Potty Trained!

Last weekend Greg, Meredith, and Audrey Clinton came to visit us for the UT - GA football game. Despite the game, we had a great time. Here are some pictures of the girls.

Audrey (4 mo.) and Josephine holding hands. Notice Audrey's half red half orange dress?

Audrey Clinton

Audrey and Ada (2 mo.).

Here are some pictures of Ada and Josephine from this morning.

Josephine and I had a rough beginning of the week. I call it the Great Green Bean Indicident of '08. Since I was pregnant with Ada, I have become too laxed on making Josephine eat her veggies and we're making more of an effort now. On Monday, I gave Josephine the choice of corn, green beans, and an apple with peel. She chose green beans. However, she refused to eat them and threw them on the ground. I figured that if she sat there long enough, she'd give in and eat them. She was there for 6 hours before she fell asleep. She was in her seat for 3.5 hours on Tuesday. We finally compromised and she agreed to eat an apple with peel. She has done much better the past 2 days. She may not have eaten her green beans, but it certainly made an impression. She tells me all the time that she will eat her corn (or whatever the food is), and that she won't throw it on the floor. She says it in a happy way, not a sad way.

Another big thing this week is that Josephine is no longer in diapers or pull-ups! No major accidents so far either. She's very happy to report that her panties are dry each morning. : ) She's a little disappointed now that she doesn't get a potty card every time she pees in the potty.

We've changed the card reward system a bit this week, too. Now she can get a potty card only when she poops in the potty. Because of the green bean fiasco, I decided to add a vegetable and a fruit card to the list. If she eats all the vegetables or fruits we ask her to, then she gets a card. So far, so good on that. I also changed the diaper and clothes changing card rules. She has to start dressing and undressing herself now in order to get a card. I'm still having trouble getting her to try to put her socks on. Everything else she'll at least try to do by herself.

Ada isn't really doing anything new since the last post. She's still happy and smiling. She really likes bouncing on my lap. I got a small laugh out of her yesterday doing that. I finally put new batteries in one of Josephine's old toys that has a mirror on the front. She seems to like it, but doesn't realize who she is seeing in the mirror. She's paying more attention to toys that are danging above her when I put her on the floor. You can tell that she is thinking about reaching for them, but she's just not quite there yet. The ceiling fan and air vents are still her favorite things to look at. Those were Josephine's favorites too.