big boy

Everett has been so much fun lately and is getting to be such a big boy.  Last weekend we had two major milestones in the Meyer house; we bought a potty and a toddler bed for E!  

Everett has become more vocal about "poo poo" and has been super interested in the toilet lately.  We, however, are not mentally and emotionally ready to jump right into potty training but we thought it couldn't hurt to have a little potty around just in case "the moment" struck E.  Additionally, E may or may not have almost fallen all the way into the big toilet one time while we were letting him "try it out" so we thought it was time for this kind of purchase.  

This one makes noise and he is obsessed with it.  What were we thinking?

Some of you also know that Tom and I love bargains and especially garage sales!  Garage sales are ridiculously great for getting little baby/kid stuff for a slamming good deal.  Last weekend we hit the jackpot.  

We found a Sit N' Spin (a fav toy of Everett's at Miss Patti's) for $2 bucks! 

We also scored a handful of other baby items for Mini Meyer, like a baby bath tub (we left E's in Korea) for a few bucks and a Diaper Genie for three bucks (do those even work though? I'm having doubts...).  Everett also scored a Royals T-shirt, a sophisticated cardigan, and some new shoes for $3 total. I normally don't flaunt how much we spend on things but I just can't believe what great deals you can find at garage sales! 

The score of the weekend, however, was E's new bed!  We never dreamed of buying one of these bad boys but we saw it while driving through a neighborhood garage sale and it captured our hearts.  It was in excellent condition and came with a quality mattress for fifty bucks!  We of course were on our iPhones before we purchased this and saw that brand new these run from $250-300 dollars! What?!  So after some discussion we decided to go for it.  

We made sure to wash it off and clean the mattress. Above you can see that E got inside while Tom was putting the car back together after we washed it.  Then E had to try it out (sorry for the blurry pic below). 

We decided that E's current room will become Mini Meyer's room so we moved the bed into the playroom (aka E's Big Boy Room) for now.  We're going to paint the walls this summer and move Everett officially into his new bed after the room is completely ready.

 Lastly, see that drool?  Poor little guy has his 2 year molars popping through.  This is tough stuff folks! But he is mostly handling it like a pro.  It's just another reminder that our little guy is becoming a big boy!