Every Potty needs a Pooper

It FINALLY happened. Charles slayed the dragon that was his fear of pooping on the potty. There was, however, a sacrifice of many accidents prior. For some reason, he has wet his pants and his bed over and over again now that he is focused on #2. I said I'd do whatever it took to help him conquer this and it finally meant getting rid of all of his diapers and pull-ups, cleaning up several messes and washing sheets over and over.

Last night was a complete success. He did his thing right before bed and while I was up feeding Annabelle at 4:00 am, I heard him frantically race to the potty! Dry Shrek undies and dry sheets makes mommy a happy gal. We'll see how it goes, but for now- SUCCESS!!!

I've been entertaining guests all last week and we did some really fun stuff, but I'm a loser and never ONCE remembered to bring my camera :( LOSER! My mom finally bought a disposable one and as soon as those are developed, I promise to post them! My dad came last Monday and spent a day just hanging out. My Mom, Aunt and Grandma came for a few days too. They parked the trailer in front of my house and enjoyed the G O R G E O U S California weather and sights. We went to the ocean, the farmer's market, saw the Carlsbad flower fields, Strawberry fields and shopping centers. I got a babysitter one night as the four of us and Annabelle (four generations) painted the town one night. We had a ridiculous amount of fun, and an even more ridiculous amount of food!!!

We also spent a couple of days this last week at the hospital - one day for Dillon's check up then the next day for Annabelle's 6 mo. well check and to RE-CAST Dillon's left arm. He was taking a bath and for a split second forgot that his arm was in a cast and reached under the water to grab a toy! That's all it took and he had to have all his friends and teacher re-sign it.




I hate to say it, but I think these broken arms of Dillon's have made him kind of lazy. He seems to feel entitled to my slavery and sympathy 24/7. He's also discovered the casts make great weapons and just this morning gave Charlie a bloody lip. Hopefully they can cut off the attitude when they cut off the casts!!

I took the month of March off from Paper Posies due to scheduling conflicts, but had some time later in the month to attend a crop with a good friend. Here are some of the fruits of that fun evening and one tiny sneak peek of one of my April kit projects! I LOVE THE APRIL KIT!







I am so excited because in May it will be Paper Posies' 3rd anniversary and there will be SO MUCH going on! We are hard at work getting it all put together already. It's going to be nuts over there.. prizes, games, contests, celeb. chats, and sooo much more! You'll all have to check it out!

I've also been working on Annabelle's baby book and will be finished with it very soon, I hope. Speaking of the little thing, She's 6 months old now and looking more and more like a big baby. She's 18 pounds and 27 inches- 90th percentile across the board. She only has about 2 tablespoons of rice cereal and a half of a tiny jar of baby food other than breastmilk each day. She's one healthy girl!!