Potty Training...Day 3

Abigail and Daddy cooking dinner.

Abigail coloring...on mom's pad, but she was coloring on her new aqua doodle.

There is more than one use for plastic panties! Today has been pretty good. She's had two very small accidents and one big poop in the potty. She's definitely getting the hang of things. I'm tired and over it, but I've also been in the bathroom at least every thirty minutes for 3 days...which makes me think she's probably over it too. I've also only left the house for about 2 hours or less each day for the past three days. Most of you realize how much I must be going stir crazy right now!! I must say though, that Tammy's 3 day approach has worked for us. We'll just continue to grow and get better from here. So, although I feel like I need a 5 hour trip to somewhere that serves tropical beverages, it's been worth it to accomplish so much in so few days.

Hope everyone enjoys their week!

Potty Training...Day 2

The first part of day 2 of potty training is more like what I expected yesterday to be. Almost every time I took her this morning and early afternoon she cried and whined and threw a fit. She still went on the potty when she needed too, but she sure didn't want to be there. Two days in a row she has gotten up from her nap dry and went straight to the potty. That's super impressive seeing as that until yesterday her diaper was always wet after nap. She also went first thing this morning, but that diaper was a little wet...9 hours is a long time! She did a little poop today and hasn't had any accidents today...YEA!! Later this afternoon and tonight have been great...no fussing when it was time to try to potty and going just as she should. I'm hoping and praying that by tomorrow we've compeletly got this down!! We'll have one more update tomorrow. Oh, the pictures have her with her first poop present. It wasn't the best one, but it wasn't much poop!! :)

Potty Training...Day 1

Today is the first day of our 3 day guide to being potty trained. Tammy has a 3 day schedule she uses to potty train kids that are ready for it. What you do is take them to the potty every 10-20 minutes all day long and let them sit there for anywhere from 5-15 minutes. It's a chore and I really excpected lots of fights. They still wear diapers when they are napping and sleeping. Abigail has had 3 accidents today, which for the first day I think is really good. She does really well "pushing" the pee pee out. Almost every time I put her on the potty she does something. Poop hasn't happened today and I hear that's usually harder. She is loving her panties...I mean loves them! When she pee pees or poo poos, she gets M&M's and/or potty presents. She got three presents today. I figured out pretty quickly that a couple of drops just wasn't enough for a present. Below is a pic of her with one of her presents...a Doodle Pro...she loves it. Okay, just had another accident...off to clean!

July 4th Weekend

We headed to Kilgore this past weekend to spend the holiday with my family. I was suppose to work on Friday, but decided at 2 on Thursday that I would really rather be off like the rest of my family. My boss let me off on short notice, so we hit the road Thursday night. Friday we did a little shopping, eating, etc. I think Abigail and mom were in the pool at 7 that morning...I of course wouldn't know cause I was getting all the extra sleep I could get!! Saturday we swam and ate and played games and watched fireworks...it was wonderful!! Dad, Eddy, and Andy went to the lake house to work a little, but I did no work this past weekend. Okay, well, I did help mom get caught up on clothes and cook all the food, but it was fun spending time with her. Abigail enjoyed the fireworks, as did Hunter. Andy bought some for us to do at the house...just like always. I love family traditions, and certain fireworks that we do all together every year is one of ours. Sunday was totally relaxing. I think I took a 2.5 hour nap!! Then home to Coppell. Traffic wasn't as bad as it's been before, so that was a huge blessing. It's amazing how quickly a nice family weekend can go!

William and Eddy. William doesn't normally smile so big in pictures, so I had to share it! And I swear he looks more like my dad each time I see him!

Hunter and Kim with a sparkler. I have to admit I wasn't brave enough to let Abigail hold it by herself like Hunter. He followed his daddy to light almost everyone...just couldn't help himself!

Abigail with her sparkler.

Abigail and Hunter having a hot dog lunch after swimming. And we didn't wait 1-2 hours before getting back in! :)

She is always ready to go swimming. She loves the water! Mom has some of the arm floaties and we put those on and she's off. I watch her like a hawk, but she's just so good and fearless! I figure that can be good and bad!

Celebrate Freedom 09

This past Saturday morning we, or I, decided we should get up and go to Celebrate Freedom in Parker at Southfork Ranch. We've always talked about it, but never went due to the heat. We got there about 8:30 and stayed until right befor 11...amazing!! It was hot, but fun. There were games for Abigail, we jamed to Big Daddy Weave, had yummy snow cones, and Eddy got a massage. I definitely think it's worth doing again!

I tried to tell her that the blanket made her hotter and the fan worked better if you did more than hold it, but at some moments she just didn't care!

Stage before the show started. Different bands play from 10 in the morning until late at night. We just saw the one band.

Abigail loved the bounce house. It was her first real experience in one, and it was nice cause she was the only one in there most of the time.

Big Step...For Me

As some of you know, I lost a very close dear niece when she was 3 years old. Her name was Alexis and she had cancer. Some great friends at the bank I was working at bought her this doll. I knew she wasn't going to be around much longer and I wanted to make sure I got to keep the cabbage patch kid, so I never actually gave it to her. I'm not sure if that was right or wrong, but it was important to me. I used to think I would just leave her in my closet in the box forever (where she has been for 5 years), but then I had Abigail. And slowly but surely I convinced myself that when she started asking about it, I would give it to her. Well, today was that day. I think I've almost cried like 10 times in the past hour, but she seems to really love her. Currently they are curled up in the chair watching Barney together. It's funny how something so small can bring back so many wonderful memories, but will also be used to create many more.

Beds, Barney & More

Eddy and I got a new king size bed a week or so ago. It's wonderful...and of course we had to have new bedding so we could actually sleep on it. I must admit is has taken me some getting used to. I mean, I'm used to sleeping next to Eddy...in this bed I feel like I'm sleeping alone cause it's huge. But I've adjusted and am loving being able to spread out more!


So, we now have an extra bed, which mom and dad are taking for their lake house, but the house isn't finished so we had to find a place to store it. We had it in the garage, but then only one car fit and that just wasn't working. So, we took the full size bed out of the guest room and put it in Abigail's room and put the queen bed in the guest room. It doesn't match and it's too big for the room, but it's not permanent. Abigail on the other hand was excited about having a real big girl bed. She helped pick out her new bedding, which matches pretty well considering the color of her walls. Eddy just wasn't up for repainting. Below is a pic of story time before bedtime. It's nice to be able to lay in the bed with her to read!

Last weekend we decided to take Abigail to see Barney. She loves the videos so I figured it was cheap enough to give it a try. She was really excited while waiting, but when he came out I don't think she had a clue what to think! It was pretty entertaining to watch her. She didn't act scared of him, but she didn't want to meet him up close for sure. Then, we were leaving and she got upset cause we were leaving Barney! So, all in all I think it was a sucess!

So, the next picture is just of my active little girl. She throughly enjoys running in circles in the living room, while saying, "I'm running, I'm running" over and over. It's the cutest thing ever, and she usually has drug Eddy and I into it with her before she's done!