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There are many posts to take in because we had quite an eventful week! So scroll down to see all the fun!

Relaxing...

Gage loves taking a bath and will play in the tub for a half hour at times, listening to his music, singing a long, making up his own songs, and playing with the water and toys. (He also creates quite the puddle on the floor!)
When he is done, he'll call out, "MOOOOOMMMMM! ALL DOONNNNE!" So I'll say ok, and he'll let the water out. He likes to lay in the tub until all the water is gone, blow some bubbles in the water, then lay there for a second until I come with the towel.
Yesterday, he didn't want to get out quite yet, so I went to lay his clothes out, came back....He was fast asleep!

The Light is getting closer

I created a "prize" chart for Gage to mark his progress with his potty training. I started it in August to help motivate him a bit, and it has worked a little. He doesn't like going on his own quite yet, and I usually have him try right when he wakes up (if I get to him in time), right before a bath, and right before bed. He has a little treat to motivate him to stay sitting there, and he likes for me to leave the room. He does know when he has to go because he won't get off and doesn't want his pull-up put on until he does...when he does want his pull-up on, he knows he doesn't have to go.
We are still working on having him recognize when he has to go during the day, but he doesn't want to interrupt his play time, so we'll keep working on it so it stays positive! He has told me a few times he needs to go, and does like to go to some bathrooms when we are out and about--just to flush and wash his hands, but you have to start somewhere!
Here is his chart, in which he has gone 50 times in two and a half months!! YEA, GAGE!! The light at the end of the tunnel is getting closer and brighter!!

Some cute pictures!!

Gage helped dad move the four wheeler one day, but wasn't a big fan of it! Once the loud motor started going and the four wheeler started moving, it was time to get off! Even when dad brought them home afterward to clean, Gage did not want anything to do with them. We drove up, and he said, "No wheelers!" HMMMM....I think I'm quite proud of this fact! He loves driving the truck around the block or helping park the police car, but he does not want anything to do with a four wheeler for now!



Gage likes to crawl into bed with me on weekend mornings. Most of the time it is to watch his cartoons and play with the cat because he loves how she jumps on over to him and starts purring and rubbing up against his head. He just lays there and whispers, "kitty, kitty." But every now and then he will go back to sleep with the cat curled up with him! OH, how Gage loves his pets!!

Cornbelly's Festival

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Zoo Trip

We made another fun trip to the zoo to see all the new babies! There was a baby monkey, which we didn't get to really see because the other monkeys were bothering the mom and she ran off. There was a baby elephant and baby giraffe that were out and absolutely adoreable!!

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Pumpkin Painting

Gage loves to paint anything! So it was great that we got to paint some pumpkins rather than carve, because this was far less messy and I can deal with paint everywhere rather than stinky pumpkin goo!

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