The Funk's
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Potty Training
We started potty training! Ahh! I can't believe our little guy is big enough for this. I followed a method my friend used that has worked great with her two boys. I gave him the bucket below with snacks, buzz underwear, and his favorite, Thomas Juice. This got him excited and he was more willing to put the underwear on because they had buzz on them. The first day was TORTURE! I basically pumped him full of snacks and juice and put him on the potty EVERY 15 MINUTES. It was exhausting. No tv, ipad, and you spend every minute with them all day. You don't every go back to diapers or pull ups, even during naps or at night. We had two accidents in the kitchen right from the beginning (we pretty much stayed in the kitchen all day so that messes were easy to clean up). I was actually glad though because he had never even felt his pee before and was a little shocked it was coming from him. By the third time, we had a success on the potty. He went two more times without any accidents before his nap. Long story short, he has woken up dry from his naps for the last week, and has woken up dry in the morning for the last three days. Accidents during the day are rare and he is now telling me when he needs to go. We went out and about for a few hours on Saturday and he even went at the store! We have not put a diaper back on him once. We are still working on number 2 but I am confident we will get there!
His choice of clothing for most of the week :) his "superman" outfit
We kept busy by playing with play doh, coloring, stickers, playing in the sink, and playing with colored rice. Notice the Thomas Juice not leaving his side:)
I'm sorry, this is just too cute. It is so fun to see him in big boy underwear!
It has been so fun to see his progress over the last week and a half. They really are much smarter than we give them credit for. It has been such a long, hard, but rewarding week for us all! We are so proud of you Nixon!
Halloween
Chase's school holds a "halloween parade" each year where the kids get to take their candy buckets around to the faculty and staff and go trick or treating inside the building. This is the first year we were a part of it and it was so fun. We took dad to lunch afterwards!
Little cheese ball!
On Halloween we carved and painted pumpkins as a family. Nixon thought it was pretty fun!
And then we took him around the neighborhood to go trick or treating for about a half an hour. He was so cute saying, "Kick or treat!" and always "thank you" afterwards. At one house the guy told him to just reach his hand in and take as much as he wanted. He took one piece and said, "Enough." We sure enjoyed our funny, adorable fireman this year!
Baby Shower
My sweet girlfriends threw me a baby shower! I felt kind of funny about it since I already had a couple when I was pregnant with Nixon, but they insisted. It ended up being so fun! 
Look at this gorgeous crepe cake that my friend Jenny made! Isn't it so simple and elegant? So pretty!
We had a bagel bar with delicious toppings to go on top...
And they had a bow making station so the girls could each make a bow for baby funk!
And here are my friends who put the shower on....
Ellen, Lara, and Jenny
Thank you guys so much for celebrating baby funk and making the day special for me!!
Fall Fun
We got to celebrate Chase's 29th birthday in September! We like to joke about him finally having a job by the time he is 30.
Chase also got to be a part of the Creighton Dental flag football team. Nixon loved to watch his daddy play and let his mom chase him around the whole game :)
I got to take Nixon to an apple orchard this year! We went with our friends Macie and Lara. I am getting so sad about not living by them come May. Macie and Nixon LOVE each other. It is the cutest thing.
They got to go on a pony ride at the orchard! This was Nixon's favorite part.
And get their faces painted! Nixon was so funny. I was afraid he wouldn't hold still, but he did and loved getting his face painted.
He chose the train...
And of course we had to go pick out our pumpkins for FHE one night. Nixon loved riding in the wheelbarrow.
Our little family also took a trip to Nauvoo. We decided it would be a good time to go, before the baby is born, and before we have to worry about moving. It was a blast! Chase and I got to go to the temple one morning and it was absolutely gorgeous inside. Wood floors everywhere! We had some friends that happened to be in Nauvoo the same weekend as us and they offered to watch Nixon.
We went on a hay ride and a carriage ride...
Yes, we camped while we were there! Some of our friends thought we were crazy, me being pregnant and everything. It was totally fine with our air mattress though. We had been wanting to take Nixon camping one more time this year anyway so we decided to combine the two trips. It was a super nice camp ground and Nixon couldn't have been happier camping and sleeping in the tent.
We visited Wilford Woodruff's home, which is my great, great, great, great Grandfather :)
Carthage Jail...
This is the room where Joseph Smith was killed. It had a very neat spirit there, despite trying to keep Nixon quiet during the presentation. It was such a fun memorable trip for our little family to take and I'm glad we took the opportunity to do it while we could!
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