potty update

Camille went to school in underwear again on Thursday and didn't have a single accident!!!! Today she is doing well too. We are still not pooping on the potty and still having a hard time stopping to go potty when playing so we have some work to do yet but she is doing great and we are sooooo proud of her.

eye doctor hell

Just shoot me if I ever again think it's a good idea to take 3 kids to the eye doctor. The doctor's office is bad enough but to a specialist!!! Specialists are known for taking forever. We hung in there and did well until the end. We waited 45 minutes to be seen. The kids were great for that. We went back and Av went first. This was her first eye exam where they covered one eye and asked her to tell them what was on the chart with the pictures getting smaller each row. She did great. Then Camille went. He just looked in her eyes but she did great as well. Then back to the waiting room to get drops to dilate the eyes and wait for them to dilate. We got our drops as another kid went back to our room. That was fine. Then he came out and another kid was called back to our room. Oh my, that pushed us to our limits. By that time our eyes had been dilated 20 minutes and we had been there for 1.5 hours. We were all done. Then Av had to go to the bathroom (prob was a blessing in disguise that C was in a diaper). I opened the door to the back to see if we could use the bathroom. Of course they didn't have one so out of the office we had to go. So I had to drag 3 kids back through a crowded office running over toes trying to push my horrible snap and go. I was DONE at this point. The nurse had promised she would wait for us and not take any other kids back to see the Dr. After the bathroom we did get seen right away. Both of the girls have perfect vision as of now so that was great news!! We left the office at 3:20. Our appointment had been at 1:30. All and all I guess it was not that bad. E was perfect and fell asleep in his car seat half way through it all.

potty training "yea right" Camille says

Camille did well at school on Tuesday. No accidents but we woke up on Wednesday and she refused. Just would not pee on the potty for anything. I was soooooo disappointed. So I pulled a diaper back out and off to Av's speech we went. I was NOT happy. While Av was at speech I took Camille to Target so she could pick out her own big girl underwear. I even asked at Target if she wanted to go potty knowing kids love checking out new bathrooms. It was a no-go. We bought her a few dollar bin potty treats for a potty bag like Av had. Once we got home I was all ready to put her new underwear on and ready for her to practice and pick a potty treat. Still a no-go. She would have no part of it. Then I got the M&Ms out. Still nothing. Oh my I was ready to lose it. I stayed as calm as I could and just decided to forget about it for the day. I was SO sad though. I was texting John all day telling him and he just kept telling me to be patient. As soon as he got home from work he asked her if she had to go. She said yes and off they went. She peed!!! Of course she would do it for him. grrrrrr

cereal

"WHAT is that you are trying to put in my mouth??" He's fine with books, toys, blankets, his hands and feet in his mouth but I try to give him a little cereal and he acts like I am poisoning him. Then he can't help but give me a big "I love you" grin.

sad face

Picture 1-"look how strong I am" one of the new

things he is doing.

Picture 2- "who are you?"

Picture 3- "you better watch out, i'm bringing out my super duper sad face"

Picture 4- "is it working? Do you see how sad I am?"

Finally a pic of that face!! It's really hard to describe how pitiful it is. It is so cute though and just makes me want to run to him and make his world okay again. He does not make it all that often but when he does it comes on usually out of no-where and then is gone pretty quick.

Austin

John took Everett and I to Austin this weekend. We had a blast. We all missed the girls so much but missing them is a good thing. Helps me re-charge my mom batteries. Having a non-mobil baby with me is so much easier than 2 walking-talking-mind of their own girls. Being responsible for just Everett all weekend was a walk in the park and a very nice get away. I have 3 very good friends still in Austin. 2 of them have had babies in the last five months and the 3rd had twin girls almost 2 years ago. I have only seen them once so it was so nice spending time with them all. One of our other good friends (J's friend from college) also had a baby with in the last 5 months so Everett got to meet him too. We got there on Friday night in time to have dinner with Matt, Andrea, Jeff and Polly. We had so much fun hanging with them and were out a little late but E hung in there and was a very good boy. On Saturday we went for breakfast tacos and on a tour of the ever changing city. Boy has it changed. Then we headed up to see all my friends. We got to meet Lauren, Stella and Weston and play with Kinsley and Trinidy. We stayed that night with Trena and Keith and had a very nice cook out and relaxed by a fire once the kids were in bed. On Sunday we went for breakfast tacos again and then E and I flew home. He was a very good boy on all the flights. Slept each and every one of them. I had the best weekend and can't wait to go back!!!

potty training

I left for 2.5 measly days. I went out of town and I left my girls in what I thought would be excellent care and what did I come back to??? How dare they? I came back to a potty trained 2 year old!!!!!!! (not fully of course, it is a process but the biggest hump is over) It is the greatest gift they could have ever given me. It started the night we left. Shelly and Opa were staying with girls and before bed Av and C were told to go potty. Off to the bathroom they both went and they both went pee!!!! Shelly and Opa assumed C had been using the potty and didn't realize what a big deal it was until Av went crazy. She became C's biggest potty cheerleader. It was the very first time C was able to pee on the potty ever!!! She has been trying for some time with no luck but that night she did it. My parents took over the middle of the day on Saturday and continued putting C on the potty. My mom spent a lot of time in the bathroom with C practicing her new trick. On Monday I was back and we decided to take the diapers away and get out some underwear. C went pee in the potty all day and didn't have one pee accident. Poop on the other hand is another story but we are working on that. I sent her to school today in underwear. Hope it's going ok. I am just not a fan at all of pull ups. I don't think they send the right message. I know bc of that I will have a few more messes to clean up but in the long run I think the transition will be much quicker. We never put Av in pull ups either. We went cold turkey and lived through it, we will again.