the day started with finn having 4 bowls of cheerios & playing nicely around the house with his recycling truck. then we went to a friends party at bounce jungle, happy birthday myra! that was a lot of fun.
finn fell asleep on the way home & took a nice nap. so did mama. bryan watched the cards & tried hard not to yell too loudly while they went into overtime.
big day reason no. 1: then we decided to go hike A mountain. it's a tiny lil hill on one side of asu's stadium. it's really nothing special -to most people. but bryan called me soooooo excited from arizona while on his interview for grad school... "there's this mountain right on campus... we could hike it everyday." he was sold. this was where we were supposed to move & start our new lives of not being long distance together. so we did. fast forward 6.5 years later to today & it's the very 1st time we've ever hiked it. seriously. we can walk to it from our house & we've never done it together. i've hiked it once & he's run it several times, but never together. it was lovely.
big day reason no 2: we took our first belly picture of peanut number 2 on the top of A mountain. we are 4 months along now & this baby has finally chilled out a little! i feel much better.
then we came home & made dinner. salmon, twice baked potato's, spinach & cucumber salad & watermelon. pretty decent. then the evening went on like most evenings: we played & watched a few old videos of finn & laughed hysterically at how funny he was as a baby, so expressive. we let him have some naked time, which is becoming a nightly thing. then we pick out a book & sit on the potty (hopefully for the whole book). we aren't necessarily trying to potty train him, but get him comfortable with it & then maybe one day he'd accidentally pee while sitting on it & we could hype it all up & he'd love it & tada! so far that hasn't been working for us. he'll read a few pages & get up. we don't make a big deal of it. but tonight. tonight!
big day reason no 3: he went POTTY!!!!! he peed! i'm at my desk getting a post ready for this very blog & hear bryan say "finn!!!!" so i grab the camera & run in there. he peed! for the first time ever on a big boy potty! we made a huge spectacle, let him have a treat (thin mint girl scout cookie) & danced around. he grinned his huge grin, very proud of himself. i had to take a family portrait of this occasion!
shuey! bryan is in there putting finn to sleep & i can hear him singing rainbow connection- their little tradition. he just stopped & said good night finn. you went potty- i'm so proud. finn giggled.now bryan and i are going to celebrate by eating probably an entire cheesecake & watching a movie. life is good.
hope you have a great week!
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and to add a couple bonuses to the day... the cards did win their game against #4 pitt and I've been playing around with a cool new toy... mint.com... thanks for the recommendation Melissa.
Pretty cool stuff! Sounds like you and your family are doing great. Congrats on #2 brewing, super cool!
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