potty training and cousins

So I think it is official....Emma is potty trained during the day! She loves to go on her potty and make me so proud of her--it is adorable. For the past several days she has kept her panties dry and told me every time she had to use the potty. Yesterday, the first diaper I put on her was the one to go to bed! This is such an amazing feeling...such a sense of accomplishment. I tell you what, if it wasn't for that horrible diaper rash a while ago, I guarantee she would still be in her diapers. The only thing now is getting her comfortable using public potties. She was okay with it until Ihop! We were in there the other day and she was using the potty just fine...until the automatic flusher flushed prematurely (while she was on the potty) and was very loud!! Well, that's it for public potties for now. So that is the only thing....and if that is our only thing, I consider us doing pretty good.

Here are two pictures we got the other night. We were at my moms for Thanksgiving. I tell you what, Emma loves her cousins. For the longest time she was even shy with them...but now, she plays with the big ones and loves on the little ones. She is smack dab in the middle of all the ages. While over at mom's she played legos with Matt, ball with Jack, peek-a-boo with Noah and loved on Lorelei! If Thanksgiving was anything like Christmas is going to be...I can't wait!

From left to right:
Jack, Emma, Matt, Lorelei and Noah

And here is a picture of the sisters with our kiddos. I love these people!!

on potty training

So a few weeks ago Emma got her first ever diaper rash. I had always heard "air time" was a great remedy so when we were home I would do some air time with Emma. The first few days of air time involved some accidents on the floor which was completely understandable. I told Emma that when she wanted to "wee wee" to tell mommy and we will go to the potty. I bought her a potty forever ago and she would just play with it. Well, during air time she started to use it....the right way! So I went with it. It was not my intention to try to potty train her having JUST turned 2 but rather wait for her to be interested and want to. Well....I guess the time has come. The more air time we did, the more she got it. Eventually she would be playing, stop what she was doing to run to the potty and make her wee wees and then dump them into the potty. Wow....so I decided to get her big girl panties. Well, today she wore her big girl panties out of the house, to lunch and to the mall. She used the potty in Brueggers and the mall and never had an accident. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT! I even brought her potty in the car with us and asked her if she needed to use the potty while I was pumping gas--she said yes--so there we are pumping gas and Emma using her potty in the back seat of my car. I tell you what--I am so proud of her! Now lets see if we can keep this up. Such a big girl :)

xoxo

My favorite time of day

So my favorite time of the day is after I finish reading Emma her books at bedtime. Her bedroom light is turned off, the room is lit up by the blue glow of her water/bubble thing, she is drifting off to sleep and I am sitting next to her bed. That is my time to pray. I pray for Emma, for her salvation, for Tim and for whatever else The Lord places on my heart. It is my quiet time with The Lord. If I don't meet with the Lord any other time of the day I know I can count of this quiet time while Emma is falling asleep. I just hope that when Emma gets older she will remember her mama sitting next to her bed with her head bowed and hands clasped.

2 year well baby...I mean--well toddler...check up

Here are some pictures from Pullen Park yesterday after EGD's 2 year doctors appointment. She got 4 shots (H1N1being one)! She did great with Dr. Auman's replacement. She is a younger woman....very nice with glasses and brown hair (reminded me of myself sort of). She sat and talked with us for about 10 minutes before even touching Emma. We talked about her shyness and potty training among other things. Then she showed Emma all her instruments and told Emma exactly what she was going to do with them...she also told Emma to tell her to stop if it hurt--I think that helped Emma relax a LOT. This was the FIRST exam Emma has ever had where she didn't cry! I was SO amazed and impressed with this doc. All in all Emma is a thriving, smart, shy (but that's okay), verbal toddler. Doc was impressed with her blood work and could tell I give her a daily vitamin--I thought that was cool.

Enjoy the pictures and her stats are below those (1 year compared to 2 year).
xoxo

Here are her stats at 2 years:

31.3 lbs (90-95%)

height 34.5" (75%)

head circ 48 cm (75%)

Here are her stats at 1 year:

27.1 lbs (97%)

height: 29.5 inches (75%)

head circ: 45.7 cm (50-75%)

It's fun being 2

It was a georgeous, un-seasonably warm, November day today and we spent lots of time outside. I snapped these photos of Emma....she is such a sweet little girl. I just love her so much!

My Baby is 2 :)

Today (specifically 4:30 a.m.) Emma turned 2. I thought it would be hard to wake up this morning knowing I had a 2 year old...but you know what--it's pretty awesome to have a 2 year old! Her birthday this year was so fun because she actually got it--you know--she got excited about presents, cards and cupcakes! SO FUN!

Our day started out with a new Dora doll waiting for Emma when she woke up. Emma LOVES Dora...and especially this doll. Today was a work day for me, so Emma spent the day over at her Mooma's house. Boy was she spoiled over there! She got a Dora tent, a blow up saxaphone and a new dolly! She had a fun-filled day over there and was brought home to daddy at 4:30 p.m. at which time she was asleep (no nap today--too busy). Well, my munchkin spent her birthday evening sleeping! She slept until 7:00 p.m. (bed time being 8)--woke up to eat a cupcake, take a bath and play with her Dora and then was asleep by 9:20 p.m. I would say that was the perfect day for my munch!

Here is our traditional family picture the morning of Emma's birthday: November 12, 2009

These are some photos that Mooma e-mailed me....LOVE them!

Here is my post from her 1 year birthday last year :)

The Eve of her Birthday

It only feels appropriate for me to post Emma's birth story tonight instead of tomorrow. My water broke at 10:30 p.m. on 11/11/07 and Emma was born at 4:30 a.m. on 11/12/07....so most of the labor events took place over the night tonight....2 years ago. It is funny but I don't remember anything negative about my birth experience....nothing! That must be God's way of making it so everyone doesn't stop at one child ;)

Here is my birth story for your reading pleasure :) (One of the BEST days of my life!)

BIG #2 post to come tomorrow :)