Only 1 in Diapers!!!!

Well I would say I now officially have all four boys potty trained. Erik has been almost a whole week without an accident. He even goes in and uses the potty by himself. He really thinks he is big stuff. He was definitely the easiest of my children to get to this point. Boy is it nice to only have the baby in diapers.

Sarah is getting so big. She will be four months old on Friday. She has discovered her fingers and loves to chew on them. It probably won't be long until she gets some teeth, she has turned into a real drool monster.

The two big boys are home from school this week. We had parent teacher conferences on Monday. Both of the boys' teachers said they are perfectionists which slows them down in their work. But they are both doing really, really well and are in the top reading groups in their classes. Caleb is doing well in math he just needs to develop confidence in his ability. Jacob just has to remember to turn in his homework.

We hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Potty Training

Why is it that kids always want to start off on a new adventure at the most inconvenient times? I have been busy getting ready for the family portrait fundraiser at our school last night and tonight. So when Erik got up yesterday and refused to put a diaper on because he wanted to wear underwear my first thought was "This is last thing I need today!" Bless his little heart though, he only had a couple of accidents all day long, even with all of my running around. So I guess we are officially out of diapers. YEAH!!!!! It is so cute when he goes to the toilet and then flushes, he sticks both hands in the air and yell "yesss!" He is so pleased with his accomplishment.

November 9, 2008

Hello! We have not fallen off the face of the earth. I just haven't been able to slow down long enough to even catch my breath for the last couple of weeks. The last part of October almost every spare minute we had was spent hunting but to no avail although Dad and Matt did see a bear which was pretty cool. We had fun celebrating Erik's 2nd birthday just before Halloween. Oh boy did Aunt Shelly get him the perfect gift. He loves dinosaurs and toys that move. So a dinosaur that growls and walks was a huge hit. He has really just grown up in leaps and bounds.

We are finally done with soccer and football. Caleb and Jacob both ended their seasons undefeated. Poor Joey was on a team of all first time players. That made for some very interesting games. The coach felt pretty good about a game if it ended with all of the kids headed in the right direction on the field. Other than the fact that by the end of the season it was really cold the boys had a really good fall sports season and they can't wait until next year.

I can't leave out our little Sarah. She is definitely the one in charge at our house. I can hardly believe how big she is getting. She smiles and giggles. Daddy doesn't think it is very fair that she will talk and coo at everyone but him. But he definitely gets the biggest smiles. Well that's all from the Puterbaughs for now. Have a great week.