Potty Training Hilarity

We started potty training with mason on monday. He is doing great with it. But the funniest thing happened yesterday that i just had to share. I put him on the potty and went out of the room to check on Hunter. When i came back this is what i saw. (It is water in the cup, not soda.) He grabbed it off the sink and sat there for another 10 min. He wouldn't get up til he had finished all the water in the cup.

Thank you to all

Words can't express the gratitude i feel for those who have given us help in so many different ways. I decided that i am gonna take this week to just be sad and next week i will try to be a human again.

We have been stuck in the house all week and found some really stupid ways to entertain ourselves. Hunter tried watermelon for the first time and loved it. Mason spent some fun time building with jumbo legos.

We were pretty boring and i know that next week i am gonna have to spend some really serious time cleaning up after the daddy-daycare disaster that is our house. Sorry to all those who had to see it but to be honest Brandon is an amazing dad and stepped up to the plate to go above and beyond the call of duty. There where some intense, "How on earth do you do this every day?!!" moments, but he has been wonderful. (despite the fact that it looks like a bomb went off in our house)

Really Sad News

This has been a really hard week for us. On Monday i went on a routine visit to a high risk prenatel specialist. This is normal for me considering that have high risk pregnancies due to my Lupus. I showed up at 8am for an ultrasound. Within minuets it was obvious something was wrong.

The doctor told me that he couldn't find a heart beat and that our baby had died, probably within the past day or two. It was a total shock and took about 20 min. to sink in. I was not expecting this news. I was expecting a healthy happy baby and good report. The high risk doctor spent an hour explaining that the babies head seemed to be misshapen and that there was probably some chromosomal problems. This made me realize that it is better that the baby passed away but it still hurts. My OBGYN happened to be in the hospital right when i got the news, so they called here and she came right over to talk to me.

We schedualed a DNC for that same day and it was done later that day. It was an extreamly emotional experiance. Because Brandon used to work in the OR all of the surgons, nurses, and techs came to give their condolances. This was trully sweet but very draining.

I am now in alot more pain than i thought i would be and it is really hard to take care of the boys when brandon isn't here. Cinda, my sister-in-law was able to come over and help with dinner, bath and bed tonight and Sister Cromerty had Hunter for an hour to allow me to go to the store to pick up some needed items. Several sisters have come over to bring us food and to just give me a much needed hug which is greatly appreciated.

This is a very sad time for all of us but hopefully in time we will heal both physicly and emotionally. Thank you for all the support and prayers.

Our little helper

Mason is such a big helper. I came home with a car load of groceries and he insisted on helping to carry some in. He grabbed the laundry detergent and i snapped a few pics of him carrying it to the door. So cute. He can now put diapers in the diaper pale and "help" fold clothing. (he really just messes up the already folded clothes, but what ever.) The boys are both getting so big. I got a really good pic of them together.