A little project...

So I started working on this table a few months ago and finally finished it last night!  I got the chairs done weeks ago because I could move them outside myself, but when it came to the table I'd have to wait for Jon to move it outside.  Every time I thought to start working on it, Jon would be at work and when he'd get home I would be busy doing other things and completely forget to ask him! 

The only complaint I have of this table is that there are some places I didn't put enough clear finish on it so I get red paint marks on my kitchen floor and walls.  I'm not worried about the table marking up the walls because of the clear cover I have on it as a tablecloth!  I love the red color, but I do wish I could paint the whole top, too.  I've never been a big fan of the tile top, but it was a free table so I can't complain!

Trip to the Zoo!

We thought this year would be a great year to take Isaac to the zoo.  We had a great time and Isaac loved seeing the animals up close instead of in his books!  Jon had never been to the zoo either so it was fun for him to experience it, too.  I had to take the picture of the gorilla because he just looked funny laying there completely still for atleast 5 or 10 minutes.  I'm sorry there isn't much to say, but that's why I got pictures!

 

6 Year Anniversary

What a weekend!  Jon and I had our anniversary on Thursday, but decided to make a weekend of it.  Friday morning we drove down to check in to the cutest little studio cabin up Big Cottonwood canyon owned by our former bishop.  Once we got familiar with the area, we headed back down, got some lunch and then went swimming in Sugarhouse.  That part was mostly for Isaac, we had a good time.  My mom met us at the pool and picked up Isaac to take him home so Jon and I could go on a real date.  We went downtown to eat at PF Chang China Bistro.  We'd never been there and always wanted to try it.  It is so good!  I thought it was going to be really expensive, but it wasn't!  Then we headed over to Gateway to see Pirates 4.  We picked up Isaac and drove back up to the cabin.  The cabin sits on a beautiful property right in Storm Mountain.  We wanted to walk around in the morning, but decided to grab some breakfast and head back home. 
It was a very busy and tiring weekend, but well worth it. It helps me to always remember how much I love spending time with Jon and you can still keep the relationship you want with your spouse even after having children.  Thanks for the best 6 years Jon! Love you.

Potty Training continued...

As all other journals I have attempted to keep, I have failed to update regularly so...here's just a quick update on potty training!
Basically Day 3 and on we started taking Isaac to the bathroom every hour.  Unless, of course, he had an accident then we would drop it back down to about every 45 minutes.  I pretty much let him run around bare bottom most of the day unless we go out.  He really likes wearing his underwear and doesn't like wearing the training pants for his nap, so I had to make sure he'd go potty before and after his nap.  For some reason he always said he didn't want to wear the training pants for his nap, but he was fine with it at night, which was really nice because I'm just not ready for him to be wearing underwear at night.  First night that I did let him wear underwear he woke up an hour later wet! 
We're now into the second week and doing really well!  I'm trying to step back a little from taking him every hour so that he'll have a chance to recognize it on his own and not forget to tell me he needs to go potty.  He'll have an accident here and there, but I think we're making really good progress.  We've been able to take him out in public too and had him go potty at the stores so he knows that he can go almost anywhere we are. 
The book "Potty Training in a Day" tells you to keep the child bare bottomed for 3 months!!  I just don't agree with that.  I can agree with letting them run around naked helps them not have accidents, but I definitely don't see that happening for 3 months. 
I'm definitely one that likes to have pictures with all of my posts, but I wasn't really sure what to take a picture of that's clean!  So this will have to do.

Potty Training!

Jon and I decided it was time to get Isaac out of diapers.  He seemed to be interested in it which we were obviously hoping for before the baby comes!  Nobody wants two kids in diapers right?  The first decision we had to make was do we buy a little potty or a cushion for the toilet.  This was pretty easy because neither one of us liked to idea of cleaning the little toilet!  After a couple days of potty training I can say if you're going to buy a cushion make sure you get a good one!  We just bought the little $9 one from Wal-Mart and it's pretty cheap.  Still don't regret choosing it over the toilet though!  Isaac always seemed to love the idea of going potty on the big toilet like Mom and Dad.  The next thing we had to decide was obviously HOW we were going to train him.  This was also very simple to decide on because it's the oldest and most useful method ever!  I was a little hesistant to start this week because we had just got back from Washington Sunday at 12 pm and I wasn's ure I was ready to be stuck at home for the next few days.  But Monday morning, I woke up and decided I was going to go for it.  The first thing I did to get ready for the big day was draw a colorful chart with a graph for Isaac to put stickers in each box every time he hit the toilet.  I have a huge bowl of suckers so of course I had to make that part of the reward.  I decided to keep a short journal of our days here at home during this process on my blog so feel free to read!

Day 1: As soon as Isaac woke up, I took him to the bathroom and sat him on the toilet.  I told him to see if he could try going pee and he didn't seem too interested.  So I started with a pair of training pants, basically like a diaper, and a shirt, and we would run to the bathroom every 5 minutes until we got a hit.  Once he hit the toilet twice I would bump the time frame up to ten minutes.  He would need to get two hits during the ten minute intervals and then we'd go up to 15, 20, then 30, 40, 50, and up to an hour.  Any time he would miss we would drop back down to the shorter time frame.  He didn't have any successes in the first couple hours, just a lot of peeing in the training pants.  So, that's when I decided to toss the training pants and let him run around bare.  Unfortunately he had less hits than misses, but finally as the night went on he started getting it and we got 9 hits and 1 miss before bed!
I went the bed feeling confident for Day 2 because we did so well and it wasn't as stressful as I thought it would be! 
Day 2: Once again, I got Isaac up and straight to the bathroom.  This time he had a dry diaper and when I got him on the toilet he did it!  After all the success we had the day before, we were at the 50 minute interval so we started with that.  He got two hits so I bumped him up to one hour, but had a couple misses so we are back down to 40 minutes.  I have him wear the training pants at night and during his naps and we'll work on that part of the training later. 
I am so proud of Isaac and the success he's had so far.  I know he'll be fine because he is a smart boy and likes to discover he can do big boy things. 

New Hair!

Same thing I used to do it's just been awhile! I know, it's a dumb picture but I wanted to show you anyway!

Candy Wrapper Earrings

Still more styles to come.  I sold ALL of my earrings this weekend so I've had to make all new ones. This is what I have so far and will post photos of more colors and candy ones soon. I think they're super cute and hopefully you'll like them too!  They're $4 a pair and there are discounts if you purchase 3 or more.  I can ship to anyone.  Let me know what you want and I'll get it to you!