Potty time, Party time

I know I am supposed to talk about the birthday party, but Jordan flipped the script. He got pee pee in the potty today (be quiet dad)! We've been working on this for over a month now and had no success until now! In the interest of good taste I didn't take a picture of it so you'll just have to trust me. He's gone from 0% potty trained to 1% potty trained. From what I hear it will take at least the rest of this year with a boy.





Before you become a parent, you think spending money for a cake with cartoon characters is silly. Two years in, I think it is cool.






One of Jordan's aunts came to visit for the party. He liked Aunt Traci.

He LOVED Aunt Traci's dogs. I think the dogs must have loved him back.

I don't think he cared much for the party hat.

I mean he REALLY, loved those dogs.

Of course he had no interest in blowing up the little party favors when it is so much easier to eat them.

The funniest story of the party was associated with this picture. This was obviously one of Jordan's gifts. In order to make this year's party more kid focused than last year we also invited a 3 year old boy who Jordan saw only once before when Jordan was about 15 months old. They have seen each other but that's about it. Anyway, the 3 year old got a hold of the trike when Jordan was away. Jordan comes back and sees this three year old on the trike. Jordan is two years old and an only child. He has no ability to understand the concept of sharing or taking turns. However, he can tell pretty quick that he can't physically force a 3 year old to do a damn thing. He solves the problem the only way he knows how. He walks over to Hassan (the 3 year old), sticks both of his arms straight up in the air, and shouts 'UP!'. It didn't work so he repeats it a good dozen times or so - UP! UP! UP! By this time all the adults in the room are looking at this. I still don't know if Hassan ever paid attention but it was adorable. Jordan was trying to have an argument with a 12 word vocabulary and he used the only word that fit the situation. I swear if I was a better father I might have tried to help my son rather than get the camera. Unfortunately, I didn't get the camera in time. Hassan got off when he got bored, but I secretly wanted him to stay on for another minute or so.

Jordan went to the pediatrician yesterday for his 2 year old checkup. Jordan was completely up to date on his shots so yesterday was strictly a checkup. He is about 40% on the height chart but just barely 5% on the weight chart, which means he's still skinny. He weighed 23 pounds 3 ounces with his clothes and diaper on so he's probably about 22 and a half naked. The doctor said that he is doing well enough that our next scheduled appointment is for his three year old checkup next July!

In the world in which we live there were about 3 digital cameras at the birthday party beyond mine. That means I haven't gotten all of the photos yet. Anyone who has photos please send them to me (Aunt Traci). If you are waiting to see more photos I should have them up in a few days.