Laugh It Up!!!

Yep, that's right folks, these pictures date back to OCTOBER! I was debating whether or not to even put them on the blog, but then I decided no matter how behind I get I am always going to try and catch up because this is basically my journal and I want these pictures & memories on here for the future. So if you look at my blog, be patient with me and just enjoy the ride! :)

These first two mosaics are from when Gavin and I stayed with Brian and Jaimee for a few days when we were in town. We all went to the pumpkin walk, carved pumpkins, & Gavin & Spencer enjoyed putting on their snow clothes and playing in the first snow of the season! Here’s a big THANK-YOU to Brian, Jaimee, Loran & Marcile (Brent’s parents) for always letting us stay at your houses when we are in town! It is much appreciated!

Also in October my Mom and I took Gavin to the Treehouse Museum in Ogden. I had seen some pictures of it on my friend’s blogs and thought it looked fun so we gave it a try. Gavin loved it! We will definitely be going back there! Jaimee & Spencer were going to come with us but Spencer ended up getting sick, so hopefully they can come next time! I thought it was well worth the trip!
For Halloween this year Gavin wanted to be Spiderman, but the only Spiderman costumes I could find were for older kids and way too big for him. So he was a green dinosaur instead! We went trick-or-treating in Tremonton with my Mom, my Uncle Jason & Aunt Linda, and their cute kids Ireland, Liam & Avery. Then we met up with my sister Ronda, her baby girl Reagan and my Dad and took some pictures...

In November we celebrated Gavin’s 3rd birthday and my 28th birthday. We had a little shin-dig for Gavin at our house and it was fun to get together with family and friends and eat dinner, open presents, visit, etc. For my birthday Brent took me to dinner and to see “New Moon”. It was great! Lately Gavin has also enjoyed going fishing with Grandpa Hirschi. He loves it! He especially loves holding the fish! And the top row, 3rd picture from the left is Jaimee, Me & Ginger. All three of us are prego and due in March! Whenever we’re together we try and get a current belly shot.
Coming up next... December adventures & our NEW HOUSE!

All About Gavin...

I have so much catching up to do on this blog! But with everything going on right now with the holidays, primary & traveling back & forth to Logan so much I haven't had a chance. But hopefully soon! I did want to write down a few things that have been going on with Gavin before I forget.

He always says so cutely, "scoop over!" (instead of scoot) or "scoop me over mom!"

Then the other day as he was waking up from his nap he said in a panicked voice, "Mom! Something is wrong with my hand!" I figured it had fallen asleep so I went in to see. He was so scared and said, "My hand is getting bigger!" I tired to explain to him that it had fallen asleep and when the blood starts coming back into it it tingles and feels like it's getting bigger. He was so worried and was convinced it was getting bigger.

Oh the joys of potty training! I wanted to train him a LONG time ago, but then we moved & I knew we'd have to be settled into our new house for a while so there wouldn't be too many changes at once. Then once we were settled we found out we were expecting and being so sick potty training was the last thing I wanted to do! So now that we're past all of that it was time. It took me a while to figure out the best thing to do that worked for us both. Here are some of the things we tried:

• 'Potty Wise' (which could have worked but I don't think he was quite ready yet)
• The 'Potty Watch' (that helped a lot! We still use it sometimes)
• We made a potty chart that he can put stickers on (he loves it!)
• I used bribery and told him that if he was potty trained I would take him back to the Treehouse Museum
• I put a little pressure on him and told him he would have to be potty trained before I would let him go to primary & pre-school
• One day I let him be a "naked bum" and told him the only place he could go was in the potty because he wasn't wearing a diaper, a pull-up or big boy unders. That worked well and he only had one accident. He loved that but then I realized I didn't want him running around as a "naked bum" all day.
• Then I got some advice from our cousin Ginger and she said to try this: tell yourself & your child "NO MORE DIAPERS!". It is rough for the first little while when they have accidents but they have those anyway! Once you get past it, you're good to go. And that worked for us. I think it was a combination of everything, but the no more diapers definitely pushed us in the right direction because I kept putting diapers on him before.

I think different things work for different people and this worked for us! I'm glad he is trained now that he is 3 and will start primary & pre-school in January. And it will be nice to have him trained for the holidays!

Okay, this baby is kicking me & I think she's trying to tell me it's time for breakfast! :)