Cal Pal

Since I bragged about Jake in the last post, I will now brag about Cal. :) 

This cute little guy turned 9 months on the 10th and is growing by leaps and bounds.  He is now standing unassisted for long periods and is very close to taking his first steps.  He will walk when we hold his hands but refuses to take a step by himself.  He likes to dive right into our laps instead of taking a step.  

His favorite thing to do is stand in front of his little chair and then fall into it head first. He laughs and coos, then gets up and does it again.  

He loves to eat, takes after his mama :) and sometimes seems to be an endless pit.  As much as he eats, he's still in the lower percentile for height and weight, but that could all change as he grows.  He is always so happy and smiling.  

Such a sweet silly boy!  

Potty training champ

About 2 weeks ago we decided to try potty training Jacob.  We agreed if he was still having lots of accidents or not showing signs of trying to use the potty after a week, we would stop and try again later.  I really want him out of diapers.  The biggest reason is his big body doesn't fit well into diapers anymore because he's so big.  Also because diapers are expensive.  

The first couple of days he had lots of accidents and cried every time he sat on the potty (my parents bought us a child seat for Christmas).  

We went through lots of underwear and pants.  I read that when potty training do not use diapers because they will not feel the sensation of pee on them and will never be uncomfortable.  Plus they learn to rely on the diaper instead of trying to pee.  By the third day we was starting to pee on the potty!  By the 4th day, he only had 1 accident.  By the 5th day, he was telling us when he had to go. By day 6 it was like he has been peeing on the potty for months!

Look at these cute buns!

I cannot even began to express how proud I am of him.  I have heard horror stories of potty training and figured it would take weeks to fully train him.  He's also very young and many children don't start training until 3.  It's has now been 2 weeks and he hasn't had any accidents.  He may not talk yet, but he is one smart little boy and grasps and learns new thi gs very quickly.

 

Reading challenge completed

 If you remember, I had a post about finding a reading challenge and asking my sister in law to take part in it with me.  I am finally finished!  Took me a couple days longer due to being burnt out and not reading any of the books for a couple of months, then I got a job and my reading time was cut dramatically.  But I'm done and probably won't take part in another one for a long time.  I did find some pretty interesting topics and categories, but most were time consuming and boring.  

Here's the official list with my choices:

-a book with 500 pages-Reached

-a classic romance-Pursuasion

-a book turned into a movie-Labor Day

-a book published in 2015-Fairest

-a book with a number in the title-I am number four

-a book written by someone under 30- Hyperbole and a half

-a book with nonhuman characters-Gods behaving Badly

-a funny book-Bossypants

-a book by a female author- Dating Big Bird

-Mystery/thriller-Gone Girl

-a book with 1word title-Crossed

-Short stories-This is not an accident

-a book set in a different country- The Juliet Club

-nonfiction-Choose your own autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris

-popular authors first book-Cinder

-a book by an author I love but haven't read-Sone of Neptune

-book recommended by a friend-The Lost Hero

-Pulitzer prize-So Big

-based off of a true story-Diary of a young girl

-a book on the bottom of my to read list-Will Grayson, Will Grayson

-book my mom loves-Pawn of Prophacy

-a book that scares me-The Girl on the Train

-a book more than 100 years old-The Wizard Of Oz

-a book based on its cover-The Darkest Part of the Forest

-a book read in high school-The Great Gatsby

-a memoir-Julie and Julia

-a book finished in a day-Top 20 Clues Your Clueless

-a book with antonyms in the title-Inside Out

-a book set where I want to visit-The Rose Garden

-a book from 1986-Watchmen

-a book with a bad review-Lionheart

-a trilogy- Birthmarked 

-a book from my childhood-The Hobbit

-a love triangle-Matched

-a book set in the future-Across the Universe

-a book set in high school-Obsidian

-a book with a color in the title- Greenglass House

-a book that made me cry-Wonder

-a book with magic-The Magicians

-a graphic novel-Twilight

-an author I've never read-Night Circus

-a book owned but not read- House of Suns

-a book that takes place in my hometown-Middlesex

-a book in a different language-Battle Royale

-a book set during Christmas-Dash and Lily's Book of Dares

-an author with my initials-Garden Spells

-a play-Peter Pan

-a banned book- Diary of a Part time Indian

-a book based off of a tv show-Dead after Dark

-a book started but never finished-Outside In

In all, I read 52 books because 1 category was a trilogy.  I'm so glad I can go back to reading books that I pick and not ones chosen for me.