A crimp in our style . . .

 As some of you may know we tackled the potty training thing after we came home from Reno. It's been almost three weeks now and she's doing wonderful. That's more than I can say for the first 3 or 4 days. What a disaster! I didn't think potty training would be so exhausting, but it is. First of all we are not inside people, so to be stuck inside for days on in was torture. And then trying to figure out how to potty train was the next hurdle. I think it was harder for us to figure it out than for Austyn to follow our instructions. Once we came to our senses and started to be smart about it, she caught on instantly and has been doing it ever since. We still have a few things to accomplish before I can say she's totally trained, but for her age I have to say I'm pretty impressed. I'm glad Jordan and I stuck it out and didn't give up. As much as we both wanted to just throw a diaper on her, we didn't :) I can honestly say I don't think I've ever done so much cooking, dishes, and laundry in my life. But what else is there to do when you're stuck at home for a week. I think that was the hardest part of the whole process. Like every other time we've been stuck home, we all thought our throats had been cut. It's almost like we start turning on one another. Good thing Austyn caught on quick or someone might not have came out alive (ha ha). It definitely put a crimp in our style for sure. But now we have a little potty that rides in the back of the car and we're back on track.

  We had a wonderful Easter. This year we went up to Jordan's grandparents in Albany. It was a lot of fun. After dinner the weather was so nice we got to go sit in the sun and play. Very relaxing. We also did a little egg hunt for Austyn in the morning. I didn't think she would be too interested but she found every egg and put it in her basket without any prompting. We were amazed.

  Austyn has been blowing our minds lately with some of the stuff she's been doing. She loves to feed the dogs at my parents house and in the evening when my Dad comes in she will grab is hand and take him to the back porch and motion to feed the dogs. She knows what every step is and in what order they go. She also loves to eat ice cream there (anywhere really). If we ask her if she wants any ice cream she will go grab my Dad's hand and take him to the freezer, pull the ice cream out, then she will go and open the drawer and get the spoons out, and then go get the scoop from another drawer. My Dad will ask who wants ice cream and she'll say "I do!". It's so cute to watch her mind work.

  Other than potty training we haven't been doing anything else. We did get to go to the coast for a day trip. The weather wasn't as nice as we had hoped, but we were in the Bronco so it wasn't too bad. And the next exciting thing coming up is Jordan's 26th Birthday!!!!! He never wants to do anything big for his Birthday, so we always go out to dinner with our best friends. It's always fun to hang out with them especially on special days.

Confined to the house and trying to escape!

A day at the coast playing in the sand. It was

long overdue.

  Hope everyone had a great Easter.