Potty Training Log (pardon the pun) Day 1

          I have been dreading potty training. I mean DREADING it. Even now that I have experienced it for a day, I am not looking forward to waking up tomorrow. But I wanted to put the stats out there of how Luke has been doing today. Here's what our day looked like:

Put undies on Luke

10am peed on the treadmill (Thank you Luke for making it a wipeable surface!!!)

10:30 peed on the treadmill again (Thanks again, seriously)

11:00 peed on the carpet (WHAT??? I thought we had an understanding!)

11:30 said "mommy I have to poop" and peed IN THE POTTY-YAY!!! (doesn't quite understand the difference between pee and poop yet)

For the rest of the day he did not pee in his underwear. He told me 5 more times and went in the potty 5 more times!!!

Oh wait, there's naptime. That's where you mommies come in. He peed during naptime. I don't know how to train him not to because he is asleep!!! Does anyone know how to help him wake up if he has to go during his (3 hour) nap? 

Anyway, I will let you know how tomorrow goes. Sorry, I know there are A LOT of people who don't give a crap (ha ha) about my child's bodily functions. But once this is over it will be my greatest achievement of the year. So I have to brag/vent!

Oh, also I am using this system called 3 day potty training. I am loving it so far! I'll let you know after the 3 days is over how I feel about it. But as of right now I would recommend it.

Count your many blessings

My friends, it has been waaaaay too long. I have been timid to blog because of how much has gone on in the past few months, and my inability to put into words how I feel about it all. I want to just skip over it and move on, but at the same time the things that happened were so important in shaping me and my love for my Heavenly Father that I feel like if I don't share my story in some small way I am being selfish.

So, in early July we found out we were expecting our second baby. We were super excited! It was a busy time with two different week-long family vacations and a cold that started before I even got pregnant and lasted for a month and a half. Life was busy, and although we were beyond excited about our upcoming addition, we really didn't have much time to think about it or process it. 

Then in early August we had a long trip to the ER that ended in us being told that we were losing our baby. It was sad and disappointing. But there was so little time to be sad about it because immediately we were aware of countless reasons why we were so blessed, why this experience could be seen as a blessing in disguise, and reminded that Heavenly Father is watching over everything.

 I know know know that He had his hand in everything that happened. I could list every reason why I was overwhelmed with faith during this time, but there are literally dozens of them and they are personal and special to me. But I just need to say that I have absolutely no doubt that our Father has his hand in every aspect of our lives and even in our times of sadness He is making little miracles happen to help ease our pain and remind us how much He loves us. 

We were also so loved by our friends and family. We had friends bring us dinner all week and I would get calls and messages from people begging me to let them bring me ice cream, or a soda or anything that could help in any way. We are so blessed to have the people we have in our lives. 

Life is good!