Potty Update

We have a little more progress on the house, a short break in the cold weather allowed them to pour the concrete in the garage and for the patio. Now they should be able to get going.

I mentioned Carly's interest in the potty in the last post and we haven't really been very successful. It's sort of hit and miss. Some days she is interested in going and will pee several times and some days she doesn't think about it much. When she does go, she never seems to forget the m&ms. Sorry, but I am not above bribery. M&Ms are much cheaper than diapers :)

This morning she wanted pig tails. This is my sorry attempt . . . as you can see I need lots of practice in the hair department. Maybe, hopefully, I will improve with the years of practice to come. I really need someone to teach me how to frenchbraid.

Cross Your Fingers

Last weekend we tried to get Carly to wear panties and go in the potty and she would have nothing to do with it. To our surprise, yesterday she woke up and wanted to go potty in the toilet and wear her panties. We had a couple of successes yesterday. Today we woke up and started again. This morning she has gone pee and poop in the potty!!! Keep your fingers crossed for us that she stays interested.

The fair, fountains, and potty time!

We have been enjoying Stephens Lake Park and the fountains . . . Carly loves the water and watching the other kids.


We have had a potty in the bathroom for several months now, hoping Carly will get used to it and maybe even curious. She knows it is her potty and that you "pee" and "poo" in the potty. She has even done one of each in the potty in the last couple of weeks. We realize she's not quite ready and can't always tell us when she has to go, but we want to encourage her all we can. Hopefully if we keep it in our conversation it will all sink in sooner rather than later. This is a picture of the first time she went and we clapped and cheered.

We went to the Ozark Empire Fair at the end of July. Carly attended her first concert. We saw the Beach Boys with my parents. It was a really great day and we had beautiful weather. You couldn't have asked for a better day at the fair and an outdoor concert. Of course, Carly loved the music and danced, danced, danced.