Simple Joys

Do you ever have a moment where all of the sudden it just hits you, and you realize how blessed you are? This happened to me yesterday in church during the sacrament hymn. Tyson was sitting on my lap and all of a sudden he just started singing the hymn right along with me. He tried so hard to sing good and it was just the cutest thing ever. It is simple little things like that that bring me joy. Another simple little thing is my little plant shelf. I planted this ivy a couple weeks ago and it is really growing good, so that brings me joy because I am far from having a green thumb.

Need your input

I bought this purse this week and I think it is a way fun, cute color that will add just the right amount of pop to my fairly bland wardrobe. However, I am a little iffy on the color. Is it too outrageous? Let me know what you think. I haven't taken the tag off yet, becuase I wanted to wait on it a few days to see if I could handle it.

Wet night, Dry morning

The last few days here in St. George have been rainy and cold. I rained all night last night here. I know this is nothing comparable to what everyone else has in snow, but I think I am ready for it to start warming up and I can start working on the tan I've never had. On a happier note, Tyson woke up dry this morning!!! Hooray for Tyson. Yesterday's total turned out to be only two wet accidents the whole day. Tyson is now telling us when he needs to go. This is great great great. I would hope by the end of next week, diapers will be history for him. Tanner is also starting to crawl up on his knees, rather than the army crawl across the floor. He has been an ornery cuss the last few days because he is teething. Also, Anthony has to get surgery on his knee in a week or so because he tore his meniscus. So, we are staying pretty busy here, but are excited to see family soon.

A little longer

Just an update on Tyson...he stayed dry the whole morning yesterday! However, he is not yet the initiator of his success. I am still putting him on the toilet every 20 minutes or so rather than him asking me to put him on. This morning when I asked if he wanted to wear potty pants he said, "no thanks" very politely. So, I think it will take us longer than a week like I had planned because I haven't been as vigorous as I would have liked. At least any attempt is better than no attempt for us.

Here is a picture of some of the stuffed animals Tyson has. Every morning when he wakes up, he throws all of them down to the bottom of the stairs. Then, throughout the day I will throw them to the top of the stairs. It's not more than 5 minutes later that I find them at the bottom of the stairs again. It seems to be a never ending battle.

Here is a picture of my two little boys having fun in the tub. They really don't look anything alike, do they?

Communication

So, I have come to find out how critical communication is this week. I ran out of cell phone minutes for the first time ever, and I haven't been able to talk to anyone the whole week. This seemed to cause quite a problem because we were trying to book plane tickets to Hawaii for the whole Anderson family. Now, we are all leaving and coming home on different flights and at different times. It will be interesting to see how that all works out. Anyway, after tomorrow my phone minutes start over and I am upgrading my plan for more minutes so I can talk to all the people I love whenever I want!

Potty-training Day 2

The 2nd day went a little better than the first. First of all, I didn't give Tyson nearly as much to drink, but still enough for him to have to go. He stayed pretty dry most of the morning, but I think he was getting sick of me putting him on the toilet every 15-20 minutes. He went through three pairs of undies before naptime, but just after I put his diaper on, he told me he needed to go and he unload a full bladder on the toilet! He was so excited. That gave me enough motivation to keep training.

Sportin' the undies

I think Tyson is ready for potty training because he asks me to change his diaper right after he stinks up the place. So, yesterday I started potty training without any idea of how to do it, I just have heard of people potty training their kids in like 3 days, so my goal is to do it in a week, since I am an amateur. Well, the first day's tally is: 8 pair of wet potty pants and one #2 in the toilet. And that was all before naptime at 2:00! Then I put a diaper on him for his nap and the rest of the day because we were out running errands. I think I am going to need some serious help with this task. Any of you older and wiser mothers out there feel free to offer advice or helpful tips that you used. Nonetheless, I will continue the efforts today and I will let you know the tally.

Here is a picture of my "at risk of being overweight" son, sitting on his trike in front of the TV. Maybe the nurse was on the right track.?!

Here is Tanner crawling on the tile. In this picture he looks like a deer in the headlights. But he is so cute and so fun!

This is a picture of Tanner's first haircut. He had what I like to call a baby mullet, so I tried cutting it with scissors and it looked stupid so I got out the clippers and cut it. I was suprised at how much came off, but I think it turned out great!