Much to my surprise! This afternoon Chanler went poop on the potty all by himself.

He has started telling us when he needs a dirty diaper changed (once or twice mind you not all the time).
Here is what happened this afternoon . . .
Chanler: poo poo
Jesse: Do you need a diaper change - did you poop?
C: Check
J: OK come here I'll check. Nope no poop.
C:(Walking to the bathroom) POO POO
J: Do you need to go poop? do you want to go poop on the potty?
C: Yes!

And there you have it we are suddenly on our way to potty training!

Note: Lucky for me Scott came home while we were still on the potty so we got some blackmail pictures for latter on!

Oh how I wish I always had a camera ready to take pictures of Chanler's cuteness.

Just now (while I was checking email, etc.) I heard Chanler playing with his car garage (little tykes I think - don't know for sure. we got it at a garage sale, no pun intended) Of course this newer (than the one I had) model has sounds etc. So on the top level there is a pay phone button that makes a ringing phone noise. Anyway I look over to see what is going on and Chanler is sitting with his ear up against the pay phone saying "hello, hello" while the phone rang.

TOO CUTE! If I do say so myself.

We has just arrived at Scott and Amy's for our weekly home group Bible study, erm, well, fellowship, and as I got Chanler out of his carseat, he started making grunting and unnnhhh noises, so I asked him what was wrong, and he said very proudly, "I'm heavy!"

Guess I was not making the required noises myself!

So we are not quite there yet (about 6 weeks until Chanler actually turns 2), but I am beginning to see why people call the two's terrible. Life is challenging with an infant because they can't do or understand things. With a 2 on the other hand then understand and decide NOT to do what you asked. The will is in "strong willed" is comming out.

This is not to say that Chanler isn't still wonderfull and cute much of the time, but he is being more and more challenging. I pray continually that we have the perserverance, wisdom, and energy to do the right things (disipline, attention, flexibility, etc.) each time!

Do you know what is frustrating ... How Chanler can change his mind in a nano second. He will go from asking for a specific thing to declining it when I offer it to him 2 seconds later! It drives me NUTS.

I mean he has a good long attention span and memory when he wants one, so I can only assume that he is deliberately doing it to annnoy me