The Park and new boots!

Just some cute pictures of my favorite 2 year old!

And we finally went potty…

We’ve been sitting Jake on the potty at night for a while now. He’ll willingly sit there, but has NEVER actually done anything…well other than pull half a roll of toilet paper off the roll and flush it.

Well, this week he has actually GONE to the potty twice at school.  On Wednesday, they sent home a note that said he had stayed dry for a two hour nap and then went to the potty afterwards – and DID SOMETHING!  We were so proud!  Well, today – Thursday – he did the same thing!  So, we’re hoping this trend continues and becomes more of a regular thing. I’m not holding my breath for a fully potty-trained boy anytime soon, but it sure feels good to have progress.  THANK HEAVEN for Pre-School teachers that work with them!

Last weekend, we took Jake to All Aboard in Little Rock.  It’s a new restaurant that has a train system that brings you your food. Its VERY cute and Jake looooovvved it!  So, while the food wasn’t anything life-changing, Jake’s excitement was! We’ll be back for sure.

 

In other news (what could compare to potty breakthroughs??), the Razorbacks are playing in Little Rock this weekend, and we’re headed that way!  We went to Fayetteville last week and about suffered a heat stroke, so we’re looking forward to some cooler weather this go round.  I love football season – and not just the ballgames. I love the weather, the Razorback small talk with strangers and friends alike and drive-time sports!

BOYS!!!

Well, we were lucky enough to find out that we’re having ANOTHER BOY!  I went to the doctor on Monday for some routine lab work and the sweet lab tech asked the ultrasound nurse to sneak me in!  As soon as she placed the wand on my belly, I knew! 

I’m thrilled Jake is going to have a little brother.  Two boys, two years apart!  My prayer is that they will be best friends!

No real other news, except a few funny Jake stories I want to record for my own memory.

Jake has been sleeping in, so on the days I can – I let him sleep until about 7:45. I just get him up, change his clothes and he eats cheerios in the car. Well, I walked in this morning to wake him up and he peaked out from behind the covers and said “Get out, Mom!”  This boy likes his sleep!

Jake is still really into books.  He LOVES to sit and read to himself, but this love affair with literature (I use that word lightly) has extended bedtime by a good 20 minutes. We finish a few books and then he wants to go get more!!  My sweet boy….(soon to be boys!)

Books, Books and More Books!

Jake LOVES books. He can sit in his room and “read” aloud to himself forever. Of course, he rarely lets me video him, so I only have a few quick videos.

Every night before bed, he’ll gather up at least five books that he wants to read and brings them to me.  The last couple of nights, he’s wanted to sit next to me (not letting me hold him), and he wants to “read” them to me.  Its super cute, but at the same time…sad!  He’s getting so big! Hopefully, he’ll enjoy reading to his little brother or sister too.

Jake reading his Mickey book in his room

Reading at Dr. Laura’s office

Greg and I got to take a quick adult trip this month. Our good friends, Katy and Greg, got some free tickets to the Cardinals game, so they invited us to come up and join them.  We ran into the Woodard’s and their crew, so we had a lot of fun.  Thankfully, grandparents jumped in and kept little man for a long weekend.  We haven’t taken a vacation this year, so these little short trips have been nice. Hopefully, we’ll get a few more in during Razorback season and before #2 arrives!

Our family had a very busy Saturday this weekend. I went to Tammy’s (Greg’s sister) baby shower on Saturday morning in West Little Rock. Tammy is expecting her second son in September, so I am sure our little ones will grow up being best friends! In fact, Greg’s cousin, Amanda, is having her third shortly after, so the Veazey Christmas crowd just got larger by 3! 

While I was at the shower, Greg and Jake cleaned out the garage. As soon as I got home, Jake got up from his nap and we headed back to Little Rock. We took Jake to the splash park down town.  He wasn’t that thrilled with the water, but I think its partly due to the fact that there was a pretty big crowd of bigger kids there. It was also 150 degrees outside and we were all sweating to death.  Afterwards, we went to Kohl’s and Chili’s to eat. Long day – but fun day!

A few new things Jake is doing…

Counting! He doesn’t always get it right, but he loves to count things now.

Singing the Seasame Street Song! Very cute!