Catching Up

ALOT has happened over the past 2 months.  Let me see if I can remember it all ...

- We transitioned Ryland into his big boy bed!  And he did great.  I finally found his bedding at Pottery Barn Kids which was a huge accomplishment because I have been looking forever - it is so cute with trains and cars!  And then my parent's took Ryland up to Highlands one weekend and while he was gone we transitioned his room.  His crib is now his full size big boy bed - we skipped the toddler bed.  He was excited about it when he got home.  And the transition to him sleeping in it was a breeze.  He loves for us to lay down in it with him ... and I have to admit - it is really cozy being able to lay in  his room with him.  He typically gets out of his bed by himself when he wakes up in the morning and comes out of his room to find us.  He is a late sleeper most mornings so we are usually already awake when he gets up.  I keep stressing to him that he always has to find us when he wakes up vs going downstairs without us.  He has been good about that for the most part. 

- He is FINALLY potty training!!! Woohoo!!!  It started right before Thanksgiving when he started wearing big boy underwear during the day at school.  He was having accidents but quickly realized that he did not want to pee in his big boy underwear.  And then over the past few weeks he has been wearing big boy underwear all day except at night.  He will hold in his pee until we can't anymore and then finally pee on the potty.  He is getting better about going more throughout the day.  And is good about telling his when he needs to go.  It just takes a few times of him sitting on the potty for him to actually let it out :)

- He no longer gets to keep a water cup in his bed.  Pretty much since he started drinking out of cups we have let him keep a water cup in his bed.  And he LOVES to drink water right before he goes to bed.  We started this transition in early November in preparation for potty training because we knew that he could not have that much liquid in his body at night and not pee while sleeping.  And then when we transitioned him to his big boy bed the rule was that his water cup had to  always stay downstairs.  And that he could only have 1 sip of daddy's water before going to bed. 

- He turned 3 years old!!  I will have a separate post for his birthday party but I still cannot believe that he is 3 years old!  Where does the time go.  We had his 3 year old check up earlier this week.  And he got a great report.  He did not pee in the cup like they wanted (crazy request for a 3 yr old that just started potty training!) and would not let them complete the vision test but the rest of the visit was great.  He racked up on stickers during his visit because he got a sticker for everything that they asked him to do ... stand on the scale, stand up straight to get his height measured, take his blood pressure, etc.  But he did have to give one sticker back when he did not pee in the cup - and he was ok with that :)  He is around the 20th percentile for height and 50th percetile for weight.  He is still our little mister and I think most of his weight is in his belly and head!

- His vocabulary expands every day!  It is crazy how many words he knows.  And how he can put them all in a sentence and have a conversation.  He understands everything that we say to him.  And it is so cute when he responds with his "ok" when you are talking to him about doing something or going somewhere.  His little "ok"s are so sweet and innocent.

- We went to Disney Live at Philips Arena on Sunday Dec 16th for his birthday.  The MacPhee's and Govan's met us there and all of the kids had so much fun.  We gave Ryland a Buzz Lightyear and Woody for his birthday present and he took them with him to the show.  And then Buzz and Woody came out on stage he went nuts and danced with them to all of their songs.  I will post pictures soon.

- He is really into Christmas and Santa this year.  Dash (his personal elf) been flying back to our house every morning and Ryland loves finding him and talking to him.  Dash even created a birthday sign for him and hung it up in the kitchen for his birthday!

- He had a growth spurt over the past couple of months and his 18 month pants are finally too short for him!  He is now officially in 2T pants and they fit perfectly!

- He recently fell and hit the metal chair that we keep in the living room (that is where Big Bear sits).  He hit his mouth and immediately starting crying and bleeding.  Luckily it only it and busted his gums right above his two front teeth and did not knock any of his teeth loose!  I was so afraid that he had knocked his front tooth loose again .. which happened almost exactly 1 year ago.  They were sore for a few days and he could not eat anything too hard.  But they are all better now.  Phew .... close call!