Is That Even Possible?

Caleb woke up yesterday and straightaway used his potty. He went through the whole day and didn't have a single accident. It's like he woke up and decided he was potty trained. Is that even possible? I am so proud of him and very excited to not have to change his diapers as much anymore. He'll still wear them for naps and night time until he gets the hang of night time stuff. The only downside is that we'll have to keep the door handle uncovered now so that he has the option of going to the bathroom during the night. Should be interesting...

Called To Serve Him, Heavenly King of Glory...

John and I both had calling changes last weekend. John was released as a youth Sunday School teacher and called to be the 2nd Coun in the Elders Quorum and I was released from the compassionate service committee and called to be the 1st Coun in the Primary. I don't know how John feels about his calling, but I am super excited about mine:) It's going to be lots of fun. We have a great Primary President and I'm really looking forward to working with her.

Tonight John and I are going to the temple to do initiatory work. We're doing some family names of mine, plus some temple file ones. I'm really looking forward to it. We're swapping babysitting with Heather and Mike so that we all can go once a month.

Anyways, Caleb's decided it's time to start his potty training for real, so we started that yesterday. He's had several accidents, but also a few successes now, so I'm happy with that.

That's about all that's new in the Bly home right now. Hope you all have a great weekend!

Awesome Weekend

Hey everyone! We had an awesome trip to Magrath. Caleb LOVED having so much room to run around. Friday was gorgeous weather, but Caleb got a bit too much sun and ended up puking on his Auntie Kate (oops). I got to go to a Mary Kay party my SIL Amy was hosting, which was lots of fun. And productive, I guess, because I'm currently in the process of becoming a Mary Kay consultant. I'm extremely excited about it. I love their products, they are so worth it. Also, John and I each got an iPod Touch, and we love them so much. We had a great Easter weekend, although I was a little bummed that Caleb's nursery lesson wasn't about the Resurrection, but what can you do? I hope you all enjoyed your's as well.

Magrath, WOOHOO!

Tonight once John gets home from work we'll travel to Magrath for Easter. A 5 day weekend, we are SO excited:)

Anyways, not too much else going on right now, so I thought I'd include the lyrics to my favourtie Christmas song on here, since I'm listening to it right now. Yes, I am listening to Christmas music in April, ha ha. I listen to it all year round, it drives John up the wall. Anyways, here goes:

Mary, Did You Know?

Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will one day walk on water?
Did you know
That your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?
Did you know
That your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that youve delivered
Will soon deliver you

Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will give sight to a blind man?
Did you know
That your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand?
Did you know
That your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
And when you kiss your little boy
You've kissed the face of God

Mary, did you know?
The blind will see
The deaf will hear
And the dead will live again
The lame will leap
The dumb will speak
The praises of the Lamb

Mary, did you know
That your baby boy is Lord of all creation?
Did you know
That your baby boy will one day rule the nations?
Did you know
That your baby boy is heaven's perfect lamb?
This sleeping child you're holding
Is the great I am

WOOHOO!

I am having such a good day today! First off, I got to order a new laptop for us today and a router, so I will have the internet downstairs once the laptop comes, YAY! I'm super excited about that. I've wanted a new laptop for so long, since our's only works when it's plugged in now and it's so old that it REALLY just needs to be trashed. The only problem was that I meant to order a red one but accidentally ordered a black one. Oh well, black was my second choice, so it's all good.

Even better news is that I have somewhere to take my laptop to on May 1st. Not only am I going to Time Out For Women, now I am also staying overnight at the hotel in a Junior Suite. A king size bed all to myself, YES! I asked John if it would be okay, and he agreed that I deserve to FINALLY have a night on my own with no kids. I am so excited about this. And it's got free high speed access, so that's a huge bonus.

Some news that even tops that is that my Utah trip is really coming together for me. Instead of things becoming more complicated, which they always have in the past until I ended up not being able to go each time, this time it's like everything is just falling into place. I'm so excited. We've had some changes to our original plans, but they are changes that are working out for the better. For example, we were originally going to go in October of next year, but it's now bumped up to August of next year. And I thought I was going to have to search and search for ways to spend a whole 2 weeks in Utah, but now we are going to be travelling through Idaho, Oregon, Washington and BC as well, so I'm super excited about that. And yes, we are stopping in Forks for a meal and spending a night in Port Angeles, ha ha.

And here is the best news of all. I got to go to the temple this past Thursday with the youth from my ward and do baptisms for the dead. It was the first time that I've been able to do them, and the first person I was baptized and confirmed for was my grandma on my dad's side. Super exciting! I also was baptized and confirmed for both of my dad's grandmothers and had Brother Closson baptized and confirmed for my dad's father and both of my dad's grandfathers. When Brother Closson was being confirmed for my grandpa I felt inside that I wasn't the only member in my family anymore. I didn't feel as alone as I had before. It was great. I cried a bit, which was so good for me. It had been so long since I'd had a good spiritual cry. It was such an amazing experience and I'm so grateful that I was able to offer these blessings to my ancestors. What an amazing and loving Heavenly Father we have who is so merciful to us all.

Poor Ty

Last night John and I were super tired so we went to bed at about 8pm. Well, come 10 I woke up to Ty screaming worse than I'd ever heard him scream before. So I went rushing into the boys' room to find Caleb in the crib and trying over and over again to jump on Ty. Caleb got in big trouble for that one and Ty got relocated for the night into the portable crib in his old room.

On another note, I'm starting to get excited about Time Out For Women in May. I still have no clue how I'm getting there, but I'm really looking forward to it.

Also, I'm starting to think about getting my driver's. The reason is that I want to have the ability to teach seminary. I am going to be substituting in seminary for a week next month, which I am so super excited about. Seminary teaching is my dream calling, but John keeps reminding me that I wouldn't be able to teach regularly without my license. So I've asked John to set up some time while we're in Magrath for me to practice parking and what not, the stuff that I don't ever do when I'm driving. I still probably won't get my driver's for quite a while, and even when I do, I don't plan on using it more than I absolutely have to in the city, but it would be nice to have it just in case. Maybe I can just not tell people when I do get it, ha ha. I guess we'll see how that goes.

Hobby Room

So it's been a fun week and a half here. We moved the boys in together on Saturday and it has gone far better than both of us expected. Caleb and Ty love to have company when they wake up and as long as we put Caleb to sleep first, then Ty doesn't wake him up when it's his bedtime. With Ty and Caleb in the same room, that opened up a room for us, which is now turning into the hobby room. It's where I'll do my cardmaking and sewing and where John can work on drawing (when he manages to find the time). I'm happy because as soon as we get my table upstairs then my cardmaking hiatus will be over, YAY!

I also have the portable crib set up in there right now for when I'm babysitting. I'm watching our friends' daughter a few times a week for the next few months. She will be 1 in April, is super cute and SO easy to watch. She adores Caleb and had lots of fun with him yesterday.

I think that's all that's super new in our house right now, though. The only other news is that we've found the right dosage for my meds, so I'm functioning normally again. My postpartum started to kick in at 3 months (again), so we upped my dosage from 50mg to 100mg and it's working really well for me. I'm a lot happier now. I wish I didn't have to take anything at all, but I'm still very grateful that I live in a time where I have the option available to me.

Anywho, that's all for now, hope you all have a wonderful weekend!