Picture Overload!

Jon has been out of town for the last three weekends in a row (remember it is hunting season). Although I enjoy spending time with the love of my life Judd, I am exhausted. Therefore, desperate times called for desperate measures.....Judd has been laying around watching various and many episodes of Dragon Tales or whatever is on Comcast demands!

Loves to read in the buck. Humpty Dumpty is one of his favorites. Hey at least he isn't hanging out nude on the back porch because he has slipped through the doggy door. The other day I was explaining to a new neighbor where we lived and she said, "Oh, you are the house that has the naked little boy on the back porch." My only excuse is I am still potty training and he does much better without clothes on!

The green piggy bank is going to be the death of me. We have already been through three piggy banks. He keeps breaking them. My bank had plastic ones and I begged to buy one. They told me no...it was only for those opening an account. Why didn't I just open an account for Judd because then I would have gotten it for free! Duh!

Because Judd keeps breaking his piggy banks, he gets a plastic baggy. My Father rolled his eyeballs at his new piggy bank. Wasn't impressed with me at all.

Since Jon has been out of town and I hate staying home alone, I made my two nieces (Olivia & Grace) stay with me last weekend. We had fun shopping our little hearts out and making these cute frames. Olivia and Grace fight like the dickens with each other but it was still fun.....must be the hormones. I guess being 10 and 12 years apart from your own two sisters helps with alleviating the sister rivalry.

Embracing Potty Training

Judd will be turning 3 in October, so I think it is about time I took the bull by the horns and get him potty trained. I have made several attempts to get him trained but have failed miserably. It is sometimes easier just to let them go in their diaper (when I am out shopping), which has been sending him mixed messages. Now I am trying to truly commit because I put Judd in a little preschool group (Joy School) with some neighbors and I don't want them to have to suffer. It is coming along....one day at a time.....but I can say that I am already exhausted and I just started on Monday. I can honestly say that I have cleaned more poop in the last two days then I have in my entire life time, and that is not saying much because I worked at an Autistic Group Home for five years. I just have to continually repeat..."I can do this!" Aside from that things are going well.

Judd is growing like a weed and speaks more like an adult than a child. He continually makes me laugh, even with the inappropriate things that come out of his mouth. I shouldn't laugh because it only further encourages the naughtiness but I can't help it. We are learning together how to be patient, speak kind words, and share with others. I have started to be more consistent with my disciplining and hopefully it works. Hunting season is approaching soon for Jon. He can barely contain the excitement. If only I had antlers on my head. He is taking Judd this year hunting which kind of forces me to go because I am not sure that Jon won't get side tracked by a luscious animal crossing his path. I am finally enjoying being pregnant. The morning sickness is gone but the heart burn continues. The prescription the doctor gave me is helping but not much and the doctor said it is all he can do. It is is my own darn fault. The weirdest things give me heart burn but I can't help myself. Anything with sugar burns the daylight right out of me but does that stop me.....No! Why do I love to eat? Really it is the thing that gets me out of bed....hmmm what can I shove in my mouth today? Those women who are skinny (I refer to you as hookers...but there is still love in my heart for you) right after they have their babies are very lucky. Anyway, I am looking forward to Fall because I have snagged myself some cute sweaters that I am dying to test out and I love the season of pumpkin spice hot chocolate. And, by the way....the doctor changed by due date. Instead of being due December 28th, I am now set for December 15th. Yahoo! I figured there might be a little discrepancy. So, I must start my Christmas shopping now.