Potty time...

The interaction that I had with Dean yesterday when I put him on the potty...

Me: "Dean can you go pee pee on the potty?"

Dean: "You go, get out, I want prisassy (privacy)" as he's pointing to the door for me to leave.

Dean and Austin

Dean keeps saying to Austin "Oh Baby Austin, you really really get a present of the moon don't you?"

UPDATE: Just wanted to say I figured out where Dean got this from. He watches a Little Einstein episode where they get a present for the moon.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Lucky and Charming...

Freezing

Well our heater broke on Saturday morning and we've been without heat since then and will continue to be until at least Wednesday. This is because they have to order a part and wait for it to come in. It was quite an adventure on Saturday and Saturday night to try to keep warm in our house. It was only a high of 56 degrees on Saturday so the house was freezing! We bought 1 space heater and it wasn't enough. By 3am Dean was shivering in bed (even though he was under 5 big blankets) so he climbed into bed with us and we moved the space heater from Austin's room into our room. Even on Sunday it was freezing so off to the store to stock up on space heaters for the rest of the house. Luckily the weather has gotten warmer and the space heaters have helped everyone sleep more comfortably. It's also a good thing that we live in California and not somewhere colder.

Dean counted 18 stickers today. That is the highest I've heard him count yet.

We went on a long walk the other day and I picked some flowers for Dean on the path we were on to keep him busy in the stroller. He was so excited to smell them and tell me what colors they all were. It was nap time as soon as we got home and he wanted to sleep with his new flowers. When he awoke they had all died and he cried for a very, very long time about it. He didn't realize that flowers die, it was sad.

Some of my favorite things....

Here are some pictures of our recent visit to the Bay Area Discover Museum in Sausalito.

I feel like I should be posting some of my favorite things that Dean is doing these days before I forget them and he stops doing them. I also want a way to remember them for Dean's scrapbook. So here it goes...

Dean sings the ABC song and when he's done, we both clap for him and then he runs to me to get a hug and hear me say how great/smart he is.

Dean is always comforting his baby brother by touching him softly and stroking him, saying things like "Oh baby Austin, it's ok" and "Baby Austin, I know I know" or "Baby Austin, I'm coming" when he's crying. He also kisses his brother without being asked to.

Which brings me to...I love that Dean is giving me kisses (finally!) lots of kisses everyday. Of course I have to ask for them, but he seems happy to give them. He used to just say "How about a hug?" when I asked him for a kiss.

I love how he runs to the window every morning to wave good-bye to his Daddy as he drives away to go to work.

When we are putting his train tracks together, building something with blocks, or cleaning up his toys he always sings "What's gonna work? Teamwork!" from the Wonder pets.

He's a little actor everyday. Sometimes he crawls onto the floor and pretends he fell there and is stuck to ask for my help. He also uses hand gestures in the cutest way like putting his hand up to his ear when he is saying "I hear frogs".

I love listening to him sing songs all the time when he thinks no one is listening.

When he's playing with his toys he says "I'm so happy, I'm so happy, I'm so happy" like right now as I'm typing this.

I love watching him playing with all of his animals and telling what kind they are and what sound they make. The best is hearing him say all the big dinosaur names.

When I can smell his dirty diaper, I ask him "Dean did you go poopy?" and he always replies "no" because he doesn't want me to change his diaper.

He has conversations all by himself. Like when he gets hurt he says "Are you Ok? I'm ok" while he's crying.

There are a million other things that I love witnessing everyday, but I can't list them all here tonight. I have 2 loads of laundry to fold and have to get Dean to bed. Before I end this post I have to mention that my favorite thing that Austin is doing right now is the way he looks at Dean and gets so excited watching him and lights up when Dean comes over to him. Too cute.

Peppa Pig

My favorite thing that Dean does is when he reads his books aloud as he knows them by heart. The best is when he reads Peppa Pig out loud as it is a really long book and he knows every word and even speaks with a British Accent as Kevin and I have both read the book with an accent as Peppa Pig was developed in England.