Happy Birthday Puppy J!

Our Little Boy turned two on February 16th and 

true to his blog name and a favorite of his, 

we had a puppy party (which basically means, I made him a puppy cake).

The poor guy was on the beginning of a cold, 

so some of these pictures show well his shiny eyes and runny nose.

He "helped" me make his cake.

The final product.

Before his party, attempting to get a few pictures.

What happens when you set a 2 year old

next to his cake to try to get a few pictures.

Yup, a lot of licking.

 And more licking.

He was blessed to have several cousins, aunts, uncle, and his

Grandpa, Grandma and Grammie at his party.

His favorite song right now is "Amazing Grace," so 

before we sang Happy Birthday to him, we all sang

Amazing Grace.  He started singing, then listened so 

adorably as everyone sang.  After his guests sang to him,

he then sang the first 

verse all by himself ( leaving out a few words).

He was tugging at his mommy's heart - he was precious!

Then we sang happy birthday and while we sang,,

he blew out his candles.

I love throwing 2 year old birthday parties.

I know the kids won't remember, but I have 

some of the sweetest and best memories from 

their young parties.  Puppy J's party 

was no exception.  So glad we had it

and thanks to all who attended (and sorry

to all who went home with a cold).

Potty Training

My mom came down the week of February 13th, before Puppy J's birthday and together we worked on potty training our sweet Puppy J!  Like usual, the first few days were messy and challenging, but by day 3 he was doing great!  I have always heard you have to give it at least three days, and this has stood true for me with all my children.

He has been doing great.  Even telling me while we

are driving down the road, so below is a picture of us

pulled over in a parking lot so he could go potty.

He had some adorable sayings that we all enjoyed

as he was learning.

He called his undies = onions

He called the marshmallows we gave him for a reward = mushrooms

And when he did go poop in the potty, he called that his = rocks, which has now

turned into "I have to go poopy rocks."

So, I can't believe it, but for the first time in 9 years (almost 10 years)

we are diaper free...well kind of, Puppy J still wears diapers at nap and bedtime.

It is exciting and kind of sad all at the same time. 

Moving onto new seasons of life.

After Shower Hair

Cute Boy

Love this guy!!

Tractors

Grammie brought new tractors for Puppy J and Farmer J's birthday presents.  Puppy J turned 2 on February 16 and Farmer J will turn 4 on April 6th.  The boys were very very excited!

Two Boys

Step stools on the ledge by the fireplace.

When I told Farmer J I didn't think this looked safe,

especially since they were about to stand on the stools

and jump off, he said "Don't worry mom, we will

not break the fire place!"

Smiles - That was not my concern!

No More Training Wheels

With this nice February weather,

we have been outside a lot this month.

This little lady hopped right on her

bike and took off with no training wheels.

She was getting close in the fall,

so it was nice to see she didn't

need much practice.