Day two....

Wow I really didn't think I would be this happy about potty training! Things are going great! After he woke up from his nap yesterday he was wet (but I think it will be quite a while before we get naps and bed times totally dry) and it took about 2 1/2 hours for him to go again. Gary was home and I told him he needed to be my supportive partner in this potty training thing he loved that:) So we took turns watching him closely. The next two pees he stopped himself and I took him to the potty and he went big time!!!! This morning he went the whole morning without going I even extended his nap time.... Just waiting and waiting and waiting.... I think Connor liked it haha. Finally I said lets go pee on the potty and sat him down, he pointed at himself said pee pee and sure enough he went pee again! Now hes happily asleep. This potty training technique is way better than the sitting them down every hour or so with pull ups because especially boys don't care if they go in their pull up, this trains them to realize they are going. Yes it's been a little wired following him around everywhere and constantly waiting for him to pee but after a few weeks I think it will be less watching and more him going on his own:) Hope Gary can keep up the consistency the next two days while I'm at work. But I really think Connor is happy to be saying bye to diapers; he hated them:) I'm planning on taking him to the mall play area for an hour this afternoon after he pees on the potty... hopefully (which he should) he stays dry the whole time and they don't have to shut it down to clean it..... wish us luck!!

Potty Training... Day one

Potty train your child in 3 days... hard to believe right, but so far we are doing awesome! On Friday I told Connor we would be saying bye bye to diapers tomorrow. He was pretty pissed when I put a pull up on him before heading to our last outing of the week. Play Botique he loves his class now but we have decided to take at least a month off so we can get potty training in gear and reward him when he is completely trained by returning to classes or maybe joining Gymboree..... He kept saying "bye bye" "all done" and i was like no that's tomorrow but yes your right. So he really loved doing it last night we said bye bye for good! I snuck a pull up in his pj pants for night time and nap time today... So far so good he woke up early this morning and I took his pants and pull up off and let him roam naked from the waist down (we turned the heat up and put socks on). It took over 2 hours for him to even go lol. Which is a sign hes totally ready. I was so tired of waiting and anticipating it.... We were looking at Justin Bieber "baby" video on the ipad, but kept getting parody results so I tried to figure it out while Connor went roaming. When he came back and started playing with his ball pit I said when are you going to go pee and he said "cars"... sure enough there was pee on his cars... great I had missed the perfect opportunity and would have to wait another few hours.... we cleaned it up then he proceeded to run behind the couch and start to go I stopped him when I said no no in the potty and we ran to the potty and sat.... no luck... wow three days really this is not going to work.... We then put on mickey mouse clubhouse (great for keeping him in one area I've found) and he started to go a little again, picked him up put him on the potty and he peed a lot!!!! YAY!! He loved my potty dance thought it was hilarious! Another two hours later we sat down to eat lunch... I started to hear the sound quickly picked him up sat him on the potty but no luck... then I realized the sound I heard was it dripping on the ground so he had peed a lot in his chair.... but as we were cleaning that mess up he said pee pee potty and was heading towards the bathroom, since he had just gone I continued to clean then I heard a scream. He was pooping! Sat him on the potty and he did a big awesome poop! So proud right now if you can't tell. I hope the rest of the day goes smooth and we start to get it they said it takes about 12 times of them peeing then being put on the potty for them to get it so we've got about 7 more to go.... Tomorrow we get to be unhousebond and go out for an hour (with just pants on). I'm hoping it warms up a little so I can take him outside for a little, or maybe somewhere else.... Well wish us luck!

Sad news

Just yesterday I found out my old gymnastics coach was arrested for downloading Child Pornography on his computer. It has been plasted all over the news and Internet. Jeremy was the best and is the best gymnastics coach out there. It is so sad to see people jumping all over him and making him out to be a monster.

I remember when we fist started going to see Jeremy at OGA my junior year of high school. After taking numerous private lessons (spending thousands of dollars and hours in the gym) from coaches in the area I still couldn't tumble, I had ability but my mind wouldn't let me throw my body upside down. OGA was almost an hour away from Clackamas but Kristin had found this great tumbling coach and wanted us to go there. He yelled at us he made us cry, but guess what I finally was tumbling on my own. He was confident in me so I was too. Parents fought Kristin on the drive for years and I believe they didn't go after she quit (maybe that's why they got last in state that year...) but when I joined the coaching staff I stood by her and insisted we go there. I got my mini bus training and drove the girls myself to take the burden off parents. I even insisted on having my girls train directly with Jeremy because it wasn't worth the drive if he wasn't the coach. Jeremy teaches a different technique that makes total since. Last year my youth kiddos went to a local gym and they tried to teach them back tucks before really perfecting their round offs (really...). We finally towards the end of the year had a new coach who focused more on the things they needed to work on but it honestly felt like a waste.

When I think about children being abused and addiction and all those bad things out there I always wish there was more prevention before hand instead of fixing it afterwards. So in this case I understand why they have taken Jeremy out of the picture and don't want him with children. I believe porn can change the way you think and maybe Jeremy would have never done anything to anyone, but porn and addiction itself can lead to scary things.

He is selling his Top Notch Gymnastics Gym (if anyone is interested) and they will hopefully reopen next week and be able to continue to train. He has taught all of his coaches his techniques but it just wont be the same without the hat flying across the room because you won't throw your tumbling.

I saw Jeremy a few weekends ago at a competition. He still remembers me from when I was in high school (he mixes me up with Lara sometimes because we are now both coaches and both have red hair). He went to nationals with us and helped us train in Disney Land, he was there when I got in a car accident after a tumbling practice, he is just an all around amazing person. He was doing so great their cheer program has never been that awesome and this year they really looked good and were fun to watch. He told me he highered some new coaches and things were going great for him.

Last night I helped out at the Junior High practice and afterwards some of the parents were asking if we would be attending tumbling in the off season. Although all of that is still up in the air it really makes me sad that the parents don't even want their kids at the gym (they had a different coach than Jeremy). People are so quick to judge and I really hope the story continues and things turn out well for him and he gets the help he needs.

Jeremy is someone people look up to and admire he's a god in the cheer world. I still absolutely love him and thank him for finally getting me over my fears and giving me the ability to tumble.

Oh ya it's state this weekend and no one can train for tumbling at least all the top teams train with him so it will be even playing ground:) It should be an interesting line up OC killed it at our comp, Westview and Wilson have been battling it out, and Clackamas has a state title to defend! Go Cavs!

Gym Time!

Yes! Gary and I signed up for a gym together yesterday:) I can't believe how excited I am about working out! I hate the gym I've never been a gym person, but I loved my abs and lower body class I took in college (and probably haven't worked out since my last class). Gary loves to play basketball and has been a member at 24 in the past, but he would be gone for hours playing basketball so when he wanted to sign up again I was a little hesitant because I hated how long he was gone. At 24 it would take him 45 mins to wait to play a game and then he would play for a few games then wait another 45 mins to play again, and he didn't like that either. So we asked around about different gyms and prices and stuff and someone told us about Cascade Athletic Club in Gresham. I looked them up online and did all my research and they actually offer classes all throughout the day, totally my thing (24 didn't offer that many). And they have a kids club 20 bucks a month for unlimited (2 hr max) times or 2.50 per hour. So last night I took a group kick class and today my arms are killing me not my legs like I would have thought with a kick class, but it was lots of punches and kicks. It was a lot of fun upbeat music, hot instructor, only a few ladies who were super good so I felt really comfortable:) And people of all ages the lady next to me said it was her second class and she was probably 45 50ish... and there was some 13 year olds in there too... I was telling Gary last night that I already feel my legs toning up which is really what I need, hey I might be skinny but I am not tone or an any shape what-so-ever!

My goal is to have abs again like Marti from Hellcats:)
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I have to thank all the years of cheer I have done I am still way flexible on my left side and way more coordinated on standing on my right leg (thanks to heel stretches).

And they have tanning too! &75 bucks for 30 tans that would last me like 6 months which is way cheap compared to tan republic!!! Yay I can finally not be albino anymore and I can have the people watch Connor while I go:)

Well anyways I'm way excited and going to be doing a group power class tonight and tanning:)

Here is where we will be spending our summers: