September 17, 2007

Back on the road

I will be hitting the road again for a few weeks. This week I'm heading out to Atlanta, and then back to Tampa the following week. It's tiresome, but I enjoy what I do. At least I will be home over the weekends, so I don't complain much.

This weekend we will be traveling to Michigan for Grandma Jody's 50th birthday. It will be an interesting weekend because Priya is too big for her pack-and-play. We have not moved her from her crib to a bed yet. So we will be taking her mattress, and having her sleep on it with all her blankets and stuff - just no crib. If she does well, then converting her crib to a bed isn't that far off.

We passed a minor milestone this past week. Tish saw Priya straining, and asked if she needed to go to the potty. She said yes, and was successful in her efforts. Tish used the word "turd" to point out to Priya what was in the toilet, and what she had just done. Now Priya's walking around saying "turd, turd" every time you ask her about going to the bathroom. Well... It could be worse!

We have recently started to daydream about going to a big family vacation. I have enough miles to fly us to Hawaii or something, and so we're just thinking - now wouldn't that be nice! I keep thinking that we should do something culturally significant, like Spain or Italy or something like that. But Tish's opinion is that we've had enough culture to last us for some time; time to hit the beaches!

Armaan is just smiling away now - happy to get attention whenever he can. He's starting to consistently do about 5 hours at a stretch at nights. So the sleeping situation is incrementally getting better.

4 comments:

Susanna said...

Turd- hee hee hee. We use that to refer to doggie poop! (well, amongst siblings anyway) Daniel informed me this evening that he was doing a big poo poo- but he delcines to go near the potty or toilet. Glad the nights are getting more restful.

Clair Boone @ www.mummydeals.org said...

I say Italy - beaches and culture! Plus Venice - wow! Anyhoo, please see my recent post! That's so funny you just asked me about citizenship, i got the letter last night!!!

Fabio 'n Elizabeth Tsukayama said...

Kudos on the beginning of potty training!
Beach or Europe is quite a toss up! Your kids probably wouldn't care too much either way about culture at this point, but would probably enjoy the beach! Now a beach in a different culture could be cool too! Hope it works out for y'all. :)

Unknown said...

I've been saying I'm starting potty training for a long time now but Addy just isn't cooperating! I think we're going to wait a bit longer so looks like your little bohemian (that's what the pic reminded me of) will beat her to it. Heck, three in diapers? Things could be worse, right!?

I LOVE the picture of Armaan in the towel with his tongue sticking out. Very cute. Is he getting oil treatments on his head yet?