If you have any advice, especially about what you do for naps and nighttime sleep, let me know! We still put a diaper on whenever she sleeps and I'm wondering when to do away with that too.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Potty Training!
So...potty training. I read and heard from several sources, 3 is the magic age! I couldn't wait that long and felt Liv is ready (okay she'll be 3 in February so it's not that big a jump). She was so excited about her underwear - she picked them out herself, Dora of course. Brooky got pretty excited too:) It's so fun to see her so excited to go potty like a big girl. The first day, she would say, "Mommy I need to go potty!" And she would run to her potty and just sit there. 4 minutes later, "I don't need to go potty," all day long. She did actually go, as you can see in pic #2. She also has had some accidents and has discovered that underwear just doesn't hold it in like a diaper does. So, often throughout the day she'll say, "I'm not pooping," or "I'm not peeing!" It's pretty funny.
If you have any advice, especially about what you do for naps and nighttime sleep, let me know! We still put a diaper on whenever she sleeps and I'm wondering when to do away with that too.
If you have any advice, especially about what you do for naps and nighttime sleep, let me know! We still put a diaper on whenever she sleeps and I'm wondering when to do away with that too.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Christmas 2011!!
We spent Christmas in Mesa this year. Rob and Brooky were sick. Rob slept for about 3 days straight with a sinus infection/flu and Brooky had an ear infection. Not fun. Despite family illness, we all managed to have a great time. Dad spent a lot of time rigging up this fancy caroling trailer. The kids had a blast! We jingled bells and sang around Grams and Gramps Heap and Rob and Annie's neighborhoods. We sounded pretty darn awesome, though we only knew all the words to about 2 songs.
Livvy and I decorated a gingerbread house. Much of the candy Olivia had ended up in her mouth, but it turned out quite well. She said with great enthusiasm, "I love celebrating!"
Rob made it up and out of bed for a few hours Christmas Eve.
Christmas Eve dinner was spent with Grandma Martinsen and Grandma Cooper. Mom fixed ham, a cheese ball with crackers, rolls, shrimp, and some other delicious plates. It was so yummy!
After dinner we did our traditional opening of pajamas. Here are our sweeties in their adorable pjs from Grandma. Of course, Livvy insists that her nightgown is a princess dress and refuses to wear it to bed. Cutie pies.
Ahhh...so sweet. Sarah and I showing off our fancy jams. Do we look like Siamese twins?
On Christmas Eve, we read the story of the Savior's birth from Luke II. Livvy is enjoying the story on Sarah's lap.
Christmas Day!! Olivia and Brooklyn both got a dollhouse that, eventually, they will share. Right now Brooky is more like Godzilla tearing down everything in sight:) So we decided to get Brooky her own little gift - a puppy that sings and teaches names, numbers, the alphabet etc. It is super cute. She really liked it.
See what I mean? I think I'll just chew on Dad's head for a while. Livvy really loved her dollhouse.
Another tradition is getting Mom and Dad random things for their stockings. Highlights - Mom's Diet Pepsi chapstick and Dad's wolf hat complete with mittens.
Just had to include this picture. I can think of so many funny captions for this.
Christmas Day we head over to Grandma Heap's place for some delicious Mexican food. All the Heaps bring all kinds of dishes - enchiladas, tacos, dips, burros, etc. It is always tasty. Rob was so sad to miss it. He was still a bit queasy. Here's the girls' table.
Our girls with their Great Grandma Heap. This woman was a marathon runner and can still do the splits. She's kind of amazing. Every year Grams and Gramps give the girls books. Livvy is pretty excited about her books.
Livvy and I decorated a gingerbread house. Much of the candy Olivia had ended up in her mouth, but it turned out quite well. She said with great enthusiasm, "I love celebrating!"
Rob made it up and out of bed for a few hours Christmas Eve.
Christmas Eve dinner was spent with Grandma Martinsen and Grandma Cooper. Mom fixed ham, a cheese ball with crackers, rolls, shrimp, and some other delicious plates. It was so yummy!
After dinner we did our traditional opening of pajamas. Here are our sweeties in their adorable pjs from Grandma. Of course, Livvy insists that her nightgown is a princess dress and refuses to wear it to bed. Cutie pies.
Ahhh...so sweet. Sarah and I showing off our fancy jams. Do we look like Siamese twins?
On Christmas Eve, we read the story of the Savior's birth from Luke II. Livvy is enjoying the story on Sarah's lap.
Christmas Day!! Olivia and Brooklyn both got a dollhouse that, eventually, they will share. Right now Brooky is more like Godzilla tearing down everything in sight:) So we decided to get Brooky her own little gift - a puppy that sings and teaches names, numbers, the alphabet etc. It is super cute. She really liked it.
See what I mean? I think I'll just chew on Dad's head for a while. Livvy really loved her dollhouse.
Another tradition is getting Mom and Dad random things for their stockings. Highlights - Mom's Diet Pepsi chapstick and Dad's wolf hat complete with mittens.
Just had to include this picture. I can think of so many funny captions for this.
Christmas Day we head over to Grandma Heap's place for some delicious Mexican food. All the Heaps bring all kinds of dishes - enchiladas, tacos, dips, burros, etc. It is always tasty. Rob was so sad to miss it. He was still a bit queasy. Here's the girls' table.
Our girls with their Great Grandma Heap. This woman was a marathon runner and can still do the splits. She's kind of amazing. Every year Grams and Gramps give the girls books. Livvy is pretty excited about her books.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Pre-Christmas Doo Dads
BYU put on a Christmas social for faculty, students and their families. We have no pictures of the girls with Santa Claus this year, BUT, we do have one with Cosmo. Livvy wasn't too sure about it, she'd always seen him from a safe distance away. Brooky really got into his teeth. Not sure how he felt about that:)
A little cake walk. We also did musical chairs and Livvy got booted off near the end by a very hard core musical chairs player. Dangerous times.
Ahh...the snowballs activity. Brooky had a great time swatting all the balloons and trying to get out of the arena.
Our playgroup put together a Christmas party. We decorated sugar cookies, made Frosty the Snowmen out of marshmallows, had a relay race game, and just ran and ran around the gym. Here is Livvy with her good friend Eli. We're still working on the "Say cheese!" concept. She now says "Cheese!" But keeps doing what she's doing.
Brooky had a brilliant time putting anything and everything in her mouth. She loved the marshmallow man and just carried it on the stick everywhere she went. It was her new friend.
The relay race. Serious competitors.
For Christmas gifts this year, I decided to do away with the fudge all over our house, where I end up eating half of it. We made salsa for neighbor gifts. Livvy was a great helper!
A little cake walk. We also did musical chairs and Livvy got booted off near the end by a very hard core musical chairs player. Dangerous times.
Ahh...the snowballs activity. Brooky had a great time swatting all the balloons and trying to get out of the arena.
Our playgroup put together a Christmas party. We decorated sugar cookies, made Frosty the Snowmen out of marshmallows, had a relay race game, and just ran and ran around the gym. Here is Livvy with her good friend Eli. We're still working on the "Say cheese!" concept. She now says "Cheese!" But keeps doing what she's doing.
Brooky had a brilliant time putting anything and everything in her mouth. She loved the marshmallow man and just carried it on the stick everywhere she went. It was her new friend.
The relay race. Serious competitors.
For Christmas gifts this year, I decided to do away with the fudge all over our house, where I end up eating half of it. We made salsa for neighbor gifts. Livvy was a great helper!
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