Reilly has gone on her princess potty for THREE DAYS now! We hadn't pushed it at all really - we would just occasionally ask her if she wanted to use the potty and get a special treat. Well, something clicked and she realized that she could be living days full of treats. On the first day of the three, Chris was home with the girls while I was at work. Reilly just starting using the potty on her own and Chris was so excited he gave her an oreo. Well, then she did it AGAIN, so, another oreo. By the time I got home from work, she had a stomach full of oreos. Since then, we have started using a TREAT JAR and she gets to pick a treat out each time. Not all of the treats are food (which was the point) so she also gets to get her nails painted, jump on our bed, call anyone she wants, etc. It's also been helpful because since she can't read, she doesn't really know what the slip of paper says. So, last night the paper "said" that she could brush her teeth with her purple princess toothbrush. I "read" it with so much enthusiasm, she didn't even notice that she was going to be doing that anyway. All in all, we are thrilled. I was getting anxious for her to be potty trained mostly because I was weary of washing diapers all the time - it all worked out!
Mackenzie is rolling all over the place these days and also scoots on her knees. She really enjoys sitting in her bumbo and seeing the family instead of being on the floor all the time. She is no longer swaddled (a much easier transition that Reilly's experience) and is so happy when she wakes up in the morning because she just scoots around her crib. Last night she only woke up once and needed some comforting, so we are SO CLOSE to sleeping through the night (I know I said that last post too - but now for sure). I am very ready to sleep through the night again. It's taking it's toll!
Chris started a new job a couple of weeks and he is really enjoying himself. He is working much closer than before, and even that makes it feel like we have so much more time in our day. Right now he is working at 3pm-11:30pm shift, so it's an adjustment not having him here for dinner and bedtime, but we are making due!
I was tired of leaving the house and only going to work, so now we are apart of a MOPS group, going to story time at the library, and a couple of Bible studies! We went from doing nothing to almost everything, but we're having a good time.
Cheers!
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