Weekend Wrap-up

This past weekend Trent and Graham dropped me and Bennett off in Waco on Thursday evening.  They headed on to the ranch for a work weekend to get it ready for hunting season.  It was a nice, relaxing weekend!  We were able to do everything and eat everywhere I wanted to that we usually don't get to do during football season!

Friday morning was a trip to campus - stocking up at the bookstore and lunch at Vitek's!

Nap time at the pool with Mom!

Dinner at George's!

And then we found the Pokey O's truck - DELICIOUS!!

We went on a walk every morning to feed the ducks.

Brunch at Cafe Cappuccino on Saturday morning after my mom and I got pedicures!

Nana's little helper around the house!

B loved all of the undivided attention!

And a visit with Gran and Poppa!

Meanwhile, at the ranch...

happy hour on the back porch...

My BIG boy ready to sit in the stand to see some "big deer!"

Chocolate milkshakes every night.

Mowing with Daddy!

Sweating in the stand on Saturday evening.

We all had a great weekend!

Vacation Bible School

Last week was VBS at our church.  It was an amazing week!  I taught kindergarten again this year with 3 of my friends.  Both boys did awesome in child care each day, and Graham learned so much too!  He got a mini curriculum of what we taught, went to music class, played outside, and had so much fun!

It made me even more thankful for our amazing church and the awesome job they do in teaching our kids.  

 Ready for day 2!  We were up bright and early and out the door every morning.  We ALL enjoyed long naps every afternoon!

 Loved teaching with these girls!  Amy, Jenn, and Summers

 Loved seeing our babysitters (they're sisters) front and center of the Big Show everyday!

 18 kindergartners...exhausting but so fun!

 B's favorite part was seeing the fish every morning in the nursery lobby!

 And G loved putting money in the offering box.  

A Sonic milkshake after the last day to celebrate a fun week!

Bennett at 10 Months

Oh Bennett!  10 months old already?!  And I'm only a week and 2 days late in posting...oops!

 Stats: about 26 pounds and almost 32 inches tall

He actually lost almost a pound this month from the nasty stomach bug.

 Eating: We are still on the same schedule.  7 oz bottles at 8:30 am, 12:30, 4:30, and 7:30.  And his biggest accomplishment in the past few weeks is that he is mostly sleeping through the night now!  About once or twice a week he wakes up about 5 for a bottle and then goes right back to sleep.  Hooray!  Only took 10 months! :) He eats oatmeal and a fruit for breakfast about 7:30, fruit and veggie for lunch at 12, and meat and veggie for dinner about 6:30.  We've tried a few table foods, and he has absolutely no interest in them!  He closes his mouth tight and wants nothing to do with it!

 Personality: Adventurous, curious, charming, BUSY, social, easy going, sweet - just to name a few!  He makes us laugh all of the time!  But he is also trouble!  I can't take my eyes off of him for a second.  Bennett is into everything.  And even though he's so busy, he always needs cuddles from me for a few minutes before he's off to do something else.  So sweet!

 Sleeping: Bennett goes to bed about 8pm and sleeps until about 7am.  Thankfully it seems we are making major progress sleeping through the night!  He naps from 9-10 and 1:30-3:30.  

 Likes: sticking out his tongue, dancing, wrestling, being outside, reading books, playing with trucks - he needs some of his own for his birthday!, singing, Mickey, the refrigerator, swimming

 Dislikes: getting his diaper changed - he hates having to be still, being told no, having something taken away from him

 Milestones: (mostly) sleeping through the night!!  He now has 8 teeth, 4 top and 4 bottom.  Cruising around everything.  Just in the past week or so he is standing on his own for about 5 seconds a time.  I really expect him to take off walking very soon.  Saying Mama, Dada, and Bubba very regularly and knowing who he is talking about.  

 Clothes: He is in mostly 12 month clothes, with a few 12-18 month things.  Size 5 diapers.  And he got his first pair of shoes on Saturday!  We were just browsing at Academy for some and found the exact ones that Graham has.  So of course we had to get them for Bennett!  He needed a size 6...yikes!

 Favorite Moments: We are just enjoying our sweet, easy going baby.  We've done a ton of travelling lately and are busy with VBS at church this week.  And he is just always ready for the next adventure, adapting and being flexible, napping wherever we need him to, and just always so happy and content.  

 Looking forward to: planning his and Graham's birthday party!

 Oh that face!

 And he's going to be my climber.  He finds ways to get off the ground all the time!

 Matching shoes for my boys!

I'm so thankful for my sweet Bennett!

Potty Training

So the time had come for Graham to be potty trained.  He's shown interest in the last few months and has even used the potty several times.  I just needed to carve out a week that we could be home and just knock it out.

 The set-up: wine, M&M's, a treat bucket for peeing, a pile of bigger toys for pooping, and a pile of activities to keep us busy.  And a bottle of resolve and disinfectant wipes!

We woke up on Monday morning ready to go!

 And he went potty twice in the first 20 minutes of being up!  I thought we were off to a good start, but I was trying not to get my hopes up.

 We did stickers...

 We played with playdoh...

We painted...

And he didn't have a single accident until 4:45 that afternoon!!!  He had only been up from his nap for about 20 minutes, was eating his snack, and watching Mickey, and I just think he wasn't fully awake yet.

 I asked him constantly all day if he needed to go, but he was also telling me a lot that he wanted to go sit on the potty.  I didn't have to watch him like a hawk like I thought I would.  

And then at 6:45 that evening, he pooped in the potty!  Huge milestone!

I fully expected to be completely wiped out at the end of the day, especially since Trent had a work dinner and wouldn't be home until after the boys were in bed, but I was pleasantly surprised by how well our day went.  

 Bennett had to play in the pack in play when I had to run with G to the potty - couldn't dare leave him alone without watching him!

He had a couple of accidents the next few days, but nothing major.  And we started venturing out of the house for longer periods of time each day.

 More painting!

 Playing outside.

 And he filled his whole potty chart up so we went to get cupcakes!

Well after that first day he refused to even try and poop on the potty again.  Here we are 3 weeks later, and he has finally started doing it without a problem!

 So that called for a trip to Toys R Us!

And he got to pick out a truck of his choice!  He was so cute looking at all of them and trying to decide what he wanted.  He finally picked a remote control dump truck!
And we were on our way to swim with friends! :)

Graham has had very few accidents these past couple of weeks.  I'm so proud of him, and I'm so glad to be on this side of potty training! :)