Congratulations Tate!

Tate has been doing so awesome this first week of potty training. I got him to "announce" his "biggest" (and I do mean BIG) achievement.

Just in case you're wondering, Duece = 2 ...and if you need further explanation than that, I'm not sure what to tell you. lol

When was the last time you ever saw toilet paper with printed pictures on them? I don't think I've seen anything like that since the 80's! Luckily Joanne, my fill-in, Aussie Mom, had some awesome toilet paper with puppies printed on it and she gave a couple of rolls to Tate for his new potty training week. He LOVES dogs and it made him feel really special to have special toilet paper for his first week of being on the potty.

We are so proud of Tate. He is really catching on fast and am even more excited that we don't have to buy diapers for him or Teagan anymore. Woo Hoo! I can't believe that Tate is going to be 3 years old in only 5 months and that Steffan will be going into nursery in 4 months. WHOA!

Some other updates...
We are going to be starting up home-school pre-school for Teagan and Tate on February 4th when everyone else starts the new year of school here. We will just be doing it at our home from 9 to noon, 5 days a week. It looks like we may have one to two more children here during that time as well but they will not be starting in with us right away. It will be good for the boys to interact with other kids during that time and have that structure each day. It will be good for ME to have the planned structure each day too. I'm really excited to start it. I order monthly and have a pre-school kit sent to me with all the curriculum and supplies in it to accommodate up to 3 children. The reason we decided to do this instead of sending the boys to school is because its so expensive. We are going to be applying for permanent residency soon so that we can get it paid for, but that costs about $3,500 to apply - - Therefore, it doesn't make sense to pay for schooling AND residency right now.

Tate is so dang smart. That is also why I'm glad we have decided to do pre-school at home, because I really think he is ready to go to preschool. He is already saying the alphabet and counting to thirteen. And I swear that Teagan can read sometimes because he can recognize enough letters and sounds to figure out words when you ask him to. However, I think he is still unsure of himself and when you ask him to do it he tells you he doesn't know even though I think he really does.

Steffan is just about walking and has tons more teeth. He is now trying to sound out some words and can understand a lot of what you tell him to do. He is definitely the "baby" of the family. I 'baby' him much more than I ever did the other two. I think it's because this is the longest I have gone with out being pregnant since we've been married.

Jeremy is going to the specialist for his stomach issues on Feb 18th. He is losing a lot of weight still and has now grown some really hard ball that sticks out on his stomach. No bueno! Keep your fingers crossed that something is not serious.

ANDDDD... I got a new calling today at church. I had felt this last month that I didn't have much longer being the teacher and got a call from the bishop last night asking if I could meet with him 20 minutes before church started today. They extended the calling 1st Counselor in the Relief Society Presidency and I accepted. I'm so excited to start my new calling and am excited to be put in the position to really get to know a lot more of the sisters in the ward although I am sad to say goodbye to my teaching calling because I really loved doing it. PLUS  - - - I get to shoot my first wedding in a couple of weeks. I'm so excited! Keep posted on my photo blog for updates.

TTFN!