My Baby is Two

Asleep on Mommy in the hospital

The family of three...coming home from the hospital

The Bean at Christmas '06

Holy Hair, Batman! People have always commented on her hair, and they still make comments about it!

6 months old

This is one of my favorite pics...she used to love to climb in her toy box.

Adorable pigtails

This is one of my favorite outfits I made for the Bean.

Fun on the zoo carousel

Just a few days ago...she just makes me smile!

I cannot believe it - the Bean turns two today. I can hardly remember life without her now. We tried for 2 1/2 years to get pregnant w/ her, and she was worth the wait! She is such a blessing to us. She is a little social butterfly and loves people and activity. She loves playing outside, coloring, Barney, Elmo, getting tickled, and her Bun-Bun. She is doing great w/ potty training. She'll eat most things I give her, but her favorites are probably pizza and hot dogs. She can almost count to ten (she usually leaves out the eight, and sometimes replaces it w/ two). She loves to sing and dance. Here are some of my favorite pics of our precious Bean. Happy Birthday, sweet girl!

Potty Training - Day Four Summary

Bless the child - the Bean had no accidents at all today, and acted like an old pro at going potty. Tomorrow is her b'day party, and we're having it at a park w/ no restrooms. I'm bringing her potty to put in the car. It ought to be interesting. :)

Potty Training - Day Four at naptime

I have a potty prodigy on my hands. We have achieved potty perfection today. She even did poopy on the potty with no persuasion! (Do you like my illiteration?) Seriously, she has done so great today! The Bean has had no accidents thus far. I must share a couple of the day's highlights:

1) The Bean told me she had to go poopy this morning, so we went to the potty but she just went tee-tee. I told her good for trying and went on to the next thing. The Bean stayed in the bathroom (she was playing peek-a-boo behind the door), but I didn't think much of it. She shut the door and couldn't open it back up and started asking to be let out. So I went to open the door and she says, "Poo-poo." I look in the grown-up potty, and there is her poo. I was like, did she sit on the grown-up potty and go poo-poo? So I asked her where she went potty, and she pointed to her potty, and sure enough there were remnants in her potty! She had gone poopy in her potty and deposited it in the grown-up potty to flush!

2) We went on some errands today to pick up some things for her b'day party. I wasn't sure what to do, but I put her in a pull-up for the outing. I asked her to go b/f we left, and she went twice b/f we left. And I brought her little seat that goes on top of a grown-up potty w/ us. (She has been using the small floor potty, and had not used the transitional seat.) Once we got to Costco I asked her if she needed to go, and she went on the big girl potty! Then she went again b/f we left Costco, and twice at Wal-mart! She never went in her pull-up!

This is probably all TMI for most of you, but those of you who have been through this potty training experience know how exciting a day like today is! Yea Bean!!

Potty Training - Day Three Summary

Hello all! Well, the Bean did pretty good today. She had four "true" accidents, which surprised me a little, but she ended the day on a good note. She caught herself going poopy and finished in the potty. We are staying at home again all day tomorrow, and hopefully she won't have any accidents. But I have to keep in mind that she is just few days shy of two...she's still a little young for all this! After the vast improvement from Day One to Day Two, I thought she'd sail through today w/ no accidents, and I think maybe that was a little bit of an unrealistic expectation considering that she's been going in her diaper for almost two years!

As a side note, over the past three days I have eaten my weight in M&M's as I've given them out to her, and I've watched more Barney and Sesame Street than any person should be made to endure. I think I'm going to turn purple and break out in song and dance.

Potty Training - Day Two Summary

We went through only 3 pairs of undies after nap, and none of those were true accidents. So a grand total of only 7 pairs of undies today and only one true accident. Praise the Lord - we are making progress! We may even be ready for her b'day party on Saturday!

Potty Training - Day Two at naptime

This morning has been much better! We've only gone through 4 pairs of undies, and only one of those was a true accident. The others were wayward pee again. (Got to remember to set her far back enough on the potty!) I am much encouraged!! I'm beginning to be a believer in this 3 day method!

Potty Training - Day One Summary

Well, the afternoon was better. We only went through 12 pairs of undies. That makes a grand total of 29 undies. But I did not help her this afternoon...I did a dumb thing. I told our neighbors they could come over and play (since we couldn't leave the house). The Bean was very distracted while they were there and had several accidents. After they left, she did much better. She did poop in her pants once, but other than that she pretty much caught herself every time and ran to the potty. I am a little discouraged, as I thought we'd go through less undies and generally do better, but hopefully tomorrow will be better. That's what everybody says, anyhow. We'll see!