Monday, August 6, 2007

It Really Makes Me Not Take Potties For Granted, You Know?

So yesterday, Babygirl and I embarked on a potty training adventure.

The background:
1. She's had a potty chair AND a potty seat for MONTHS now.
2. She always would sit on either one but nothing actually ever...descended into the potty.
3. She likes to tell me that she's pooping right before she actually does.

After a quick grocery shopping trip, I hid all the diapers and accompanying diaper-stuff in my closet and offered Babygirl some big-girl underpants (which she has worn and peed through many times before yesterday).

She wore them and asked for a diaper multiple times (to which I said, "They're all gone - go look!" and since she couldn't find them, she believed me).

At the end of the day, she had peed on the floor twice but in the potty three times with - get this - some poop in the potty to boot.

AND THEN (this is the real kicker), she slept all night in panties and woke herself up around 3 to go pee again - needed some help since she was half asleep, but I was wildly impressed that she actually woke up and recognized the need to get out of bed and go do this since she's never had to before.

Let's keep our fingers crossed that it sticks...

Friday, August 3, 2007

I Was (Thankfully) MeMe'd!

Thanks to Kara for tagging me because, honestly, I had nuttin' to write about today.

What were you doing 10 years ago?
Getting ready to come to college (wow, it seems a lot longer ago than just ten years!)

What were you doing 1 year ago?
Starting my second year in my job and finally stoppping my weight loss. At some point, you've actually lost enough...

Five Snacks You Enjoy
Cheese of any kind at all. You name it, I adore it.
Peanut Butter straight out of the jar. Preferably a brand-new jar.
Popcorn
Olives
Reese's Cups

Five Songs That You Know All The Lyrics To
It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - REM
Cannonball - Brandi Carlile
Million Faces - Paolo Nutini
Gimme That Nut - Eazy E
My Favorite Mutiny - The Coup

Five Things You Would Do If You Were a Millionaire
Pay off my credit card debt
Pay off my car loan
Put enough money in savings for Babygirl to go to college
Buy a house
Buy this dress

Five Bad Habits
Well, masturbation is right up there, but I don't think it's bad so much as "bad"
I pick my cuticles
Spend money I don't have
I complain a lot
I constantly say I'm going to get together with people and then I never do

Five Things You Like To Do
See the first item in the preceding question
Read
Knit
Rollerskate
Eat

Five Things You Would Never Wear Again
Maternity clothes (these tubes are tied, my friends)
Roll-down socks
tapered-leg jeans
Keds
Scrunchies

Five Favorite Toys
my iPod
The thing(s) I keep in my underwear drawer (these are #2, 3, and 4)
Knitting needles

Five Things in your Refrigerator:
Milk
Soothing Eye-Cover-y Thing
Vermouth
Olives
Cheddar Cheese

Five things in your closet:
Wrapping paper
Porn
Shoes I don't wear anymore
My cat, quite often
A lamp I don't use

Five things in your purse or backpack:
Wallet
Phone
iPod
tampons
camera

Five things in your car:
Elmo phone
Stroller
Phone charger
Napkins
A box of Babygirl's old clothes

Five things in the world you want to see before you die:
France With Someone In Particular
Babygirl grow up to be happy and healthy
A breakdancing chicken
Laura Ingalls Wilder's house
A President I believe in

I tag: A Certain Princess