Poop-capades!

I thought I would share how my morning started just so you all could feel much better about your days.

Well, I thought my day was going to start off great since I got to sleep in until 8 am. Unfortunately, that thought got thrown out VERY quickly.

First, I went to say good morning to Sophie and found that she had had an accident and had peed in her bed. (ok, not so bad, I can handle this one.)

Next, off to the boy's room. This is where my day took a DRAMATIC turn for the worst. I found Joshua COMPLETELY naked, holding his diaper in his hand. As I surveyed the room, I realized there was poo covering the majority of the floor, on all the bedding, doors, most of the toys, and almost completely covering BOTH boys. (Ok, I still thought I could handle this. I got the boys in the bath, and went back to really see how bad the damage was in their room. Which is when I realized it was WAY beyond a 1 person job, so unfortunately, I had to wake up Jon.) Oh, did I forget to mention that Joshua peed on the floor when I asked him what he did.

So, Jon was taking care of the boys bath and I was cleaning the room. We were just about to finish up and we were doing pretty well. When Jon realized that the boys had now poo'd in the bathtub. Luckily, since I was still cleaning the poo that had literally been thrown onto the door and the rest of the room, Jon took care of the bathroom. This now included draining and bleaching the tub, all the toys, re-bathing the boys and now mopping and bleaching the floor.

We finally got them dressed. Then it was off to the laundry, which consisted of TWO loads to handle all the blankets, sheets and toys. Then it was Sophie's turn for a bath.

And all this before 9am. So, who wants to be us today???

Halloween pt. 2

Sorry, these came out backwards. But I think you can figure out what was going on. We had such a blast at Halloween, and we are already thinking of themes for next year.

Halloween pt.1

There is more to come later, but if you would like to check out what we dressed up as for Halloween...click on the link http://www.myonlineportraits.com/Albums/Album.aspx?AlbumID=47725

Update on the pee pee

We started training Sophie on Tuesday. I spent a couple of hours with her one on one. I thought that day that it was never going to happen or that it would be worth it. But now we have gone the last two days with no pee pee accidents. (during the day that is). We are focusing on getting that mastered before we worry about the over night stuff. So, I am pleasantly surprised. I have a little hope that this is ACTUALLY going to happen. Although, I know that we are just at the beginning of a very looooooooooooooooooooong road. Good luck to anyone else going through this process.

New season brings changes

Potty training has commenced in our home. Sophie is our big girl. So far it's been tough, but we did have one positive experience yesterday. So, we have faith that she will also be able to conquer this, just like she conquered losing her paci.

YAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Huge Announcement!!!!!! Target has FINALLY opened in Biloxi. I've already gone once and you can GUARANTEE I will be spending A LOT more time there. In fact if you can't find me, you know where I will be. If you haven't figured it out...I LOVE Target!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jeremiah and Joshua

A quick update about Jeremiah and Joshua. We had our court date Sept. 29th. It wasn't great news but it wasn't horrible news either. We still have them....for now. Somehow the birth parents lawyer was able to pull some strings and get a 45 day extension. So, we will be going back to court November 24th (which happens to be 2 days before Thanksgiving...so hopefully, we will have a lot to be greatful for). We have spoken with our social worker and she still believes strongly that we will be able to keep the boys. The parents have as of right now not completed anything on their list of requirements, including missing the last two months of visits with their kids. (Just a side note.....the saddest part of the court hearing was that they didn't even ask us how the boys were doing.) We are hopeful that we will be able to keep them and adopt them, but we know that Heavenly Father is watching and he will make sure that Josh and Jeremiah end up where they are supposed to. We Thank You for all your prayers!!