Big Girl Bed and Panties

Here she is in Kacy's Bumbo...She may be growing up, but she still likes to pretend to be the baby.

Well, my baby is growing up right before my eyes. We have been "dabbling" in potty training for a while now. There was no pressure, and I really didn't care at this point if she was potty trained. They decided to go ahead and work with her at school, so a couple weeks ago they told me to send her with panties. I thought they were crazy, but I obliged. She had a couple accidents here and there at school, but at home, she didn't want to wear panties. One night after we had to run inside to pee she refused to put panties back on. I asked her, "Addy, why don't you want to wear panties at home?" She replied, "work." From that I got that she just didn't want to think about having to stop and go to the bathroom. I can sympathesize with that. If it was socially acceptable for me to wear diapers, I probably would too! :) Anyway, on Saturday she was good with panties, so we went with it. We were going to go to the park, and I asked her if she wanted to keep panties on. She said yes. We were at the park for about ten minutes, and she screamed, "I go pee pee! I go pee pee!" There was nobody at the park, so we went to the trees, and I taught her how to "outside pee". I held her hands and she squated like a champ! She might be a camper yet!

Later that night, we were talking about her "big girl room". I told her that she was going to have to sleep in a big bed one day. She said, "I sleep big girl bed tonight." I thought to myself, "yeah, right!" Anyway, we read our books in there and just as I thought she was going to ask for the crib, she said, "I go night night." I freaked out! I was not mentally prepared for this! My baby was going to be in a big bed...no rails, no soft crib bumper to shield her head, nothing...I walked out of the room, still expecting for her to change her mind. There was nothing but silence. She had fallen fast asleep. About an hour and a half later, Cory and I hear a big thud. We hear her cry out just a little bit, then it got quiet again. We just assumed she bumped her head or something. Before I went to bed, I poked my head in. Poor girl was face first on the ground, dead asleep! I had to hold back my laughter! I picked her up and put her back in the bed, she never even moved a muscle. She slept the whole night there. Tonight is her 3rd night in there with no problems. I was so worried about how hard this transition was going to be for her, and it was absolutely no problem at all.

Some of my favorite potty training moments so far:

*She had panties on, and she was walking in my tennis shoes. All of a sudden I hear, "Mama, pee pee in shoes." She had peed and left two big puddles in my shoes.

*She grabs her bootie and says, "Poo poo coming!"

*She likes for her panties to match her shirt.

*She cheers for everyone when they go potty.

*Her favorite thing is flushing. She will flush before she goes and after. I will have to teach her about water conservation.

*Her 2nd favorite thing is washing her hands. She will stand on her stool and wash her hands forever!

*We were in Walgreens (she had a diaper on) and she grabs her crotch and yells, "I go pee pee! I go pee pee!" Everyone turns to look at me expecting a huge accident. When I reminded her that she was wearing a diaper, she said with a smile, "Oh, otay."

Bites and Scratches

Addy has been getting beat up at school. At least once a week she gets bit or scratched. I have asked her teachers if she is instigating anything, but they have told me that it usually happens when someone wants her toy, and she doesn't want to give it up. I am proud of her for standing up for herself, but I feel so bad that she is so abused. The school has assured me that it's just the age of the kids, and that they are working really hard to get the kids to deal with their frustration in other ways....in the mean time I guess my little one will continue getting beaten up. :(
The worst part about this last bite is that it was her little friend that did it. The other times it has been kids that she doesn't necessarily talk that positively about. She says that they are mean, and that she doesn't like to play with them. This time it was one of the little girls that she says she likes and plays with all the time.
It's so hard to know that she will have to deal with kids being mean to her at different points for the rest of her life. Sometimes I will be there to protect her, but many times I will not. I guess that as she learns to deal with these situations now, it will help her as she has to deal with them when she gets older. It's just hard to know that sometimes she cries, and I can't comfort her.

"Mama, I spit up"

Adilyn got her first stomach bug on Saturday. She woke up from her nap, and she was acting a little weird. She was saying that she had an ouchie on her belly, and kept grabbing at her belly. We were sitting together at her little table drawing, when she exploded! Cory was taking a nap on the couch, but woke up quite quickly when I screamed at him to help. I took her over to the sink; poor girl didn't know what in the heck was happening. After it stopped coming out, she looked up at me as I was cleaning her off, and with sad eyes said, "Mama, I spit up." She sees Kacy spit up all the time, and I guess she just assumed that is what had happened. Amazing how cute she can be even with a stomach bug! I felt so bad for her though. She was so hungry, but we didn't want to give her anything to eat. She didn't understand what was happening at all! Thankfully, today she was better, and she could actually eat a little bit. Poor sickie! Luckily, none of us got it...hopefully we will all stay well. :)

Kacy's New Skill

Kacy is doing a great job holding her head up. I have to say, that is probably my favorite thing that they learn to do. Once they can hold their heads up, then they get so much easier to hold and they have so much more control over their movements. She likes her tummy time, but only for a few minutes. :)

Little Cutie and Big Cutie

Kacy is 10 weeks old now, and I can't even remember our lives without her in it. She is such a sweet addition to our little family. We went for her 8 week appointment a couple weeks ago and she weighed 13 pounds 6 ounces. That is what Adilyn weighed at 4 months! She is a big girl; she already wears 3-6 month clothes, barely. She is super smily all the time. We no longer have to act super crazy to get one of her sweet little grins. There is nothing better than seeing a face light up with a huge toothless grin. I love it! She sleeps every night for at least 5 hours at a time. She has slept from 11pm - 7am twice! Adilyn didn't sleep that long until she was about 8 months old, so I am very thankful to be getting more sleep than I did with my first baby. I have noticed that when she goes to daycare, she sleeps way better at night. I think they keep her up when she's there. Fine with me, I am getting more sleep than I ever thought I would at this point.

A few things about Kacy that I love at 10 weeks...

*She goes to town kicking her feet every now and then

*She loves chillin' in the Baby Bjorn

*No matter what, when Adilyn comes around, she is completely fixated on her

*She loves being outside

*She stops crying in the car when I open the windows

*She absolutely loves her baths

*She loves grabbing on to my shirt or a blanket or whatever she can get her hands around

*Her hair is still sticking up on the top of her head just like Adilyn's did

*I feel like I can have a whole "conversation"with her now because she "talks" so much

She is my Little Cutie!

I think that Adilyn has finally accepted life as a big sister. She very rarely has any jealous moments anymore. She seems to love Kacy, but I think she is a little bored with her. She seems to want to play with Kacy, but all she can do is lay there and look at her. She still loves bumpin' knuckles with her. I have caught her singing ABC's or Twinkle to Kacy a few times...so sweet! She also tells me every time Kacy is crying, like I can't hear her. I can't wait to see what they will be like when Kacy can crawl around with her. Adilyn has become a little helper. She always wants to help me cook and clean. Sometimes her help creates more of a mess, but it's still really cute and sweet of her to try. We are still dealing with some typical "two" behavior - not listening, throwing fits, etc. It makes me laugh most days. It just cracks me up that she can go from super happy to a raging fit in a matter of minutes. I included a picture of her during a fit because we took her crayons away after she wrote on the chair...we are such mean parents!

Some things I love about Adilyn at 2 years, 2 months...

*Her hair makes her look like a little rag-a-muffin baby, but I don't know what to do with it! She won't keep anything in it, and I don't want to cut bangs. I'm just happy she finally got some hair!

*Her new favorite thing to say is, "Mama, look!" and then she shows me something spectacular.

*She only likes to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I try to show her some variety, but she stays faithful to ole' Mickey.

*She still loves to play "night-night", which is also one of our favorite games! Lay in bed and cover up with blankies. :)

*She tells me when people are mean to her at school.

*She wants to wear panties instead of diapers, but then she realizes how much work it is to go to the restroom every time she has to pee. Then she wants to wear diapers again. I don't blame her, I would wear diapers if it were socially acceptable!

*Every time I take a picture of her she wants to see it on the camera's screen.

*When she gets bored with dinner, she squeezes her food until all the juice comes out of it. Watermelon is her favorite.

*When she wants something she'll say something like - "Mama, Addy color right here, o-tay?" It's almost as if she ends it with "okay" then I will always agree with her and say okay.

*Every time the dogs bark she asks, "What's this? Truck? Man? Kitty?" (those are all the things that she has determined will make the dogs bark)

I love my "Big" Cutie! :)

"Helping" me make brownies...

It's as if the world is going to end...