Potty Training Hell..

OK so let's be truthful! Potty training is awful! We are day 3 into it and I just want to go buy diapers! It isn't Titus fault that it is so awful its mine! Every time I give him an extra minute or we do a quick potty break instead of letting him sit there he has an accident. I found myself literally wanting to cry because I have created this mess that is potty training. We started potty training Titus way back when he was 6 months old and he was getting it! THEN, I got pregnant, changed my hours at work, and just got lazy about it. Guys early potty training is the way to go! If you try it keep it up! I now wish I had! Anyways, so now here we are potty training full time. I mean even bedtime! NO DIAPERS...cold turkey people! Cold turkey... ************************************************************************************************************************************ This post has taken me all week to write. We are making slow process. However, that 15min alarm drives me crazy now, but Titus hears it and runs right to the bathroom. He has started waking up dry and has even started to tell me. (not often, but he does) I have moments every sec. of the day where I want to go buy diapers and just through in the towels. BUT, I don't. I remind myself that have come a long way already and it would be a waste to give up. Also, and this is vital! Don't let the potty training rob you of the joy that your children are. Oh man, guys! I let it get to me more than once. Sigh...and it bothers me so! It is only a season I remind myself and then I hug Titus. I have read a few blogs on potty training and quite frankly they have good ideas but I just can't do them. If Amelia wasn't still nursing then maybe the "one day method" would work, or wait till he's "ready" my budget doesn't have time for that either. Let's be real people. Diapers/pull ups are expensive! I'm done buying them $10.00 a week may not seem like alot for your budget, but it is form mine. (Titus, out grew his cloth diapers.) Amelia is still very easy to use cloth so not buying any diapers for a time would be fantastic! :) I can do $10.00 a month for diapers. ( We use them on Amelia when we travel) Right I can justify that. :) So, think of me as we potty train Titus. Its just a season...its just a season!

A glimpse of heaven

When ever I catch my children who are still very young interacting it just warms my heart! It truly is a glimpse of innocents...I happened to catch it on camera before Titus noticed I was taking his picture.

They truly do grow up way to fast so for now I am trying to catch each glimpse of heaven...

Pictures of the day...

Our sweet Amelia will be 4 months old this week! She has already been half way cross the United States, and this week she gets to go to Kentucky. She is ready (but not close) to crawl! Amelia watches Titus every move and gets super excited when he cozies up to her. It is so sweet!

Titus, (just turned 23 months) is in the process of being potty trained. It is a battle! Sometimes he gets it and most of the time not so much. He loves his underwear but not the feeling he gets when he pees in it. Hahaha..that's the idea right?!

OK my 30 seconds are up the kids are screaming...Hope you all are staying warm!

September 2015

In September we had 2 very large things happen in our lives....one we bought a house!! Yeah!! We are now proud homeowners of a raised ranch on 5 acres! We can't wait to clean up the yard and get our gardens established! We are so very excited to be investing in something that is ours instead of renting..(I don't seem to have any pictures to date..hmmm better get on that). The second thing but more precious and awesome than the first was our daughter Amelia Mary Rose was born!! She like Titus took her time in getting her. Being over due by 9 days she entered the world weighing 10lbs 4.75 oz and was 22in long! Here are some pictures of her from birth and then present...

Wow! Its been a year....So much to catch up on!

Well, looking over our blog and I have noticed that its been over a year since I have written. I think about it often but never sit down and do it. Not that I didn't have the time I was just lazy. So I am going to try and sum up our crazy year of 2015 in pictures... :) So you can see that what last year was like. :) OK so there is a few...as you can see TItus keeps us busy....there are a couple really big things that happened in 2015 for us too. SOOOOO I'll post that next..In case you haven't heard...

Just when one thing is done..

Well, 2015 has started out with a few struggles. Nothing that we can't handle just become things that become an annoyance in ones life. Charlie, Titus, and I were in a car accident last Saturday. We are all ok but the accident came with some hiccups. Big Red...(our Ford Expedition) was deemed totaled. Oh sadness, and Charlie does still have minor headaches but all in all things that take time to heal and work through. Here are our pictures from the accident. Blah!

Ear infections and Molars...a babies worst nightmare (and a parents)

It has been one week since our Florida trip, and let me tell you it has been a bit stressful. Charlie and I noticed that Titus was getting a little lethargic at the end of the week. His naps got longer, and he got pretty restless at night. We assumed it was just the very eventful week of swimming,walking,late nights, and playing all day every day. The Saturday we left I noticed his ear wax was oozing slightly out of his ear. Yeah pretty gross but it wasn't to unusual. Until, we got to the airport and he felt warm. (Yeah, oh great flying with a baby is stressful enough. One with an ear infection even worse) However, he was a dream flying home. The next day all hell broke loss. His fever spiked and I could clearly see that his ear was infected. I could see puss and he was grabbing his ear and moaning in pain. It's the most pitiful thing ever! I do not rush to the ER for anything and I knew all they would tell me is give him tylonol and hand me antibiotic. Both things I am not a fan of. I know I am a terrible parent! (depends on whose eyes you are looking through) So what did I do. Well, it was still Sunday and I didn't have anything in the house I normal use for any cold. Grrr...how could I let my supplies run low! I had thieves oil so we rubbed that on his feet and put it in coconut oil and dropped that in his ear. After, I went to the store and bought garlic oil, collidial silver, and some homepathic ear infection tinctures. When I got home I checked his temp..it was still let me say above average but not high in a small childs body. I put warm garlic oil in his ear (garlic oil pulls the infection out of the ear) and gave him some colldial silver. (a natural antibiotic) That helped him alittle bit, but he was uncomfortable and he wouldn't sleep laying down. Ugh! It made for some very late nights for Daddy. (He took care of Titus most of the time since he was off and I had to work) Of course, at night his fever would peak and Charlie got super nervous...it was 104. I reassured him it was fine, however Titus was moaning in such agony that I broke down and we did give him some tylonol. We gave him half doses just to relieve the pain. We didn't want his temp to go away. When Monday came we took him to the chiropractors. Dr. Tom looked in his ears for me and confirmed what I already knew. He had a ear infection, so we got him adjusted. Titus got adjusted every day and we kept up with the garlic oil,vit c, and colldial silver. After 3 days of late nights Titus is clear of infections! Yeah! We don't like to use drugs if we can help it, and we know in the long run he will be healthier if we allow his body to fight off the disease. Yes, I watched his temp closely, and was in communication with my mother, chiropractor, and the books I have hear to educate myself. I later talked to the ladies at my work ( I work for a dr. office) and they said that now a days antibiotics don't work for ear infections. The doctors just give them to the babies to pacify the parents. Well, I dont want to be pacified I want to do what is best and safe for my child without killing the good gut bacteria in his gut and damaging his liver because of the drugs. So it can be done! You can safely treat your babies sickness with things that work with the body instead of against it. (Note- If Titus stopped drinking and eating I would have reconsidered taking him to the doctors. Dehydration isn't to be messed with. However, he drank well and even nibbled on toast.) Everyone, needs to do what they think is best, but just know that there are other ways other than drugs.... PS In a couple of weeks I start my classes on becoming a certified family herbalist. Yeah!! I can't wait!!