A Vazquez Weekend

The weekend is almost over and I must say it was a good one. Why? Because all we did was chill. Friday we had my nephews sleep over and Abram had a blast with them. Saturday morning my niece joined me in a house full of boys. By 2pm everyone was back where they belong. I was at a cake decorating class at Michaels and A.B, Elian and Mr. R were at the park. They picked me up and we headed to the grocery store. We loaded up on things we needed for a small family bbq, came home, grilled and set up a little table outside for a party of four. Sat down and we enjoined some delicious carne asada Mr. R grilled for us. YUMMY! The kids really enjoyed it.

Today we took a trip to Denios Farmers Market & Swap Meet. The kids were loving it as much as Mr. R and I loved it. After we stopped by In n Out for some burgers and headed to the park. And now we are just enjoying the remainder of our day. I am leaving y'all with a picture of Saturday after the jump.

Day Four: Potty Training

I'm making an official announcement: Today my son is officially potty trained. We went over to Target to run an errand and I put a diaper on him just in case he would have an accident. While we were shopping he asked to use the restroom and we ran. Imagine a mom in a truck cart racing through Target with a toddler and an infant yelling 'Hold it! Hold it!', CRAZY! Once we got home he was still dry.

This journey has been awesome and easy. I know that not every parent has it this good when it comes to potty training but I think it all comes down to the child's readiness. We really wanted to train him since he was 18 months old but it didn't go well, so we waited. We started to show him the process of using the toilet since he was about 15 months and at first he wasn't too into it. As the time went by he showed more and more signs of interest. Last week I noticed he was telling me when he needed a diaper change and that was huge cause he refused to get changed a few weeks back. That was the biggest sign for me. So again, the child has to display some kind of interest.

Just a few other little tips, don't scorn if there are accidents and be very patient and encouraging. Buy your little one some big kid underwear in characters he or she likes and if he/she is not ready don't preassure them. I was really lucky.

Day Three: Potty Training

Day three went well. With one accident in the morning and that was it. At night I have been letting him sleep in a diaper but last night he came to me twice to alert me he wanted to use the potty. This morning he woke up with a dry diaper. Today is day four and I am running a small errand to test it. Wish us luck.

Day Two: Potty Training

Day two started about an hour agortt when my boy woke up and I thought for a moment that we were going to have a set back when I took him to the pot and nada. He kept saying, "no quele" (I don't want to). But a few minus after drinking his morning milk he asked to use the restroom. A good, positive sign I've been seeing since yesterday afternoon is that he crouches and closes his legs... that's a sign of muscle control. I hope this goes great today but it is going to be a long day for sure.... with lots of patience.

Day One: Potty Training

Started potty training Abram today and so far he has only had one accident, (btw), was my fault. I have a timer go off every 20 minutes and I got a little distracted after it went off that by the time I got to him, he had already done his duty. Day one is almost half way through. Let's see how long it takes before I can consider him 80% trained. I think I am going to put Elian on cloth diapers so that when it comes the time to potty train him it won't be as hard. Trip to Joanns soon.

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