Daddy daughter dance

Each year, Roseburg holds a daddy daughter dance at the fairgrounds. This year Marty took Elizabeth for the 1st time. I had so much fun getting her ready for the dance and Marty enjoyed some quality time with his little girl. It was nice for me too, I got to spend some alone time with Martin.

Here we go again

Ok...we are starting potty training. It seems like I just did this with Elizabeth and wanted to pull my hair out during the process. I can remember being frustrated and wanting to throw my hands up and try later. I also remember it took forever. I felt we were potty training for months. So, with all that in mind we are beginning this adventure again, but with Martin. It is day 2 and I feel ok about it. Ask me in a week or 2 and I might change my mind, but I think things are going well...for the 2nd day.
He is completely opposite from Elizabeth. She could sit for hours on the potty watching t.v. and eventually would pee on the potty. Martin, you tell him to sit and pee and he just does it. Really, no waiting. Yes, he has had accidents, but I contribute that to not getting him to sit in enough time. Of course sometimes it takes 2 hours in between and at other times its only 15 min. At least he pees on command when he needs to go.

Dominican Republic

We recently got home from our trip to the Dominican Republic. It was a very nice vacation...I think Marty needed it most of all :) We took our kids with us on this trip and they loved it! I was impressed at how well both of them traveled. We had to get on 3 planes just to get there. They did sleep most of the flight.
They spent the majority of their time playing in the pool or on the sandy beach. One of the pools at the resort had a play set in the water. Martin loved climbing the steps and going down the slide that landed in the pool. It was only about waist-high. Elizabeth's favorite was the lazy river, which she called the noisy river. She wanted her own tube to float in...she's such a big girl. We did take some side trips. One trip was to the coffee/cocoa farm where they demonstrated how all that is made. Another trip was to on a boat to go snorkeling. Of course the kids didn't snorkel. We tried getting them in the water, but they cried. They did not like the ocean.
Marty, along with the grandparents, took them horseback riding. I couldn't go because I'm pregnant. The people there really frowned on me doing anything, because of my pregnancy. It was kind of annoying that I couldn't do hardly anything, but at the same time it gave me the chance to really relax and not have to go do anything but sit by the pool.
I will get more pictures posted when I get them from Kathy. She takes way more pictures than I do.
We had a great time and the week went by too fast. Maybe next time I can convince Marty of a 2 week vacation ;)