The difference a week makes!

Wow! There's no comparing this weekend to last and I'm amazed what a difference a week can make! Last week we went through hell starting the kickoff to Hannah's potty training. This weekend she just wanted to stay home and spend time with us and we had a GREAT weekend - fully potty trained!!!

As I posted yesterday, Friday night we went to meet Baby Reese at the hospital.

Saturday morning, Tony golfed and Hannah and I had breakfast, cleaned the house a bit, played outside and then visited a little when Jerry & Maci came over to get a few things for the baby. Then I took Hannah to the playground. She had been asking to go all week and since she was doing so well on the potty, I just needed to take her. We came home, had lunch and she took a nap. I ended up with a terrible headache that afternoon, so I napped a little as she watched some movies and then the three of us went to dinner. We played a little outside when we got home and then around 9:30, Hannah went to bed. She had a perfect potty day! No accidents, woke up dry and went straight to the potty in the morning and after nap. She even tells us that she has to go! We even dared to go to dinner in regular panties, not a pull up and all was well!!!

Sunday, we woke up and had breakfast and then got ready for church. Hannah was so excited to go. I haven't done a good job in a while in this area, so we're going to try to get back on the schedule and go. She was so excited to wear her dress that she had to run down and put in her Princess and the Pouper video to "dance like the princess in her dress". It was too cute!

At church, she was so good. She went up for children's sharing time, but walked down the aisle so timidly. She kept looking back to check with me. She just stood the whole time in the front and kept peeking back at me. The sermon was about welcoming someone in need with a loving heart and the pastor gave everyone a small bottle of water as a symbol of a way that you could welcome someone that came to your home. After their sharing time was over, Hannah turned around to show me her water - SO proudly - and ran back to me with a huge smile! It was great! We ran to the store and then went home to play in the pool for a while.

She wanted to have her lunch outside on a picnic again.

After lunch she had a nap and I went grocery shopping. I painted her toenails after she woke up. She's been asking me for that too, so as another way to show her that she's been doing great with the potty, we painted them! She loved it! We had dinner and then played outside, took a couple walks around the neighborhood and then took a bath. She had another perfect potty day! I'm so proud of her. She's one great kid!

Welcome Baby Reese!

Last night, we went to visit Baby Reese! She is the new addition to Jerry and Shelly's family. She was born yesterday just before 1:00 in the afternoon. She weighed 5 pounds, 1 ounce and was 17 inches or close to that! Jerry wasn't there by the time we got to Metro, but Shelly was doing pretty good. Here's Reese:

Hannah has really been on this "I want a baby sister" kick lately and this really fueled her fire! She loved the baby!!! I'm not exactly sure how much baby fever I have just yet, but we'll see....(and for those of you wondering right now, NO there's no news to share!!)

"Piracy"

Yes, that's what Hannah asks for when she's going potty - piracy. No, she's not asking to illegally download music, she's requesting to go potty alone - in private!
She had another good day, no accidents and she tells us she needs to go and then goes in willingly and does her business! I'm certainly not expecting that we're not going to have any accidents, but I think Hannah finally got it! Whew, that week was trying, but so glad we did it!
Three cheers for not buying any more diapers!! Hip, hip hooray; hip, hip, hooray; HIP, HIP HOORAY!!!

Adorable from head to ankle!

Not a common phrase, huh? Should be Head to Toe, right? Well in this case, toes are not so adorable!!! Well, maybe in a kinda not-so-cute sort of way!



Of course this little face is sweet, adorable and oh, so loveable

And her eyes...they just make you melt!



But these feet and toes, not so much. (don't you love the sandal tan marks?)

I mean, seriously, should such a cute little girl have such a LARGE big toe??

And the toes curl downward


Now, granted, feet aren't that pretty on anyone, but they're certainly not Hannah's best feature!!

Ok, now that I've picked on her, I've got to brag about the breakthrough she had today!!! Hannah woke up this morning and her first words to me were, "Mommy, I don't like to go on the potty". At least she knew where we were headed!!! Then today at daycare, she started to tinkle in her pants, but stopped it after just a very little bit and then told Val she needed to go potty and then did right away!!! She did that twice!!! No accidents today. When I picked her up and we went to change her back into her shorts, she asked to go again - and did!! We got home and she told me she had to poop...AND DID in the potty!! (this time, in the big toilet - yeah for me for being able to flush and not clean the potty chair out!) Then during her bath tonight, she told me she had to tinkle, so we took her out and put her on the potty - and she did!!!! Then I asked her if she needed to go before going to bed, and she gladly and very willingly said yes, sat on the potty and went!!! I'm so proud of her! She's also preferring to just go on the big potty with no ring. She holds herself up on it and has only almost fallen in once!!! Whew, I think we're over the hump!! Now for the fun of getting to go visit every restroom that exists!!!

She fibs too

Ok, so yesterday's post explained that Hannah is an actress, a whiner and a tattletale. Today, I add "liar" - well fibber sounds less harsh - to her list of attributes.
Today on the way home from work, she told me she had a boo-boo on her knee. I asked how she got it and she told me that she hit it on the door at Kendal and John's house. Since we haven't been to their house since Mother's Day in May (we need to do a better job at visits), I asked her when did she get the boo-boo. Her answer was "this morning". OK, so I thought she was just talking and not making much sense of her story, but she proceeded to tell the same story (fib) three times during the ride home! She's something else!

OK, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to document the potty progress - yes, I did say progress! This morning at home, she pooped in her potty again!! YAY for Hannah!! She didn't have such a good morning at Val's house though. She totally cries when she has to sit on the potty and Val's husband, Graham, convinced Val (the expert in this area) that Hannah was being "tortured" by the process and to just let her get off. Within minutes, there was pee all over the carpet. OK, Graham, you may have won over Hannah, but you both lose from now on!!! She also had a small poop accident at Val's, but it was sort of OK because as soon as she went, she told Val that she needed her diaper changed. Val tried explaining that she wasn't wearing a diaper, etc and Hannah started to cry. When asked why she was crying she said because she needed changed. Val then realized what happened and commended her for telling her, but reminded her that she needed to tell someone she had to go before she went in her pants.
Tonight at home was all success! She went on the potty twice and had no accidents!!!
Val confirmed (very strongly) what we already know about little Miss Hannah - she is Extremely Stubborn!!! Wonder where that comes from?????