Wordless Wednesday: The search for the right toy...

Toggle Along Tuesday: Tristan's toy area

Linking up with Mama G @ Growing Up Geeky.

So originally Tristan's toys were in boxes and containers in the bedroom BUT it was getting in the way of everything else and stuff was going missing SO we moved it all into the living room, removed the stuff he doesn't use, and organized it. So here you go:

1. Orange tote: Cars laptop, doodle pad, books, pirate turtle, music player, shape sorter

2. Crates: barn house, Cars racetrack (on top), Mega Blocks dump truck, Webbles treehouse (on top)

3. 3 drawer organizer: top drawer- mega blocks and duplo blocks, middle drawer- cars, trains, construction vehicles, trucks, etc, bottom drawer- balls, small stuffed animals, toy camera, toy phones, and other misc. things.

4. Leftover stuff: shopping cart with stuffed puppy and push ball popper on the sides

As you can see we actually have clean floor space for him to play now! (Be glad you don't see the other side of the living room lol)

I got tagged :)

I'm sure you all know the rules by now:
Announce you've been tagged and who tagged you.
Give 11 random facts about yourself.
Answer the questions.
Ask new questions...
Tag 11 people to answer


I was tagged by Sonya Marie @ Shutter. Mama

11 random facts about me:

1. 2 of my toes on each foot are connected from the middle down. They have separate bones, just connected by skin.

2. I own the Ninja Turtles movies, not because of Chris or Tristan... it's because of me. I love the movies! (just be glad I didn't go buying Power Rangers- the original ones...)

3. I watch the Vampire Diaries tv show. I'm addicted. Ian Somerhalder makes me melt :)

Yep... I melted. :)

4. I was the one who wanted a boy when I found out I was pregnant, Chris wanted a girl.

5. When Tristan's napping and Chris is at work, I play 90's pop on Pandora.com. It makes me feel like a teen again and cheers me up. 

6. I play country and sometimes rock music when I'm cleaning.

7. I read... a LOT! My New Year's goal to read 50 new books this year will probably be done by summer since I have free access to Chris's dad and step-mom's downstairs library :). 

yep... that's me in high school

8. I had my first kiss when I was 19. It was Chris. Guess my mom got lucky and didn't have to worry about that haha.

19yrs old. first kiss. first everything <3

9. My best friend Kristina and I have been friends since 8th grade. We started talking when she stood up for me because her friends were making fun of me. We've gone through so much together. Also, everything I learned about "the birds and the bees" came from her.

2007. Me, her little sister, and Kristina

10. One time when we were in high school, Kristina's mom and aunt went into a porn shop and left us in the car and brought us back penis candy and erasers. *epic momma failure* We still laugh at her mom for that.

11. People called me a prude during high school because I didn't wear revealing clothes in school (I sometimes wore skirts, shorts, and bikinis when hanging out with Kristina though), I didn't kiss or sleep with anyone (not even the 2 I dated during high school). Kristina and I joked once about me being a nun. 

Questions I have been asked:

1. If you could live anywhere, where would you choose to live? Hawaii 
2. Something you often forget to do and kick yourself for it every time? return books...
3. Favorite actor and actress? Johnny Depp and don't really have a favorite actress
4. Favorite Disney movie? umm... crap. I have 3: Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, and Peter Pan
5. Flats or heels? Why? Flats... trust me you don't want to see me in heels. I'm surprised I survived prom and graduation. 
6. Weird habits? I sometimes wash my hair twice because I forget I washed it already. I also re-wash dishes if I don't think someone washed them like I wanted. 
7. Embarrassing high school memory? avoiding actual high school memories, when I was in high school and at my friend's house, her and my brother were tickling me on the trampoline and wouldn't let me up and I peed my pants *epic fail*
8. One thing you said your kids would never do, but they do it anyways? pick his nose... I try to stop him but he does it. Ew. 
9. Do you prefer to swim in a lake or the ocean? I prefer seeing, smelling, walking on the sand, and sticking my feet in the ocean but I fear sharks (and to think I'm a Massachusetts born and raised, up to middle of 7th grade, girl). So I feel safer in a lake. 
10. When you're around the house do you prefer socks or barefoot? barefoot. If I could, I'd walk around everywhere barefoot, I'm a total beach bum. 
11. Favorite color nail polish? clear. I never paint my nails except a clear coat.

11 questions to ask others: 

1. Which do you prefer movie wise, action or romance?

2. Article of clothing you canNOT live without? 

3. Toy you wish your child didn't like so much?

4. Favorite childhood (counts all the way up to high school graduation) memory?

5. What was your dream job as a kid?

6. Favorite vacation?

7. Favorite animal?

8. If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money?

9. Favorite tv show or movie (I know some people don't watch tv)?

10. What is your number one food weakness?

11. What was your biggest fear about being a mom?

11 people to tag (well I did 10): 

Sonya Marie- Shutter. Mama

Mama G- Growing Up Geeky

Sarah- Nurse Loves Farmer

Jess- Here comes the Sun

Tottums- Froggy and the Mouse

Libby- ELF family blog

Ashley- The Stauffer Shenanigans

Miranda- Aimless Translation

Katie- Pickles & Paisleys

Mandy- A sorta Fairytale

Potty Training... here goes

Tristan's new potty seat for the bathroom!!

So... today we are doing a diaper free session (from 3:30pm til bed time). It's been a mixture of nakedness and underwear and so far we've had 2 accidents. We have his small potty in the living room and his toilet seat for the adult potty. Tristan and I are typically home almost all day, every day (except days I babysit and even then we're in a house with 3 different potty seats the whole time) so I'm hoping this works. I've had people tell me "it's too soon" before but I learned that in most countries, children are potty trained a lot sooner than children in the US. We bought Tristan's first potty seat a couple months after he turned 1 and sat him on it before/ after meals, before/ after bed/ nap, and so on. He was doing pretty good with it too and then a few months later, we moved. So that plus many other new changes and he stopped so we stopped. Lately though when he's getting a bath/ shower he makes movements to show he has to go so I figured once the New Year started, we'd start again. So here's day 1 of our potty training: 

he'd rather stand on his potty

excited

Does anyone who has potty trained boys before have any tips I could use? Rewards are a no-go since he don't do candy and he doesn't care about stickers. Also since it's usually just me and him, he hasn't gotten the idea of peeing standing up in the potty (and can't do cheerios since he will just try and take them out of the potty). We also used pull-ups last time we did this so I'm not sure if we should just go with underwear and naked time or try pull-ups again? Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Wordless Wednesday: Spill free drinking!!

New Year's Goals

So I made a list of 4 New Year's goals to be done throughout the year, instead of resolutions. 2 are more for fun and 2 are something to really work on. Here you go...


1. Lose 30lbs
2. Potty train Tristan
3. Watch 100 new movies
4. Read 50 new books




So what New Year's goals/ resolutions have you all made?

2 year check-up

So today was the worst doctor visit for Tristan EVER! I mean we've had ear infections, hives, Plagiocephaly, and Torticollis aside from the regular visits and typical shots. Anyway, his check-up went good at first. They checked his weight, height, asked about his milestones, and how he was doing. Then came the finger prick and shots. He freaked during the shots and then they came back and told me his lead level was high and they were sending us to the hospital lab to get blood work done to see why his level was high (though it could just be because we live in an old house). So not only was Tristan upset about the 2 shots he had just gotten but I had to help hold him down for them to draw blood. He was crying so bad. By the time it was done (2 Bugs Bunny band-aids and 1 Garfield band-aid later), Chris's dad and I calmed him down with animal crackers and went home. 


On the plus side, he is 34in tall and weighs 32lbs. His ears are fine, his motor skills are great, his speech is getting better. So he's doing great other than the high level of lead. 


Here's some pictures from today...

And a cute video of Tristan's new thing to say... (sorry for the bad lighting, there are no lights in his room)