Bryan Family Blessings : Big [Boy] Changes!

There are some big changes going on in the Bryan Household!

Jace is becoming a big boy along with other big opportunities that are happening!

Will you please keep these big changes in your prayers? God knows what is going on and we just want Him to help guide us to the right choice.

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. - Jeremiah 29:11

After talking and discussing with Jace's daycare with JB we decided to start potty training Jace.

The only sign he seemed to not show was telling us he was going to teetee or poop. However, when its almost time for bed and he hasn't pooped we can tell him to go poop and he will. So we knew he was pretty much ready to start.

We have been putting Jace on the potty to teetee before bed for quite some time now. He always enjoyed using th big boy potty and knew he was supposed to go on there before bed.

To prepare the for venture we went and bought some Toy Story 3 Underwear, Smarties and Hershey Kisses. I also picked up some training pants that were just like thicker underwear for daycare. My friend Latisha gave us a couple of the plastic training pants that her son was not impressed with. They are bulky and just over sized. They do contain more than the other "training pants" that just have a thicker lining.

Friday when we got home we stripped Jace down and put him in his big boy underwear. He LOVED the Buzz underwear! :)

That first night we had 2 accidents - one of which was poop so that's a given. We knew not to really expect him to catch on to the poop part yet.

Saturday went well as well. Again there were only 2 accidents - one of them being poop.

We even went out to a couple stores and he did well teeteeing on other toilets out and about.

The first accident was on the way home from the stores.

Thankfully I put a towel under him in the car seat and he him in the thicker underwear (not the plastic ones).

Thats one cute tush!

He looks more and more like a little boy in his big boy underwear!

Its so bittersweet! I am excited to get him mostly out of diapers before June Bug comes but this means that my baby boy is growing up! :(

Sunday was a great day too........only 2 accidents again - one being poop!

We even went to church, out to eat then to Academy. No accidents while we were out!!!

Talk about some proud parents!

That evening while we let him run around naked he even told me "teetee" and so I took him and he went!

That was the one and only time he told me. I think the naked thing may have something to do with it.

Like he is more aware of the signals he gets when he need to pee than when he has underwear on.

Can't resist the cute bare bottom pictures!

Daddy's boots.......Hat......and the cutest butt ever!

AT daycare today Jace had NO accidents!!! GO BIG BOY!!!

We are so proud of him!

He did have to change clothes because he didn't "tuck" his teetee in the toilet enough and peed on his pants.

We will take that! However - note to self - send other shoes with him to school. Poor guy was in socks all day because the pee got on his shoes. :(

While it was rainy and we didn't have much to do outside the house I took the opportunity to make Jace's Valentine's Day Shirt.....

Can you guess what it says?

I was going back and forth on his shirt....I wanted to make something cute but also wanted something that he could wear longer than just Valentine's Day.

My first idea was something like this:

BUT I ended up going with this:

Have I ever mentioned how much I love my Silhouette!?

Its pretty much one of the best things ever!

Today when I woke up I had blind spots - like the kind you get when you look at a bright light. I really thought it was originally from looking at the video monitor when I first woke up because it is bright. But when the spots didn't go away and changed areas about 10 minutes later I got worried. I checked my blood pressure and it was fine - actually low (97/74). I was baffled....my head was hurting a little bit but nothing that painful. By the time I was eating breakfast my vision was better but my head still hurt. As I was driving Jace to school my head really started to hurt. I was thinking this is a migraine YUCK!

I still went into work, I wanted to call my OB and let her know what happened and I didn't want to go home to happen to have to come back to Katy later. I called and they told me to try a Tylenol and water then call back in an hour. It took some of the edge off my headache but not completely. After lunch I decided it was time for me to get home and sleep. My head was not hurting NEAR like it was when I first got in but it was enough to be annoying. I got home and checked my BP and it was fine again (100/70). So I went to nap. Dr. Cole's nurse called me after my nap and asked for me to come in tomorrow. I mentioned I had an appt for Thursday but she said to come in tomorrow anyway. So.....I will update on that later.

My head is still not great but its better. I am VERY exhausted and think I could have slept all day. I didn't in fear of not being able to sleep tonight - I hate when that happens!

Anyways - I am pretty certain this was just some weird pregnancy migraine and everything will be ok.

I will have to update later after the appointment.

We have not gotten Jace to willingly dance for a while but tonight he did it all on his own!

He was wearing his big plastic puffy training pants which probably made it THAT much cuter :)

He was dancing to his toy that is broken and just repeats over and over the starting music (ANNOYING toy but a CUTE dancer!)