The Yeager's: 08/01/2010

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Monday, August 23, 2010

Prima Balleria

She starts Ballet, Tap, and Tumbling in 2 weeks... We have been practicing in Baryn's Tap Shoes. Do you think she is ready?

Today was Hannah's first day of school. We are in love with her new school! We spent Friday morning at a New Family Orientation with a pancake, egg, and sausage breakfast and a tour of her new classroom. It is quite possible Hannah will go all the way from preschool to high school at this school.

Hannah had a wonderful first day and saw lots of friends from her other school. She will be very busy this year! She will continue to go to Mother's Day Out Tuesdays and Thursdays in addition to school on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Hudson's First Birthday!

We celebrated Hudson's First Birthday a little early Wednesday night with a family party at Mimi and Pops! Our cousins were here and it was a great way to celebrate Hudson's Big Birthday.

This was Hudson's "Smash Cake" that I accidentally dropped upside down when I picked it up from the bakery.

Handsome 1 year old in his Birthday Shirt

Aunt Autumn with the birthday boy!

Ellie knows how to throw a party! Pops got balloons and they decorated the kitchen with balloons, party hats, and blowers!

Birthday Boy!

Hudson looks good in his Birthday Hat!

Parker, Hannah, and Ellie waiting for burgers!

We sang Happy Birthday!

And Hannah ate the cake!

Hannah helped Hudson open presents.

We ate birthday cake the rest of the week

On Hudson's actual birthday Angie and Lisa brought Hudson some sweet gifts!

And Laura, Lillian, and Jackson brought cupcakes!

We sang Happy Birthday again and decided that Hudson prefers chocolate.

My sweet handsome 1 year old!

Helping Daddy

Helping Daddy put together a new vacuum cleaner!

Put on your big girl panties!

That's right folks! Hannah is (FINALLY) officially POTTY TRAINED!!!! We started this potty business in November and after she went potty on the potty for the first time, I got so excited, screaming and calling everyone that I must have scared her to death because for the last 9 months she has been terrified to actually go on the potty. We hadn't pushed it too hard, would try to get her to do, held her down on the potty at times hoping she would get over the fear if she did it, bought several different types of potty, put her in panties, etc. Nothing worked. But she was ready, she didn't like wet or poopy diapers and told us she needed a diaper change before she would go each time. I had lunch with some friends twice last week who were talking about potty training their kids this weekend. If those three kids were potty trained, plus all the other kids in her class, Hannah was going to be the last one potty trained out of all of her little friends, boys and girls. So, Friday night, we threw away the diapers! That was it, we were going all in. Friday night was a bust. She wouldn't go and finally fell asleep on our floor in panties only to have an accident. Saturday we cleaned up, put on big girl panties, and sent Daddy out to buy lots of new panties. Daddy came home with Minnie Mouse, Dora, and Princess panties! She had to go bad, so we kind of hung out near the bathroom and when she started having an accident I picked her up, hung her kicking screaming bottom over the toilet and let her go through her panties into the potty. Then I made a huge deal about how she tee-teed in the potty! Break Through!!! So to congratulate her, Daddy took her to get ice cream. At the ice cream place she needed to go wash her hands. She started to have an accident there and Stuart picked her up and hung her over the potty again. And from that moment on, we have only worn panties! No accidents! We have tee-teed in several public places and has gone in the big potty at home every time. Its magic! We wear panties to sleep too and while it is making nap time a little more difficult, we get in and out and in and out claiming we need to tee tee, she has not had an accident! She loves all of her big girl panties, loves the treats, stickers, and praise she gets and is just such a big girl! I am so proud of her and happy that my child isn't the only child in town not potty trained!