I'm a Big Kid now!

I'd like to start this with an update on Hazel's potty training... total success!! Yeeeeeeeeehaw!!!!!!!!! I don't think I've ever been happier to drop the cash on a huge box of Costco size 5 diapers only to have them sit unused in the closet. I still can't believe I am done with changing the diapers of two babies and now with just Roscoe it feels so easy (only by comparison, really, but still...) We are still insisting that she wear a pull-up at night (to her dismay) since she has begged to wear her undies at night only to have peed in her bed twice, but other than that she is going strong and finally this time it has stuck. I'm so glad that we waited to let her take the lead on this one even though we had heard many stories of kids being potty trained a lot earlier.

Things have been good around here and we had a nice little holiday weekend hanging around the house. It's funny cause we don't even remember when the holiday weekends really are since the kids aren't in school and Marshall has Mondays off. He just "banks" the holiday hours instead of taking Tuesday off so that we are free to do other things during the year with that time. We also unexpectedly bought a tent trailer (a 2006 Fleetwood Graphite)!! Aunt Patty's friend sold us their old one (they were upgrading) at a deal we couldn't refuse, so we went for it! Now we are looking forward to lots of fun camping trips with the kiddos and there are just so many places for us to go around here and just a few hours out, so we are quite excited. The only caveat is that it has now made our "want" of putting concrete on the sides of our house (currently two gross mud pits) more of a "need", so that we can park it there when not in use. Here's to hoping that huge project gets underway here very very soon!

Other than that we are all doing great. Hazel has been saying more and more stuff (in her own language of course) and just as we thought, it keeps getting funnier. Her newest thing is that whenever she farts she gets a surprised look on her face, covers her mouth and says "Oop, was that me mom???" It's so funny. It's also hard to believe that Roscoe is really getting out of his baby phase and turning into a little kid. He has now realized that he is capable of doing most things his sister does, so he exhausts himself each day trying to keep up with her. I honestly can't wait until he is talking more and they can have their first real conversations :)

It's hard to believe that February is coming to an end soon and once March hits there is a lot going on through August! We will be going camping with Aunt Patty, Uncle Les and Chris the beginning of March and then we have a super fun visit ahead with Aunt Mari and Uncle Ed & Grants! So looking forward to having them here!!

The trailer all set up!

Inside view to the right

Inside view to the left