Welcome Karli!

Cousin Karli was born 10/26, a week late, and weighed 7 lbs, 14 oz, 20 and 1/4 inches long. She's not too fond of her ladybug Halloween costume. Here is a picture of "Aunt Sarzah", the baby whisperer with Karli and Tristan. It's fun to compare the babies with being only 27 days apart!

Halloween

Jordon was a member of the Lightning McQueen pit crew for Halloween. We spent part of the day at Tim and Lauren's visiting new cousin Karli, then home for trick or treating. He busted out the zipper of his costume just as we were leaving to go trick or treating. We visited the "Halloween house"-- a house in our neighborhood that has the entire yard and house decorated with tombstones, zombies, and other scary stuff. Jordon was scared of the place at times and didn't want to get too close, but always wanted to drive by and see "Halloween house" for as long as the decorations were up. It's funny what kids hold on to from what they are told by parents-- when we would walk by the house on walks in the neighborhood, we would tell Jordon there was nothing to be scared about, so that Halloween night, he walked down the street from one house to the next yelling "There's nothing to be scared about" when he would see halloween decorations. It's funny too how one day he's all of a sudden scared of something that hasn't scared him before. Example- I had a pumpkin in our living room that plugs in and lights up. It was in the same spot for at least a week. One day Jordon decided he was scared of it and wanted it moved. I moved it for a while and then later put it back in the original spot. Jordon later said that "Lightning McQueen is not scared of the pumpkin" so apparently Jordon wasn't either.

Life with 2 little boys

At this time, Jordon's going to daycare 2 days a week, so I have both boys the other 3 days a week. On those days, I often find myself thinking that going to work is easier than taking care of the 2 together. Usually, if we go out, one or both ends up wailing, or Jordon throws a fit and I have trouble managing the two together... no matter how hard I try to plan well to avoid feedings, nap time, potential potty accidents, etc. Don has yet to take care of both boys alone for any period of time longer than a couple hours but he will find out how challenging it can be when I go back to work and have to work the weekend.

We have lots of potty talk at our house right now, and some days it feels like that's all I deal with, between Tristan pooping constantly, Jordon potty-training, and him being fixated on bathroom issues. Jordon is potty trained and does well for the most part, but still has some accidents. Here's a recent conversation.

Jordon- "Mamo, I pooped in my McQueen undies".

Mamo- "Lets get you on the potty and clean you up. Sit there for a minute while I change baby brother's diaper- he's crying."

Jordon- "OK. Let me see it. I wanna see it" (referring to Tristan's poopy diaper)

Mamo- "Sit down and worry about your own poop."
I then turn around to check on Jordon, and he's picked up the potty ring and is trying to put it over his head, dripping pee everywhere.

Jordon- "I took a big poop in potty". He likes to use the word 'big' in front of everything these days. Another time he said, "I gotta big one. I gotta big wee wee."