May 26

We've had some giant steps this past week. The first victory was when I finally convinced Eli to sleep under his sheets and on his pillows. He has been sleeping upside down in his bed with his little baby blankets covering him, ever since he's been in his big bed. He was waking up 1-3 times a night yelling for mommy to come up and cover him up. Last week he finally realized how comfy it is under the sheets and on the pillows! Finally!!! I also bought him a fan for his dresser that is really noisy and drowns out any noise like    thunder (thunder was becoming a problem!) Since these two small changes --- we have slept through the night EVERY night!! I think Eli is also catching up on his missed sleep cuz he's been sleeping every morning past 10. 

But the more exciting step this week was on Saturday ... Out of pure luck or maybe we are finally getting somewhere ... Eli ... At only 46 months old ... Pooped in the potty!!! Yes it has happened before but only twice in January ... And he has pooped his pants every day since then. Every.  single.  day. 

So I'm gonna hope we are finally getting somewhere. 

Sammy is interested in the potty since we talk about it a lot. He has peed in the potty once and also wants to pee outside when Eli does. 

Anna banana is almost fully potty trained. The girl cousins are lapping the boy cousins. It's pathetic really. 

Less than 3 weeks til we head to the beach. Today the weather was perfect outside so we spent the day outdoors in the kiddie pool and the sand box. 

All four of us got some sun and got excited to do the same for a whole week straight. The boys will love the beach! I'm so excited for them since Sammy has never been and Eli was too little to remember. 

10 more days of work seperate me from a week with these 3 and all our families!