the girl cut off his sweet baby curls. 

 She asked me twice if I was sure I wanted 

to cut the curls off and then said again that once they are cut, we can't put them back.  Jake said I looked sad.  I don't really know why it was so hard but I do feel like Brooks is my little baby and now he has a big boy haircut- he is growing up.  After the haircut we ate a picnic dinner in the gazebo and played around while the thunderstorms came in. It was a fun evening!  

Jacob now gets his haircut with Gdad every few months and then goes to pick out a donut which is a fun tradition for them.  We asked Jacob if Brooks will go with them now and he said no because Brooks is not big enough yet!!!  Jacob will be 3 in April and is showing jealousy toward Brooks so I am sure sharing that special time with GDad will be hard.   

This last picture is Jacob at his first haircut at the same place when he was 16 months old.  It is really fun to see how different they are!