The Countdown to T-W-O!

I feel like I was just blogging about how quickly Colten's first birthday came and now we are preparing for number 2! Every day brings more firsts and more challenges that sometimes make we wonder if we could handle a second child. On some days I wonder how I can manage with only Colten. But here's a quick post to catch everyone up before Colten turns two!

Colten pooped on the potty for the first time earlier this month! He usually loves to just sit on the toilet so after his bath one night he asked to sit on it. I told him no at first because it was already late, but Colten insisted so Tom and I thought that if we want to teach him to use the potty, we better not refuse his requests. And luckily we let him because he pooped! And we all celebrated! Since then, he has gone one other time. But I'll take every small step that I can : >

Thanks to a snow day at the beginning of February, Colten also got a chance to play in the snow for the first time this season. We've had so much snow but it has always been so cold too. Luckily it was in the upper 20's so we headed out and met up with Kayleigh too! Vic showed Colten how to make and throw snowballs, and he couldn't get enough!

Colten also ate pizza for the first time this month. I know that everyone is probably so surprised by this but Colten never liked red sauce but he does now....along with sausage and peppers and onions too : > He's such a great eater!

Colten still loves his vacuum too. Here he is vacuuming with Daddy and this time he actually took over for Daddy and used the real vacuum for a while. Before he only played with the real vacuum if it wasn't running. I guess he'll be doing chores before we know it ; >

This past weekend, we all headed to Columbus to visit Uncle Mike and to help celebrate Braden's 4th birthday! Thank goodness for videos on my phone; that's the only thing that kept Colten happy for the last leg of the trip.

But once we got there, Colten never slowed down. At first he wasn't too sure about the bounce houses, but Uncle Mike and I took him down the slides anyway and soon enough, Colten was having a blast. He especially loved the basketball one, probably because Uncle Mike made it so much fun to dunk the ball! I can't lie though, Uncle Mike and I had just as much fun playing and bouncing as the kids! Happy Birthday Braden! We had so much fun on Saturday and playing at your house on Sunday!


Have a happy week!