Big Changes

I keep having people ask me how we are adjusting to having the two kids. and I have to say I'm pretty proud of how well we are all doing, but most of all I'm proud of Kail.  In just over two months our little three year old went from being our only child with all the attention we could possibly give him, who went to daycare with other kids his age for 10 hrs a day 5 days a week.  To being home with mom or dad ALL the time.  Not having other kids to play with.  Mom and dad are paying a lot of attention to a new baby and/or getting our daycare built.  Oh and he got potty trained.  And when I say he has been home with mom and/or dad ALL the time I mean all the time.  The weather has just been too cold and windy to have Trigg outside for more then a few minutes so he really looked forward to Daddy coming home and wrestling with him at night while Jordan worked and mommy got to stay home for three months.  Through all these changes, Kail has been our little trouper.  He is careful around Trigg but does like to give him hugs and kisses on occasion.  He is fascinated with Triggs "little hands".  He loves to bring Trigg toys during tummy time.  But mostly he is SO BORED.  We have been gathering a lot of toys for the daycare and Kail has been appropriating them.  Our living room looks like we already have a daycare up and running. To get a little exercise in him, we have been playing soccer in the hall.  We roll the ball down the hall an Kail kicks it back.  He also "transforms" from a car to a robot, this involves him falling to the floor on his stomach and the jumping back up in time to kick the ball, and after just a few minutes of this Kail ends up quite out of breath.  Our other usual activity is going to Target and playing with the toys, his favorites are the big dinosaurs or the transformer toys.

Potty training was actually pretty amazing to watch. In total we may have had 3 accidents, and none of those were in his bed which was a huge relief to mom.  We got puppy pads to put on the couch and didn't end up using any of them.  Daddy told Kail he could get a Black Jeep he could drive if he would use the potty and that was it, he was potty trained.  The first day we sat him on the toilet every few minutes.  He got really very annoyed at this.  By day three as he had not had an accident yet, we decided to just wait and see if he would tell us when he needed to go.  . . and he did.  I've been trying to get him more hydrated because the kid can go hours without seeming to need to go but no matter how much he drinks he hasn't had a problem.  He had one accident at the store but he stopped himself from really making a mess until he could walk to the bathroom.  He had another when he didn't realize that jumping a lot may cause you to leek but again, he didn't finish until he was on the toilet.  He does sometimes use it to get attention.  If I've spent too much time with Trigg all of a sudden Kail "has some pee".  We have been SO proud.  And yes he got his black jeep and even helped us put it together.  For the first few weeks EVERY time he used the toilet he asked where his jeep was.  The saddest part was when we finished putting it together and Kail couldn't drive it because we had to charge the battery first.  The funniest thing to mommy is that he was SO excited to drive it but now just has daddy drive him around with the remote control and Kail goes for a ride.  They go on walks around the gully or even over to the grocery store to pick up a treat.  Mommy thinks they are so cute together.

Trigg is so patient with us. When Kail was this small mom and dad were able to lavish him with attention.  Trigg has to share the attention with Kail and us trying to get the business up and running.  Yet he rarely fusses.  No purple crying, he loves to lay on the floor and kick the post to make his dragon wiggle, and as soon as he figured out he could do this he started smiling, laughing and talking to his dragon.  Although we had problems at first he now eats like a champ.  And best of all he sleeps like a champ.  At just under 2 months Trigg started only waking up once a night, he eats and goes right back to sleep.  He also started letting mommy put him down for an afternoon nap which allows mommy to continue putting down Kail for his afternoon nap too.  Both Kail and mommy were worried we would have to stop our cuddle time before nap because it was just too hard for Kail to go to sleep with Trigg in the room but we have all figured out enough of a routine that both boys get there cuddles in before at least an hour nap.  They do like to tag team mommy and daddy though so as soon as one is asleep the other is awake.  And unfortunately now that daddy is home all the time instead of mommy nap has become even more difficult as Kail still requires time petting mommies hair if we want him to go down quickly.  Trigg is the slimiest baby though, he is just happy 90% of the time, which has been a huge blessing as with everything else going on right now I'm not sure how we would have handled a difficult baby.