Let The Fountain of Joy Begin

Ok.

We decided that it's finally time to attempt to potty train our daughter. Again. We tried briefly before we moved. We decided to strip her down to her naked butt, let her feel the pee dribble down her legs and she won't like it, right? Um... not quite. It didn't work too well, mainly because we felt she was too young to grasp the idea yet. WE got the clue that she wasn't ready when, right after sitting on the potty to try unsuccessfully to use it, she ran down the hallway toward her room and proceeded to squat and drop a smelly load of joy on the carpet.

Since then we've gotten various ideas on what has worked for other parents and I'm still open to suggestions, but I feel the best one is still to let her uncomfortably spread the warmth down her legs. So, starting Sunday afternoon, we put her in big girl undies and let her run around. We dutifully asked her if she needed to "go potty", and invariably she'd say no, and we'd drag her to the toilet. At first she thought it was a novel idea, but more and more she has begun to resist. We DID manage to get her to use the toilet 4 times with NO accidents!

Today was almost the exact opposite. Almost. Momma got her up and asked her if she needed to go, and with the usual answer momma put her on anyway, just to be sure. No dice. kept checking, nothing. Then, just before I got home from school, someone flooded her pants. "Wet... WET!" came the cry. Momma put her on the pot, but she had already created the dark butterfly pattern in her pants. (*$^&*!!!) Oh well.

So, on through the morning we kept trying to get her to go without ANY progress. We put her in Pull-ups for her nap (which she pee'd in OF COURSE), and refused the bathroom after getting up. Then while we were cleaning up after dinner she was playing behind the chairs, and then came the cry, "WET! WET!" again. So I immediately grabbed her and got her to the bathroom as quickly as possible where she let a small tinkle in the toilet and gave a big, bright, happy "I DID IT!" type smile. Unfortunately, she did pee her pants a bit, but she ALSO knew to hold the rest of it til we got to the toilet.

Maybe there's hope for this potty business yet.....

Hello Me, It's Me Again...

Things look a bit different around here.

Not only am I referring to the layout to my online persona(s), but my physical locale as well. It has now in fact been 5 months since I've even LOOKED at this page and I've finally decided to do something about it. This is not only at the behest of the Mouse in my life but also because, at times, I might actually have things to say once in a while.

I said this in the former life of this space, but this time I mean it...

I hope.

It's been... (ahem)... a while...

I think I have to agree with Jen A. that time definitely seems to have been speeding past like a subway train missing a stop. Em has been saying how I should start blogging again, but I just haven't been motivated to because I've been a little busy getting this "life" thing taken care of a bit.


So, we'll see how it goes.


Happy fun times til later.

Hooray! Last year is over!!

I know it's been a few days (ahem... weeks) since I last blogged but hey, I've been busy... had alot on my plate... had better things to do... er, OTHER things to do...

Anyway, anyone who knows how the latter half of last year went for me, especially with school, will understand just how abysmal it was. One of the things I kept sayng was that with everything that happened, I could write a country song. That is, I could if I cared for country music at all. Most people are aware of what happened to Scott and how much time and effort that took out of life, let alone the time it took from school work.

Aside from that, some of the distractions from school included finding out about a new bun in the oven,





getting my bike stolen,




getting my car sabotaged



and getting hit by a car among other things.....



But enough about me, how are you?

Anyway, let's just say I got a new perspective on things and I'm now ready to head in a new direction. It's hard not to dwell on things past, but I'm trying to look forward to this year and the exciting events to come. Unfortunately, that no longer includes trying to get into nursing school at this point, but I'm happy with the choice I've made and that's what matters. Plus, I get a present at the end of this semester...



...A SON!!!

Maybe I'll post more frequently in the future... we'll have to see.

Play Naked!

Within the last week or so, Buttons has learned a trick of the trade.

Zippers!

Her footie pajamas have a nice long zipper for her to play with all night, so we have been finding her in the mornings clothed only in her diaper.

This morning we found her in nothing but her birthday suit!
Let the naked phase begin!!

btw... She has also learned to destroy the blinds in her room...