PT is Official!!!!

Some of you may remember this tiring post in which I was tired, frustrated, and just gave up. Well to my astonishment I think it was my giving up that actually paid off. I have waited a while to post about it because I didn't want to jinx it and just to make sure it was official, but Dominic is officially POTTY TRAINED!!! and the amazing thing about the whole process, was that he just did it all on his OWN!

One morning he woke up and had a poopy diaper. As I was changing him he said, "Mommy, I think I want to go on the big potty today and wear my big boy spider man underwear." I said okay and we took the diaper off and he wore his underwear. Then I said to him, "Dom, now you promise mommy that you won't go pee pee or poo poo in your big boy underwear?" and he said, "Yes, Mommy, I promise." Then the whole day he just kept going all on his own. During the course of the day I kept asking, "Dom, did you go potty in your pants?" and he kept saying, "No, mommy, I promised!" It was really cute.

Over the past couple of weeks we only had a couple of accidents and both of those were when we weren't home. So I am a very happy momma, and have learned a very important lesson. I will NEVER push my kids to potty train, I think they will just do it on their own. At least that is my hope. It just wasn't worth the fight.....

Past Few Weeks

We have been pretty busy these past few weeks with JJ's break, getting adjusted to the new trimester, Dominic finally potty training himself, that I have neglected posting. We have done some fun things over the past few weeks.

We went to this Digging for Dinos with the Ernstrom boys which was so much fun. The kids loved interacting with the fake dinos, digging in the sand for "dino bones," and coloring dinosaurs pictures.





Also about a week ago we went to the new City Garden downtown which the kids absolutely LOVED!! It has many fountain to swim and play in. Waterfalls, big rocks to jump on, neat art statues, all in the middle of St. Louis. Here are some pretty pics that my friend Megg took of the experience.

Family Pics

My friend Missy took some pictures of us when she was on vacation here in Missouri and since I haven't posted any pics of the family recently I thought I would post some. Thanks Miss, I appreciate it!

Crazy Hair

This is a picture that a friend of mine took the other day at the park....so funny. I think this is honestly the best I have ever seen her hair look!