Standing all by Himself

Today we went to spend a few hours with my cousin and his son who is about to be three years old (Stirling and Vincent are EXACTLY 2 years apart in age). While Vince was coloring, Stirling was STANDING next to me although I had no idea he was standing all by himself due to the fact that I was watching Vince color his little heart out. The only reason I had any clue Stirling was standing was because Michael said, "Jessie, look Stirling is standing!" I was so excited to see him wobble but keep his balance, my motherly instinct must have hit me because I immediately picked him up because it looked as if he was about to fall (I naturally did not want him to get startled and cry). I cannot believe our baby is 10-months-old and so close to walking! Watch out world, Stirling is about to start walking!

Garage Sale

Since I got a new job and we are putting the house on the market soon, we decided to have a garage sale to get rid of the "things" that we do not need around the house. It has taken about two weeks to declutter most of the house and figure out what to sell and/or donate. In preparation for the sale, my friend Becca helped me declutter and motivate me to declutter (I am so thankful she was there to help me realize that I do not need so many "things" in my house and life). Finally it was time to prepare for the sale. I posted thrice on Craigslist about the sale and bought bright poster board to write garage sale and have arrows pointing in the sales direction (Michael did the poster prep) My friends even joined in on our sale with items and clothing and even toys they no longer needed. At last, Saturday morning was here and it was time to sell, sell, sell!  After about an hour or so, only a few people had come to the garage sale, but slowly we began to get customers and items began to sell! Five hours later the garage sale was complete.

We walked away 65 dollars richer and my friends 35 dollars richer AND donated the rest of our items to Denton County Friends of the Family.

I would say that the garage sale was a success and the house looks a million times better without so many "things"

A Poo Update

So Stirling has been using his potty for a few months now. I always dread having to clean a poopy potty but Michael insists that when we hear him grunt, we must put him on his potty, therefore, I have agreed to do so. Well, since Stirling has been eating more solid foods, especially bananas, green beans and black beans.... his poo has been more like "big boy poo", which is much less gross than the pile of grossness it was before. The past few days poor Stirling has been a grunting machine to where he even turns red trying to get his poo out (funny yes, but you can tell he is really trying hard to go potty). At first, I was unsure why he was grunting, holding his breath and turning so red all of a sudden... and then realized "big boy poo" was in his potty. I do not know why I am so interested in the fact that he goes to the potty on his froggy potty or even why I love the fact that he is poo-ing in it, but I am so proud of him for sitting on his potty and using the restroom; I honestly think that this will lead to an easy transition into full-fledged potty training when he is a bit older. OH HOW TALKING ABOUT POO NEVER GETS OLD...