Happy #2 Tuck

Little Tucker.................

• you are now 2 and have entered the wonderful life of "terrible twos" and living up to the name!
• you love to run around and play games with anyone who will play.
• your personality is a riot! you are always making us laugh.
• your words are starting to become more clear. you are saying names so well.
• your favorite word lately to me is "NO" and "GO" oh' how I love you.
• you have shortened your naps from 2 a day to just 1! too bad for me!
• your laugh is infectious. you love to be tickled and scared. it is fun to just sit and watch you laugh.
• every time we take you to nursery you scream like we are pulling a limb off. it hasn't always been that way.
• your favorite food right now is a mini-Popsicle. (about time these came out!)
• how I love to just cuddle you at night and get you to bed.
• POTTY TRAINED!!!
• i can't believe my baby is 2! where has time gone? you bring pure joy to our lives.
• thank you Tucker for choosing our family. we LOVE you!
  

We had Tuckers birthday on Saturday a few days late, but we had a blast. Swimming, pizza, presents and cupcakes. What more could a 2yr old want. He received some really fun gifts.(thank you everyone)

just some fun pictures I took out on the jump rocks. You are so dang adorable.

Batman!!! Dunanananananana...........Batman!

Incredible smashing hands......they talk like the hulk when you hit something. Funny!!

Potty Training Bootcamp!!

Tucker's first day in Big Boy Underwear!!!

So, I decided that I was ready to conquer the wonderful task of potty training early. I purchased an ebook online and it was wonderful.( http://www.3daypottytraining.com/) Potty Training a child is no easy task, but I figured I might as well start now. We started the day after Tuckers 2nd birthday. It was pretty intense and I had lots of help keeping the girls occupied by neighbors and my sister Tracy. I was in the house on lock down for 3 days. I didn't leave the house and neither did Tuck. I made all the neighbor kids stay away and that was pretty hard on Tracy's kids. Tucker seemed to have with drawls by the 3rd day.

We did lots of fun things together during that time. We read lots of books, did puzzles, played games, colored and snuggled. He helped me with my daily duties of being a mom. Helping me make lunch, vacuum, and just clean around the house.I couldn't leave his side and at times he would tell me to "GO!" Literally..........I felt like a 2yr old. I was on his heels chasing him around waiting for the moments to happen. When they did....we rushed, laughing on the way to the potty. He has done a remarkable job. A few minor accidents here and there, but what child doesn't have accidents on the first week of training. He hasn't had a wet bed yet!! I am so proud of him and thankful that I made it through boot camp as well!!! BIG BOY TUCK!!

Tucker insisted on vacuuming his room.


Boy did it tire him out!!

Coloring with sissy.

He had fun getting on the table and washing it down.

One thing I had to do was get Tucker off the sippy cups at night. So, we purchased a few new sippies with the straw and told him only BIG BOYS get these. He thought they were pretty neat.

JETTA THEFT!!!!

So, Tuesday morning I got a phone call from Brandon in Las Vegas that his Jetta has been stolen. I couldn't believe it!! From behind a FIRE STATION. The nerve of these kids these days blows my mind. We love that little car, it is his commuter car and gets GREAT gas mileage. Thinking of having to get another car, the process that we had to start was just a little over whelming. Brandon had to work again on Tuesday at another station so, he hitched a ride from another fireman. I had to start the phone calls.....the insurance. I hate these phone calls. There were checks from customers from his carpet cleaning business that were in the car, so I had to call them and ask them to issue stop payments and re-issue another check. They didn't like that. We had just purchased a new Van for Brandon's business and the title and bill of sale was in there too!!! He was dying. I was watching Tracy's kids amid all of this and now had to go to Vegas to pick him up. So, I grabbed a few of mine and a few of hers and headed to Vegas. While I was driving down I got a call from Metro stating they recovered the car. No rims or tires but the car was recovered about 2 blocks from the Fire Station. Brandon had to take possession of the car and get a tow truck out to SOMEHOW get it out of this ally...........the car is in the body shop and now we get to try to replace a few personal items stolen. WEDDING RING!!! Clothes, tools, cd's, etc. At least we got the little cute car back that gives us 42miles per gallon and living in Utah and working in Vegas..............That is all we asked for!!

4th of July

Here are a very few pictures I took with some of the cousins this week. My sisters Shannyn and Cindy came for the week. We had an amazing time. LOTS and LOTS of swimming, great food and relaxation!! We really soaked up the sun. The parents got to go to dinner and a movie one night and then we took the kids to a movie the next. The 4th wasn't like normal. We didn't go to Brian Head, our usual spot, so we went to St. George and watched the fireworks and hung out in the town square. All that mattered was that we were together as a family. We really enjoyed the time we spent with each family. The kids had so much fun. We were able to keep a few of the cousins for a whole extra week after the parents went back home. That was such a treat. We don't get to see them as often as we would like, so we jumped at the chance. I took so many pictures but I can't post any of them because I am not allowed!! Bummer! So, here is just a few to enjoy.