Potty
yesterday Vincent went the whole day without having any potty accidents and i wasn't even asking him about going to the bathroom, he did it all on his own. I think hes finally learning to hold it and hes actually told me two separate times while we were in public when he needed to go. I'm going to be so happy when this is all done with. His new motivation... if he goes to the potty all by himself with no help he gets a piece of gum, but If he has an accident or if i have to help him then he doesn't get any. So far its been working pretty well.

Gabba
i posted about a year and a half ago or maybe even two years about the show Yo Gabba Gabba, it was back when it first came out. I had posted about how i loved the show. well i still love it, its by far one of my favorite children shows on TV. Its educational and at the same time its actually cool. All the songs are original, catchy and easy for a three year old to learn and understand. Occasionally ill hear Vincent singing one of the songs like the I'm so happy song.

Free
I'm loving checking the mail these days. its almost like its my birthday every time i check it. Ive been receiving samples galore. Yesterday when i checked it i had a package from Gerber and in the package was a not samples, but a whole box of breastpads and an entire tube of their breastcream. I was totally not expecting that at all, that's so cool of them. When i was pumping and breastfeeding Vincent the Gerber breastcream was my favorite so I'm pretty excited to get some for free.

Unsure
Ive been debating whether or not i want to buy or get a crib before daxton gets here. I have the co-sleeper bassinet for the first few months and after that i had planned on moving him to the bed with me and continuing to co-sleep, at least that's my wishes. So actually a crib wasn't even in the plans at all. The only thing I'm concerned about is what if Daxton just doesn't want to co-sleep. Vincent wanted to sleep with me for his first few months and then after about 3 months he wanted nothing to do with sleeping with someone, he was much happier in his own crib sleeping in his own room. I guess i could hold off and just go with the flow and Ill worry about it when i get there.

Patterns
Ive started to notice Daxton's wake and sleep patterns. Normally he will sleep through the night with hardly any movement at all unless i happen to wake up to go to the bathroom or maybe if i roll over to switch positions he'll spend a few seconds getting comfortable again, but he wont kick or punch, he just moves around until hes found his comfy spot on my bladder and then once hes found it he goes right back to sleep. His most active time is usually in the early mornings when its just starting to be light outside, usually about 7ish I'm guessing. Around that time he'll spend a good ten to fifteen minutes kicking, punching, poking and or whatever else it is he does that involves extreme movement. When he thinks he's done he'll calm down, but i can still tell he is awake and just waiting because if i move again or switch sides he'll go back at it. This period of time usually lasts about 45 minutes total until hes back asleep for the remainder of the morning or until i officially wake up and start my day. The past month or so i haven't been able to sleep past ten o'clock. I'm assuming its because my body is preparing me for a schedule to care for a baby. Daxton usually spends his days pretty calm with small bursts of activity throughout the day, but for the most part he's pretty laid back.

A big baby and hiccups
I noticed yesterday before i got out of the bed in the morning that Daxton seems like hes noticeably bigger. My stomach wasn't bigger but it felt like he was, almost like he grew alittle during the night. He also gets the hiccups all the time now. he usually gets them at least three times a day and its funny because if you look at my stomach you can actually see when he hiccups.

One more mark off my list
thanks to my samples and what not Ive been receiving in the mail my "stuff i need" list is getting even smaller and then today i was looking for a round cake pan so that i could bake a cake for my brother and i stumbled upon Vincents old baby monitors. i plugged them in and they still work great, just like they did when we first bought them. I was so excited because its just one more important thing i can mark off my list. why the baby monitor was in with the cake pans? i really don't know.

Sunny D
i read on the net that pregnant women get cramps in their legs because of a lack of Vitamin C in their diet, so for the past few days i have drank a glass of Sunny Delight which will give you 100% of your vitamin c for the day and sure enough its been working. I haven't had any cramps in my legs in the past 3 days. Thank god because they hurt.

Also
i read this in a blog the other day and wanted to share it. I believe more men should be like this one. http://rixarixa.blogspot.com/2009/07/delivery-room-football.html