Well. It was time.

It was actually kind of PAST time, but we have been putting it off for a less busy season. However, since the seasons don’t appear to be lessening in busyness ever, we figured we might as well just do it.

So, here we go. Potty training, round two, here we come!

We obviously had to start with our favorite book ever, Even Firefighers Go To The Potty! 😉 Parker has been asking to go to the potty for months, so he was SO excited and so so ready. He could not wait!

We basically did the exact same thing that we did with Nathan – we read a bunch of books about going potty, we made a BIG HUGE DEAL the night before and took pictures and everything about his last night in baby diapers, the next morning we got up and celebrated and had a special UNDERWEAR DAY breakfast and made a list of everyone we know who wears underwear. 😉 Their choices are always a little funny to me! We found all of Parker’s size diapers in the house and put them in a gift bag for him to give to Eisley.

And then, it was time.

Ha! He was SO proud! He refused to wear pants all day because he was so proud of his underwear! 😉 And honestly, he did so so good. We only had a few accidents the entire day. So proud of my big boy! We’ll see how the rest of the next few weeks go, but he’s starting out on a really fantastic note!

I cannot believe it’s the end of November.

Next week is December. And my baby turns one.

Excuse me while I go cry in the corner.

On Tuesday, we did one of our very favorite traditions and the signal that Christmas is really here – the Nutcracker! Nathan and I did this totally by accident when I was pregnant with Parker and we haven’t missed a year since. 🙂 This year, we got Gammy, Pops, Aunt Nicole and Gabriel to come with us! Such a fun day!

The kids did so well! Eisley loved all the music and dancing and Parker kept telling us how beautiful everyone was. Ha! 😉 Nathan loved it all, as usual. 😉

Me and the big. Even though everyone comes with us, it’s still just a special thing for us. 🙂

The next day was Jon’s birthday! Such a fun day! We did presents when he got home from work. His aunt and uncle were randomly passing through town that day, so we met them for dinner at Jon’s favorite restaurant, Tucanos.

The boys were just in “blur status” with Uncle Joe, so I couldn’t even get a picture of them, but Eisley LOVED Aunt Amy. She snuggled her for the last half of dinner. So sweet!!

The next morning, the kids woke up and Freddy Frinkle, our friendly Elf on a Shelf, had returned! And he brought suckers that may or may not have come from the pantry, because a certain mom forgot that he was supposed to return until about eleven o’clock the night before. 😉 The kids didn’t seem to notice or care. 😉

He spent all morning on Friday working on this and then had me help him measure it to his head. He said it was his Nutcracker King Hat. Okay, then. 😉 Such a creative little man!

On to December! Oh, I just can’t even believe it.