Sticky Brown Dilemma

These pics of Tait were from a while ago, but i saw each of these expressions today, and more...








This is the 2nd time this has happened, where tait "helped" change his diaper. Last week he pooped during nap time, where he was sleeping in just a diaper, so by the time i went in to get him up from his nap, he was diaperless and it was like an Easter Egg Hunt in August, except, well, not exactly easter eggs hiding in the rug. All week I would walk past his room, and tell by smell that i had missed a turd somewhere, and after scouring the room to no avail, i moved his crib out today to find it wedged between the mattress and crib slats. Gross.

This afternoon Tait helped again by taking off his shorts and smearing color everywhere-brown hands, brown diaper, brown Tait. Brown Mom when Tait surprised me by grabbing my capris. oh my...

So my dilemma is...
-does this mean i should start potty training? (wasn't planning on that til this winter)
-maybe i should be a little more strict on discipline for this kind of thing?
-Any suggestions???

My other dilemma is that after 1/2 hr of searching i still have not found Tait's stinky shorts that he took off today ) :

6yrs & Counting...

Last weekend we celebrated our 6 year anniversary by spending 6 hours in the car with Tait & Caleb driving home from vacation ( : I'm not complaining-really-it actually ended up being great reminiscing time! Some of our favorite memories from this year:

Mother's Day Weekend-an amazing B & B smack dab in the middle of a modern housing settlement built to resemble a farm-pretty cool



I like this pic b/c Trent was saying (through gritted teeth) "Honey, just take the picture-we're on display!" (and he was right-people were watching us curiously from their porch-but i had to get my camera settings just right!)


They had communal gardens that may or may not have inspired me into overspending on weird plants for my garden like swiss chard and 4 kinds of lettuce, none of which tasted good ( :


We ate supper at this quaint yacht club where they made their own pasta & the acoustic guitarist played random songs & made you guess the writer. He stumped us all with a Kris Kristoferson tune.


We snuck into the studio, checked out the house designs, and dreamed about what our future modern home would look like one day. I loved how small and reasonably priced some of the homes were, but decided I better not ever build one or I would become too attached.

Family Memories
Visiting T @ college-We cooked up some mean salmon and had the best gelato I've ever had.



One of T's fav things: putzing around in others' yards.


Celebrating Mom's 50th with a roller skating party


Tait gets a new cousin, Jasper!


Tianna gets a new chair!


And of course, enjoying our "cool" Master Mix dude. Every day is an adventure with Tait ( :


On a side note, I got to give Katelyn a hug last Sunday and reflect on what it'd be like to never see my 6th anniversary. Please pray for this little family-Katelyn, Arawyn, & Jaycee-now that their husband & papa is with Jesus, and pray for the revival that Jordan desired (http://jkschroeder.blogspot.com) Our God is mighty.

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever. Amen. Eph 3:20-21