Rexburg Times
Well Treven usually has the laptop all day at school so I don't have anything during the day, but now it is the weekend so I do not have an excuse not to contribute to the blog. We are absolutely loving our new apartment. Mom asked if it was enough for us to stay here and I said, "Almost... but then I look outside at the weather". Speaking of which, Treven did get accepted to WSU but when we looked at the acceptance letter, it said he was accepted for Spring of 2009 which starts on January 12th. We called and explained that we wanted to apply for the summer, but when we applied the only options they had were Spring and Fall so we picked Spring. Well long story short, they can't switch which semester we applied to. We had to fill out a whole new application and pay 50 dollars AGAIN to have him be accepted for Summer. She said he is automatically accepted but it still has to go through the process. We are done here in Rexburg on April 10th so we may take a few days after to pack everything and then head out to Washington. I am so excited!
It is really weird not to be going to school at the same time as Treven. I am trying to adjust to not having any school work or something to do other than taking care of my girls. But I am loving being home and spending time with them. Treven thinks that this semester will be great. He has gone to three of his four classes and loves all the teachers so far. The fourth class is a religion class and I know he will love this teacher. I have had this teacher for the same class before and he was great!
We started potty training Melia on Thursday of this last week. She loves the pull ups which she calls Dora Diapers and she loves the big girl underwear that have princesses and Dora all over them. But I need some advice.... she does GREAT in the morning with it and has only had one accident in the morning, then she takes her nap and after her nap... well she does great but has more accidents. Potty training is the one thing that I am scared of with raising a child, but Melia is definitely ready. She loves going on the toilet and being a big girl. I just need advice on what to do!
McKenzie is rolling all over the place and grabbing anything I have in my hands. The girls had to go to the doctor on Friday because they both have some nasty coughs. McKenzie was 20 1/2 lbs! I knew she had passed the 20 lb mark! She is huge! I have her wearing some 9-12 month stuff already!
Well we are missing everybody! Melia runs around the house asking for Grammy and Pop pop. She threw a fit the other day because she thought we were going to see Andrew when we were going to Wal mart! She looks at everybody's pictures on the laptop and gets so excited when she sees pictures of everybody from Christmas.
Well 3 more months and we will be there! Love you all! Can't think of anything else to put on here... still have not received my Praxis results from November. I think it is the holidays, but I will be calling about it on Tuesday if I do not get it on Monday.
Kim
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I'm so excited you'll be in Washington! That means we'll get to see you more when we visit! Good luck with the potty training. I"m sure she'll do fine, it's just a transition no matter what. I think the only thing that has really helped with our kids is that we go cold turkey and stay consistent. Try to spend a few days really focused on the training and have them drink a ton, like seriously keep pumping them with their favorite drinks, so they go potty all the time and it really gets in their head. This way they learn faster. Only use pull-ups while sleeping, and only if you have to. It is very confusing to them if they think they get to wear diapers sometimes and sometimes not, it's too hard for them to remember when they aren't wearing one. I know it sounds crazy but if you feel up to it don't let her wear a pull-up for her naps. Limit her drinks for the hour before bed, definitely no water in bed, and she will probably wet for a few days but she'll get the idea sooner than you think and it should help with keeping her dry after her nap. If you don't like that idea just try to evaluate what is different after her nap verses in the morning. Has some of the novelty worn off by then? What can you do to keep her motivated? Anyway, I hope this helps!