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Sweet little hand

Daddy had to work late tonight so Nathan and I decided we were going to have our own date night and we watched a movie (Cars). When the show started I half jokingly said,

"Nathan can I hold your hand?"

He said "Sure" and he slipped his tiny little hand into mine.... sooo sweet. My hair was in my face and I wanted to move it so I let go of his hand he said in the sweetest little voice,

"Mommy, my hand misses yours"

Okay, total mommy melt moment. These are the moments that slip out of my mind after a few months, and THESE are the moments I want to hold onto FOREVER!!! Someday, Nathan is going to be a grown boy, and it won't be cool to hold his Mommy's hand anymore, and when this day comes

my hand will miss his.

My future little artist!!!

I was editing some photos on the computer the other day and Nathan was sitting on my lap. He had some paper and a few highlighters and a pen. I looked to make sure he wasn't doing some body art and this is what he had drawn:


Here are a few that he has drawn since then, notice the 3 legs, for some reason every little guy he draws has one, I guess they are all male....lol, just kidding!!!


I love the hair on this little guy!!!


Nate told me that this little guy is sticking out his tongue :)

I've been tagged!!

Well, even though I have already made long list I thought it would be fun to complete the tag. So here we goes Six things/habits that most people do not know about me:

1. I love to crank up booty shakin music and dance around my house like a crazy lady, Nathan joins me and we have a riot. One of my favorite songs to dance to is Tamborine by Eve.... Love the beat, you can really get things shakin to that song.

2. I think best late at night, I don't know if it's because there are no distractions or if I have troubles falling asleep so I might as well think. I come up with the weirdest ideas, like getting rid of our bed and making one huge hammock for us to sleep in... I know, I know it's weird but have you ever slept in a hammock, it's like sleeping in a cloud?

3. I was engaged when I was 19 years old, yeppers and let me tell you I am soooo glad that I didn't marry that guy, so is my family.

4. I LOVE LOVE LOVE cheese. This could be because my dad is the cheese man and we always had good cheese in our house growing up, but I love a good cheese. Bulk Cheese Warehouse is one of my favorite stores EVER!!! I could sit and eat a bunch of yummy cheese and good crackers and be in heaven.

5. I know how to tatt, it kind of looks like crocheting but WAY more delicate looking. My grandma taught me when I was young and tatting is becoming a lost art, and let me tell you, I am sooo glad that I learnt it. I don't tatt anymore but some day when I have a little more time I would like to start it up again.

6. I have a thing for a man with tattoos, rrraaaarrrrrr!!! I totally find them hot, maybe because it's part of the bad boy image or maybe it's because I always wanted one but decided against it, I'm not sure but I think they are hot.

So now I tag 6 people: Laura, Erin, Andrea, Liam, Lindsay, Karen
The Rules1. The player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves - try to find 6 you haven't already posted about.2. At the end of the post, the player tags 6 people and posts their names, and then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog for the rules.

Tick-or-Teating

This is what Nathan and his little friend Liam would yell when people opened their doors. We had a fun time trick-or-treating, the boys learnt quickly what they had to say and what they got. At one house after Nathan had been given the candy we said, "What do you say Nathan?" He said, "Next one"....LOL It was soooo funny!!!! Of course, we made him say thankyou but it was too cute. The night was absolutely beautiful, the last 2 years have been freezing so this was a nice change!!

Here's a few pictures from last night:

Our little frog!!


Our little frog trying to hold up that heavy Beefeater, isn't Eli ADORABLE, Beth made the costume!!! :)


The gang that dressed up, the rest of us are party poopers. (Jen, Liam, Nathan, & Eli)


Nathan and Liam in action, notice Liam's foot, he was going into the lady's house...hehe

Twas the night before Halloween

And all through the house multiple creatures were stirring, just not a mouse. The faces on pumpkins were carved in care with hope to give children quite a scare.

Nathan and Daddy figuring out a game plan.


Uncle Russ & Eli being the cheerleaders.


Our SCARY pumpkins, notice our 2 anemic pumpkins....hehe..


We had fun carving the pumpkins, you can tell which one was done by artist Beth...I think Nathan's is the cutest though.

I LOVE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!!!

I really do, I love it, Wayne sure doesn't seem to appreciate my love of it as much though...hehe.. I know, I know it's not even close to Christmas yet but I wanted to get as much Christmas shopping done early as I possibly could so that it wasn't a mad dash the day before we left for Alberta.

So why do I love Christmas shopping:
1. I love going to the stores and seeing all the Christmas decorations, I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE decorating for Christmas and could set up my tree tomorrow if Wayne would allow it. I would LOVE to put all the pretty lights up on our house, but this year we are waiting till after Christmas and buying them at half the price, I know we are thrifty.

2. I love the feeling of Christmas. I love that people seem happier (it's probably because they are spending money, funny, people in January seem so cranky they must have gotten their credit card bills..tehe).

3. I LOVE Christmas music. Seriously, I play it ALL year long. Some of Nathan's favorite songs are Christmas carols, especially Jingle Bells. Some of the most Beautiful songs are Christmas songs, Oh Holy Night is my favorite.

4. I love trying to think of the "perfect" gift, this sometimes is also my nemesis because I really do try to get the "perfect" gift. I am ABSOLUTELY okay with getting a gift card as a gift for myself because I am quite picky, but I would prefer not getting one for others. I envision Christmas morning the person I bought for is given my gift, a glorious light surrounds them as they open the gift, their face is shocked and them beaming, they slow-motion run across the room and embrace me in their arms... okay, I am exagerating but I really do love it when I get the perfect gift for someone I love.

So as of now I am done shopping for all the kids (except Nathan) and now get to shop for the adults, and I am hoping to be done before December 1st. Wish me luck.

I LOVE MY NEW WARD!!!

Seriously, I really do love Waneskawin ward!!! Not that I didn't love Wildwood Ward because I did/do and I love sooooo many people from that ward and so when I was getting ready to move into this new ward I was a little worried. I am such an outgoing person and I love meeting new people and moving to new places and doing new things but it's still a little unnerving to do all these things. But I have to say that I really do love the new ward. I probably knew about a quarter of the people that live in this ward since I have lived in Saskatoon for almost 9 years. The people, especially the women, have really made me feel so welcome, I feel like it's my home ward. I love just the feeling that this ward has, I haven't been in it for so long but everyone seems to be friends/get along. Anyways, I really do love my new ward.

The joys of being an owner of the house

So we have been finding just stupid, stupid things that the previous owners of this house have done. Not a big deal usually just dumb stuff that's easily fixed. Well the shower downstairs has been leaking. Wayne tried to seal it up with caulking, it still seemed to be leaking, so I went over it again and did it "properly"...hehehe... I don't know if it has been fixed because Wayne hasn't checked where it was leaking (I don't know where it leaks from). Anyways, we noticed a little bit of mold under one of the baseboards, I pulled off another baseboard today and it looks like the water has been leaking behind the drywall and we might have a BIG problem on our hands. We have decided that we are going to stop pulling off stuff because if it is Stachybotrys Chartarum (a type of toxic black mold which is VERY dangerous) we don't want to get it airborne. So we are probably going to have to hire people to come in and check and see what type of mold it is which can be SOOO expensive.

I have NEVER been more worried in my life. I am very scared about our health right now because if it is the dangerous mold then we need to get it taken care of now and as safely as we possibly can. From everything that we have read and studied about this mold as long as we don't bother it right now we should be fine but as soon as we start moving stuff that's when we could be getting into trouble. So until we get someone in here we will no longer be using the downstairs bathroom.

Anyways, enough with my rant... send your prayers because we are REALLY hoping thatthe mold isn't all throughout our bathroom and that it will be a relatively easy fix. If you have any advice or know someone that does this type of stuff, please let me know because we know noone.

Hmmm... what was I doing?

I saw this on another girl's blog and since I haven't written on here FOREVER I figured it might be fun to do.

What I was doing 10 years ago: Well I was in my final year of highschool, I was probably thinking of some way to skip out of school with Lindsay Bevans (yes, I was REALLY bad). I was working at Subway, which I actually really liked because one of my best friends Jen Layton worked there as well and we had SOOOO much fun together. I was on the dance team, it was kind of like cheerleaders but we didn't cheer, we danced. It was SOOOOOOOO much fun. We practiced hard, shook our booties like crazy and just had tons of fun just doing something I LOVE, dancing!!! Hmmm... I wonder if there is still a video out there of us dancing? 10 years ago my only concern was who I had a crush on, how my hair looked (oh wait, I still care about that..hehe), where we were going to hang out on the weekend, and just having fun..... Ohhhh the good old days... even though it was so fun being young, I would NEVER want to go back to that stage of life.

What I was doing 5 years ago: I had just moved back from NY, I had spent the summer boating with my family and friends, hanging out with the YSA kids, working at GAP, and just having fun. Almost 5 years ago to the day, Wayne and I had our first "magical" date... seriously, we hit it off instantly, I never would have thought that the guy that took me to supper and would put his utensils down to listen to me talk was going to be my husband of now 4 years... oh, btw, he doesn't put his utensils down anymore. :) 5 years ago, I was enjoying those firsts with Wayne, first time we saw eachother, first time we held hands, first time he opened the door for me, first time we danced under the stars on top of a hill out in the middle of nowhere,, first time we kissed, first time we made out...hehe... I think I need to go kiss my husband for a sec. ;)

What I was doing 1 year ago: I was doing pretty much what I am doing now, being a mom. I was driving a big 72 passenger bus here in the city, which was actually quite fun. In a couple weeks a year ago, I was late for my run in the morning, Karalee was over watching Nathan that morning and I ran out the door, jumped off my stairs, landed wrong on the rocks and broke a big chunk of bone off of my ankle... arrgggg... it hurt soooo bad.

What was I doing yesterday: I went to my first Super Saturday and made some AWESOME crafts, and met some really cool girls from my new ward. I really LOVE my new ward, the people seem so friendly.

Well that was fun trying to think back over the last 10 years, man time goes SOOO fast.

A blast from the past!

I was trying to find some pictures today and came across these old ones from my parent talk group. I believe Nathan was about 8-10 weeks here, so tiny, boy how they change.


All the babies, it was so funny, one baby started to cry then it was a ripple effect, all the babies were crying except Drew and Nathan:


Drew, Nathan & Isaac:


Moms and babies (Hi Jen and Christine):

What an end to an exciting summer.

This weekend was the last weekend that we had anything "officially" planned. On Saturday morning I headed off with Russ, Beth and Eli down to the Regina temple. Beth and I went through the session which was really nice since we hadn't gone through together since she went through for her first time, and it was wonderful as always, and Russ stayed in the waiting area with Eli. After the session, Russ and Beth helped clean the temple and I was able to spend some quality time with my sweet nephew. It was SOOO much fun being able to just sit and "chat" with the little guy, and he talked my ear off, in fact I was smiling so much that my face started to hurt. ;)

After the temple, Beth and Russ took me to the hotel where Wayne, his brothers and Nathan were waiting for me. We bummed around for a few hours, Brian, Charlene and Andrew came and met us, we had supper and then walked the 8 blocks or so to the game. We enjoyed the first 3 quarters of the game and then in the beginning of the 4th quarter it just started to pour. Nathan had just fallen asleep and I was trying to keep him out of the rain but when the blanket that I was holding wasn't protecting us anymore Charlene, Nathan and I went under the bleachers hoping for some shelter, which didn't happen. Charlene went back to find the other boys when all of a sudden there was a HUGE lightning strike and the power went out. People started screaming and pushing and I was afraid that I was going to get knocked over so I dug my feet in the ground and just started elbowing anyone that dared to push me. It is amazing the strength you have when that momma bear instinct kicks in. Charlene found us again and we headed to the hallway by the bathroom. We got in and then I went back out to try to find the boys so that we wouldn't get lost from eachother. I couldn't find them so I went back into the hallway. When I tried to go through the door some people wouldn't let me in because some girl was "passed out" on the floor. I finally convinced them to let me in because my baby was in there, well low and behold the boys were in the hallway the whole time. We were standing right beside the door and the "passed out" girl when two people tried to leave. Guys were yelling for everyone to be quiet so they could talk to the 911 dispatcher, and then yelling at these 2 to wait for a few minutes while they tried to help this girl (her legs were kind of blocking the doorway). Anyways, these 2 people started yelling and swearing and then the guys that were trying to help the girl started yelling, and I was sure that a fight was going to start and I was going to get hit I was that close. Anyways, finally the 2 people left and people calmed down again. A few minutes later I found out that the "passed out" girl had been trying to enter the bathroom when someone from the top balcony(which is about 3 balconys up) had dropped a full beer can and it had hit her on the head. I went over to see how the girl was doing and realized that she was laying there in the water without anything on her so I put my coat over her. The police came and were telling people to leave but because my coat was on her we were allowed to stay in the dry hallway. The paramedics finally showed up, I got my coat back, and then we tried to figure out how to get Nathan home since it was still pouring outside. There were these 2 old ladies (who by the way were season ticket holders) that were standing by us and they offered to give us a ride back to the hotel, so Charlene, Nathan and I went with them. We had just gotten into the car when they announced that the game was back on. We made it back to the hotel, thanked the sweet ladies, and then went into a hotel that was dark because it's power was out. :) We climbed 5 flights of stairs with heavy Nathan and soaking wet blankets. We finally made it up to our room where there was a sweet old Japanese man that spoke not a lick of english in the hall. He was there with his daughter and her two little kids and they were trying to find a flashlight, so I went back down the 5 flights of stairs and tried to translate what the man was saying to the front desk clerk. (The Japanese man had a pocket translator that he was using). We finally got them a flashlight then Charlene (who had come down by that point) and the man went out to her car to get us a flashlight. I went back upstairs with Nathan and the next thing I know Charlene comes in holding a few items with the Japanese man loaded to the top with tons of stuff quite a few steps behind her. He looked like a pack horse and he said "She speedy" hehe... it was sooo funny. The poor guy went out to protect her and came back in carrying everything from the car. Anyways, we got dried off, hung out in the windowsill eating chips and pretzels and waited for the boys to come back (they had stayed to watch the ending of the game). When they returned we all went to bed and had a REALLY good night sleep. By the way, the Roughriders won 39-32. Though we had a fun and eventful summer, this was just the perfect ending to it all.

Nothing is mine anymore, nothing!!

Not even my cleavage...hehe.. Nathan has figured out that it is a great holder for different things. He sneaks up to me and pretty much shoots the stuff in there...such a guy!! Tonight he decided that it would be a great holder for his toy spoons while he was making Wayne pretend food. LOL Even though it's a little embarrasing, these are the little moments that I want to remember about the innocence of a child, plus I am totally going to embarass him when he is a teenager. I should add that the stuff doesn't get to stay there.

Go Nathan Go Nathan GO!!!

Nathan is now being potty trained and he is doing SOOOO WELLLLLLL!!!! We started on Tuesday and he had about 5 accidents that day, then Wednesday he had about 3 accidents, Thursday 1 accident, Friday 1 accident because I wasn't paying attention and he had tried to tell me he needed to pee, Saturday 0 accidents, and Sunday 2 poop accidents. Not only is he getting the pee thing but we don't have to put him on the potty all the time he just tells us when he has to go, it's SOOOOO nice not having diapers anymore. In fact, yesterday when we were driving home from the lake Nathan said he had to pee and then yelled to Wayne "Stop Daddy, STOP NOW!!!", it was so funny, Wayne pulled over, I pulled down his Pull Ups and Nathan watered the grass...hehe. I would love to keep him a baby forever but I am so proud of him and I love having a big boy. So GOOD Job little buddy, you rock!!!

We are finally home!!!

We are almost done vacationing this summer, thank goodness, only the Roughriders game this weekend and then no more holidays....YEAH!!! Well we got home on Monday after a very scary plane ride into Calgary. I guess we were flying threw a storm and while descending the turbulence was really intense (I HATE descending, so this was not fun), even while we were almost touching down the plane was bouncing all over from side to side and up and down, we were VERY happy to be on the ground. I was ready to call my Dad and have him come pick us up and drive us back to S'toon, but we made it, in fact the flight to S'toon was really nice. We LOVED the holiday but next time we do this we won't be going after already having a full summer of activities and travelling.

So we were home for 3 days and then off again to the lake with the Shutra's. Wayne and I debated going up but I am really glad that we went. Wayne's uncle Roseaire(sorry I don't know how to spell your name :) ) Aunty Leah, Jordan, Dustin, Mathew, Granny Anny, and Grandpa Joe were all there as well and so it was really fun to catch up with all of them since we don't get to see them very often. We did a lot of fishing off the dock but I didn't catch a thing, however my rod was very lucky to others. Roseaire asked to use my rod for a few minutes and with his first cast he caught a fish, the next day his son Dustin asked if he could cast once and guess what the little stinker caught a fish, but there is no way I could possibly catch any. We also went out in Tenechuk's (don't know how to spell that one either) boat with just the brother's and Kyle and not one of us got a fish into the boat, I think Aaron caught one but it got away, and the rest of us only got "bites". I think that I am the bad luck one, so I am lucky they didn't throw me overboard. I was a fun weekend, but I am SOOOOO happy to be home, and can't wait to get back into routine.

So much fun!!!

That's what we have been having!!! Only 2 more sleeps until we head home and even though I will be so sad to leave I know that we are SOOO ready to be home. We have been travelling so much this summer, which has been really fun, but we are all ready to just be home and enjoy our new house (which still has a lot of work that needs to be done on it) and to get back into a routine, poor Nathan hasn't had a set bedtime for almost the whole summer. However, we really have enjoyed our time away especially being down here in Seattle. I don't know if anyone knows but Wayne has never left Canada before so this has been really fun, plus it's been a very interesting experience for him being in a REALLY BIG city. In fact, on Friday it was Wayne's day to drive and after repeating myself many times for him to make sure he got the directions to the hotel we were staying at before we left, we found ourselves REALLY lost with no directions...I can laugh about it now but it was NOT funny at the time. I am finally ready to admit that I am a control freak. I want to be in charge, or at least know what is going on, and Wayne is as stubborn as I am, just be glad that you weren't in the car with us while we were trying to find the hotel. But I am happy to say that we did find our way and we have made up...hehe. Yesterday, we went to the Children's Museum and it was FABULOUS. If anyone has kids between 2 and 10 this is the PERFECT place to go when you are in Seattle. It has all these neat areas that are like miniature places just for kids. One of Nathan's favorite rooms was the grocery store. It had tons of plastic food and boxed goods, there was a cash register, a debit card machine, phone and a scanner. It was SOOO much fun. Each room is made to be explored and things are to be touched and the more imagination that is used the better. Seriously, Wayne and I had so much fun playing with Nathan and I know that Nathan loved it too. Today we took in the Mariner's game, and even though the experience was fun, I definately like my hitting and fast paced sports, in fact I watched people in the crowd more than I watched the game. The Shutra boys will be shocked but I don't even know what the score was. We took a shuttle to the game and then decided to walk back and take in Pike Market. It was about a 1.5 mile walk to Pike Market and it wasn't what I remembered it to be, plus I was not in the mood to smell fish and that's what it smelled like. We then continued on for another probably 2 miles and finally found a restuarant that was recommended to us from the front desk girl(by the way, if you are ever in a city that you aren't familiar with, ask the front desk people where to eat because they really do know the good places). We had a FABULOUS dinner at a restaurant called 13 Coins and then made our way back to the hotel. We went for a swim tonight and have been bumming out since. In fact, it is only 10:30 here Nathan and Wayne are passed out for the night and I am going to be joining them soon.
Tomorrow we have decided to just leave early and try to find some good outlet malls and then head back up North. I am excited to go home and I am even looking forward to the heat as it has only gotten up to about 25 degrees here and I have been FREEZING!!!

UH OH!!! I've got the bug!!!

I do have the bug but it's the travel bug!! I forgot how much I love to travel but now that we are on the West coast I remember why I loved travelling all over the states for so many years!! Our adventure is just beginning but we have already been having so much fun. Our friend Carla, and her daughter Decie drove us to the airport in Saskatoon. Nathan really liked taking off and he enjoyed paying attention long enough to wave at our house and Grandma Shutra's house and then he didn't care that we were 1000's of feet in the sky. He didn't care that the fields were BEAUTIFUL, or that we were above the clouds, and he didn't even care about the fabulous mountain range, but I sure loved it. We had a little layover in Edmonton which was just long enough to let some people off and pick up some more people. Nathan was able to go up and meet the pilot which was SOO much fun. I am amazed that every plane doesn't crash because there are so many buttons and switches that it is just totally overwhelming in there, and that is just one of the millions of reasons why I am not a pilot. We arrived in Vancouver, got our bags, got our car and headed out to our hotel. Luckily, the hotel was easy and close to get to and we made it without too many arguments. We then went for supper but by this time Nathan was done and even though the food was FABULOUS we didn't get to really enjoy it with a screaming/cranky toddler. We went back to the hotel, went to bed (which btw, Nathan got to sleep in bunkbeds but mean Mommy would only let him sleep on the bottom bunk). We slept in, had breakfast, bummed around (because that's what you do when on vacation) and then packed and left. We had lunch and then headed on our way to the border. It was a quick ride to the border and then we got stuck in holiday traffic and waited almost 2 hours before we finally went through customs, luckily Nathan slept for most of the time. We were driving along, and following the directions for Mapquest but got lost because there are 3 highways that are all named the same thing Highway 20 and we didn't know where we were going. So I went into a car body repair shop and the nice men told me where to go and printed off a new and correct map for me. We then shortly found our way again and finally made it to the Port Townsend ferry. We played on the beach for a while as we waited for the ferry to come and then drove on the ferry and went to the deck to watch as we went out onto the water. Nathan LOVED going out on the water but Mommy was in a skirt and it was REALLY windy so we decided to just watch from in the cabin. This is where we are now, Port Townsend. Port Townsend is the first place that I lived and nannied at, and this town has hardly changed in 10 years. We have already some good clam chowder and oysters, clams, fresh fish, and scallops. Anyways, it is time to go to bed because we have a CRAZY day tomorrow, I can't wait.

It's all worth it....repeat again, It's all worth it.

Well it's the 2nd round of treatments and Dr. Gilliland decided that we should up my dosage. Well I thought that it would be like last time... NOT!!!

Everything makes me cry, in fact I started crying at the taco commercial where the little boy invents the flat bottomed taco (I'm sooo proud of that little guy)... I know, it's totally lame. I will be laughing one minute and then pulling a Cruella Devil mood the next, and my poor husband is the one that usually gets the joy of dealing with me.

I don't think that the body is suppose to be forced into doing things that it doesn't want to do, and my body is as stubborn and cranky as I am. Have you ever been on one of those spinning teacups at the fair? Well that's the fun I get to experience when I stand up too fast, wheeeeee.

Anyways, when I am sitting on the floor crying, in pain, and going for the fun ride, I just keep saying that it will all be worth it when I finally have a baby....and I hope it happens soon. I guess Heavenly Father is really testing me this time around, and man I better have 2 or more babies because my patience is ASTOUNDING...hehe.. btw, that's just a joke.

Home again, home again, jiggity jig.

We are finally back home from Alberta and it is SOOO nice. Even though I miss everyone it's nice to finally be home. I left with Nathan on July 13th, Wayne flew down on July 18th, and we came back on Monday.

Quick notes to wrap up the week:
-Karalee moved back to Alberta and is living with her friend Joella and her kids, it should be good for Kar and Iliegh is learning some fun tricks like saying, "It's not FAIR" and "I didn't make the mess so I don't have to clean it."
-We went to the 24th of July celebrations in Glenwood and saw "old" friends, it's always nice to see everyone, but it's crazy to see how much everyone has changed, especially their kids.
-Saw Lindsay, Jack and Riot, once again it's so fun seeing friends again.
-Lisa and I had a lot of fun together as she took a couple of days off while I was there. We took some maternity pictures of her, it was SOOOO much fun!! We went shopping and just hung out.
-The week flew by sooo fast and I am sorry if I missed you this time, but I will definately have to come see you when I come down when Lisa's baby is born.
-Enjoyed just being with Mom and Dad again, even though I am 27 I still want to be around my Mom and Dad because they are just the coolest.

Now that we are home I have been trying to get the house "organized". There are things that are just piled in areas and I can't stand it anymore so I just started throwing things away and moving stuff and just putting it in it's place. I admit I am not the most organized person but I would LOVE to be.

We are also trying to get as much stuff done as quickly as possible because we are leaving for Seattle soon. I can't wait to go but I am sure ready to come home and stay home. I am tired of traveling, and not being home. We have this new house, and a new yard and I feel like we haven't even been able to enjoy it.

Okay so this blog is SOO boring, my brain is just not thinking tonight. I hope everyone is having a great summer, and I hope that you are all staying cool.

GO NATHAN GO NATHAN GO!!!!

Tonight I put Nathan in a nice warm bath and not even 5 minutes later he was yelling that he was cold and wanted out. This is NOT normal, Nathan LOVES baths, the water could be ice, his lips can be blue but he still wants to keep playing. Anyways, I told him to play for 5 more minutes while I cleaned up the upstairs. A few seconds later he says that he is cold and I said to stay in. Then he yells that he has to poop, so I RUN into the bathroom as fast as I could. He is out of the tub standing on the mat in the funniest position (holding it in) so I put him on the big boy potty and he poops!!! YEAH/ PHEW, I am glad I didn't have to catch any floaters in the tub. We do a happy dance, and Nathan goes back in the tub. Not even 2 minutes later he yells that he has to go poop again, so I run into the bathroom, (I have to admit I didn't really believe him) and put him on the potty. We sit there for a minute and then *plop* he poops again. I couldn't believe it. This time I did the happy poop song (sounds like the Dora song but the lyrics are changed to poopy things), and the happy dance.

I am SOOO impressed with him. Not only did he poop in the potty but he made the connection with the feeling that he needed to poop, telling me and then pooping in the potty. I guess we are going to get serious about this potty training stuff soon. In fact, I am going to take the potty on the trip with us, so we can pull over on the road and go poop.

So next time you see Nathan congratulate him on being a big boy and telling mommy that he had to poop and then pooping on the potty.

Good Job little buddy!!!