Tuesday, December 7, 2010

potty training/when the boys are away...

It was a big day in our house...
The last few days, Cate has been vetoing diapers. No, seriously. Won't keep them on. Cries when I put them on her, sneaks them off every time I turn around. This would be a problem, except... well, the girl WILL go potty on the potty.
Time to potty train, huh?
So today, instead of fighting her, I just put her in her panties from the moment she was up. 
And for three hours, she stayed dry
I took her potty twice and she went, and the third time, she took herself. As in, went into the bathroom, climbed on her little potty, came out yelling, "Yay, Cate! I potty!", and sure enough, she had.
I put her in a diaper to run errands and then for a nap. 
After nap (which she apparently removed the diaper before falling asleep, thus drenching all blankets in crib), I put her back in undies and she pretty quickly had an accident. I figured the morning was a fluke, so I just threw on a diaper and was calling it a day. (Reminder: kidney infection, 9 months pregnant)
Twenty minutes later, she tells me in a panic that she 'needs to potty on duh potty', so I tell her to go. She runs (literally) there, takes off her diaper and comes out hollering that she 'poot!'. Sure enough, she had. I put her back in panties, and lo and behold she stays dry and takes herself until going to bed at 8 p.m.
And I didn't take any pain medicine today, so this is reality, I'm not hallucinating.(that's a joke, btw. I mean, I didn't take pain medicine, but I wasn't taking anything strong enough to make me hallucinate).
Way to go, Baby Girl!!! I'm crossing my fingers that this is a trend that continues and maybe just maybe I'll have a potty trained not-even-2 year old before baby mcg #3 makes its appearance. Woooooo!!!
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So... last week was chaos and the weekend was chaos and Jordan was gone a ton. We're majorly seeing it in Corban's behavior and he's desperately wanting Daddy (and Daddy is missing his fam, too!). Jordan had a meeting to plan a winter backpacking trip tonight and decided to tote Corban along. I decided Cate and I would soak up our girl time and celebrate her amazing day by making her first ever batch of cookies. She loved it. And I loved it. And I took lots of pictures, so here ya go:
 


 and after making cookies, we started 'washing dishes'...
 
 that is... until Cate decided dumping water was more fun. So then we learned how to clean the floor:
Finally, the cookies were done:
and then, my sweet baby Cate was ready for bed. 
 There's something so precious about having a daughter...
something- lots of somethings- so precious about our daughter.
I love so much who she is becoming- that fiery, sweet, tender, wild little personality she has.
I can't believe she's just weeks, maybe days away from being a big sister. I want to soak up the time we have left with her as our baby. 
Oh Cate Taylor... so sweet to be your Mama.
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Off to really  wash dishes now.
:)

9 comments:

  1. Kristen, she is soooo, so precious. She's absolutely, positively adorable! I just want to eat her up! I so hope I can meet all of you someday! I mean, surely we can make that happen since we only live 2 hours apart, right?!?! My cousin just moved to Indy actually, and my aunt and uncle are in the process of moving there, too!

    Now for a big, YAAAAAAAY Cate Taylor!!!!!! Woohoo! BIG GIRL! That is seriously amazing! I was the same way. I just decided I was done with diapers and was fully potty trained before 2 years of age. I hope she does the same. That'd be fabulous for you!

    The cookie making pictures are so precious. What treasured moments. I love it. You are such a good mommy. :)

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  2. I cracked up.
    Yay, Cate! I potty!
    Praising herself. I love it.
    I am so looking forward to Adelaide being old enough to do these things...I love that I had a little girl.
    I hope you are feeling better, and I really enjoyed the story you told in photos.

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  3. Kristen, I repeat that you have the cutest children on the face of the planet. Cate is ADORABLE, and your photography gets more beautiful every post.

    Good luck with Baby #3!

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  4. YUM! Cookies! Want cookies! Glad that the two of you got to have some good quality mommy/daughter time.

    High fives for the potty training too. She's a smart {cute!} girl!

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  5. What a beautiful day! That would be a huge treat to have Cate potty trained before baby #3!

    Ryk has behavior issues when daddy is gone a lot too, I am dealing with the same thing lately. Hoping that Corban and daddy time was the cure for this :).

    And hoping your kidney infection clears quickly.

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  6. Cate is seriously so cute! And she must be bright too to be going to the potty already. I can't wait to have a little girl!

    I hope you feel pretty soon. Not feeling 100% isn't fun with little ones.

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  7. cate...is amazing. i love that girl. and her mama. :)

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  8. This post is so sweet! She is so big and it made me smile thinking about your time together! -love, Hope :)

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  9. This is so sweet Kristen. And your new floor looks awesome!

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