Dr. Corbin

Corbin wants to be a doctor when he grows up (and I'm not sure why, since he is still really afraid of doctors). A couple of time Clark or I have said to him, "You are growing up into such a big boy!" And Corbin will reply, "No. I not grow up big boy. I grow up docker!" So the other day I bought Corbin a small doctor set, and he has not stopped playing with it! Poor Izzy was his first patient (and she was very patient with him!)

exercise

Who needs a gym membership? Not me. I have the wonderful combination of a potty-training two-year-old, and 2nd floor bathrooms. Corbin will start dancing around and will yell, "I have to go potty!" So we make a mad dash up the stairs (sometimes with me carrying him), only to have Corbin walk in the bathroom and say, "I feel better." Not wanting to push him, I tell him that's okay, and we head back downstairs. Less than 5 minutes later, Corbin starts dancing around again, and yells, "I have to go potty!" Up the stairs we go again. This time I make him sit down. But nothing happens. So after about 15 minutes we go back downstairs, only to have an accident 5 minutes later. And this happens at least once everyday. Usually twice. It took me an hour to boil water for pasta the other day because I kept having to turn the stove off to run upstairs.

Sigh.

Corbin actually has no problems staying dry. He hasn't had a wet accident since we started potty training 1 1/2 weeks ago. He even stays dry at night, which is really great! It's the other part that has him a little confused. I'm hoping it clicks soon. Otherwise, we might have to take a break and try potty-training again in a month or so. I guess we'll see.

One funny thing, Corbin will sometimes sing the WonderPet's theme song, and change the words from:

"WonderPets, Wonderpets, we're on our way..."

to:

"Underwear, underwear, we're on our way..."

I was feeling crafty today, so followed this tutorial to make a valentines wreath. I decided to use up some of my scrap fabric, so the project was free, which is always an added bonus.

Great news

Corbin had an ultrasound this morning on his kidney, and we got some great news! The ultrasound showed no reflux, and his kidney looks great! For the first time in 2 1/2 years, Corbin will be off medication. I am so happy that the surgery was successful. Poor Corbin had a rough time with the ultrasound. And I really can't blame him, after all his doctor appointments in the last 3 months. He is pretty scared of going to see the doctor (in face, we took Izzy to the vet last week, and Corbin was really nervous. He kept saying, "I so scared" and he hid behind his hands while the vet looked over Izzy).
The cute thing was that after the doctor looked at Corbin's ultrasound and said that everything looked great and that we could go home, Corbin happily exclaimed at least 3 times, "I all better, I go home now! I all better!"

We do still have to go back again in one year for another ultrasound to check on Corbin's kidney. But he is off his medicine, and we are so happy that the surgery was a success!

Corbin loves music. Currently his favorite songs are "Follow the prophet" (the chorus part), "The Wonder Pets" theme song, and "Happy Birthday." He belts out these songs multiple times a day. Anytime I use the word "follow," Corbin will start singing, "follow the prophet!" It's pretty cute. Here is a fun video of Corbin singing. I bought him a little tape player with a microphone, and he was really excited about it. Corbin has become really camera shy lately, so it is pretty tough to get good videos and pictures, but he was pretty cooperative for this video.