Jenna is now finally potty training!! HOORAY!! Being the stubborn little girl she is, she has refused our attempts to potty train for the past 6 months. Finally realizing that she is a visual learner (gee I should have figured that one out, I'm the same way) we got her the video "Once Upon a Potty" complete with "The Potty Song", and that did the trick. Today she went tinkle in her potty pretty much all day (there were a few accidents, especially when she was still wearing panties, she hasn't quite figured out that she needs to pull them down), and this evening was the "piece de resistance", as she went poopy for the first time in her potty and was so proud! It is so wonderful to know that she is done with diapers!!! Only one child in diapers now, hooray!!
Not to be outdone, Kaela (and God) has given us two nights of sleeping through the night! Praise God! I am feeling like a new woman lately and don't know what to do with all this energy. Well, actually today I used my energy acting like a hyperactive caffiene addict every time I tried to get Jenna to go on the potty or after every time she pottied. I read that exuberant enthsiasm is the key to potty training, and it really is, but it wore me out! So, here are some photos of our potty training success (blurred a little so you aren't completely grossed out), and a smiley Kaela (who smiles a lot more now that she isn't colicky and getting more sleep). Prayers have definately been heard and answered, so thank you for praying for us. We were feeling pretty overwhelmed the past couple of months with the lack of sleep!
