The Toilet

Potty training has been a unique experience (only 2nd to breast feeding). 

I mean you leave the house with a clean dry toddler and return with a wet stinky toddler and a bag of wet clothing. 

Sam "gets" it but suffers from no routine. Going out of te country, buying a house, moving, new baby, and many other "bigger" life events have really made it hard for Sam to stick with it. And that's ok. 

But now he is really starting to get it. I know because he understands you pee in the toilet. He grasps this concept so well that he has resorted to building his own commode when suitable facilities cannot be found. 

This occurred last week while I was deep cleaning our stove. Sam had collected all the parts to the burners without my knowledge and was stacking them in the living room. He was deeply intrenched in his work, creating a master piece. I glanced over at him and noticed he had pulled his pants down and was squatting over his creation.

Me "Sam what are you doing?"

Sam "I'm peeing in the little potty I made mommy, isn't it nice." 

Me (laughing so hard I couldn't get much out) " we are supposed to pee in the big potty Sam"

Sam "oh, the one daddy made in the bathroom. That's a nice big potty. I like that one mommy...(pause) so I can't pee in my little potty?"

****note we have never used a child's toilet with Sam just an adult toilet with a seat insert***

Here he has painted himself for my birthday 

1 year\ princess edition

April 15th somewhere around 11:30pm we saw our little girl face to face. An easier pregnancy followed by a dream birth and there she was in my arms. It was my privilege to hold her first and it is still my privilege to be the first one she goes to(most of the time...daddy is a close second)

 dear sweet girl, though this blog doesn't follow your life as closely as your brothers, you have equal space in my heart and hands. Having 2 makes jotting down quick memories or monthly posts much more challenging. So I pray and ask God to hold these memories for me and bring them up when my kids are too big to hold and I don't have to squish all this goodness into my tierd brain. 

The year has zoomed by. Adalyn was a content baby. 

She has always slept good or decent(yeah!)... Except last night and continues to be a joyful happy girl. 

Smiling and laughing are her favorite! She does them both constantly.

 She ADORES daddy and often will choose daddy over mommy. 

She is starting to show a quick temper and nasty tantrums but will calm herself and move on.

She loves to get dirty and wet but does not like baths. 

She loves seeing Sam in the morning and always makes a big show of giggles, and squeals whenever he comes in the room. 

She can crawl and will walk with assistance for short distances

She says da, mum, no, yup, and other words I can't remember (that's the multiple children thing)

She is a social butterfly and makes faces at any and everyone but doesn't want to go with people she doesn't know

She has 6 going on 8 teeth and is not shy about using them to show her anger or excitement (owe!)

Still nurses and eats any and all solids. 

She loves chocolate which she got into one day all by herself, now if I have anything dark brown she dives and screams for it. She loves strawberries, apples, peas, avacodo, cucumbers, bell peppers, chicken and crackers. That's about all she will eat on a regular basis. 

She weighs 18lbs and is in 12 months clothing. She is tall and skinny like her daddy and brother.

Her hair is blonde with little strawberry highlights. 

She loves havin toenail polish on, I can't wait to do spa days together(:

Her favorite book is Chomp Chomp Zoo. It's a board book with bold colors that has a little pull strip which makes animals mouths move up and down. We make all the animal souds together. Her favorite is hissing like a kimono dragon. 

She loves dancing in daddies arms. They tirwl all over the house together. 

Happy Birthday little princess, you are loved so dearly. I'm exited To see were God takes you.

      A weeks old(; with auntie tarsha

A few months old with auntie Lindsay 

Sleeping buddies 

World traveler at 10months old (beach in Panama) 

Brother hugs rock(until they hurt)

Making a mess

Happy Birthday Adalyn Kate