News from this week.

Our big 4 month old boy can now roll over both ways. It's the floor from now on for you. No more couch time. We are very proud of him. Emma didn't roll over both ways until closer to 6 months. James had his 4 month check up and he is very healthy. He is also the size of a 6 month old. He weighs 16 lbs 6 oz. We love our cubby boy. We also had his picture taken this week so watch out for those pictures coming soon. He was such a good boy and smiled so well it was so hard to choose.



Now onto Emma. She is having a very busy summer. Not only she did go on her first airplane ride she is now sleeping in a toddler bed. We have passed the crib onto James who is very grateful to be out of the playpen. It was a hard transition for Emma to make. She was very comfortable and secure in her crib. She never tried to climb out of it. The first two nights in the big girl bed were awful. No one got much sleep. After that we tried putting a lock on the inside of the door thinking it will keep her contained and just might make her feel secure enough to sleep again. It worked. No more crying, no more getting out of bed in the middle of the night, she is pretty much back to her regular sleeping schedule. She also no longer bangs on the door to get out but realizes that after waking she has access to books and is just content to look at her books until I hear her and come get her.

So now it's time for another change. POTTY TRAINING! I think she is ready. I just hope I am ready. We started today. It went okay - meaning she actually went on the toilet 2 times. One of those time she actually told me she had to go before she went and we had enough time to get there. The other times she usually told me as she was already going. We ended up going through all 10 pairs of underwear and 2 pull-ups. The biggest challenge was actually getting her to stay on the toilet. She will sit there for 30 seconds and say she is done. I tried everything - reading, singing, coloring and bubbles. She would have none of it, she would just start crying and there was nothing I could do to make it fun enough for her to stay. All you Mom's out there what is the secret? I have a sticker chart, reward treats for trying and little presents for successful tries. I hope tomorrow goes a little better. (Thank you Marilyn for taking James for a few hours for me or I never would have been able to do this.)

Here is our big girl during one of the very few times she actually sat on the toilet for longer than 30 seconds. I gave her a new Dora coloring book and new markers. She is modeling the foam hat we made today.