he's growing up

pbs is graduating into a "big boy bed" sometime this week. we bought the bed over the weekend and js has been putting it together bit by bit when he comes home from work. pbs seems to know what's happening but is still okay with sleeping in his crib for the next few days. once the bed is all put together, i think we're going to have some challenges for keeping him in his bed at nap time and at night. bed time might end up being my least favorite time of the day.

this is pbs' "big boy bed"
 (odda bed frame with drawers from ikea)

i guess it all comes with growing up. i'm sure my parents went through something similar with me when i was pbs' age. i don't remember switching from a crib to a bed but i am assuming that it happened since i do sleep in a bed now.

we're still in the middle of potty training but we haven't pushed it too much with all that has been going on. i think we will make a bigger push for it in the next couple of months. i'm ready to be done with diapers and the changing table. although we've been using pbs' changing table as sort of a dresser, with bins and boxes to hold pajamas, shoes, and other necessities. i've already got training pants and pull-ups for him. he likes to wear the pull-ups because they have the characters from the movie "cars 2" printed on them. he has seen the training pants and got really excited about those too because they have dinosaurs on them. he is all boy!

he's growing up so fast, right before my eyes. it's what we've been working towards over the last couple years. i'm really quite excited that he's growing up, learning how to do things on his own, and becoming very independent.

mommy needs a new pair of shoes!

on our way to church sunday morning, pbs said something that i will not repeat. i know where he heard it and am not too happy about it. js is working on his potty mouth. i have been telling him for quite some time to "watch your mouth!" (although i'm a little confused as to how one can watch their mouth.) now he understands why he needs to be careful of what he says. pbs repeats everything! he is a little parrot! 


js decided that he would put $5 dollars towards a shoe fund for me every time he used bad words. (i'm up to $15 so far!) this is supposed to include words that he says at work and when he's not with pbs and me as well. i think this is a pretty good way to curb this bad habit. although, now i'm hoping he uses a lot more of those words so that i can get a few really nice pairs of shoes. ;) 


mommy needs a new pair of shoes! 

it's just you and me kid

this week js is away on business. pbs and i are home, learning the sights and sounds of our new house. it's kind of creepy since we haven't been here alone at night ever before. we are living in a very quiet neighborhood compared to where we were in the apartment.

i know, or at least hope, that eventually this house we are living in will feel like it is our home. so far i still kind of feel like i'm staying in somebody else's house (and i've not been a very good house guest). so this week without js is no different in that i still feel awkward and nervous in our house. maybe i feel this way because we've had guests since the second week of living here and now it's so quiet and i can actually hear all of the creaks and cracks that happen at night and during the day.

the creepiness doesn't seem to affect pbs. he just goes about his business of being a two year old on the go. he seems to really enjoy having so much freedom and reign of where he can go in the house and, to a certain point, what he can do. he seems happy to be able to play with his trains, cars, read books, watch some chuggington, etc.

he seems to have adjusted pretty well to the move and it wasn't too traumatic for him. i think it was more traumatic for js and me because we were so worried how it would affect pbs. but for this week, it's just you and me kid.

the difference between parents & grandparents

i really started to notice the differences between parents & grandparents over the past week and a half while my parents were visiting, helping us get settled into our house, watching pbs, etc. i remember them being more parents than friends. now they are more friends and i find that i am more willing to listen to their advice. although sometimes, i do admit, that i still have the urge to roll my eyes or think that they don't know what they're talking about.

they really enjoy being grandparents and watching pbs grow up, either in person or online via skype, facebook, pictures and emails. pbs loves talking to them, showing them his toys, learning from them. they try not to overstep, if js or i are around, when they see him do something that he shouldn't. if js or i are not around they are more willing to step in and tell pbs no and make sure that he is safe.

while they were here, js and i had plans to go out for a few hours one night with friends and to an out of town wedding one day. they were more than happy to watch pbs and get to spend time with just him without us around. they went to the park, played trains, did puzzles, read books, etc., all the things that pbs loves to do every day. we gave them the addresses of where we would be. they have our phone numbers. they knew what pbs could and could not eat with respect to allergies. everything went fine.

if pbs is with just me, i seem to be somewhat stressed and can't seem to relax. i hope that i can get to the same relaxed sort of state as my parents are with my brother and me. we are in our thirties, so i'm sure that has something to do with it, but i don't want to wait until pbs is in his thirties to be able to relax. maybe with all that we've had going on in the last couple of months kind of contributes to my stress. i don't want to be a stressed out basketcase for the rest of pbs' life.