Santa Baby

James did not have a good time visiting Santa this year. We talked & read books about Santa and asked James if he wanted to go visit Santa. He always replied excitedly yeah! We decided to go to Willow Bend mall this year instead of Northpark becauase the line at Northpark was always so long. We only waited about 20 minutes and James was excited to see Santa. Well, when it came time to actually sit on Santa's lap he was not too happy. I promise as soon as he climbed off of Santa's lap and we held him he was fine. Two minutes later he was running in the mall laughing! We will try again next year with both of the boys!

Potty Time?

I think I will be going to buy this book tomorrow! I had no intention of trying to potty train James until he turned two, especially since I have heard boys take longer than girls and are a little harder to potty train. But, James went pee pee in the potty all by himself tonight! It was bathtime and he helped take off his clothes, as usual, then I was about to help him into the bathtub and he pointed to the potty. I asked him if he wanted to sit on it and he said, "Yah!". I picked him up and helped him sit on the potty and he went immediately all by himself! I flushed the toilet, clapped, and said, "Yay James!" He had the biggest smile on his face and was so proud of himself. I put him in the bathtub then he climbed out and asked to sit on the potty again. He tore off toilet paper, pretended to wipe, threw the tp in the toilet, then flushed it all by himself. Apparently Mr. Independent wanted to do it all by himself the first time because he then climbed back in the tub and we continued with his bath routine as normal. Honestly I have not had time to read or research anything about potty training but since he is so interested I need to start!

1-18-11

We have a date! Our baby boy is scheduled to arrive on January 18, 2011, which is also my grandmother's 90th birthday. We had a doctor's appointment today and after the quick check of baby's heartbeat and usual questions about how I am feeling I asked Dr. Matthews when we could talk about scheduling the c-section. He said, "Let's go to my office and we can schedule it now." It seemed kind of strange scheduling our baby's birthday but since I do have to have a c-section I would rather have it scheduled than end up having to have emergency surgery.

The earliest the hospital will allow Dr. Matthews to schedule a c-section is one week ahead (at 39 weeks) so that would have been January 13th. But, I want our little guy to stay put and develop as long as possible. So that left Monday the 17th-Thursday the 20th (my actual due date). We thought the 18th would be the perfect date. Not only is it Grandmom's 90th birthday but it is a Tuesday and the day ends in 8. James was born on a Tuesday and his birthday is the 28th of April. We are so excited! 35 days to go...unless our little one decides to arrive early. I know things don't always go as planned! ;-)

34 weeks

Blog Neglect

I have been seriously neglecting the blog! I have started many posts so I wouldn't forget what I want to write about but still need to actually write and/or add pictures. I think there are 8 posts that I have started and will try to finish and catch up on this weekend! We have been so busy lately and I want to just slow down, spend time with my little family, and enjoy one of my favorite times of year!