We are potty trained!

I had never had the opportunity to blog about Ryder being potty trained!  It officially happened over Thanksgiving break.  After that I sent him to school without a diaper on & he has never had an accident at school since!  It still shocks me to this day & I am so proud of him!  Some people say that they should be potty trained before they turn two, but I truly believe every kid is different & they will let you know when they're ready & he definitely did!

I knew it was officially OFFICIAL when we made the trip to LR to see Santa & back without an accident! That's pretty intense & I was so proud of him!  We did have to stop at a gas station on the way there & back, but he always does such a good job about telling me when he needs to go!

I was scared about our trip to the Shug last week, but he stayed perfectly dry there & back as well!  So...now I feel like I can officially say that my lil man is potty trained!  =)  I couldn't be happier, but I am sad that it's just another sign my lil man is growing up!

Our day...

What a day!

It's been a while since me & Punkin' got out of the house since I'm still on my pain meds, so today mom took us on an exciting trip to Target!--but no, really!?  Who doesn't LOVE a trip to Target?  Even my little man knows he's supposed to get excited!

Before making it to Target, we stopped by Wilkinson's (a biggo shoe store that carries anything & everything you need in the foot dept. & MORE!) to get Uncle G a shirt & lil man some boots for Christmas!

I'm pretty sure these are the ones we got for him...oh my word!  I DIE just looking at them!  He is going to be so excited!  Every lil boy needs a good ole pair of cowboy boots right!?

Then of course we stopped at Chick to have lunch with Pop Pops!  & then it was time to hit up Target!  

I have to brag on lil man again...he was in big boy underwear this WHOLE time & told me when he needed to go & never had an accident!  We went once at Wilkinson's & about 3 times at Target, but I'm seriously NOT complaining!  Him not wearing diapers seriously might be the best thing ever!  It almost feels like I got a raise not having to buy diapers!  :P  I bought wipes yesterday out of habit & then I was like, "What was I thinking?"  ha!  

Little man got an ICEE at Target for doing so good all day & he even ate a WHOLE lemon loaf from Starbucks!  & then as we were leaving he said "I'm hungry!"  No your not crazy child!  :P

My house is a disaster, just from not being able to do things 100% still, so I'm ready to get it whipped into shape before Thanksgiving gets here & then I'm sure it will get destroyed again!

It hasn't stopped raining since LAST NIGHT!  I don't know where all this rain came from & I seriously don't ever remember it raining like this before!  That means we are cooped up inside for a few more days & I'm gonna have to pull out some new toys & crafts to keep things interesting for little man!  =)

We had a fun day out on the town with KeeKee & got a lot of Christmas shopping done & that always feels GOOD!  I've had a few cups of coffee tonight, painted my nails, done some laundry, watched Christmas Vacation & now it's time to head to bed to the sound of RAIN!  =)

I'm so proud of my baby boy!!

BIG NEW AT OUR HOUSE!!!

Ryder woke up this morning with a COMPLETELY dry diaper (I've been putting him in diapers at night, because I didn't know what was gonna happen, & didn't want to have to change bed sheets in the middle of the night) & told me he needed to go pee pee!  So we went..& he peed SOOOOO much! I was so proud of him!  I know he's still so young, but it's like he is learning to "hold" it throughout the night--& how do you "teach" a child that?  This is the third night in a row that he has woken up completely dry!

He peed 3 more times before 8 o'clock...& let me tell you, when it hits the kid, it HITS HIM--he has to go RIGHT THEN!  No waiting around!  :P  I put big boy underwear on him & he told me when he needed to go all morning!

We were sitting at the kitchen & he walked quietly to the other room & continued to be awfully quiet.  So I ran in there & asked him if he needed to go poo poo.  He has NEVER gone in the potty before, & we needed to start--SOON!  I ran him to the bathroom & sat him down & he went!  Praise be!  I was SO SO proud of him!

I put a pull up on him while Ms. Katy watched him while I was at school & I came home & he was still dry & had gone in the potty multiple times!

I took him to my parents tonight for my night class & he stayed dry over there as well!  I asked my mom to go to WM & get him some new big boy underwear as a "treat" for having such a good day!

He goes to school tomorrow & always does SO well there so I'm not worried about it at all!  Being diaper free might be RIGHT around the corner!