They'll hate me for this.

Someday she will despise the fact that I made these gigantic bows and made her wear them.

Today he hates me a little because we took him to the dermatologist's office so that they could start treatments to get rid of his molluscum contagiosum (that link will tell you a little about it). They put a compound on it that is made from the goo of a blister beetle. I don't know what kind of goo a blister beetle secretes but apparently it is something that gets rid of the molluscum. It will solve the problem but it irritates his skin a bit. Thus you see he is a bit frustrated and crying.

Stavros Flatly = Hilarious

If you need a good laugh, check this out. Side-splitting hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gHvATmUsSg

Blessing/Easter/Misc. Pics

The Walters coloring Easter eggs.



Our little family after Easter egg coloring.



The great egg hunt of 2009. We had about 100 eggs for two kids. Overkill? Yeah, I think so.



Ellie, in her pretty blessing dress, being held by Grandpa Ray (a.k.a. Grandpa Jumping).



This is Ellie's "I'm going to eat you" face.



Isn't her smile cute.



Okay, this has nothing to do with my family, kids, etc. but it is still cool. The boys in our ward won the stake young men's basketball tournament. We still aren't sure how they managed it but we are proud.

Yahoo!!!

Yes, this post deserves three exclamation points. Little Walter is doing so well with his potty training. I am very proud of him. Once I convinced him that there were no crocodiles in the toilet and that going pee in the toilet is okay he was fine. I know that regression is a part of the game so I need to be prepared for that. But, for now, he is doing wonderfully. We have only had one accident in the past 1.5 weeks and he has even gone to the restroom with out asking or telling me. He just went on his own.
He might drive me crazy some days but I know that he is a good boy and sometimes he really surprises me with how quickly and easily he takes to things.

On another note, Ellie's blessing was this Sunday. We had a great Easter and it was nice to have family and friends there with us. I have taken pictures but haven't uploaded them yet so I will get on that eventually and post some so that you can see how big out little girl has gotten.

Help Me!!! Please!!! Potty-training related

People, I need some help. I am REALLY trying to get little Walter potty trained but I am not doing well. Not only do I have absolutely no idea what the tricks are but I also think this kid might be one of the most stubborn kids in the world.
A couple days ago I decided to crack down and get over this diaper phase. It is not fun to change the diaper of a 36 lb. beefcake of a two-year-old. I have put him on the potty numerous times over the last 6 months or so but he would never go. So Monday, when he woke up in the morning, I put him right on the potty. He hadn't peed since Sunday evening and he woke up with a dry diaper so I thought this would be pretty easy. He hadn't peed in at least 12 hours so he should have gone pretty quickly, but Noooooo. He sat on the toilet for 1hr. 15mins. before he FINALLY went. And, when he did finally go it was after a little whining, fussing session because he did not want to pee in the toilet.
He has now gone 3 times in the last 3 days but only after I made him sit and sit and sit until he finally went. But, if I take his word for it that he doesn't have to go and take him down he will pee in his pants within minutes. He is really driving me crazy.
So, my question is...What advice do you have? Do I keep him in pull-ups until he volunteers and then move him to underpants so that he doesn't pee on everything? Do I just keep him in underpants so he pees on himself and realizes that he hates it? Sometimes he says he is scared of the crocodiles and doesn't want to sit on the potty (apparently there are crocodiles in my toilet. who knew?). How do I deal with that? I have a potty chart on the wall, I have candy and movies that I am using to bribe him with. Does that work for other people because it isn't working so well around here yet. Any tricks I should know? Books I should read? Places I can send him to and they will take care of it and just send me back the new and improved, potty-trained version? : )
Anything you can give me would be amazingly helpful.
I am going to go sit by the toilet and try to wait him out again. Blah.
Much love. Peace out.

The First 19 Days

I have approximately 5 minutes until Ellie wakes up so I will give a quick update. Everything is going really well. I am ridiculously tired but we are all surviving and getting along quite nicely. At first Little Walter didn't want anything to do with Baby Ellie but he has come around. He often tells me that she is his best friend (of course everyone is his best friend so this isn't shocking) and loves to give her kisses and hug her. He is pretty good about being soft but I have to keep my eye on him so that he doesn't try to squeeze her head as a form of hugging.
Ellie likes to do the usual baby things like eat, sleep and poop. Nothing extraordinary there. She is a very good baby and she is very soft and squishy. I enjoy giving her kisses on her cheeks and forehead. They are pretty irresistible. Here are some more pictures to admire.

Flowers

This is a bit of an older post but I wanted to put it on here so that Walter can get some credit for being pretty awesome. A week and a half before I had Ellie I had a regular doctor appointment with the nurse practitioner at my OB's office. I was really hoping to schedule my induction or to at least find out that I had made some progress toward having the baby, but no luck. I left the appointment feeling very defeated and with the fear that I would be pregnant FOREVER. I called Walter and complained and I am pretty sure I cried. On his way home that night Walter got these beautiful flowers for me just to brighten my day a bit.


Then we had Valentine's day that weekend and this time he got me another beautiful bouquet of flowers and a pan of cinnamon rolls. Many of you may know that cinnamon rolls are my big weakness so this was definitely a way to a pregnant girl's heart.

He is not too bad as far as husbands go. : )