potty

noah has led the way in his potty training.. we never pushed him. we let him decide when he was ready to advance to each next step. summer of 08 he went around naked all the time and we kept a potty on each level of the house. he peed when ever he felt the urge. slowly we moved the potty upstairs only, and then he advanced to a potty on the toilet, then just a step stool to get to the toilet and finally he just grew tall enough to sit. now he stands to pee. soooo much easier. he was attempting to wipe himself after poos.. until he clogged the toilet with tons of tp and then another time with a whole box of wet wipes. he tried to wipe again the other day with my prompting, but made an "ewwww" face when he saw the poos on the tp. ok.. preschool starts in sept.. we have 10 months to practice wiping.

he has been daytime diaper free since nov 08. he is awesome at peeing in public places.. if he cant reach to pee in the toilet, we build a nest of tp to sit on.

now our only obstacle is night time dryness. i ask him if he is ready to give up night time diapers (no pull ups..i hate them). he says not yet..when I am 4. (which is in a few weeks). so each night we talk about it. i don't push him-- he'll do it when he is ready, and his timeline is at age 4.
so lastnight as i got ready for bed, i see that he removed his dry diaper and left it on the bathroom floor. he got up to pee and decided he was done with the diaper.
i went to put it back on him but he was fast asleep.
so this morning i woke expecting to find a wet bed.. i even dreamed about it.
i go into his room where he is sitting up.. i ask if his bed is wet? NOPE!!!!
He said he went pee 5 times and held up his fingers to show me 5. he said he did not want to wear a diaper anymore and he reminded me that he is still 3.
what a smart boy! i praised him and hugged him and we celebrated! we called daddy and noah was so excited. i asked if he'll stay dry again tonight and he said yes. i expect accidents.. normal. but the fact he led this part of his potty training has paid off. and with our patience. i hope our 2nd baby is this easy-going.

some more cute things

seems like the older noah gets, the funnier the things he says...

so when he gets mad at me now..he walks away pouting and says, "I am not staying home ANYMORE!".
All I can do not to laugh.

Yesterday we were playing outside in the snow and noah kept asking me to pick him up to reach the tree. I told him that I am not strong enough anymore (= too tired in the pregnancy or he is too big now) and he replies, "sure you are. God made you strong!"

He likes to act like a grown up and take care of me. When I go to bed after work on saturdays, noah likes to tuck me in, turn on (his) my night light and tell me to turn off the room light. I asked him to sing rock a bye for me though, and he said no, not yet. he is not a grown up yet.

I don't know what his obsession with being an adult is, a big man. I brought him to a work baby shower last week and he had a long conversation with another coworker about him growing up and how long it takes to be big.

He told me yesterday that he no longer wants to be a police officer like auntie becky (no longer uncle becky) and tell all the bad guys to stop being naughty, but he wants to be a fireman like uncle dan. but not on a yellow fire truck, a red one.

He bought a 2nd toy with his money.. Diesel the grumpy train. hey, makes his day!

Back on memorial day, there was a fire at a local business down the road from us. Even now, in December it sits vacant with a large burned hole in the roof with a make-shift tarp falling inside, filled with snow, ice and rain. Noah remarks every day that the roof was burned and the firemen came to put out the fire, but lately he keeps asking me why it is not fixed. I told him that the owners probably do not have money to fix it. He said that he will put his money in a pail and give it to the fixers.
God, how did I get such a wonderful and sweet child? Lord, I pray that he may always be this sweet, generous and humble.

Dec 09

Some funny things noah has said recently:
I asked him how he was feeling since he had a cold. He responded, "It's not good so well. I am feeling sad."
At night on the monitor, I can hear Noah counting in spanish in bed.
We went out to dinner and the lady was washing the table. He said to her that that it sounds like the baby.. (he meant heartbeat)!

Noah does a new prayer that he made up:
open shut them prayer. I will have to video it and link it here.

He is sleeping over Auntie Becky's house this weekend as Joe and I go away to Boston for our christmas present to eachother. Noah is very excited!

halloween 09

we went to auntie becky's for a halloween party. noah was spiderman and emma and leo were priates.



it was nice out, i was able to walk around with no jacket, just a short sleeve tshirt. noah loved going to door to door and ringing the bell. he was definately the leader of the pack.









After coming back from trick or treating, noah took off his costume and hid in the bathroom trying to eat his candy in peace!

growing up...

Noah tells me, "Mom, I'm thinking I am not a bunny anymore (nickname I have had for him since he was a baby). I am a big man and don't need to sit in the booster seat." At least he breaks it to me gently that he is growing up...
At the time I felt like he was stabbing me in the heart though.

and the other day I was grumbling about how cold it is and Noah responds: "Don't worry mom. Cold means you can build leave piles!" How did he become so optimistic when I certainly am not?
He really is a light in my life. He shows me times to be humble, optimistic and happy. He really has Jesus in his heart!

big boy bed

noah got his big boy bed on Saturday. He loved it! He has been sleeping so well and I have had to wake him up each day in the morning and from naps.




The last night with his old bed..


Walking in and seeing his new bed for the first time!


I think he is happy!

such a big boy

Noah is getting a new big boy twin bed on Sat. He really wants me to lay down with him at night and I can't fit anymore. He also keeps telling me he is too big for his bed.. but little does he know that if he took out the bazillion animals in his bed, he'd fit.

One funny thing that noah does.. if he gets yelled at for misbehaving, he say: "I am sorry you yelled at me.".. kind of odd, but makes me smile and apologize.

Noah got into both Village nursery school and Valley Chistian. We declined village and decided to send him to valley in the fall for 3 days of morning 4's preschool. I love the teachers and so did he when he met them.

Noah has almost saved up for his Rocky! He is awesome about doing his chores. and he always tithes his savings too.

Yesterday noah was walking on his tip toes and trying not to walk on his heels. I asked him why and he said he did not want his feet to get hard like mine. I told him if he walked on his feet for 34 years, they'd be hard too. so.. he is trying not to. I think that is pretty smart!

You know how kids mimic their parents? The other day Noah wet a napkin with his spit and wiped my face.... I think I will stop doing that to him.
I love this age. He is sooo much fun and always says such funny things! He tells me that I crack him up! (wonder where he gets that from?)

Yesterday we had our gender u/s. Noah did his typical helping me in the dr office getting my shoes off my feet and up in the stirrups (which is not needed). He tells me not to pee out the baby when I leave a urine sample. then he runs to the u/s room.. he knows exactly where it is. when the dr told him it was a boy baby, noah said no, it is a girl baby! he really thought it was a girl! I won't tell him the name we picked b/c I know he'll tell people and we want it to be a surprise.