Tid Bits

(**This is a long one, but there's lots of pics at the bottom!!**)

Life has been slowly getting back to normal here over the past few weeks. Bodie hits 11 weeks old today. It's hard to believe he'll be 3 months old soon. I have these moments of sadness because I'm 99.9999% certain he's our last baby and therefore have many thoughts like, "this is the last time I'll have a 2 month old." Hahah! Self torturous....I know. He has been an amazing baby and I'm getting close to finding my "groove" again. Hahah! Not that I ever had this ship running like a well oiled machine, but it ran fairly well.... most of the time. I like schedules that are kept and a little bit of predictability. This week we haven't left the house so we can get Bodie on our regular schedule. I let him develop a habit of napping in the baby swing. We're heading to PA for 2 weeks, next weekend, and I didn't want to have to take the swing along with me. So breaking him of that habit was part of my mission this week. After a few rough days, no more naps in the swing! Yeah! He's been napping in his crib all week, and the time line is better too. He now wakes up around 7:30am, goes back for his morning nap at 8:30-9am, sleeps til around 11:30am. He then naps again with the big boys from 1 to 3pm or 4pm. Then it's bath around 6 and bed around 7. It's amazing how nice it is to have them all nap at the same time in the afternoon. I can workout, shower, prep for dinner, hear myself think.....hahahha! It's nice! We also have been working on him taking a bottle. After weeks of refusing it, one night Tom tried again, and he just took it like he's been doing it forever. Wwhhhheeewwwww! I was worried about that one! Plus now Tom gets to help feed him which he loves doing!
Of course, since we love chaos, Ty decided he was ready for a big boy bed this week as well. He's been begging to sleep in a bed forever and we've tried it a few times and he just stays up and plays so he landed himself back in his crib. But last Thursday he was throwing a full on hissy fit wanting to sleep in the bed at nap time so I let him. Once again, it turned out to be a disaster. (We had Jack and Ty sharing a room so Ty not sleeping = Jack not sleeping which then = CRANKY boys!!!) So after around 30 minutes of going in and making Ty lay back down I put him back in his crib. Well, he proved he was part monkey because in 2.6 seconds he was up and over the side and his tiny hiney was running back to the big boy bed. GAME OVER!!! So I waved the white flag of motherhood and rearranged the guest room and that is now where Ty is sleeping. I was pretty sure this would backfire in many ways. Jack and Ty have been sleeping in the same room for months now. I assumed they would miss each other. Apparently that is NOT the case. It actually seems like the bed time routine has smoothed out a little. In time, when Ty gets this -going right to bed- thing down, they'll be roomies yet again. But for now our little set up is working and I'm so proud of Ty!
And we can't leave Jack out of the chaos either....we've been trying to get him potty trained overnight too.He's 100% during the day but doesn't always make it overnight. He's been wearing pull-ups to bed for a while now and we think they're letting him be lazy. So last week we used our last pull-up. There was a short period of time where he was waking himself up to go through the night but it's been a long time since he's done that. So when Tom and I head to bed we wake Jack up so he can go to the bathroom one more time. It's been over a week and last night was his first accident in his sleep. Poor guy! He's not waking himself up when he needs to go but we're hoping by him not wearing a pull up he'll get the idea. He really hates when his stuffed animals need to get a "bath" so that should help too. :-)
So putting Bodie on a new schedule, getting him to take a bottle, Ty in a big boy bed, and no more Pull-Ups for Jack has been what's keeping me busy lately. I feel like I am starting to function normally again, and feeling human is always nice! Hahaha! Tom and I are going to get to celebrate all these feats of ours with a little R&R next weekend. We're heading to Ohio for 24 hours, for a wedding for one of our close friends! Tom's mom is flying down here to watch the boys for us. The last time I was away from my family was when I was pregnant with Ty and working in CA. I had a business trip in NC for a week. So this will be the first time I'm away from Ty and Bo overnight. I'm a little nervous, only because Bodie's so little and Ty's pretty stubborn. I know Sandy is highly qualified, having raised 3 boys of her own, but I just hope the boys are good for her. I'm so excited about the wedding! Not only will it be great to see our friends get married but I get to wear a dress and makeup and NAIL POLISH!!! I've rediscovered a love of nail polish! hahhahaah! Its really the little things!!! Then after the wedding, the boys and I are going to head to PA for 2 weeks so every one can meet Bodie. Sandy is going to ride with me to help with my traveling circus! HAhaha! Then my mom's going to help me drive back to KY and fly back to PA. I'm so grateful to have our parents! I can only imagine how it would be trying to get into a bathroom stall with 3 children at some scary rest stop in West Virginia on the way home. Hahaha! Like I said....SOOOOOO Grateful!!
So that's the latest and greatest from here. It all doesn't sound exciting but in our little world it is! :-)

Playing Head-Bandz

I discovered the "Instagram" App for my phone...love this!

Why wouldn't Ty stick his head in the Bumbo??

My boys (instagramed)

Jack and our neighbor Brook's hermit crab.

The recliner is no longer big enough!! :-)

The double decker bus tour...

Ty LOVES holding Bo.

Sporting the snow boots in 115* weather.

He's so smiley! He was trying to fit both hands in his mouth!

I love instagram!!