Good old 26

I am not a huge birthday person, but i did end up having a pretty good birthday! The day of Laura took me out to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. We ate some yummy grilled cheeses and she listened to my woes. It was nice to receive all the phone calls and cards. I also got some killer gifts!!! My mom bought me a gift certificate to Burke Williams and Tara bought me a Juicy bag and three Juicy shirts!!!

I cant hear you!

I have no idea where she learned to do this...


I will be talking to her from another room and she wont respond so i will go and investgate to see why she isnt listening and this is what i find! I am already in big trouble!!!!

update

the chart and toys worked!!!!! Since yesterday morning she has only had 1 poop in her diaper and 2 pee!!! All the rest have made it to the toilet...GO Brooklyn!

the sisters

Brooklyns compassion, gentleness, and true love for animals is one i have never seen in such a small child. She hates to hear them cry at the door, gets VERY unset with me when i scold them, and she almost punched out the Vet who was examining Lacey 2 weeks ago. Working at the hospital i saw my fair share of childrens interactions with their own animals, our adopted animals and other people animals. Watching children pull their hair, roughly "petting" them, scare them, shout at them, always made me upset. Brooklyn on the other hand will walk up to a cat outside, squat down, hold out her hand and will let the cat come to her. She only touches softly and only in the right places. Today we just pulled up and there was a lady walking a dog i had never seen before. I ask if it is friendly and the owner said yes so i told Brooklyn she could pet the dog. Brooklyn slowly walks up to the dog and sits down in front of it and slowly sicks out her hand for the dog to smell and dogs smells it then jumps on her lap and starts licking her face...Brooklyn was in Heaven!

all "grown up" this week

I decided that Monday was going to be the first day with no bottle. I was going to wait till 2 years but in the last couple of weeks Brooklyn went from asking for her bottle only 2 a day to asking at least 50 times a day. I knew everyday that passed was only going to make it harder. Monday morning came and she asked and i had the "talk" with her. It was a rough morning but improved throughout the day. This morning has already gone much smoother.


Also this morning i told Brooklyn "no more pee pee and poo poo in the diaper, only in the potty." We went to the store first thing this morning and i let her pick out "potty toys". I bought a basket and let her fill it with toys and books that she can play with with sitting on the potty only. I also bought stickers and a poster board to make a potty chart. I let her help me color it and i explained that every time she uses the potty she can put a sticker on the chart and we hung it in the bathroom where she can reach it. So from 6:30 this morning till right now at 11:45 Brooklyn has put all her pee and poo in the potty. she has worn her big girl underwear all morning with no accidents! I am not saying that she is completely trained but she is well on her way...she just gets it!

Chuck E Cheese

It was a bit chilly today so we went to chuck E cheese! We won 856 ticket...whooohoo! The pizza was nasty but the games rocked! Brooklyn's favorite was ski ball, dance 360, stealing other childrens tickets, and watching the band sing!

big day

So i was folding laundry and i realized i couldn't hear Brooklyn which usually means trouble. I get up and start calling her and i hear in a very sweet voice "poopoo" and there is my child sitting on her potty reading a book with her diaper in the trash and her shorts on the ground! That's right Brooklyn on her own realized she needed to go to the bathroom took off her shorts, than took off her diaper and through it in the bathroom trash, picked up a book and sat on the toilet and yes even went to the bathroom!!!! I have never been so proud!!!!!!!!! I have not been pushing the potty training thing at all. I don't even ask her if she wants to sit on it. I leave it up to her, if she brings it up we do it! Some days she uses it a couple times and someday not at all! This was a big step for my little girl!

That picture was taken this time last year! It is hard to believe that this time last year she couldn't even crawl and one year later she is potty training herself!!!!!!!