Potty Training

Whoopee, we have finally made progress! William is now going potty in the toilet almost all day. He's wearing underwear most of the day and happy about it! His reward for going all day in underwear is a new car. The cool ones, the die-cast metal "Cars" character cars. He's pretty psyched about it & talks about it all the time. :)

New Year and Potty Training

Oh man it was quite a Christmas for Will! We had so many different Christmas celebrations (and our tree is still up) that he seriously expects Santa to show up any day with more presents. He got a lot of things he wanted, mostly things with cartoon characters on them. His current favorites are Incredibles and the various cars from the movie "Cars." He already liked the color red, after these two movies it's his trademark color! What I (his mom) loved is that he was truly excited and thankful for anything that was wrapped in Christmas paper. He opened every pair of socks, sweat pants and boring things and was happy to open them. The toys were simply the icing on the cake. Okay, he wasn't thrilled with the socks but he's young enough that anything wrapped up is a mystery and discovering what's inside is most of the excitement.
Potty Training Continues.....
While at Grandma & Grandpa's house in Spokane, he often yelled out that he needed a new diaper. When we checked, he was dry. What in the world was he asking for? We even tried taking him to the bathroom but often he fought that idea. On the drive home his diaper was dry at two rest stops and then began crying in the car and yelling that he needed a new diaper. Daddy & Mommy's brains finally clicked and we stopped at a gas station for him to use the restroom. Success! The rest of the way, he used the restroom with Daddy every stop. After more than a year of trying everything in the books, it seemed he just made up his mind to do it himself. Since we've been home we have not had as much luck. He makes up his mind at different times to use the toilet and other times it is not a priority. He's nearly 4, so I guess we really do have to just be ready for him to decide this is what he wants.
It has snowed 3 times this winter, which is highly unusual. He got to play in it again today and he does so well. He loves to pull things in a sled and at G&G's house he even went down their hill in a sled, alone. Nina will let him pull her in the sled but she often gets out before he wants her to. We have a new baby coming to our house in late May or early June and now that we know it's another boy, we are talking up the new baby and trying names out. We like to hear William say our name ideas, sometimes it's funny. It's been nearly 2 years now since he quit taking real naps, so every afternoon Will watches a movie. His overall favorites are Cinderella, Cars, Incredibles, A Bug's Life and Toy Story 1 & 2. The Cinderella thing really works better when Nina is watching with him, but most of what Will likes is the silly animals, especially the cat.