Our first half of summer...
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The beginning of the summer brought a perfect opportunity for us to delve into our potty learning. Emerald has seemed ready for months as she would say, "it's pee, it's pee!" every time she would go and want to be changed right away. I felt bad because we had so much going on and I wasn't sure how to go about it when we needed to be out and about, but the second week in June, I just said, "That's it. We HAVE to do it..." I didn't want to miss our opportunity. So we did the naked baby thing and let her run around so she would realize what was going on when she had to go. The first day was rough, the second day was better and by the third day she was making it to the potty every time!
Some people don't advocate the rewards system when it comes to potty learning, but I decided to use Hello Kitty stickers when she went to the potty successfully. Emerald LOVES stickers and Hello Kitty. After about a week though she didn't need it and just liked saying, "Woohoo!" and clapping for herself. :) Now, it's old hat to her and she only wears a dipe at night and has woken up dry many times, so I think we will be on our way to being fully potty trained soon!
It's super exciting to see your little one reach such a big milestone, but a little sad at the same time. I can't even tell you how PROUD I was of her. It's cool being a parent and knowing you are helping them achieve important goals, whilst realizing you are only guiding them and they are actually the stars.
Winter is reaching various milestones as well. Her first two little teeth popped through a few days ago-bottom middle. So cute! So far she is handling it better than Emerald did, but we'll see. Maybe it's thanks to the amber necklace! :) She is crawling like crazy and I suspect it won't be long before she's pulling up on things. It's scary how fast she is growing up, faster than Emerald did at this age it seems. Maybe I am just relishing it more this time around...
Now that Winter is crawling and can roam about the house, we are working on SHARING! :) It seems that whenever Winter has a toy, Emerald just has to have it. So after lots of, "Emerald, we have to share the toys with Winter too..." Emerald surprised me yesterday, by giving the toy she had to Winter and then giving her a kiss! It made my momma heart happy! Granted, I'm sure there will be lots more reminders to "share" but you know it feels good when all the effort you've put in is rewarded.
Sam is away at Airborne School at Ft. Benning in GA for another 2 weeks. He has already been gone for one week. We miss him SO MUCH! Luckily, we both have iPhone 4's (YAH!) so we have been doing lots of FaceTime and skyping. I know he is not having the greatest time in the barracks with no AC in this HOT weather, but he will be happy to have his Airborne wings when it's all done. We are planning on going to visit him this weekend at the Collins'. Ft. Benning is only about 1.5 hours from Macon, so Sam has been able to recuperate there on the weekends. So we will see him next weekend and then stay until the following Friday when he graduates. We are looking forward to that.
The time has come. Gulp! Sam and I are training for a marathon (again), but this time it's going to happen! We've already registered and paid so the training has begun! We have been taking turns running morning and evenings. We are also looking for another running stroller on Craig's list so we can do the long runs together on the weekends. I can say it feels daunting to think about running a full marathon, but I'm excited to finally accomplish this goal of mine. Granted, we are just trying to complete it and not go for any kind of grand time or anything. :)
That's been our summer so far...what have you been up to?
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