Potty Time

No, Kort is not officially potty trained :( BUT, he did have his first accomplishment! I know this is quite disgusting to many and I will not post this on Facebook, but it needs to be recorded in the books. Dare if you read further.

Kort loves his baths. However, he absolutely freaks out when he ends up pooping during said bath. I've tried to get him to go pee a few times on his elmo seat, but no success. Just last week as he was taking a bath, he had quite a few farts, which Clay could even hear from the living room. Kort just laughs at them. Well he started to just be still for a couple minutes, giving me the thought that maybe he was getting those out to get ready to take a poo. I quick and hurried to put him on the potty seat. I was just encouraging him to try and "push" to go poo. :) ha ha Once I started saying "push", he would grab onto the handles and say "psss" and would push! This kid catches on quick. After some "pssss's", he had just gone poo in the potty! He even got to flush the toilet himself. What a big boy! 

I doubt he even understands the whole telling me when he has to go potty or whatever, so it might be a while having two in diapers :/ This was definitely a step in the right direction! Clay even bought treats for us so he got a treat for going poo poo in the potty!

Hope you enjoyed reading about Kort's first bowel movement on the potty :)

Snow in OK!

I didn't think that Oklahoma got snow. But I suppose if you compare it to what we got in Idaho, they pretty much don't get any. Christmas day we were supposed to have a huge storm getting 6-10 inches. We got a little "dusting" on the ground. This next snow storm we were suppose to have about the same, 6-8 inches. We got maybe two??

This was before it really starting "snowing". Maybe two inches is an overstatement. 

Now, this last weekend, they were expecting a HUGE storm coming from the west, which hit Rexburg and got a ton of snow. Enid was in the section of expecting 12-18 inches. It was supposed to be a blizzard, too, with winds up to 35+ mph. Monday was the big day. They had already canceled all the schools the night before. Well, up until maybe noon it was just raining, a lot. Thought it was funny that everyone was freaking out and it was only rain. Ok, so the snow started coming down in the afternoon and then the winds. Our power went out around 10:30 pm, but luckily we were prepared and had the generator set up if we needed it, but also that our fireplace is a gas burner/wood burning one. So we turned that on to give us some heat. Also, we still had running water and our water heater went off natural gas so we were able to take hot showers in the morning :) Clay didn't have to work Monday so he helped get all this ready. Tuesday morning the snow had stopped and the sun was out shining bright. He turned the generator on for a couple hours to chill the fridge back up and give us some heat in the house. He had to go out to work late that morning, but Kort and I did just fine throughout the day. They got the power back on that evening! 

The roads did get pretty bad, but that's pretty much because they only have a few snow plows here.

Ok, I believe these last two pictures are still from the first storm. I failed at making a snowman with Kort, so I tried doing an igloo. Failed at that attempt as well. Then out of nowhere, Clay surprises us coming home early and plays with Kort in the snow, dragging him on the snow shovel :) It was a fun afternoon!

After all of this, I'm so glad Clay talked me into buying a generator. It helps me realize what things I want in a house when we buy one soon. I was so grateful for running water, though, because we could flush the toilet, wash our hands, have oatmeal :), and not have to go to the bathroom outside in the storm! I'm feeling a tad better knowing we're a little bit more prepared for emergencies, but I know we still have a long ways to go, especially now that tornado season is coming up :/ 

Valentine's Day

We kept it pretty low key for V-day. We've been trying to stay on budget with our money for this baby, so we gave ourselves a little spending money and made due :) I did a little gift by the hour thing with basically candy or whatever and a saying with it.

Like the one on the right, "you make my heart 'bubble' over" - wrapped up Martinelli for dinner :) So Clay had fun opening up a little gift every hour throughout his work day. We just ordered out from Chili's for dinner which was just as nice as going out and not having to deal with Kort going crazy!

Clay surprised me by "heart attacking" pretty much the whole house with things he loves about me on hearts posted on everything! And he sure knows the way to my heart - CHOCOLATE :) I'm not really one for flowers, so I tell him not to get me any, so don't worry that he didn't get me any ;) ha ha It was really great reading through those hearts throughout the day, to really know how much he does love me and Kort. I'm so blessed to have married the man that I did!

New Years - Kort's Birthday

I can't believe the time has flown by so fast and our baby is now TWO!! We were so lucky to have some family fly out and visit us! Finally! Now that we are stable, they don't have an excuse to not come visit ;) We hadn't seen Justin in forever because of him being in the military, and Clay's parents came, along with Sara - Justin's fiance! We picked them up in Wichita and had a late drive home. Saturday we grabbed donuts and kolaches - some sort of sausage cheese filled pig in a blanket type of food that Clay absolutely loves! We headed out to Clay's project and he showed us around the wind farm.

That afternoon we went and grabbed food for the weekend while the boys and Sara went out and shot clay pigeons with Clay's new gun and then lounged around that night.

Monday was Kort's birthday! He was sleeping in our room, so I couldn't put balloons outside his door so I hung them above him. We opened up presents and had ice cream cake that night, along with all our New Year's Eve junk food :) Kort LOVED the cake!

We usually stay up way past midnight playing Wackee Six, but we were all bums and just watched TV and ate and went to bed early. Fun, huh?! ha ha 

New Year's day we headed back to Wichita to drop everyone off. Justin left way early before everyone else so Sara stayed with him until his flight left while the rest of us went out to Texas Roadhouse for dinner! YUM! We sure had a great time having family come visit and really appreciate the effort on their part to make it happen!

Kort is TWO!

I can't believe how time has flown and Kort is another year older. He's beginning to get in the fun stage where he just cracks me up with all his facial expressions and the way he interacts with things. Hasn't hit the 'terrible two' part yet, crossing my fingers he won't be in it long, but he starting to say no more often - not fun. Just in the last month his vocabulary has increased a bunch, although I'm sure many people wouldn't be able to tell what he's saying, but I know what he's talking about a lot of times, even if he's only saying like a syllable out of a three syllable word. It's progress. Some new words he's been saying:

bath
shower
paper
yay (while clapping!)
stool/chair
apple/pineapple
milk (mih)
water (wa wa)
bed
house
hello/hola
baby

The list goes on with random words. It's fun to hear him learn new words.

He started climbing over his gate/bed to get out and open the door so we tried leaving the gate open. He'd still open his bedroom door and not go to sleep. Luckily, we had bought those door knob lock thingys and Clay got smart and put one on the door inside his room so he couldn't get out and had no where to go but back to bed :) We decided it was finally time to turn the crib into a toddler bed. Kort did awesome from night one! We'd do our nightly routine and lie him down and leave the room. A few times he'd get out and try to open the door, but minutes later he'd be asleep. Some nights I find him pretty much "praying" at his bedside, or on the pillows on the ground. Most of the time though, he's been staying in his bed and still sleeping through the night. SO happy for this mama! We'll keep the baby in our room in a pack and play for a few months while we get him on a sleeping schedule, then put Kort in a bigger toddler bed and the baby will get the crib.

Kort has also started sitting in a big boy chair for meals :) We've let him sit on the stool at the counter and he's been doing great until recently as he's gotten off it when he's "done" eating or climbs onto the counter. We have all the chairs put away or stacked so that doesn't happen often.

One fun thing Kort has caught onto quickly is letting me know what songs he wants me to sing to him throughout the day. He loves "popcorn popping" and does the hand motion with the popping. He calls it "copkey copkey"! So funny. He also does the little motion of the eensie weensie spider but just moves his thumb/index fingers together. He knows where pretty much all his body parts are and just learned his elbow and heart. I've been trying to teach him "head, shoulders, knees, and toes" which he sometimes does a part of it and also does a part of "patty cake" song motions.

We've also been getting out more to playgroups, the library, etc. so he's learning to do more things and getting better motor skills. He's building with his legos and putting puzzle pieces together. He doesn't quite have jumping down, but he loves moving like he's dancing and he'll copy Clay when he does his Insanity workouts and Kort will run in place!

I know there's a ton more that I'm forgetting, but I know if I don't record this now, it'll be months before I get to it since the babe is almost here! For Kort's 2 year check up, he's pretty much still a bean pole. Tall and skinny. I forget the measurements, but his height and weight were both around the 50%. He's eating pretty good mostly, so it's not like we're starving him! He's a tough little dude, though! I'm just glad he's developing and progressing pretty well before this baby comes so he can be a good helper for mom :)

It's almost time!

I have been so bad on keeping up with this pregnancy. I guess the first time around, obviously you know nothing so you want to document everything. I've only taken pretty much a handful amount of pictures of my belly and that's about it with keeping updated. I suppose it really does make a pregnancy go by quicker when you have a toddler to take care of as well. Clay and I were talking the other day and realized how quickly it has gone by. It seems like we were just vacationing on Catalina Island, which was in June, and that was when I starting figuring out I was prego because I didn't start my period that week. Absolutely no complaints there :). Now it's already the end of February practically, and I've got less than 4 weeks left!

So without further adieu, here's the couple pictures I've taken once I hit single digit weeks.

This was me at 31 weeks. Some worker at walmart thought I was ready to pop any day then. I sure felt like it.

This was 35 weeks. Kind of hard to really see how big I am since I'm wearing all black. I suppose I wanted to hide whatever I could :) 

I will probably not be taking any more pictures until the hospital. ha ha 

This really hasn't been a bad pregnancy. I've been blessed, again. Does that mean this guy is going to be a handful just like Kort is?! My only real complaint is sleeping at night. So uncomfortable! I've gone from sleeping on an air mattress, to our couches, to our bed, to adding an extra foam padding on the bed and it's just so hard to constantly flip over trying to stay comfortable. Suppose I shouldn't complain if that's the main thing.

It's getting down to crunch time. I'm really not all that nervous, at least not yet, I guess. I've been blessed with making some great friends here in Enid already and a couple of them are throwing a diaper baby shower for me since we've pretty much got everything since it's another boy. However, I am a little worried about clothes fitting because Kort and him will be 3 months difference and it's probably hotter here longer during the year than it was in Tacoma. Guess we'll just play it by ear. Really the only big thing left to get is a pack and play/bassinet. We'll be keeping the babe in our room for a little bit until we get him on a good sleeping schedule and I won't have to always be running into Kort's room (that they'll share) to nurse and change him throughout the night. Also, we'll play that by ear because I really don't want Clay to be waking him up with his showers and getting ready in the morning, BUT I'm not as paranoid about that as much as I was with Kort. Obviously I'm a lot more relaxed this time around, thank goodness, because I know more of what to expect as far as raising a newborn. As for that and dealing with a toddler as well, wish me luck! Here's to counting down the next 3 1/2 weeks! Boo Yah!

Swing, swing, swing

Clay wanted to make Kort his own swing really bad. He gathered up scrap wood laying around in the garage and just starting putting it together. We spent one Saturday afternoon trimming the tree and hooking it up. Kort just loves swinging in it now! 

I sure love my handy man :)