Paci's and Potty Training

This mommy took on, taking away the paci from the 4 month old and taking the diapers away from the 2 year old.

I had kinda played around with potty training Niah who turned two in May right after her birthday. She was starting to understand it so the last week of May I decided, I was going to get serious and not use diapers anymore. A month later I will say we have only had 1 or 2 pee pee accidents and 4 or 5 poopie accidents. She has going potty down and does really good, the only time she has had accidents is when mommy and Niah are really busy and I forget to ask her. Most of the time Niah will tell me she has to go. Now, poopie is hard for her because she gets the feeling she has to go 20-40 mins before she has to go. We will sit on the potty 3 or 4 times and she tries to go but because it does not come out as quickly she says all done. We are still working on it but I think we will have it down soon.

The same week I decided to get serious with potty training, Malachi who at the time was 4 months old started waking up every 2 hours in the night wanting his paci. I never let him use his paci for night time sleep but it did not matter he still knew he wanted it. After night 2 of waking up, I said that is it we are getting rid of the paci. I read lots of articles on how to do it and I decided to just go cold turkey. No more paci! It took 2 nights for him to go back to his 8 hour sleep schedule at night but after that it was back to normal. Naps, where he used his paci always to fall asleep and stay asleep took about 5 days to get back to normal. He started to take only hour long naps instead of 2 or 3 hour naps and was a little fussy. After a week naps slowly got better and longer.

It has been a month (now 2 months, I wrote this the end of June) with no paci and no diapers and it has gone well. I am so proud of Niah for how well she is doing with going potty in the big girl potty. I am so glad that Malachi has adjusted well and got past using the paci!

Niah sitting on her potty.... She actually does not even use the potty chair now

Sleeping boy with no paci

Summer fun

Summer is extra busy for our family because we work at a Christian summer camp so we are at our busy time of year.  We may work long hours and lots of days but we still find time to make memories.   

Niah loves the water, this is her first swim in the lake

Niah's new hat... Golf rides (as she calls it) is a favorite activity

Boat rides

My sweet happy boy

My babies

Sibling love

If I do not blog much, just know I am spending time with my babies!! How are you spending your summer?

Remembering on Father's Day

I have wonderful men in my life to honor on father's day, an absolutely great dad, an amazing husband, and even a good father in law. This year, I am missing one man more than I usually do, he is someone that I think about daily, but for the last few months have had a terrible ache for him to be here, my grandpa (known as papa). My Papa went to be with the lord after struggling with cancer in October of 2007.

I have missed him on all the big occasions of my life wishing he was there. I missed him on my college graduation after he cheered me on and supported me all through college. I missed him on my wedding day as we had previously always talked about how he (my papa) would officiate the wedding. I missed him when we finished building our house and I didn't get to show him. I missed him when I gave birth to my baby girl and showed her off to my family and he was not there to dote on her, as he doted on me. I again missed him when I had Malachi.

Not only do I miss him on the big occasions but I miss him and the small things in life. I miss his giving personality, he was a man that would give. I respected him and how he handled his financials (You can not say that often these days). He was a man that came from 13 and had very little but a man that wanted his children to have more than him and gave them all an inheritance. He was a man that never spent his money foolishly but always would give in abundance to God's ministry. My papa spoke his mind and never pushed anything under the rug (which is both a positive and a negative). He was a very strong sensitive man.

In the 6 months from the time he was diagnosed with cancer to his death, he sang and praised our heavenly Father. Believing that God would take care of him and his family. I saw him at his worst and I saw him at his best and even at his worst, he was still concerned about the small things in my life. I spent countless hours at his bedside in the hospital, and had some of the most precious moments with him. He was a Godly example to me and a huge part of my life. I miss him all the time but know he is in a better place


I have wonderful men in my life but he can never be replaced.

Instagram Thursday, Link Party 9

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Niah's 2nd Birthday

Niah had a pretty in pink Birthday Party.

We decorated with Pink and off White pom poms.

I made a banner out of Burlap that hung on a light pink backdrop in front of the food table that said, "Niah Beth is two." We served Veggie Pizz, Chicken and Steak Bites, various fruit, Mac N Cheese, and yogurt
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I made a pink Butterfly cake. I had a butterfly cake for one of my birthdays as a kid that my Grandma had made. I made a homemade funfetti cake. The cake recipe was a new recipe I used and it was not as good as the homemade cake I made for my mom's Birthday. Also a cookie decorating stations


The tables were decorated with pink tablecloths, pink tulle pom poms, pictures of Niah in a pink dress.

We had Pink Strawberry lemonade to drink

The Birthday girl wore an extremely adorable pink dress

The family


It was a great Birthday, she had tons of sweets and loved every minute of it.