They own him for another 4 yrs 10 months

Thats right, the Marine Corps officially owns Clay for another 4 years and 10 months.  He had to do his reenlistment over in California so I wasnt able to be there but he showed me my Atta Girl letter the other night when we were talking on web cam and it is really pretty. The first one wasnt that pretty.  I will have to take a pic of it when he gets home. 

Now I will sit on pins and needles until we find out if we will be moving or staying put. Part of me wants to stay in Beaufort but the other part is ready for a new house and a new town. 


I am soooooo proud of my husband and cant wait for him to come home.  A little over 3 weeks to go (in case you didnt know he is in Twentynine Palms,CA for school).

1 down 1 to go

Potty training,  its the hardest part of being a parent of a young child.  David was a hold out and didnt potty train till he was 3 1/2.  BUT when it finally happened it happened completely.  I make sure I had everything I would need for an entire week so I would not have to leave the house and I took all diapers except nap time and bed time away and he went naked for an entire week then on Saturday we made an experimental trip to the store for a treat.  Two weeks later I made a 5 hour drive by myself with both kids down to my parents house and David managed to go the entire trip with out an accident.  While we were there my mom noticed that when she got up (way earlier than I do) his diaper was still dry but by the time I got up about an hour later it was totally full so we took that night time diaper away as well and voila!  Both day and night trained.  I had tried the whole naked thing with him before but he would just go potty where ever he was and not worry about it so for the sake of our carpets and couches we had to take a step back a few times.

Now we are working on Amelia.  She just turned 2 but she is MUCH more independent than David was.  She has started sitting on the little frog potty (fisher price rain-forest themed potty shaped like a frog) and has not had an accidents when running around with out a diaper and even went on the adult potty today for the first time with the help of one of those inserts so she didn't fall in.  The problem I am faced with is that I can not do the whole not leaving the house for an entire week bit like I did David because now that he is potty trained he goes to an enrichment program at the Air Station CDC from 9-12.  That means I leave the house at twice a day.  And because of the times I am the only one who can take him,  Clay can take him once and a while but only when I have other appointments that I cant get at any other time.  So I now need to find another way to get Amelia potty trained. 

So with me luck as I dive in feet first.