Family Room Update & Potty Training!

We finally got our basement family room finished! Phew! Our goal was to get the basement family room & bathroom re-done before baby girl comes-one down, one to go. The basement family room was cray cray before we repainted it. One wall was sponge painted blue, the other walls were wallpapered (half green & half beige flowers). On top of that, the carpet was orange before we replaced it.

BEFORE:

As you can see, it needed work! We took off all the wallpaper and light fixtures, painted and added new fixtures. Josh replaced the doors and we also got a TV stand made, which I love. It has doors on the front that will be added.

AFTER:

We are really happy with the finished product so far. I still have some things to add (furniture, decorations) but the room is functional now, and that is what matters!

 

Potty Training:

Soooo....we have put off potty training for a good 6 months now. We tried last spring but Beckett just wasn't catching on and then he downright refused. He was still young so I let it go and decided to try again later. This summer we had a lot going on with Beckett: getting rid of his binky and switching from a crib to his toddler bed. I let all of that die down and then we started potty training, which was about 2 weeks ago. I wanted to get him potty trained and comfortable with it before this baby comes.

 

We started the potty training on a Sunday. Josh & Beckett actually stayed home from church to really get a good start. We basically stayed in the kitchen/living room all day with the potty in the living room. He did well that day, we asked him every 20 minutes or so if he had to go potty. When he did he would sit on the potty and go! The trouble we had was when we weren't at home. He had at least one accident at daycare every day that first week. However, he was catching on. After that first week Beckett started going to the potty on his own (without us having to ask him every 20 minutes). He hasn't had an accident in about 4-5 days. He has finally gotten it! Success!

 

He isn't potty trained at night, which i'm okay with. I think that will come with time. For now we are satisfied with the progress he has made. However, it does make me a little sad that he is growing up so fast! He has grown up a lot this year and there are many more changes to come.

This picture was taken earlier this week when I picked him up from daycare. It was his first full day with 0 accidents :)