Chase's Furry Friend

This is how I found her a couple mornings in a row. I had to start closing the door because Kiwi was waking Chase up!

Running some "Aaron"ds

I told Ryder that we needed to "run some errands" today. I was just dropping different things off at some neighbors. We made our first stop and after I got in the car Ryder asked, "Where's Aaron?" I was confused at first. I just said, "We're not seeing Aaron." Then, we had to make another stop. When I got back in the car Ryder said, "I want to play with Aaron." Then it hit me...errand...Aaron. Oops! He was so good, I told him we had one more errand to run, and then we'd go home and I'd give him a sucker (he deserved something for sitting so well and being so confused)! After my last stop he said, "Bye Aaron!" Love that kid!

1/2 a year

Here's my little messy-faced princess. She's starting to eat solids and gets very envious of any food you're eating.

There's my silly little man in the background. Previous to this picture I was dancing around and he said, "Shake it, bay-ba."

My big kid and kids...

The Fam (except Chase who pooped through her costume) on Halloween night!

Fall Photo Shoot

Here are some pictures that my sister, Heidi, took of our family. She did an awesome job!

Where's my dippins'?

Ryder has been saying some funny things lately. Here is a sample of some of our conversations.

Me:(setting down fries and nuggets on a tray for him)
Ryder: Where's my dippins'?

Me: Ryder, did you have a good nap?
Ryder: Where's Rocky?

Me: (just gotten out of the shower) Do you like this towel on my head?
Ryder: Nope. Take that off!

Stress Free Potty Training?

I had been avoiding the idea of potty training. It just made me stressed to think about all the work that would go into it. So, I looked online and found this book:
The book gives parents different signs of readiness to look for before you start potty training. A quiz helps you determine what your child's personality is, then divides the different personalities into chapters. I didn't read the whole book--just the chapters that pertained to Ryder's personality types (he's a combination, of course).
About a month ago I bought him a potty chair to get him interested in the idea.
Then I started giving him "naked time," which means that after bath time or a diaper change you let your child roam free. This helps them feel the sensation more easily.
This brings me to yesterday...I was letting Ryder have "naked time" after the bath. I even gave him a drink to help him try to go pee-pee. After nothing happening I walked out of the room for a bit, and I heard the successful sound of the potty chair. I went in to see what had happened and ta-da! A successful pee-pee. He did it again for Rocky. Then in the evening he had 2 accidents. Unfortunately one was a not-so-easy-to-clean accident. Let this potty business begin.

He decided to take his diaper off during his nap. Peek-a-booty. :)