my big boy.

(wearing daddy's boots!)

preparing for the babies' arrival has made me realize how big my boy really is.    

i still think of him as little, and yet he is so much more like a boy than a baby these days.  over these last few months particularly, he has let go of almost all his baby habits.  here are some of the most major changes.  

in november, just after he turned 2, we made the switch from crib to toddler bed.  i was a little nervous about this switch but the kid has proven himself good as gold in this area.  he has only climbed out on his own twice.  he still waits for us to come and get him in the morning and after his nap.  we wouldn't have asked for a better transition. 

in december, we stopped using diapers and i am proud to say that my little guy is potty trained! (although we are expecting some regression starting this week).  it is hilarious to see how so much of his thoughts and experiences now revolve around the bathroom since we obviously talk about it all the time now.  anytime someone is not in the room or leaves the room, he announces that they must be going potty.  he likes his cars and trucks to go in the potty too.  he wants us to know when the dogs go outside.  he likes to go in every store we enter.  he constructed a potty for his lego man out of legos.  and since he is the only one in his class at school that is potty trained, he lets us know that everyone else goes in their diapers.  and apparently at school, all the other kids think it is really cool that cole goes in the potty and they talk about it too.  the process was not nearly as scary as i thought it was going to be and he has done really well.  

(on a side note, it all would have been easier if i had not been pregnant because let me tell ya, 

8 months pregnant + potty training toddler + grocery store = no fun!!)

he is talking in more sentences and it is fascinating to watch his mind work and to try and build a correct sentence.  yesterday, believe it or not, we actually had snow flurries for about half an hour.  of course nothing stuck since it was in the 70s last week, but it was fun and cole loved running around outside while the snow fell.  he ran up to me and said "mommy snow" then paused and said "snowing"  and then paused again and said "mommy its snowing".  i was very impressed!

he still sleeps with his pacifiers at night, though.  i was determined back in the day to get rid of these by the time he was 2 years old but when cole started showing signs of being ready to potty train early, we asked ourselves, which one would be better to have conquered by the time the girls get here, "potty training or no pacifiers?" we decided it would be much better to tackle potty training now (hello, one less butt to buy diapers for!) and the pacifiers later, especially since he only uses the pacifiers at night.  so that will be our next challenge.  

i am so proud of the boy he is becoming, sweet and kind and curious and full of imagination.  

i am thankful for his ability to adapt to things so quickly as that is going to help him out over the next couple of months!  

i am so blessed to be his mama.    

(sorry if this post is too "day in the life of a stay at home mom" but i want to remember some of this stuff that i know i will forget too quickly!  but be rest assured, no more posts on potty training!)