Go Braxton..Go Braxton..Go Braxton!!!

Hopefully I am not jinxing myself, but I am so proud of my boy. We have gone 8 days with no accidents....YEAH BRAXTON!!! He goes at home, school and even this past weekend we were running errands and he told us at Costco and Target he had to go and sure enough he did. Saturday we were at the beach and he had to pee and poop, that was a little difficult to find somewhere for him to go, but we did and so did he. Sunday we went to a neighborhood pool and of course, he had to pee (several times) and poop and he did there too. This is such a monumental moment that I am VERY thankful for!!! Next up - overnight. But, I am ok if that one is a little down the road.

With Braxton going potty like a big boy now, he is very curious how it works for all. Yesterday he and I were discussing different parts that we have. And here is how the conversation went:

Braxton: I have a penis (pronounced penas), daddy has a penas, bud green has a tail and a hidden penas. What do you have mommy?
Me: well buddy, mommy has a vagina
Braxton: a gina
Me: a vagina
Braxton: oh, a vagina

and then later that night we were all relaxing in the den, winding down and reading stories and he turns to Bryan and says

Braxton: I have a penas, daddy - you have a penas, and Bud Green has a tail and hidden penas.
Me: Good job Braxton. What does mommy have?
Braxton: a volcano!!

After we stopped laughing we of course corrected him and told him it was a vagina and not volcano (even though at times, it does in fact feel like a volcano) Funny little guy!

Play date!

Our good friends Karen and John (who I work with) welcomed sweet baby Evan into the world on Cinco de Mayo..can't wait to celebrate with a margarita next year! While mom and dad were busy at the hospital we helped out with big sister Olivia - who is also one of Braxton's best buddies. Here are a few pics of the play date fun!

And of course this was Bryan's idea - let them "test drive" the camaro!! Are we going to be able to fit 2 car seats in the camaro???

Scooter Rides for all!

A trip to feed the ducks

Pickin' berries...

We have started an annual tradition of strawberry picking. There is a place right down the road from our house where you get to pick your own berries. They have strawberries, blueberries and even blackberries. You can fill up as many buckets as you want to pay for. AND they have homemade ice cream - yum!!! This year with the strawberries I ventured out and made a strawberry cake. Let's just say, it won't win prize for the prettiest cake, but it sure was good.

A Mother's Day to Remember

Happy Mother's Day to all you special mom's out there. Hope you had a great day to celebrate everything you do!!

Our Mother's Day weekend was definitely one I will remember. The Carpenter/Barrow Clan got together in Raleigh for the weekend at Kevin and Meighan's. It was great to see everyone. We hadn't all gotten together since Christmas - so it was time. The kids had a blast...UNTIL...Braxton and Sean were playing chase inside. They were running through the den, to the dining room, through the swaying door into the kitchen, when one unlucky run around cost Braxton a good size chunk out of his eye brow! It looked really bad. We decided it would be best to have someone look at it. So we went to urgent care down the road - closed, then we went to Nexcare - Dr. had an emergency so they were sending all patients to their other facility 5 miles away, we went to the next closest Urgent care - closed, found the other Nexcare and the Dr basically said, if it were on his leg, he would stitch it up, but being on his face, he referred us to Wake Med pediatric ER. The dr said that's where he would take his son. So off to the ER we went. Let me tell you how HUGE Wake Med is. It took us literally 4 times around, because of course, you have to go to

Braxton's Big Day!!!!

This post may seem a little bizarre to some- but it's a huge deal for us! Braxton didn't have any accidents today at school, he pee pee'd in the potty all day and even pee pee'd when he got home. Both Bryan and I asked him several times after getting home, but it was he who told us that he had to go!!! AND...right before bed, he told us he had to poop and sure enough - he pooped on the potty....YEAH BRAXTON!!! Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you!!
Keep your fingers crossed we do this well tomorrow and the day after and the day after!
UPDATE - while I am typing this, he even just got out of bed to let us know he had to pee pee again. PLEASE let us be on to something!!

Update on Baby # 2

We had our 26 week appt this morning. We were lucky enough to have another ultrasound as well as the glucose testing. The ultrasound amazes me each and every time - and NO...we still don't know. But what we did get to see was the baby opening his/her mouth and eating as well as we caught a wink;)! That was crazy! Everything looks really good as far as placement goes. I go back again in 2 weeks for a Rhogam shot and then we start going every 2 weeks - which is a little scary to me at this point!!! All readings from the glucose were great too. So all in all a really good visit and I met a new doctor that I liked alot.

Continues to make me laugh!

Yesterday morning I was backing out of the driveway taking him to school and this was our conversation:

Braxton: Mommy, I am the man of the house!
Me: What? (laughing unsure of what I just heard)
Braxton: I am the man of the house!
Me: Well, yes you are
Braxton: I am to watch over you and make sure you stay safe...and Bud Green too (that's our cat for those of you who may not know) because he is old!

I am laughing because this caught me completely off guard - which lead too:

Braxton: why is that so silly (pronounced siyyie - we are working on our "L's")
Me: It's not silly Braxton, it's very cute!!

Bryan went out of town the other night and apparently told Braxton that while he was gone, he was the man of the house and in charge. He continued to tell everyone we saw - he was the man of the house!


Here's another one for you too:
I picked him up for school one day last week and he came running up to me with a wood piece tucked behind his ear. I asked him what was he doing and he said he, Andrew and Olivia were all doing it and that he looked like Handy Manny! I had to chuckle and said, of course you do buddy - it's amazing to me what they pick up!!