Quadruplets laughing

he can be so sweet

we've been having a great time playing outside in the evenings. i put a new rule into place. No TV after school (except you can have on a baseball game). i figure there is enough tv watching at sylvia's and it is so nice outside that we must get out and play. so the past week or so we've spent all afternoon playing baseball and crawling around outside. Cooper is really enjoying the outdoors but has a bit of a hard time in the grass. we just set him up with a big quilt and he's fine after that. Last night was no exception. the boys were outside and i was cooking dinner with the door open. we've decided to "eat down the pantry" so last night was pasta shells with meat sauce and some canned veg on the side (mmmmm). the boys came in and started to eat while i finished up in the kitchen. Cash looked up from his meal and said, "mommy, this is a really good dinner you cooked for me. thank you." - he can be so sweet.
last night was another good sleeping night. Cooper went to bed after a dose of tylenol for his teeth. Cash went to bed without any crying or sneaking out. Although, i realize now that he is getting so independent. I had his noise maker on last night and when i went up to bed i realized it was off. he had gotten up, turned it off and got back into bed. good boy!

the mystery poo

Cash finally pooped yesterday. he hadn't pooped since he started wearing underpants on Friday. I think he was holding it because he didn't want to poop outside of his diaper. last night he couldn't hold it any more. he had just returned from peeing in the potty - cash feels the need to take his pants all the way off when he goes pee - and was naked. he looked up at Chandler with fear in his eyes and said, "uh oh, i'm pooping". Chandler scooped him up and rushed him to the bathroom. HOWEVER, on the way the poop came out. Plop. Splat. right on my floor! I was cooking dinner so imagine my confusion when Chandler is yelling at me from the bathroom, "there's poop on the floor, get it before Cooper does." We get the poop picked up and go on as normal. Cash continues to do amazingly well at potty training and this is his first real accident (except for yesterday on the way home when there was a big car wreck and we had to sit in traffic for an extra 20 minutes he leaked a little pee).
On to the mystery part (oh, you thought that was all the poop stories for today - wrong!) This morning i threw a load of laundry in the washer. i just dumped both boys' laundry baskets in there without much review. the spin cycle finished up right before we headed out the door so i went up to put the clothes in the dryer. i opened the dryer and it was FULL OF TURDS!!! the cleanest turds you ever did see. smashed up against our clothes and the washing machine. this is the mystery part. from what i can tell Cash pooped somewhere, either in his undies or in his laundry basket (most likely the former) and i didn't know about it. this explains how the most "regular" boy in the world could not poop for 3 days. it must have been in his undies and i just threw them in the washer. mothering fail! so i cleaned out the washing machine and started the clothes over. good thing the cleaning lady comes today. i left her a note to clean the washing machine. and scrub the floors extra!

Getting big!

Cooper is standing everywhere, on everything. he even pulls up on my legs. he stands up and lets go (and immediately falls down). I've even seen him trying to pass back and forth between the couch and the coffee table. we dropped his mattress to the lowest level because he was just leaning a little too far over the edge. which makes me a little sad because that really, really means he isn't a little baby anymore.
Cooper crawls so fast that i literally have to run after him. he makes a b-line for the dog's water and food - so gross. He can play for such a long time by himself. yesterday we sat up in the playroom while Cash was out with Daddy and he just explored all around.
but i really like this stage and the next few stages to come. i can tell that the boys will start playing together more soon and that is exciting for me. they sat in the sandbox for a little while yesterday evening (until Cash threw sand and Cooper was eating handfuls of sand).

i wish i could bottle yesterday

our weather was perfect and our kids were perfect! Cash isn't wearing diapers anymore. i am not buying another pack so he's in underpants and totally gets it. he didn't have a single accident all weekend. we even went pee in a restaurant and store bathroom. this morning when he woke up his diaper was completely dry. the morning pee is usually the hardest to catch because Cash wakes up in a bit of a fog and it takes him a few minutes before he wants to engage. this is usually when he does his morning pee. this morning though he woke up and daddy got him to pee on the potty!
Cash also did an amazing job sleeping last night. he did not have a nap and went straight to bed (after watching a little bit of Dora) and didn't make a peep. he stayed in his bed all night with the door open. he slept from 8pm to 7am. just how we like it.

minor set back

we've had a lot of crying tonight. lots of whimpering. and more crying. begging. pleading. hopefully he'll wear himself out. before he wears us out.
he had a good day though. wore underpants all day without an accident. although i think he holds it when he's not wearing a diaper. he really only pee'd three times.

i think we have a winner

tonight we did the routine with Cash. asked him if he wants the door open or closed [open]. asked him what would happen if he got out of bed [close the door]. so what should he do [stay in bed]. he didn't get out of bed one time. he did cry and whine for a little while (20 minutes) but he didn't get out of bed, not at all. he even dropped his dummy off the side of the bed and called out to daddy to come and get it!
next we have to get rid of the dummy.