This has been such a great accomplishment for us. I really wanted Tiffany out of her diapers before the baby was born, and I just kept going back and forth on when the right time would be. I guess I was just really intimidated by the idea and every little accident would make me give up. Until I finally made up my mind and decided I would try ANYTHING, not just following the "is she ready?" steps I had been reading. When she realized I was serious about it this time, it only took her a couple of weeks to give in. She did so great that it amazed me! I really thought we were done with this phase and we would never have to worry about it (even though she still wore pull up at night and some naps, but she would wake up mostly dry). HOWEVER, after she got sick and would eat (which also meant she would really go to the bathroom) for 3 days, things changed a little. She has had a couple of accidents again, and sometimes she will hold until she starts going and then asks to go potty. She is also getting her pull ups pretty full at night, so she has been waking up wet and refuses to go potty right away. That has been frustrating...having to take a few steps back and keep working on it. I hope she gets back to normal soon, but you know how toddlers are, they have their ups and downs!
We had a rough couple of weeks this month. I got sick first with a terrible cold, but I was still able to function, just rested a lot. Then right when I started to feel better, Tiffany started, but the poor girl got it so much worse. We have never seen her so sick, so it really scared us. We had to make a few trips to the Dr because at first they thought it was just viral so it would have to run its course, but then she had fever for three days and they decided to start her on antibiotics. We saw the improvement right away. I think what worries me the most is when she doesn't eat, so seeing her take one bite in three days was hard, but she went right back to her hungry self after the fever went away. It did mess us up though. I think she enjoyed being spoiled so much that we are still having to adjust back to her doing things on her own and being more obedient. She is definitely pushing limits now to see how much she test us. But after Tiffany started to feel better it was Bryan's turn. He got it almost as bad as she did, even had to miss work. Needless to say things around here have been just crazy, but I think we are finally starting to get back to normal.
Now to end on a good note...my growing belly. I know I haven't been taking pictures every week like I did with Tiffany. Life is just busier and I just forget. So yesterday I got ready to go to the Dr to check on our little boy, and decided to have Tiffany take some pictures. She loves playing with our camera and can actually take some pretty good shots, except she didn't seem able to get my head in there. So after we all got home, I asked Bryan to take a couple more. The visit to the Dr was good. She said I'm doing great with my weight (only gained 13 lbs so far), the baby's heart beat is good, and next time I'm going to do the glucose test (blah).
These park pictures are backwards but I'm not going to mess with it. Last week we took advantage of the only GOOD day of the week (and the only day so far) and went to a playdate at Sugar house park. First we stopped to see the ducks, and tiff had this face (the one right above here). They were all over the place and she just wasn't feeling very comfortable. After that we went to the playground and she didn't start playing until the very end, but then you can see how much she loved it. She went up and down those slides non stop for at least 1/2 hour. I can't wait to start taking her out more, but here in Kamas we are still getting snow, so who knows when that will be!
Saturday was a busy busy day. I had to work in the morning because it was GAP Give and Get weekend, and after that we had a birthday party. It was a princess theme, and all the girls dressed up. It was so cute, they did a few fun activities including making bracelets, decorating cookies and the pinata. But I have to say that Tiff's favorite part was to play with the twin's little sister Camila. She sure is training well to be a big sister.
After that we decided to stop at Cabela's. It was Bryan's first time so I was excited for him, but it turned out to be even more fun for Tiffany. They both enjoyed looking at all the animals, and Tiff LOVED the aquarium. She stayed there the longest just following the fish around. It turned out to be a great family outing and to finish it off we went to eat at Olive Garden. We got home super late and I can't even tell how much pain I was in, but it was totally worth it...especially because we don't go out all that much as a family.
