Our Big Boy's Big Steps

Tuff has been showing signs of interest in "going potty" the last few months so we have let him do as he pleases. (I knew he wasn't ready to go hard core just yet.) He's only officially pee'd on the potty one time (just a very little bit) but seems to talk about it a lot. Well the last few days he has been showing signs that he is READY. When I got to my mom's to pick them up yesterday he ran around the corner wearing nothing but a shirt. I asked "Where are his pants & diaper?" She said she hadn't been able to keep either on him all day. But... as many times as he went to the potty, nothing. So we got clothed and headed home. After bath last night I was in the kitchen feeding Gunner when here comes Tuff around the corner... No pj's. No diaper. I was already a little frustrated because Gunner was being almost impossible at the time so I told Tuff "This is not a game. If you need to potty, we are going to sit on the potty chair until you pee pee." He sat on it for a while and nothing. So I asked him if he wanted to put his big boy underwear on and he did. He wore his big boy undies for the next hour (until bed time) with no accidents but no pee in the potty either. So I put his diaper back on and clothed him and we went to bed.

While I was trying to figure out what to do with Snitch this morning I came up with a great idea. "Snitch on the potty chair." So that's where he was when Tuff woke up this morning.

Tuff loved it. He kept saying "Snitch potty." So I said, "Do you want to potty like Snitch?" Which he shook his head yes too. So we headed to the bathroom and sat on the potty. He sat there for a while talking and playing so I got up and went into the kitchen to get a few more things together for our day. Tuff came running into the kitchen saying "I POTTY! I POTTY! I POTTY!" -pointing in the bathroom. (He does this alot so I was sure he hadn't done anything) So I followed him into the bathroom while he was pointing at the chair and still saying "I POTTY!" When I looked down at the potty....

WOOOO HOOOO!!!! I yelled, clapped, danced... you name it! He was beaming from ear to ear and I said "YAYYYY, Tuff pee pee'd in the potty!!!!" And then he got to pick a sucker from the sucker bag.

So, our little baby boy is slowly transforming into a big boy. I couldn't be more proud of him. ;)

Yesterday I was looking back at his last 3 christmases. He has grown SO much.

See for yourself!

2009

2010

2011

Mommy and Daddy are SO proud of you buddy!

We love you with ALL our heart and soul.

Now... slow down and stop growing so fast.

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Both Babes this morning.

And here's Tuff in 09 wearing the same outfit as Gunner above.

And in these pics, I think they look alike. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't to me.

Happy Thursday, Friends!