Taylor is 8 Months old

Another month has come and gone and now little miss Taylor is 8 months old. Each month brings out more of her personality. She LOVES to be with John and she will play just has rough with him. I find myself telling Taylor to be play nice more often then I have to tell John. 

She also LOVES to go outside. If you are holding her and you get anywhere near a door she starts smiling and her legs go crazy, kicking at the air to get out that door. She gets so upset if I let Poindexter outside to go potty and we do not go outside with him. She is not a big fan of the grass or patio feeling yet, but she loves the little plastic pool. John and Taylor can spend hours outside between the play set swings and the pool.

Taylor is trying more table food and so far likes everything she has tried. John usually eats oatmeal for breakfast and every once in a while blueberry waffles, Taylor has enjoyed both. I try to let her try little bits of what ever we are eating if I think she can handle it. 

Other things that are new is that she loves to talk back to John which ends up just sounding like yelling. She loves to hear her own voice and she can hit some pretty high notes. Its funny to watch her with John because it will be clear that she wants to be doing what he is or playing with what he is playing with. For whatever reason John likes to place himself or the item just out of her reach. She will just flat out look at him and "yell" telling him what she thinks. 

Last night we headed out to dinner with three other family friends of ours. The restaurant is located in an area that has a splash pad and stage for live music. It was really nice to listen to the live band and watch the kids play together. The only downside was that the band had requested to not have the splash pad fountain turned on all the way because it was windy. So there really was not much water at all for all the kids that were there to play in. However all of our boys still found ways to have fun in the sun.

Myself with John and Taylor

The dads watching the boys play in the splash pad fountain area.

(Josh, Jared, Eric, and Jason)

John

Carter and Mason

John

Moms Elaina, Amy, and Laura with kids Gavin, Mason, Connor, and Taylor. Elaina is due in October with her second, a little girl named Ella. Amy is also pregnant with her second, a little girl named Lucy due in July. Laura just had her second, sweet baby Connor was born two months ago.

Connor and Taylor

John with his milkshake 

Eric, Elaina, and son Carter.

Potty Training Update

Today is day 18 and its going great. Since Wednesday John has not had a wet diaper at all, not at nap time, bed time, or car rides. He has used the potty every single time. Wednesday night he woke up a few times asking to go pee pee, which he did and then back to bed. He does everything on his own now. Today I let him try napping with his big boy underwear on and he slept for four hours. I thought for sure I would need to clean the sheets as soon as he woke up. However, as soon as he was up he asked to go potty, he woke up dry after four hours!!!

I still think I am going to keep him in a diaper for night time at least for another week or so. If he keeps waking up to go potty and/or wakes up dry I will start trying underwear all the time for nap and nighttime. For now I think we are done with diapers for nap time. 

For car rides we are going to stick with diapers a little longer. He has not gone in his diaper while in the car for at least a week now, but the thought of having to take his seat out and clean it sounds like such a pain. So I am going to give him just a little longer. Right now he goes potty great on his little potty and has gone on the big potty a few times as well, but not as much and not in public places. Once we get that part down we will be diaper free. 

We may just be diaper free by July. I cant believe John is potty trained, I never thought it would be as easy as it has been and I think i honestly just lucked out with John. I have a feeling Taylor is not going to be as easy, but she could just surprise me.