The Nelson Family: April 2010

Monday, April 26, 2010

Potty Talk

We keep getting the same question, "Is Deagan potty trained yet? Does he show any interest?"

The answer would be no to both.

I know he is smart enough to know how to do it, but he just doesn't want to. In fact, sometimes he REFUSES to sit on the potty, even if we tell him he will get a marshmallow for doing so. (If he turns down something as wonderful as a marshmallow you know he is serious.)

I know he knows when he has to go, and that he very easily could go potty, but that doesn't really seem to matter.

This morning we went to the library for story time, and afterwards Deagan was playing with a box of animals that the story-time lady pulled out for the kids. I was sitting back watching Deagan play with the other kids, and over heard him talking to himself. He was saying, "Stay in poopy! Stay in!"

I asked him if he had to go poopy, and he responded that he did but he wanted it to stay in. And stay in it did!

If he has the control to hold it in like that, he has got to be ready for potty training, but I just don't know how to convince him of that same thing.

People say that the summer time is the best time to potty train since you can let your kids run around with no pants on, so we will see if summer time is our lucky time as well.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Growing like a weed!

We had a WIC appointment this afternoon to add Kayden to the program. Kayden was weighed and he now weighs 9 lbs 3 oz! So from the time he came home from the hospital he has gained 3 lbs! He LOVES to eat pretty much all the time, so I was happy to see he is gaining weight.

Deagan was always on the small side (like under the 10th percentile on everything) and Kayden is in the 50th for both weight and height. We will have to see if he follows after his brother as he gets older.

He is growing too fast though! Time, please slow down!

Friday, April 16, 2010

This kid cracks me up!

As I was getting ready today, I had Kayden in a vibrating chair thing by the bathroom which happens to be by Deagan's room. I got distracted at one point in this process and all of a sudden I hear a crash and then Kayden starts to cry. I look over at him and our hallway mirror had fallen down next to him and there were a bunch of Deagan's bouncy balls laying there as well. Deagan immediately says "Sorry mommy. Sorry mommy." over and over. My first reaction was to get bad and to punish him because that is my natural tendency but I have been trying really hard to get over that and to not react all the time. So I decided to let him explain to me what had happened as I was comforting Kayden. Deagan starts telling me that he was bouncy his balls and one hit the mirror and it fell. It did not hit Kayden but just scared him. I was happy I didn't react right away because really Deagan didn't do anything wrong, he was just playing. For 20 minutes after this incident Deagan kept telling me the story of what had happened and slowly the story started to lose its validity. At one point a dragon had come into his room and bounced off the wall and then a little bit later the dragon ate Kayden's stomach. Other animals made their way into the story as well and they all did their kind of crazy thing. He told me all of this in complete seriousness so I treated it the same.

I am not really sure what really happened during the incident, and I don't think I ever will because I have a feeling some kind of dragon or other animal will be the one to blame.

He really has a great imagination and it is a lot of fun to hear how his mind works.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Way behind but still here!

I have not posted anything for a while, so here are a few of my favorite pictures from the past couple of weeks. Life is crazy right now, but I am very blessed. Just look as these two kids; they are evidence to me that my Heavenly Father loves me or else why would I been entrusted with such beautiful children. They are truly the greatest things that have ever happened to me; besides marrying Greg:)

Kids do and say the darndest things...

I don't want to forget all the cute things that my children have said or will say, so check back often to see what the Nelson family has to say!

March 26, 2013

Kayden: Do I still have my eyeballs or are they still at Grandma and Grandpa's house?

Me: I never knew they were there...

January 8, 2011

I was tired this afternoon, and I needed to nurse Kayden. I felt too tired to go pick up Kayden from where he was, so jokingly I asked Deagan if he would go change Kayden's diaper, nurse him, and then put him down for a nap.

He took it seriously, and said, "I have little boobies mommy! But do I have milk?"

Me: "No you don't have milk. I was just kidding."

Deagan: "But do I have water in my boobies?"

Needless to say, he did not follow through with what I said:)

January 6, 2009

*We went to Olive Garden for dinner tonight, and after the waitress brought us our breadsticks my son yelled after her, "Thank you lady!"

*My oldest loves to bring toys with him to bed. Tonight he had a couple of toy dinosaurs that he got for Christmas. The rule we have of bringing toys in bed is that the toys can't play, they have to sleep too. Tonight, he was having a hard time just letting his toys sleep, so I kept asking him to stop playing with the dinosaurs so he could go to sleep. He was getting really frustrated at me because of this and towards the end he started saying, "I am very mad at you!" It was so hard for me not to laugh at that.

January 4, 2009

He has done this for a while now, but whenever we are in the car he will ask, "Where are we going?" in a annoyed kind of voice. Later on he will ask really sadly, "Where did my house go?"

October 29, 2009

My oldest woke up really early this morning, and was whiny and impossible to please. At this point, I am dreading the day ahead and it is only 7 a.m. My oldest was sitting on his play table coloring and playing with his paint box (that was empty). He dropped the paint box, and began whining for me to pick it up. The conversation went something like this:

D: "Pick it up Mommy!"

Me: "It is right by you, you pick it up."

**Pause from Deagan**

D: "Michelle! Pick it up!"

I couldn't help but smile when he called me Michelle. Maybe this day will be better then I am expecting.

September 6, 2009

I think that wanting your privacy while going potty is a natural instinct that we are all born with and that develops over time. D is beginning to show signs that this privacy is a very important time when going to the bathroom. This afternoon I was making dinner and came in to the living room to check on him. As I walked into the room, he held out his hand and yelled, "No Mom! Go back!" I can always tell when he is done by him allowing me to stay in the same room with him.

August 30, 2009

D wants me to always watch what he is doing regardless of what it is. His new favorite thing to say is, "WATCH MOM!" over and over.

July 11, 2009

I was taking a bath, and locked D in the bathroom with me while I did so so I could keep an eye on him. During this process, D was very interested in his old nursing buddies (if you get my drift) and kept saying "Yummy!" "Yummy?" I asked him. "What did it taste like?" "HOT DOGS!" He replied!

July 8, 2009

D is a big help around the house. He puts things away when I ask him to, sometimes. He helps me fold the laundry, by that I mean he lays in the laundry. He is just a great help. One of his new things is to throw away his diapers after I am done changing him. After a diaper change this afternoon, he proceeded to pick up the diaper and head to the trash. His normal trash that he uses was out of reach, so I told him to go into the bathroom right off of the kitchen and to put the diaper in the trash right next to the toilet. I think all he heard from that was, "Put it in the....toilet." because that is where he put it. Like I said, very helpful! :)