Number 2

Potty training is horrible. The End.

Day 1: 6 accidents, 4 of them before noon.

Day 2: 3 accidents. One of them she stopped herself and continued on the potty. One of them she was outside and very distracted.

Day 3: No accidents as of yet (4:00pm)AND she pooped on the potty chair - all by herself! I was in the shower, and after a couple of minutes she comes in and says "Mommy I peed." Oh great. Her panties weren't wet, so I was cautiously excited, thinking it was hopefully in the potty chair. After another minute she comes back in and says, "actually, it was poop." Now I am freaking, imagining the worst. I hurry up and get out and sure enough, number 1 & number 2 in the potty chair!! I was so excited as this was the first time she pooped on the potty all by herself. She had a "Code Brown" in her pants on day 1 & day 2, so I was feeling very discouraged. We just had to call Brent and Grandma to share the good news. And of course, she got 5 stickers and a dum dum.

Suprise!

So I suprised my best friend from high school by flying out to Utah for her birthday weekend. It was very hard to keep it a secret since February but well worth it. She had no idea and it was a most beautiful weekend. I hope we always remain the best of friends for our whole lives.

It was SO hard to be away from Ava. Being on the cruise and away from her for 2 days, and then going to SLC and not seeing her for 4 whole days made me nuts. I missed her like crazy and probably drove Brent crazy calling multiple times each day to talk to her. He sent me a video on my phone and if I figure out how to email it to myself I will post it. Needless to say I could not get enough of her.

This weekend we are potty-training hard-core. I figured it would be the best time since it is a 3 day weekend and she has no school for a couple of weeks. Tonight we went to Target and picked out 4 packs of big-girl undies. We got The Little Mermaid, Dora, Minnie Mouse and Hello Kitty. Brent has to work tomorrow and Monday so I am going to be on my own for most of this adventure. Wish me luck. I think I am going to need it.

The party was "Robots vs. Gangsters." Can you guess what we were?

Cruisin

Happy Birthday

dear Isabelle! Yesterday Ava went to her first official birthday party (other than hers). It was at Playaway, which is kind of like a Gymboree. She was the BEST! She had been there a few times before with Giuliana and the other kids, but I had never been there, and I was amazed at how well Ava listened to the instructor and followed directions. She was the youngest participant (Isabelle turned 5) and she held her own and did a great job. She was very patient while waiting for cake, she sang "Happy Birthday" with all the other kids, and clapped when Isy blew out the candles. What a great kid. I took a TON of pictures, but since the kids were running like crazy I got a lot of arms and the backs of heads. Here are some good ones:

Having fun with Isy




The terrifying ball pit of doom








Cake!


Ava's first piniata whacking! She actually knew the purpose of the bat!




Ava on the zip line




The aftermath. That is blue lollipop on her mouth. She fell asleep while eating it.