Changing of the Guards!

Can you believe these are pajamas from Buckingham Palace?! SUPER CUTE! My parents wanted to get some in Grayson's size but this was the smallest size! Love the hat! :)

BAD picture... he kept moving and was a bit hot in these pajamas! He looks adorable!

My parents and Sutton, my 16 year old brother, just got back today from being gone for almost three weeks on a European cruise. My parents and brother got to go to Ireland, Scotland, and went to England and a ton of other places. Sutton, or "Tutton" as Grayson calls him, said it was the best trip hes every been on.

My parents got to go to Buckingham Palace, which apparently is only open to the public in July. They got to see a replica of Princess Kate's dress and a replica of the wedding cake! So cool! :)

Sleep Study appointment

Last Thursday we went to our sleep study appointment for Corbin. I walked out of there feeling kinda like a failure as a parent! The doctor asked about our night time routine and we told him we do a bath (every other night), books, snuggles and then say goodnight. He said Corbin should be getting 12-14 hours of sleep a day including a nap.At this point he was only getting 9-10 hours of sleep. The doctor said many of the "ADHD" symptoms Corbin is displaying could all just be a total lack of sleep! This is because when kids are super tired they get more and more hyper! We are tweaking bedtime and the specialist said we need to try naps again. Nap time is somewhat of a success, he is sleeping for about a hour in his room, (I had to use a baby lock on his closet so he can go to sleep and not read books.) I get an hour where both the boys are asleep so I can fold laundry or just have a minute to myself.

He told us that we should not read books in his bed with him. He said we should sit in a chair which is hard right now given our living situation. He said we should no longer allow Corbin to come into our room in the middle of the night and sleep in his Lighting McQueen fold out bed.

The doctor asked us if we would be opposed to trying Melatonin. At this point we will try anything! The first night we gave it to him he was asleep in 10 minutes! He told us when he came in the next morning that he had a good nights sleep! We were so excited to hear that!!

The doctor also check for signs of having Apnea. Small airways, tonsils being enlarged. Corbin's airway wasn't too bad! However he checked Jason's because when Dr. Owens described Apnea to us a few weeks ago, Jason was like "I have that!" When the doctor checked in Jason's throat he said his airway was very small. Jason's mom said she thinks she has it too. If they both sleep on their backs they kinda wake up gasping for air. SCARY!

We are going back next week to see if we need to do a sleep study or if this is all just manipulating Mommy and Daddy into not going to bed. I think he is manipulating his Mommy and Daddy if you ask me!

Potty training and Cars 2

Corbin is doing so well with potty training! He is ever the stubborn boy and won't tell you when he needs to go and will just go on his own. I ask him every half an hour if he needs to go and he usually says "No!" He has only had a few accidents and some were just dribbles and he changed his underwear and shorts himself. He is very independent and stubborn! He can also hold it for hours! While we were having rest time on Thursday he even ran over to the potty and pooped! We were so excited we had to call Daddy! I have told Jason that we cannot leave him alone at all because he is starting to LOVE to hide when needing to poop. Daddy is still trying to learn this as two times when daddy was watching him he has gone in his underwear! OH well its a learning process for ours all! :)

He got the reward of going on a date with Mommy and Daddy yesterday, just the three of us to go to see Cars 2. He was pretty good considering every other movie we have gone to with him he is up and running around. He also didn't have rest time or a nap yesterday and we went at 4:15 to the movie which is usually when tantrums and all hell breaks loose for him and he is super tired by then. He sat and watched almost the whole movie but got antsy towards the end. the movie was super cute! We have been putting a pull up on when we venture out over our underwear in case of accidents and wouldn't you know every time we have gone out he has been DRY when we get home! At the movie yesterday towards the end he screamed I have to go potty! (This is one of the first times hes told me he needs to go. The first day we potty trained he told me "I feel like pee pee is going to come out" and then he ran and went pee!) So we RAN to the toilet and he refused to sit on the toilet! I discovered that he was DRY he hadn't gone for over 3 and a half to 4 hours! He made me leave the rest room stall and then he peed standing up! (first time for him!) I was so excited! Bathroom etiquette while out is something we are going to have to work on though! He kept trying to crawl under the stall and see Jason while I was in the restroom. NOT fun!

We are so proud of our Corbin! :)

We also have tried to modify his diet this summer by eliminating excess refined sugar and cow milk. (You may have seen all these new blogs on my blog roll about gluten free/lactose/casein free and refined sugar free diets.) We decided to do this after both sets of parents have commented that he may be ADHD! We already knew this of course because I am ADHD, We have already all been drinking almond milk for awhile now although Corbin still does not like cereal with almond milk. My dad and sister are Lactose intolerant and we are trying to see if this will help with tummy troubles. So far Corbin has made a world of difference with eliminating excess sugar, he listens more attentively, and doesn't have as many melt downs!

Corbin "the Naughty Kid!"

Our "naughty kid" on the way to Mimi and Boompa house!

These pictures are from my dad's phone so they quality is not great!

The boys and I watched "the Karate kid" on Netflix instant watch a few weeks ago and it quickly has become a favorite! It helps too that my niece Payton is taking classes and we have pictures of Payton in her gi! Also my dad and brother are black belts and teach Karate classes! Last night while Jason and I were on a date my parents sent us pictures of Corbin in his very own gi- the karate uniform! Hehe the head band is something he found at our house from his build a bear karate uniform and he puts them on his head! Mommy and Corbin were doing karate the other night and both had bands on our heads! :)

I told him he had to be 4 to take classes from my dad! Which prompted a discussion about "What are you, Mommy?" Which was Corbin's way of asking how old I was and then he started asking how old everyone was in our family!

Look at me, I'm 3!!!

So happy to be 3! My sister Carrie made Corbin this Monster Truck shirt! We love it, Carrie!

Birthday party with his school! :)
Eating his "Elvis" cupcake, banana cake with peanut butter frosting!

He LOVED his Monster Truck cake! :) I am so happy with how it turned out! The bakery did a excellent job! What's a monster truck cake without flames!?
Singing "Happy Birthday!"I think Grayson loved his brother's birthday cake!

Opening all his presents! He got a lot of Clone War figures but ALL their hands, heads, and feet come off! It didn't say this on the package so we are a little upset! I mean most kids have younger siblings who could swallow the parts! :( Jason's brother Justin has a ton of the original Star Wars toys so Corbin has those here and the Millenium Falcon as well! We had to go back to Papa's house and get the "big white ship" because Corbin wanted to take the Millenium Falcon with him!

Eating breakfast the day after!

Yummy coffee cake!

We celebrated his birthday early in his classroom on Friday and I brought mini cupcakes for his class. Corbin and his teacher had made a birthday hat! Grayson was able to come to his brothers party also!

Corbin had a wonderful third birthday! The day was spent mainly just the four of us. Jason's mom did come to Chuck E. Cheese with us. When he woke up and got to watch Clone Wars, this kid is starting to LOVE Star Wars, and he got to have a birthday cupcake! I want my boys to remember the little special things like getting to have a cupcake on your birthday for breakfast! I used to babysit a family that got to have ice cream for breakfast the first day of school and those are the things that you will remember from your childhood!