Deja Catch-up & Potty Training

Deja says some of the funniest things and I've already forgotten many of them, so I wanted to get these down while they're still fresh ;)

One night we were driving past the temple and John started singing "I Love To See The Temple" and Deja shouted, "Sing in the bedroom!!"  basically meaning, we don't sing that in the car, we sing it at night before bedtime, haha.

After leaving my sister Debbie's house Deja noticed that the door was painted blue and then said, "It's blue, like Jenny's door!"  It's amazing what this kid remembers!

John finished changing Deja's diaper one day and after standing her back up she proclaimed, "You did so well!!"  Haha, I wonder where she's heard that one?

Sometimes Deja will make up songs and sing and sing at the top of her lungs for 1 minute straight and then abruptly stop and ask, "Like my song?"  We always reply, "I love your song!"

I shared this on facebook, but Deja has made it a habit of "Blessing Star Wars" in her prayers.  She must have picked up on the phrase with all our talk when the movie came out, but we're not sure what she thinks it means....  As of now, I think it just means stars in general, but who knows haha.

She always asks "What's happening Mom (or Dad)?" to better understand why we are acting in certain ways during new situations.  Similarly she'll ask, "What's that?"  whenever she hears new noises or something unexpected.

Purse, jewelry, and "cellphone." She's good to go!

Reading a story to dolly

Wearing Dad's shoes and socks haha

     In other news, we are in the middle potty training Deja.  Today was day 5, and I would like to think the process is going well, but I don't really have anything to compare it too.  Some of the victories include that she has used the toilet at Grandma's and at a friends house successfully, and has only had accidents at home (which isn't super surprising since we haven't gone out much), on day 4 she didn't have any accidents at all, and I have only had to clean up an out of toilet #2 one time!
     We have mostly been rewarding with "potty prizes" because I don't want to do a ton of conditioning with treats/food if I can help it, although we have been rewarding successful #2's with m&m's, so we haven't avoided it completely. Here's to hoping we can both stick with it till she's officially got it!!

Christmas!!

     I'm so sad December and the holidays are already over.  The first couple weeks of December John was busy finishing up the semester with projects and finals.  (I was busy counting down the days till he was done).  He did awesome this semester and ended up with a 3.93 GPA!! John still had to work during his break from school, but when he wasn't working I kept him busy partying ;)  The Southwick Christmas party took place at John's sister, Kara's house the Sunday before Christmas.  We had a nice dinner and then we went for a "Snow Walk" down by the creek behind their house.  At the beginning of the walk, each family received a small pre-lit Christmas tree.  Then as we continued walking we would stop at various places along the trail and receive ornaments for the tree and talk about the meaning of each ornament.  The ornaments included things like a candy cane, a bell, a bird, a snowflake, a wreath, etc.  The last stop we received stars to put on top of our trees and we all turned on the tree lights (it was dark by then).  We then went and stood around a fire in their back yard and sang Silent Night and went up stairs to have hot cocoa and open some gifts.  It was a fun, memorable evening that Kara had put a lot of work into to make nice :) 

     The DuPaix party took place at my brother Joe's on the Monday after Christmas.  We did Cafe Rio style Taco Salads, played some minute-to-win candy cane games, ticket to ride, and did our big gift exchange.  It was so much fun spending time with everyone.  Especially with my sisters Becca and Meri who both live out of town with their cute families.

     Christmas eve was spent at my parent's where we had dinner, played games, did the Nativity scene, ate cinnamon roles, egg nog, and hot cocoa!  

My brother always buys all the different kinds of eggnog for us to taste test on Christmas Eve!

Angel Deja

Our first Christmas Tree!!  

     On Christmas, Deja didn't wake up till 10:00 a.m. so John and I were able to sleep in, shower, and get ready for the day before she even stirred.  We put her stocking out by her crib with some little presents from Santa.  She was super excited and as soon as she saw her Daniel Tiger Coloring book, she just wanted to color for half an hour.  We finally were able to convince her to go into the other room were the tree was set up, so we could all open our presents together!  Some of the favorite gifts we received from each other and others were Dixit, Cafe Rio gift cards, Snow boots for John, new diaper bag for me, cookie sheets, books, chocolate, "War Horse" and so much more!

The funny conversation when I asked my mom if we could stop by for lunch haha.
(The Wades are my sister's family)

     After opening gifts we went over to my parents for lunch and hung out for a few hours.  We then went over to John's parents to talk to missionary Kyle!!  It's so fun to be able to facetime rather than just talk on the phone.  Gotta love technology!  Deja also tried taking herself to go potty in Grandpa's downstairs bathroom during the party....after she had already pooped in her diaper...she took off her pants, had her diaper halfway off, and was wiping herself when John's sister found her!  Luckily things hadn't gotten too messy yet, haha.  Yay for Potty Training in 2016, hopefully she's as "ready" as she lets on!!

     Deja absolutely loved everything about the holidays: the lights, spending time with cousins/friends, first time sledding/playing in the snow, getting new toys, learning about Christ's birth with our new nativity set, etc.  We are so very blessed and that was made very apparent during this time of year!

Prego Round 2

If you're afraid of reading TMI about me, you may want to stop now and read a different post ;)

Well here I am again, writing secret posts about being pregnant.  I've decided the worst part about trying to get pregnant is when your period rolls around...  Sorry if this is more than you want to know, but just the situation when you're all excited about finding out if you're pregnant or not, and then bam the joys of being a girl come to visit.  Not only are you disappointed that you're not pregnant, but then you also have to deal with your monthly.  It's just the worst.  Maybe it's just me, but every little thing that would happen inside my body in those two weeks between ovulation and taking the pregnancy test would make me think, "I must be pregnant."  But when it finally happened in September I could REALLY tell.  My last pregnancy I was busy working and didn't have as many "triggers" to help me recognize I pregnant.  So this time with being at home and more in tune with my body, my biggest signs were:

•  My body temperature was higher, and I just felt hot all the time.
• Nausea, Nausea, Nausea...  Not the throw up kind, just the "What did I just eat?" or "I should probably eat something..."  types.  
• I have thrown up twice, which was different because I never threw up with Deja, so we're thinking it could be a boy, or I just don't eat as well as I used to, haha.  
• Peeing more 
• I brought home some leftover chips and salsa from Young Women's one night.  The next morning around 9:30 a.m., I saw the chips on the counter and I literally couldn't take my mind off them.  I had to eat those chips and salsa, and once I started I just couldn't stop..... until the Nausea set in of course. 
•  On a similar note, I have had less of an appetite for sweets, which isn't me at all.  It's crazy that my cravings for the salty foods have already made themselves apparent.   That and cheese, which is weird, I just want cheese all the time.
• Exhaustion and shortness of breath have also made their presence, but those happen regularly with taking care of a 2 year old ;)
• Also no PMS, so that's always a plus.  I do really well on those awesome pregnancy hormones... usually
•  It took about 5 and 1/2 months to get prego, which was the same amount of time it took with Deja!

We told our families we were pregnant on Thanksgiving when I was almost 13 weeks along.  I showed up on my parents doorstep like this and then sent the picture to my other siblings!  We told John's family after eating dinner while playing "game in a bowl" (similar to catch phrase, but you write down your own words/phrases).

We announced on facebook by posting this picture and saying "Player 2 coming June 6, 2016"  

This last week we went to our 20 week appointment/ultrasound and found out we are having a BOY!!!!  We are so excited to have one of each :)