yikes!

here i was just thinking about how i was miffed that my friends have been lax at updating their blogs...then i come and look at the date on my last post.  whooooooops! :)

jameson finished up his first year of "school" on may 20th.  they had a cute little picnic at the park.  it was fun...and REALLY warm that day.  he hasn't asked about it since.  doesn't care that there's no school.  not even a flinch.  we always talk about the day when we do our night time routine.  part of that conversation is to talk about "what tomorrow is".  "tomorrow is tuesday, jameson!"  "what's tuesday mean?", he asks, knowing full well what the answer is.  "tuesday is garbage day!", we answer.  it used to be, "monday is school day!"  now, we say, "tomorrow is monday, jameson!"  he could care less...and doesn't seem to remember that we said, "tomorrow is school day" to him twice a week for the last 9 months.  he's a homebody, that kid.

two new baby cousins were born since my last update.  baby kira was born to big sister bailey and to my sister, alana and husband dave.  baby zachary was born to big sister elizabeth and to my brother jon and wife amy.  jameson and natalia LOOOOOOOOVE to "pet" the babies.  we've also been talking a lot about how those babies are their cousins..and that jon is my brother...and alana is my sister.  then we get into how grandma is my mommy and uncle jr is daddy's brother, uncle john is daddy's brother, jack, isaac, morgan, mitchell, etc are also their cousins, etc.  jameson seems to get it.  natalia just keeps saying, "jack and isaac are my FRIENDS, right mommy?!"  i guess that's right too! :)

that's all i can think of right now...how's that for 6 weeks of life gone? :P

beautiful day...

it was a gorgeous day for pictures...i felt a bit inspired. :)

nothing much

i really don't have much to say in the way of things new, but realize that i haven't posted in about a month.  so, i wanted to at least get something out here so you all know we're still alive and kickin'. :)

here are a couple things from the past month in bullet form:

• natalia IS fully potty trained - including night time!  yeehaw!
• jameson is also potty trained - but not including night time...which is ok :)
• jameson had a great birthday.  the morning of his bday we had a cupcake (yes, for breakfast - i'm the world's worst mommy...i'm over it) complete with a candle for singing "happy birthday" and practicing his blowing.  also that morning i got to go with him to school...he was thrilled.
• jameson's birthday party was also great.  he got many nice gifts that he really loves.  he's a blessed little boy.
• easter has come and gone as well (as you probably know)...i was trying to prepare jameson and natalia for the easter bunny.  i was describing how he was going to come and hide some treats for them.  jameson got a very panicked look on his face and said, "is he pretend!?  mommy, he's not real, right?!"  well, geez.  i hadn't expected to be admitting to the easter bunny being a farce quite so soon.  but, whatever. :)

so, that's that.  maybe i'll be better at this in may. ;)

good news

jameson's final, yes - i said FINAL, appointment at the neurology clinic at children's hospital was friday afternoon. yippee! he's been seizure free since coming off his meds in october 2008! dr. sprinkles (really, dr. o'connor - wonderful lady) says that most seizures will recur within 6 months of discontinuing medication. since it's been about that long, she feels he's "in the clear". we still need to keep emergency meds on hand for another 6-8 months or so, but she said she feels he's "graduated".

i can't express the relief i feel. phew.

we need to watch him closely, obviously, but this was really, really good news!

natalia-isms

random word translation:

"memenaide" = lemonade
"hop-a-roo" = kangaroo
"bite-a-mims" = vitamins

and, a cute story:

the kids and i were putting together a puzzle the other day and i said to natalia, "boy, jameson is pretty good at puzzles, huh natalia?"

she replied, "yeah, mommy, and i'm pretty too!"

burning ring of fire...

this wasn't the best take of her singing...she'd had just about enough of it. but, still cute, nonetheless. enjoy!

potty training

i'm going to say this very, very quietly so as not to jinx the situation...so, listen very carefully! :)

natalia has been in "big girl undies" during the day for two days - without any accidents! :)

we've tried on a few occasions to get her to potty train...she just wasn't interested at all. and, she didn't seem to get it. so, we waited.

on saturday morning, on a whim, i asked her if she wanted to wear her big-girl-dora-undies. she didn't scream and stomp in protest, so we tried it. we did what a friend suggested when we were potty training jameson and set the timer for every couple of minutes to "try" to go. she didn't pee for a couple hours of that...but then eventually did on the potty with no problems. then, she was playing in the living room while i was in the kitchen (jim and jameson were having guy-time outside)...suddenly she says, "i have to go poopies." and, marches her little self right to the bathroom. as i get there she's ready for me to put her on the throne. she squeezed out those little turds and was SO proud of herself! i was darn proud as well! :)

today went much the same (minus the poo...seems today was an off day?). no accidents or incidents to speak of. of course, we were quarantined to the house because i dare not take her out in public yet. i don't trust that she'll tell me when it really matters - like in the laundry detergent aisle of walmart. i'm sure not complaining, though! (it's cold out there again, anyway.)

man, i sure hope it's really this easy! ok, now shhhhhhhhh...and i'm going to knock on wood...