...such is life...

Anna's 15th month appt went well today...her stats are 75% for head circ, 45% for weight, and 75% for height.  She hasn't been nursing for a week and she's been doing great!  I wish my body would get the hint and stop producing milk though! (tmi?  Sorry!)

Jacob was crying in his room last night after I put him down...when I went in to see what was wrong he asked me to give him a hug, and told me he missed daddy :(  It totally made me cry, because I miss him too.  We haven't seen much of him for a week :(  He went camping w/ the young men last week and came back saturday.  Then sunday morning he left to California for work.  He's going to be back tonight though...so  we're all pretty excited about that!  He's going to be in Salt Lake all day tomorrow for work, so we won't see him much, but we're blessed he has a job...so I'm not complaining!

I took the kids to the pool on monday evening, and as we were playing in the pool I see Jacob staring at the female life guard, and hear him quoting the Sandlot "...close to me, oily, smiling, close to me, oily, smiling..."  What a funny kid!  I love him!  Sometimes he'll wake up and the first thing he says is "The great Bambino!"  He loves the Sandlot, I just wish we had it edited...some of the words on there totally inapropriate :(  I haven't let him watch it lately b/c he picked up one of the words and he keeps saying it and laughing, eventhough he knows he shouldn't...he's been sent to the corner a few times for that.

He's been accident free for 4 days today!  :)  Potty training has been easier than I had imagined...because it has been 8 days since I started, and 4 of those days he's been accident free! :)  He's such a big boy now, he's so proud he goes in the 'big potty' now!  Anna is such a sweetie too, she's been teething and being weaned off at the same time!  She does so well!  She got two shots today too and she's doing great! I had to buy her new earrings and the ones I got her, irritated her ears! :( ...so she's been dealing with that as well.  But she's amazing, you would never know it!  I love to cuddle with her, she doesn't like it as much anymore, but I want to enjoy it while it lasts!

Well, I better go get her, she just woke up from her nap.  I love it when they wake up happy from their naps.

Kevin (Father in law) is coming over later while they take a nap...I may go get my nails done...still deciding if I should or not...

Before I forget...

I wanted to write a couple of things down before I forget....

Today was the first day I didn't nurse Anna at all...It's probably harder on me than on her...I just hope she sleeps through the night...we shall see. 
Also, as of this past sunday she has been taking about a dozen steps at a time...she still prefers to scoot and one-leg crawl sometimes...but she's gaining more and more confidence every day with her walking.  She also goes up and down the stairs quite fast!

When I was putting Jacob down for the night I asked him if he wanted to pray...fully expecting him to say no, I was a little surprised when he said he would.  He said one of the sweetest prayers...
He prayed so he wouldn't be scared of the wind and the rain outside (he wakes up crying b/c of this sometimes).  He also prayed that he wouldn't be scared of the cars outside, or the trucks, or the jeeps, or the sounds outside.  He prayed for Anna so she could play with him and be happy. He said:
 'please bless Bapa and Jon so they can be safe...(a little pause) for me" :) 
He prayed for his dad and mom, and he prayed so he could be happy.  He prayed so he could play baseball, and hockey...in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.  What a big boy he's turning out to be!  I'm so proud of him and Anna :)
Today's day 3 of his potty training too, he started off awesome...today was a little rough b/c he just didn't have the motivation to go potty every hour like we have been the last couple of days.  He would say he didn't need to go, refuse to go, then have a pee (and once a poop) accident :(  He fully peed downstairs once too :(  It's been a little discouraging, but tonight Randy had a brilliant idea (as always).  He suggested I give him a treat after he went, so he could be more motivated...and of course it worked!  He is still sleeping in pullups, so once I run out of those I'll be losing sleep I guess.  He's also still in his crib so I've been pretty spoiled as far as them sleeping through the night. 
We'll see how tomorrow goes...
Randy goes camping w/ the young men tomorrow and comes back on saturday...we sure are going to miss him! 
I better go get my P90X on or I'll be too tired to exercise! (I know I should probably be exercising in the morning...but nights just work out better for me, I'm just NOT a morning person)...
Good night!