One year later

Sunday was Ryan's and mine one year anniversary. Our friends Jenn and Aaron were so nice and watched Vance for a bit so we could go to dinner. Ryan took me to the Olive Garden (our fave). We had a nice meal and then went to pick Vance back up. It was a nice night.

Funniest part of the evening was I knew we wouldn't be gone that long so I didn't leave any pull ups with Jenn. Murphy's law little man did his duty and Jenn had to use one of her daughter's diapers for him LMAO!!! When we picked him up he says to me "Mom, Mrs. Jenn put me in a diaper!" It was priceless!!!!

How fast they grow!!

Vance is getting so big!! We measured him the other day and he is 38 and a half inches tall. That is 3 feet 2 1/2 inches. He is rapidly closing in on 3 years old. He is so stinking cute he has been talking about his birthday for days now. Telling me we have to go the store and buy him a birthday cake so that we can put fire on it and he can blow it out :) then he blows out air from his mouth simulating blowing out candles. His birthday should be so much fun, I can't wait!!!

Random pics from the last few months

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"My bed's too small"

So Vance has been sneaking into our bedroom at night after we put him to bed in his room. When we go upstairs to go to sleep he is cuddled up and fast asleep on Dadduy's side of the bed. Yesterday he refused to take a nap and I asked him what was wrong and he told me "Mom, my bed is too small!!" So now we are on a hunt for a new bed for him. In the meantime (until we get the money) we have blown up our air mattress for him. We thought this is perfect it is a queen size and he should love it!! Where do you think we found him last night when we went up to bed? Yup in our bed fast asleep!!! Oh what to do now........

Potty Watch!!!

We bought Vance a potty watch from Babies R Us. It is working really good for us so far!! It is programable to go off every 30, 60, or 90 minutes. For now I have it set to go off every 30 minutes. It sings to him and had lights that flash when it is time to potty. He goes in and does his thing!! The only problem is that he still has a problem with poop in the potty :( I know that it is a process but goodness I wish there was a magic trick that could be used cause cleaning up dirty "big boy undies" is not fun!! :)

Last class!!

Today marks the start of my Portfolio class. It is the absolute last class of my degree program. I filled out my graduation application yesterday and I think that I am going to be graduating with honors :) I am so excited that this journey is coming to an end. Can't wait to see what the future holds for me now!!! Ten weeks and I am officially a COLLEGE GRAD!!! :)

The light at the end of the tunnel

I just finished my last core class in my degree program. Although, I am thrilled that my final grade has been reported and that it is an A, I am slightly irritated because I got a perfect score in the course. I guess I was expecting a little more feedback from the professor in regards to my final term paper. I am far from being "perfect" and wish that I would have been given some feedback.

But... that aside I am glad that the class is over and I am on the verge of finishing my degree. My next class starts on Thursday and it is my portfolio class. I will take the term papers I have written in the five core courses and compile them into a portfolio (of course revamping them and I believe we have to write a final paper on our experience) and then I will GRADUATE!!!!!! Ten more weeks and I will have accomplished on of my goals in life!!! SO EXCITED :)