Success

I've found in my two short years of parenting, that my definition of success has drastically changed. I consider getting a child to fall asleep on their own, success, or teaching them how to eat for the first time, success. So what has made me feel successful over the past few days? This -


Addisyn is out of diapers. And I couldn't be any prouder of my baby girl!! We started a potty training marathon on Tuesday. The day started with getting rid of her remaining diapers and putting on panties. We talked "potty talk" all day and worked on learning the difference between wet and dry. I made up potty songs, taught her babies how to go potty, and wore myself out with a full day of talking about pee. After what seemed to be nothing other than a day full of peeing all over the house, I went to bed feeling beyond discouraged and very ready to give up. Then Brad said to me, did you ever think she'd get it in 1 day? And truthfully, I didn't. I just really hoped she would! So I started Wednesday out with a new approach and a fresh mind. We camped out in the kitchen all day while Addisyn ran around naked. And wouldn't you know, she started peeing on the potty shortly after breakfast!! We had many 1/2 pees, starting on the floor and ending on the potty, but she did it! And we even managed to have a couple pees totally in the potty. I went to bed last night feeling really good about what we had accomplished in just 2 short days. But we were far from being done. I knew today we had to put her big girl panties on and try to get to the potty before, not mid-stream. So I watched her like a hawk this morning, asking her every 20 minutes or so if she had to go potty and if her panties were dry. Then, after over 2 hours of waiting, she walked over to her potty and said, "Addisyn go pee-pee". And she sat down and did it!!!! She had an amazing day. Only 1 accident, and that was during time-out - guess she was pretty mad at me!! We haven't conquered #2 on the potty, and I'm thinking that will be a little more difficult, but with time she'll get it. Tomorrow brings another challenge - we are going to venture out into public with our new skills. Now, I am not a believer in confusing her, so once we put panties on, they always go on. We will use a pull-up only for sleeping. Am I crazy for doing it this way? Maybe. But its working!
What else has made me feel successful as a parent of two?


Having both my babies napping at the same time! This has been going on for several weeks now, I just was afraid to jinx a good thing! Today, I put Ben down in his crib for the first time. He slept there for 2 hours, while Addisyn took her 3 hour nap. What a great day we've had!!
And just a few random pics from the week for ya!