Potty Training Update #4

I think at this point it is safe to say that we have 2 potty trained little kiddos and I am so excited and so proud of my twins. Evan has done unbelievably well, he hasn't had an accident in a while and he even wakes up from every nap and in the morning after 12 hours of sleep dry, and very ready to use the potty. We wake up to him in his crib doing the pee pee dance because he has to go so badly. I guess it is a good thing that transitioning to toddler beds is next on our list. We plan to do that once we get settled in MD which should be by mid September. One of the things I knew I needed to work on with Taryn was going potty in public but unless we are out there really isn't much opportunity to practice this. However, today we had the perfect opportunity, we were out most of the day as our house is being painted and Taryn went potty 3 times away from home on the big potty. When we went to dinner we had actually forgotten to put her pull up on so she went to dinner in her big girl pants and did fabulous and even used the potty in the middle of dinner.

It has been great to see the twins be so successful. I wasn't sure if they were ready or how any of this would go when we got started I just was willing to give it a try and see happened. It has been much easier than I anticipated for the most part they were both trained w/in 1 week of starting their training. I couldn't imagine it being any easier. We anticipate that we may have to deal w/a bit of regression w/the move coming up and/or Annaliese's arrival and we are OK working through any issues that may arise along the way...but for now they are trained and doing awesome...we are so proud and so grateful that we will not have 3 in diapers...I was willing to do that, just not looking forward to it. This way seems so much better :-)

Moving Day

The packers came yesterday and the loaders today. All the movers have been extremely kind and patient w/the kiddos which has been a blessing. One of the men even asked us how we managed to have such well behaved children...my answer the Grace of God :-)

Today the truck driver let the twins climb into his cab and take some photos, I think this just about made Evan's year :-) He loves 'Big Trucks' as he calls them!

One last photo of our GA home...I am going to miss it, though I am ready to leave

Kids Bedding

Annaliese's Bedding

We are using fabrics 1, 2, 5 and 6

Here are the letters I made for her nursery

Here is Taryn's Big Girl Bedding

And the letters I made to go in her new room :-)

Here is Evan's Big Boy Bedding

And the letters I made to go in his new room

The twins will be sharing a room for a bit longer so hopefully these coordinate well enough :)

Here is Annaliese's Baby book that I made for her...cant wait to start filling it up w/all kinds of fun memories.

24w5d Belly Shot

Yes I am a bit tardy on this one but better late than never :-)

24w5d w/Annaliese

24w6d w/the twins

Not sure I am looking much different between the two shots these days...hmmm, not sure how I feel about that :-)

Potty Training Update #3

Taryn continues to do awesome...she has been at least 8 days w/zero accidents. Today she even went potty all by herself w/o asking for help. She went back to her potty, took off her 'big girl pants', which she has now graduated to Hello Kitty and Rapunzel panties from her training pants, and went potty. She came running out of the bathroom, bare bottom and all, excitedly saying "potty, potty". I went to investigate and sure enough she had gone potty all on her own. She seemed so excited, and proud of herself...momma was proud too :-)

Evan is on day #2 of training and while he got off to a rough start yesterday, today he totally made up for it. He went 3 times in a row this evening and even got out of the tub in the middle of his bath time to pee pee. Maybe its the M&M's, he did get his first taste of this delicious little chocolate treat today :-). We shall see how tomorrow goes.

Potty Training Update #2

I think we are well on our way to saying our lil' Tater Bug is officially trained. We are on day 4 w/zero accidents and she just went poo poo on the potty w/no prompting. She just came and told me she had to go we went back to the bathroom she sat on the potty and did her thing. I am so proud of her.

Now on to Evan????

Maybe??? Because of Taryn's success Evan has started showing interest. He grabbed Chad's hand yesterday and told him he had to go pee pee, walked back to the bathroom, asked for his diaper to be taken off and sat on the potty...now he didn't do anything but that didn't stop him from asking for his M&M's. If things continue to go well w/Taryn we will start Evan this weekend and see if he is really ready or if he just wants to be like sissy.

Visual Evidence

Of Taryn's success.....and no I am not posting potty pictures...that would be so gross.