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Update

I have been a horrible blogger this last year. I blame this mostly on the fact that we decided we needed to find Cameron a new job shortly after he started working at Hoku in Pocatello.  I ended up spending much of my free time looking for jobs in Utah and Idaho. 

Unfortunately, Hoku didn’t pan out to be what we thought it would be. While there were negatives to the company, I like to focus on the positives.  I loved that we have been so close to family this past year and I also loved that Cameron was able to spend so much time with the kids.  He never lost his job (Hoku had three layoffs in 2011/2012) and was always paid well.  He also worked a very flexible shift and was home a lot with the kids.  This was a big change from California.  In California, Cameron worked a lot more and went to school so there were weeks when he wouldn’t see Brayden for four days. 

In October, Cameron accepted a job offer to work as the Transportation Manager for a company called Idahoan Foods.  Its headquarters are in Idaho Falls and we were very excited to take the offer.  We love the Idaho Falls area (we live in Ammon) and feel like this company is giving Cameron a great opportunity.  If it all works out we are hoping to get into a house in the summer of 2013 and start establishing ourselves more into a community. 

In the next few weeks I hope to catch up on some of my blogging.  I feel bad I haven’t blogged nearly enough about Kate’s milestones.   I guess I can always try better this next year.  

Potty Training

Potty training started for Brayden a few days after his 3^rd birthday.  He was scared of the big potty so we had to purchase him his own little potty.  After the second day of potty training I finally got him to go number 1 on the potty.

He still had many accidents for a few weeks, but soon he learned quickly how to go number 1 in the potty.  Every time he went number 1 on the potty he got to put a sticker on the potty chart.   We also purchased him a potty watch which he really liked wearing and it helped remind him and me that he needed to sit on the potty. 

A few months passed and he still wouldn't go number 2 on the potty but had a lot of stickers.  We decided to try a new method and purchased a fire truck toy… After a while he didn't care about that as much so we purchased him a bubble lawn mower.  Those toys just sat high up on a shelf waiting for him to go number 2.  

Finally, after almost three months of the little potty he decided he wanted to use the big potty so we got him a little seat to go on top.  He still was only going number 1.  I started reading up on potty training and a lot of people recommended that I needed to catch him in the act and toss him on the potty.  Finally, one day I had the opportunity and he realized it wasn't so bad to go number 2 on the potty.  He was fully potty trained about a month later. 

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