January Fun!!

Where did January go? It flew by for me!!! We started with potty training, which went wonderful! It's already been 4 weeks and she's still done GREAT! Except for one accident during week 2, she has done amazing. We've gone through all of the hurdles of going to the bathroom in Target, Kroger, restaurants, etc.
We've even used our little potty that I was keeping in the back of the car for "emergencies only". We needed it terribly two times this week, so I'm thankful I had left it in there!
Here is a picture of her current "potty chart"! I asked my mom today when she thought I'd be able to stop letting Sadie put stickers on here every time she goes to the bathroom...

We had some awesome snow days this month as well. We made lots of memories. I hope and pray that Sadie isn't too young to remember them. She seems to have a good memory so far, just like her mommy. She tends to bring up things that I cannot believe she remembers from months ago. And, she will remember every little detail!
Here are a few pics from our snow days!





The kids have been having so much fun together. They play together so well and it's so much fun to sit back and watch. I can't even imagine life without them both.
Oh yeah...daddy joins in on the fun too!

Sawyer went in yesterday for his 18 month check-up. He weighs exactly 24 pounds. Still a pretty little fella! We gotta put some lbs. on this guy if he's gonna play football! ha ha
I've been planning Sadie's 3rd birthday party that will be in March. Just over a month away. CRAZY!!!!!
Although many days, I wonder how I will make it through the day, I wouldn't trade my life with my family for anything in the world. They make me who I am. They keep me getting up every morning (some mornings a little earlier than I'd like). They keep me trusting in my Everlasting Father for peace, patience, and love every single day! And, I have the greatest husband in the whole world who continues to be my rock. I'm the luckiest gal in the whole world!

Potty Training - Day 5

Okay, this will probably be my last blog on Potty Training. I feel I can now say that Sadie is Potty Trained after just 5 days! The method I used worked absolutely perfect for us and I am glad it's over!!! We have spent LOTS of time doing this...


I even brought out the playdough and let Sawyer play with it yesterday. I had bought a neat little playdough "play pack" at the store to give to Sadie as one of her rewards and I couldn't let Sawyer not play with it too while me and Sadie were! I must've reached my desperation point to let an almost 18 month old play with playdough, but I was there!!
She has done so great these past 2 days. No accidents whatsoever since Saturday night. I know that she will still have some in the near future, but I'm just proud of how far she's come in such a short amount of time. Yesterday we didn't even have to use the timer. She came and told me every time she had to go! And, she finally went at the gym today, which she hadn't done yet. I think she was afraid of the potty because it's a bit different, but she went and did great!
Looking back, it wasn't so bad after all. There were a few long days, mainly because we were stuck in the house, but the actual training part wasn't bad at all!!!!
Go Sadie Jane!!!

Potty Training - Day 4

Day 4 has been another huge success! No accidents!! Yippee!!!!
Tonight was rough though b/c we had somewhere to be at 6:15 and Sadie decided that she "needed to go" around 5:30. Well, after 3 or 4 times of her up and down off the potty, I made her sit there until something happened. Sure enough, she pooped! So, at least I know she's starting to know when she needs to go. Even if it is an hour before it actually happens! ha ha
A couple of times today, she would run to the bathroom and say she needed to go and when I would pull her panties down, I would see that she went a little bit, but then she'd finish up in the potty. My friends at small group said that was good though, b/c at least she's realizing once it starts, it doesn't need to finish that way, so at least she takes off running and finishes up in the actual potty!!!
It hasn't been so bad, but I'll be glad when it's over and I feel more comfortable just letting her tell me when she needs to go instead of me obsessing over it all day long!!!

Potty Training - Day 3

This is our potty chart thus far!!!! 4 Poops and many pee-pee's over the past 3 days. So far, we've had a total of 4 accidents. Not to bad...I don't think...
I won't bore you all with the minute-by-minute breakdown, but today has been a huge success so far!!! We've still got about an hour to go before bedtime, but so far, so good! I stayed home from church w/ her and we worked pretty hard on it again and she hasn't had an accident all day long!
We even took a quick family outing to pick up some pizza tonight and we didn't have an accident in the car.
I am ready to venture out of this house, but not sure when I will have the guts to do so. I am dying to get back to the gym tomorrow, but we will see!!!!
If anyone has any suggestions for our first few outings out, let me know!
I have those plastic covers I can put over her panties, but she's not a huge fan of them so I'm not sure if it'll work.
We have our church small group tomorrow night that we HAVE to go to, so I'm hoping and praying she won't have an accident while she's playing with all of the kids.
Keep your fingers crossed!!!!

Potty Training Day 2 Continued

Well, potty training kind of failed us this afternoon. My sweet friend Rachel Fontenot told me that "Day 2" is usually the worst, but for us, so far, it'd been completely successful!!!!
Well, when Sadie woke up from her nap, I should've taken her straight to the potty, but I didn't. She said she didn't need to go, so I let it go and sure enough, she pee-pee'd all over herself within 5 minutes. Totally MY fault!!!!
Well, then we made the mistake (unknowingly) of having friends over for dinner tonight. The friends weren't the mistake. It was just the distraction that came along with it. Sadie wanted to do nothing but play, play, play! So, even though we still took her to the potty every 20 minutes, she wanted to get up after about 30 seconds to go and play some more. So, after "holding it" all night, I suppose, she finally pee-pee'd on herself AGAIN around 8:00. So, we ended the day w/ 2 accidents after a totally successful 24 hours!
Oh well, tomorrow is a new day!!!
Sawyer came home this afternoon too, which put a whole new spin on everything, adding a whole new degree of difficulty to the training process. He wants to be all up in her grill the whole entire time we're in the bathroom and I'm not sure how I'm gonna handle that. I guess I will have to figure something out!!!
Wish us luck on Day 3!! Hope it's better than today!!!!
By the way, Sadie won't be going to church tomorrow. I learned tonight that it's WAY too early to depend on her to know when to tell her teacher that she needs to go.

Potty Training - Day 2

Well, today has been a success so far. It goes as follows:
8:50 - get Sadie up, change into big girl panties and go straight to the potty!
She sat for about 3 minutes but nothing happened.
9:20 a.m. - timer went off; sat for about 10 minutes...nothing
9:35 a.m. - said she had to go...ran to the potty...Pee Pee'd!!! I think it's starting to click!!!!!
From 9:40 until 10:30, she kept saying she needed to go, so we'd go and sit for a few minutes but nothing would happen.
10:30 a.m. - timer went off; sat for 3 minutes...nada
11:20 a.m. - timer went off; Pee Pee!!!! Yippeeeeeee!!!
Time to go outside and play in the snow!!!!!
12:20 p.m. - came back inside and tried to go...nothing
12:50 p.m. - timer went off right before naptime; sat for a few minutes and she pooped! Yippee!!! GO SADIE!!!!
I am proud of my little girl. I wonder if we'll venture out and try to go to church tomorrow. Can I really expect her teacher(s) to take her to the potty every little bit and see if she needs to go?
Any advice from you moms out there on how long I should wait before we venture out???

Potty Training Day 1 Continued...

Okay, so post-naptime went AWESOME!!!! She woke up, we put her big girl panties back on. (some new ones, of course)
4:00 p.m. - We immediately sat on the potty for about 2 minutes...nothing.
Her diaper was almost completely dry though, which was good...
4:05 p.m. - Sadie said she needed to go to the potty again, so went and sat for about 3 minutes...nothing again.
4:10 p.m. - Sadie said she needed to go AGAIN...AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!! But, this time she PEE PEE'D!!! Yippee!!!!!!!! I was very, very excited!!!
4:30 p.m. - timer went off so we sat on the potty for about 10 minutes.
To spare you the boredom, for the next 2 hours, she went and sat on it every 20 minutes and nothing happened, which was fine. She actually wanted to sit there for the whole 2 hours and I wouldn't let her. For crying out loud child! I am about sick of sitting in the bathroom floor. I will admit it. Sorry.
6:55 p.m. - timer went off and she Pee-pee'd again!!!! Yee haw for Sadie!!!!!
7:20 p.m. - POO POO!!!!!!! (she'd been on the potty for about 20 minutes b/c she just loves it) I hope that part will end. I don't know how many days I can spend on the bathroom floor...
I think she's just excited though. It's something new, and I'd much rather her be overly excited than throwing a fit every 20 minutes when we have to go!!!
Day One = HUGE SUCCESS!!!!!!!
Only 2 accidents and they were both first thing in the morning. The rest of the day couldn't have gone any better!!!
I'm so proud of my little girl. I will admit to only my fellow bloggers that I did shed a few tears on my way home from the grocery store tonight, b/c I can't believe I'm potty training my baby! It's just gone too fast.
Also, to top off her great day, she ASKED to wear her pull-up to bed...??? What in the world? Isn't this the same thing that put her over the edge at naptime. Oh well...I went with it, and she's now fast asleep. Who knows???
Here's to Day #2...let it be as successful as Day #1!!!!