Prayers

For a few months now Rodneys prayers have been very simple. He always wants me to start him off by saying dear and then he goes from there. It usually went heavenly father, thank you for jesus. Jesus christ amen. Last night he mumbled a bunch of gratefuls but the only one I could understand was grateful for my bed. Tonight he said the cutest prayer. Dear (mom) heavenly father, thankful for today, thankful for my bed, grateful for my guns, Jesus Christ amen. Mark got him his first little toy rifle tonight from sportsmens warehouse and apparently he really likes it because it expanded the scope of his prayers for the first time! :) I love this little man of ours!

Funnys

Rodney has been wearing some sunglasses with sunflowers that we got from the doctor a few years ago all morning. I told him that I liked his cool glasses. His response was yeah, they were twenty bucks! Shrugs his shoulders and walks away. :)

At the car wash!

Last night mark wanted to take Rodney through a car wash. So we did! Rodney was pretty interested in the car in front of us going through and somewhat nervous about when it was our turn. Once we got in he was excited when it started but worried about the windows covered in soap! He was a little jumpy when there were louder noises or when the water was cleaning the bottom of the car. I think it was because he couldn't see anything when it was so noisy. There were lots of facial expressions through it and I tried to catch some with the camera on my phone. They are a little blurry because he kept moving to see what the heck was going on! :) it was pretty darn cute! By the end he had a huge smile on his face and was asking to go again! I love this little man!

Potty training

Rodney has been going potty in the toilet for 3 days now. He is on his 4th day. I wasn't going to push it until after Christmas because I had just taken his binky away but Rodney has been doing so well and basically potty trained himself! He kept saying pee when he was in the tub without water and I kept checking to see if he had peed and I didn't see any. After him saying that a few times I took him out and put him on the toilet and he peed!! He went through 7 pair of underwear that day trying to get the hang of it but he still went in the potty all of those times too. Th next day he didn't have any accidents other than poop until the afternoon, When I left for the grocery store. Yesterday day three we were at auntie bugs house for Christmas baking day and he pooped in his pants three times. He was having some stomach issues. But the fourth time he even pooped in the toilet! He is so proud and so am I when he figures it out. It's almost like you can see the light bulb! He still sleeps in diapers but he woke up from a nap dry too. It is common in the McFadden family to have bed wetting problems so I'm not pushing it. He is doing so well and I will be happy not to buy any more diapers until this new little one blesses us with it's presence!

Rodney and the binky part 2

Rodney has done really well without his binky. He has now gone 5 full days! Last night he woke up hysterical at about 11 and wanted it. It was really bizarre. Nothing I could do would help until I let him cry for about 5 minutes and went back in his room. He then calmed down after getting two cups o chocolate milk and some songs. He didn't ask for it at all until we were in the car on our way home from auntie bugs house last night. It was Christmas baking day yesterday. I had Rodney so I didn't really get to do much baking. He can go to sleep easily without his binky and he hasn't wanted it during the day much for the last 6 months. He is getting to be quite a big boy!

Rodneys first Lego creation

Rodney was in the shower with me this morning and he has built two identical horses! The only thing we have made out of legos are guns. A simple two pieces. Today out of nowhere he created two horses and when I got out of the shower I asked him where his horse was so I could take a picture. It had fallen apart so he created more on command!! How did he learn to make things out of legos?? I can't even make things out of legos! Smart kid.

Day One of Operation Binky-B-Gone

Rodney has recently been moved to a big boy bed. Marks sister Mandy has been staying with us this fall and as soon as a makeshift bed went up for her he decided that a big bed was much better than a crib. He refused to sleep in the crib, actually. So in November I started shopping around for a big bed and found a bed on craigslist that had never been slept on for only 125 including the frame. I will take it! He has loved it. I however have not enjoyed it as much because when he has slept in it all night long his binky gets lost. It either is on the floor or he just can't find it when it is right next to him. He has only had his binky at night and during naps for a while now but waking up in the night just to find a stinking binky is NOT my idea of fun! :) So, yesterday was the day when we would be home for a couple of days so I cut his binky tips and they were officially "broken". It was upsetting at first but he got over it pretty quick. No nap, which I expected. He wasn't upset all morning. But when it came to the time when he usually had it (nap time) he kinda flipped. Last night was the same but he was so tired from no nap he fell asleep very quickly. I was thinking that he would wake up a few times in the night. But, he only woke up once and that was because he was cold. He didn't even ask for it! Wahoo!! He did wake up about an hour before I thought he would and was really upset about his binky... Hopefully after today we will be over the hurdle and ready to move on!! ***fingers crossed***