Crazy Brayden

Brayden doing a puzzle on the computer:

Oh - and he insisted on running around naked today while potty training. Whatever works right?

*Taken with cell phone

Going pottty AGAIN

Decided yesterday that we needed to begin potty training hard core again. Brayden has been using the potty off and on - but just not consistently. So yesterday I decided he was going to wear underwear all day (except for to bed) and if he went in the undies hopefully it would feel nasty enough to him to stop doing it. I figured it would be a looooooong messy day of wet underwear, spots on the floor and furniture - but surprisingly enough wasn't to bad. He had a wet diaper when he woke up. I changed him out of it and put underwear on him. He wore them ALL day until bed and only had TWO accidents. One time when he was sitting on the couch watching a movie and I was in the bathroom and the other time when he was home with daddy and I was gone to get movies. So all in all not a bad day. Today he had a wet diaper in the morning again and I changed him out of it and straight into undies and so far no accidents yet (and it is almost noon). I am hoping that if we do this all week by this weekend he will be fully trained (other then at night). Only see one problem so far - he has YET to poop in the potty. He didn't go at all yesterday and so far today has told me twice he needed to poop but sits on the potty and doesn't go. Unsure how this is all going to go down........................

Zoie Update

Just got off the phone with the vet. Most of Zoies blood work came back ok but one part (not sure which) was a little high. To avoid all the expensive testing at this point he wants to try her on Fluoxetine (Prozac) and see if it helps with her attitude at all. We will do an 8 week trial with the meds and then re-evaluate at that point. If that seems to be working - that might rule out the Cushing's problem. If not - we may need to do furthur testing (which is at least 3 test around $225 each) or just decide if it would be best to put her down. Here's hoping the meds work as good for her as they do me. LOL☻

Sickly Zoie

Took Zoie to the vet yesterday. Wasn't really a pleasant one. We discussed in depth her attitude problems lately and her biting. She has so many problems no wonder she has an attitude. Her left ear is infected, she has dermatitis, she has a large baseball sized lipoma on her lower belly (near her back left leg) and the vet suspects she might have cushings disease. He did some blood work on her, gave me something to treat her ear, told me what shampoo I shoud use for her skin allergies and so on. Now we wait for the blood work to come back.

* You can see the tumor a little in this picture.

We got Kubota a shock collar now too:

Hopefully this will help with his chewing on things (and other problems).

Snuggles from Gee

Brayden got a wonderful Valetine gift from the T4J's (Jeff, Juan, Jade, Jordyn & Taylor). He loved the candy but I think his favorite part was the Disney Cars blanket he got. He is a real blanket boy (can probably blame that on me). Here he is snuggled in his blanket watching a movie on his computer:

Thanks for the snugglie Gee (aka Jade)☻

Happy Valentine's Day

Here is Brayden Valentine morning showing me his skittles ♥:

Here he is laying across the table with all his goodies:

We didn't do anything to exciting. We went and got new tires for the Tahoe which were very needed. Then went to my dad's house to hang out just for the fun of it.

I didn't get Bart much - just some candies and such but was pleasantly surprised by his gift to me. Inside the *naughty* card he got me was a $100 gift card for tanning! Can't wait to use that!!!!!!!!

Pantry Storage

I FINALLY got a cabinet to use for pantry storage. We do have a pantry area with an extra fridge but it gets really hot/cold with the weather so I wanted something inside that would keep the food a little nicer (especially once it is open). Here it is (door to the left goe to the ACTUAL pantry):
Here is Brayden trying to tape himself inside the box it came in:
Where did he go lol:

Brayden's Computer

Finally got my old computer up and running. Who would have known it was going to be such an easy fix that I could do it myself with NO COST (thanks to info from Jasco)! We got it all set up for Brayden (and daddy) right next to mommy's:

Here he is playing on it:

He has the Fisher Price internet launch pad which he loves. Also has 2 computer disk games (Jump Start Toddler & Preschool) which he enjoys to. He got the FP Digital Arts & Crafts studio for Christmas from Nanny but we are having problems hooking it up. I am sure once it gets going it will be his favorite. He is DYING to get it working. Hopefully next week!

Brayden's Photo Shoot

I'm no longer working at Sears Photo Studio but I had 20 free sheets that I got for my Christmas bonus that I needed to use. So I took Brayden in to use them. He is super hard to photograph cause he hates his picture taken and wont sit still or pose. So I was surprised we got as many nice pictures as we did. His eye direction is off on a few and I would have loved a few more solid poses but I will take what I can get. Here they are:

Valentine's Surprise

One of the Gymboree parent chat groups I am on set up a Valentine Exchange for the kids. Brayden was SO excited when he got his. The mailman knocked on the door and when he handed me the box it started making noise. You should have seen the look on Brayden's face. He couldn't wait to open it. He got a new orange shake n go car and some silly putty. Also included was a nice surprise for me.....a super soft comfy pair of socks!

Thanks Renee!

This is a little later in the day when he wanted to read me a book:

Haircut gone Bad

Took Brayden to get a haircut today because he was going to be having his pictures taken. He was being so naughty this time and would NOT hold still. I don't know what his problem was cause he use to be really good (just a little wiggly). This hole is the result: