First up on our January to-do list....
Get Mae potty trained!
She had not been too enthusiastic about the idea of potty training, but I kept telling my self I would do it when the kids went back to school after Christmas. 2.5 years has been the perfect age for the other three kids, so I figured it would work great the 4th time.
The first day was a little rough, but by the end of day 2 she was a champ with no accidents!
Here she is showing off her big girl undies for the camera--she is so silly and I love that so much about her!
As we all know, #1 is much easier to get down than #2, so Mae was gladly munching on the prunes the bishop had given Wes in his fake COVID care package-
And she chose this mini grocery basket full of groceries...haha!
She is so random and I love her so much for this.
On day 5 she finally got 'er done and got that huge sucker and the chance to open her groceries! There were definitely some ups and downs with the process, but overall she did so much better than I expected and we are back down to one child in diapers!
Wes got to celebrate Ryan's birthday with a couple friends at Pins in downtown Dublin and had a blast!
Wes - Ryan - Graham - Sparsh
She is perfection.
She pulled it out herself at school and was pumped to show me when she got home!
I love that snaggle toothed girl and when Brian sends me pictures to make sure the outfit that she's wearing is ok.
I also love that this girl happened to fall asleep for a nice sabbath nap-
She may not have been so nice leading up to the nap, but was a treasure afterwards.
We got a couple good snowfalls and there was lots of fun had outside-
Mae continues to be a gem and getting her to look at the camera is quite the event, but I love catching that perfect 2-year-old face when I can-
I love this little princess so much!
Thad had a great month finishing out his first season of wrestling-
He had such a great time wrestling and every time I watched him do it, I just couldn't get over how brave he was to go out there and just up against whoever he had to. He wrestled up a weight class most of the season and didn't always win, but learned so much and it was so awesome to see it come together during the district meet where he got two solid pins and helped his team take 3rd out of 12! Thad is one tough kid!
We took the girls with us to his awards night at the middle school and quickly remembered why we don't take Mae anywhere besides church that she needs to be quiet. Not very many middle schoolers have toddler siblings, so it's very noticeable in these situations.
Thad was a good sport and dealt with us our shenanigans! He shared his favorite memory of the season (playing dodgeball every Friday) and let his coaches say some really nice things about him.
Coach Ramos - Thad - Coach Isaly
Thad has also begun his journey into orthodontics-
He basically has the exact same issues I did as a kid and will be doing all the things to correct his narrow over bite. He has been a great sport about it all and is just glad he can finally get started so that it can be over sooner.
And I'll leave you with this picture to round out our January-
We had a warm December and really paid for it in January. Brian is a total stud and was out in it even at its worst. This image has me longing for spring and summer, hoping it comes quick!
