No more diapers.

Hoops and Aaron

We are so happy to announce that our littlest one is diaper free now. It was such a pain the butt to get him to this point but it was so worth it. I think it took 2 weeks to get here, we had tried all the same methods that we did with the other three kids, but he just wasn't into it. I finally decided to try an idea a friend gave me, stickers, candy and a timer. I thought it would be kind of annoying to time the potty trips to every 15 minutes and it was, specially since he didn't have to go that often, after a few adjustments he got the idea and little by little understood the process. Going to the store was a piece of cake, he was just too scared to go so he never had an accident, at church the same thing. We stopped doing the timer after a week since he got pretty good at recognizing the need to go potty, in the mornings he now wakes up to go potty all by himself and tells me all about it when I wake up. On Saturday after eating lunch at the mall we decided to take him to the Build a Bear Store, since he was the only on who didn't get a stuffed animal last year, Dan helped him pick out a Panda Bear (really cute by the way) and then he chose his basketball outfit and we threw in there a pair of undies, he was so excited about it. We consider that his potty graduations present.
He is getting so big and as much as we hate seeing him grow up so fast, it was about time, we are now officially diaper free after 9 years and 7 months.
On a side note we got a couple of turtle room mates for Franklin, the poor turtle is so freaked out about it, specially since the two little ones climb on him all the time, it is kind of funny to see him all big now, he used to be so small. We also got them a bigger house so they can share the space, the little ones love it but Franklin is still not sure about the whole thing. Turtles are just the best pets to have around, they don't make a lot of noise, eat a little bit and they are fun to watch.Frankling not very happy and the new guy climbing all over him.