Success!!!

Okay, so I know I've been complaining about the whole potty training thing a lot lately, but I finally have good news! I got some good advice from Scott's sister Heidi on how she potty trained her kids, so this weekend we tried it.
On Friday we went to the store and bought Corbin a present, one that he picked himself, and a whole bunch of Capri Sun drinks. Anyway, starting on Sat we put him in underwear instead of a pullup, made him drink a bunch of the capri suns, and let him play with the new toy until the first time he peed in his undies, then we took the toy away and told him he'd get it back as soon as he went in the potty. To make a long story short, he went in his underwear like seven more times that day, and not once in the potty.
On sunday, corbin woke us up asking if he could turn on some cartoons, we said yes and he and Dex went in the living room. After a few minutes he came back in holding the diaper he'd worn during the night, said hi, and then ran back in the living room. At this point I decided to drag my butt out of bed and see what he was doing. I walked in the living room and there he was sitting on his little potty. He said, "I'm going pee mommy" I said okay, thinking Yeah Right! But then he stood up, and what do you know, he did it! I freaked out in celebration, we got his toy down from the fridge, and put a bunch of stickers on the potty, and then the whole rest of the day he went in the potty, not having a single accident! Even when he had to go poop, he did that in the potty too! I don't know what happened, it's like all of the sudden it just made sense. I am so proud of our big boy, and incredibly relieved!

It's 3am!

Well here I am at 3:00 in the morning, with my cute, but terribly annoying 10 month old. As I sat in the rocking chair holding him for the past 2 1/2 hours,(which didn't even work anyway cause he's wide awake now) I reflected on my reasons for becoming a parent in the first place. Well, first of all I didn't get pregnant on purpose and therefore didn't really have a choice, but other than that.......I always knew I wanted to be a mom, and don't get me wrong, it really is great. The last few nights........ and days, on the other hand, have been brutal! I am working on weening the baby from nursing to get ready for our mexican cruise coming up, and I am also trying to potty train Corbin. I don't know what I was thinking doing both these huge tasks at the same time, but I am.
Corbin hasn't peed in the potty at all so far, and has only pooped once. My days are filled with me saying to him, "Do you need to try and use the potty?" and "I think you should try to go pee now." These statements are followed by 5 to 10 minutes of supervising him in the bathroom while he "tries" to go, just to be frustrated 30 seconds later by him going in his pull-up or underwear.
Dex is doing well with the weening in the day time, but at night he won't even look at a sippy cup and totally flips when I try to give him one. I keep thinking I should just let him cry it out in the crib, but since we are in a small two bedroom apartment he now shares a room with Corbin. How can I justify waking one up so the other one can try (most likely unsuccessfully) to fall asleep on his own. I kinda don't know what to do at this point, but I am sure I will figure it out!
I am glad that I am a mother and a wife, and that I have two adorable boys. It's just hard sometimes, especially at 3:00am.

Now that it's been a month

Well, I thought that since we have been here in boise for almost a month, it is a good time to update. Things are going pretty well so far. We've got a little apartment in a nice area, it's a little cramped, but we will only be here for six short months.
Scott is loving his job, he comes home in the best mood everyday. He is working on a big project right now, and feels pretty good about how it is turning out. He is also carpooling to work, which is saving us tons of money on gas. We've only filled the car up once since we got here!
I am doing okay here at home, although sometimes it's a little lonely and can feel more like a prison! The boys are growing so fast, dexter is going to walk any day I just know it. Corbin is potty-training and it sucks! It's the most frustrating part of being a parent that I have encountered so far. I keep thinking it will never happen and his wife will be changing his dirty diapers on their honeymoon!