and so it began...

i have a new enemy...

its not someone or something its

....i guess....

a life process....

maybe a philosophy?...

i dont know...

see! i hate it so much 

i dont even know how to categorize it!

-

potty training!

oh my...

not fun....

 let me show you how we

feel about it over here!

{sad thing is...this is the best picture!}

okay

so i decided that we

would try potty training 

this weekend.

we went to church sat. night

so we (jesse and I) could wake up 

at a decent time and get started first 

thing in the morning.

well,

i followed my book "potty train in less than a 

day"...

went to the thrift store...by Gods grace

found a peeing doll [the book said we need to 

do demonstrative learning...hey if it works

im all for it]

thought it was a sign from God that the doll 

was at the thrift store, woohoo!

started our demonstrations

was going well...he was really following the 

demonstations...emptying the pee of doll's potty bowl

 correctly...

all the while I am LOADING

and i mean

LOADING

this kid with fluid...

[also what the book said...plenty of time

for training...]

he would drink his meals if he could so he had no problem downing whatever i put in front of him.

well...

not too long later...
{let it be known jesse was most of the time underwearless...laymans terms-bottom half naked.}
so.

Niagara falls miraculous appeared in my kitchen!

yes...puddles of pee...everywhere...

i could not keep up with him peeing everywhere...

i could get him to stop peeing {sometimes}

and sometimes he would start up again

on the toilet

and i would sing praises like crazy ...

then stand up...

then jesse and i would go to clean up the last mess...

then he would pee again (of course before the last mess was clean).... we run to the pot...

 stand up again.....pee again

while trying to clean....

needless to say...

we ended up with piles everywhere

..then try keeping an almost 2 year 

old out of pee...their little

feet are like magnets to

anything you dont want to spread....

so where I did not have a puddle of pee...

from a very loaded belly

there were urine prints all over the wood floor!
oh and somehow...maybe for the 2 seconds i was not staring at him...toys ended up in the kitchen toward the end...
so of course they got in the pee too!
one word...chaos.

well...i gave it a good 4+ hour try

before i put out my white flag!

i am officially now waiting

till after the holidays

...and maybe even after we go to the 

cabin...it could be a pain with 

all the snow gear :)!
{but if you know me i am a very determined person
so he will be potty trained in the somewhat near future!}

...meanwhile it

was POURING outside...

but where is mark in all this mess?

...as far away as possible!

on the roof.

[putting up those oooh so important

christmas lights...IN THE RAIN!]

i am married to clark griswold!

{to be honest he did help a little...

but only when he tried to sneak in the door...

and i saw him...and was able to call for some assistance...and then he would all of a sudden be gone!}hahaha

well...we survived.

floors antibacteralized and mopped!

so some happy pictures of jesse and elle.

he crawled up on the chair and sat with her just like the pictures show! all on his own.

{below} i think his face is so funny here!