Potty Training, Corvette, Pneumonia, Easter

Wierd title for a post.... I know! However, it feels like the last few weeks in our home have all run together and this about sums it up. People have told me how hard and frustrating it can be to potty train a little boy, but I had no idea just how maddening it could be until I started with Cason. Add on top of that a Corvette purchase that, in my opinion, went terribly wrong, Cason getting pneumonia while the rest of the family was hit by a horrible strain of bronchitis (and mastitis for me... yippee), and missing out on a lot of Easter fun and you get a sad, stressed, and exhausted momma.

Enough of the ranting and complaining though. I am hoping that the worst is behind us AND while it wasn't the greatest month it did, of course, have it's bright spots. :)

We started potty training Cason back in September of last year. I thought that it would be great to get it over with before baby Kevin came. However, it was apparent from the beginning that Cason was just not ready and that it was my agenda running the show. This time around has been very different. He isn't 100% yet, but we are getting there, and I feel like he is doing pretty great considering he got incredibly sick a week into it. The first time around I was prepared with a potty chart, stickers, candy, prizes.... the whole shebang! This time all I needed was a bag of M&M's and Phineas and Ferb. He started out on Monday running around naked and after a few days was in his underwear. By Saturday we were out of the house in clothes and I am proud to say he didn't have a single accident. Cason loves wearing his underwear and loves being a "big boy." We still have some work to do, but overall I would say it's a success and we will not be going back to diapers, yay!!

 

The weekend after we began potty training Jeff and his brother planned a road trip to Sacramento to pick up a Corvette. It is Jeff's dream to one day rebuild and drive his own Corvette. For now, however, they will just be turning around and selling this one. They got a really great deal and are hoping to be able to make some money off of it. Unfortunately, on the way home they experienced some trouble and are going to have to put a lot more work into it than they had originally planned. My initial "I told you so" reaction has finally worn off and I am hoping that they can have some fun rebuilding the engine together. I am also hoping that we can break-even and get our money back. At least Jeff will get a little taste of his dream and for now Cason loves that daddy and Kenton have a "race car."

 

 



At the beginning of February both boys had RSV. No fun!! It took Kevin forever to get over it and he was miserable for weeks. We had to take him into the bronchiolitis clinic at the hospital everyday for over a week and he was almost admitted at one point. It goes without saying that Cason has had more than his fair share of illnesses in his short little life. This was his second round of RSV and I won't even go into everything else he has had in this post. It was no shock when we took him into the doctor a few weeks ago and he was treated for pneumonia. I could tell that something was wrong when he randomly fell asleep on the couch one afternoon. He woke up with an incredibly high fever and it went down hill from there. I was hoping that Kevin would be our healthy child and not have to experience everything that Cason has gone through, but so far in his short 3 months, the poor little kiddo has also been sick almost as much as he has been well. We took him into the doctor a week after Cason and sure enough he had bronchitis. This makes for long days and even longer nights. He struggles to stay asleep for a decent length of time because he wakes himself up coughing or not being able to breathe. Cason is now doing much better and Kevin seems to be on the mend. I am crossing my fingers that we can avoid anymore illnesses and have a healthy and happy spring and summer.

 

 

My niece Dilyn came down to stay with my parents the week before Easter. My mom planned a ton of Easter activities to do with all of the kids while she was here. Unfortunately, because we were all sick we weren't able to do most of them. I felt a little sorry for myself at the time, but we did end up having a pretty good Easter anyway. We were able to go to the egg hunt at my mom's work and the barbeque afterward with my brother. The Easter bunny found us and left the boys clothes and lots of candy. Cason got a kite and Keving got a cute little book. We didn't leave the house on Easter Sunday, but my mom did come over to spread some Easter cheer. She did a treasure hunt and Easter egg hunt with Cason. They also colored eggs and made a cute bunny car out of treats. I was so grateful to her for coming over. Without her it would not have felt like Easter at all.