Well last time I updated, we were in the middle of our potty training craziness! Well Wednesday afternoon the girls from daycare convinced me (and with a push from a certain friend :)) we sent Paige to daycare in undies on Thursday. I will tell you I have never been so nervous in my life. I never want my kid to be a burden on anyone so I was afraid the accidents were going to happen like crazy. Was this Mommy proud when I found out that she only had one accident and it was due to timing (didn't get there fast enough). Friday we sent her again in undies and I picked her up to find a report sheet that said Paige was ACCIDENT FREE!!! She did it!! Rob and I couldn't have been more proud and shocked to be honest with you. So Rob and I told ourselves we were going to have a very normal weekend. So Saturday we went to see Grandma Greta and then off to Grammie and Papa Hartz's to watch ISU win!!! Paige used the potty at everyones house and stayed dry all day again!! Sunday we did our normal trip to Costco and other errands around Des Moines. We had an experience with a really gross gas station bathroom that my daughter refused to use (which is fine because her mother wouldn't have used it either). She had another great day at daycare today too!!! We just got back from returning an unopen box of diapers to Target!!! That was a great feeling. We still have to work on overnight, but there are many mornings that she wakes up dry. We're just giving her some more time to get used to this whole process.
The pictures are of this amazing thing I found on Pinterest. It helps bring the water out further so Paige can wash her hands without us holding her up. She loves it as you can tell!!
Rob and I finally invested in some bikes, we also got a Burley trailer for Paige to ride in off of Craig's List. We LOVE it! We took advantage of the amazing weather in Iowa this past week. We rode our bikes to a local park that we would have normally not walked to. Paige is showing us just how much she's grown over the winter. She is able to climb most of the ladders by herself and goes down the slides alone. She's not scared or anything just ready to go, go, go.
So my mom was in the market for some duffel bags for her grandkids for their upcoming birthdays. So I asked her to also get Paige a backpack for whenever we started potty training. Not thinking we would do it this early. But Grandma let Paigey have one of her presents early, her new backpack, or pack pack as Paige calls it. She can take all of her potty essentials to daycare with her. You can't see but it has her name embroidered on there. Rob and I refer to it as her Potty Pack as one of my friends from work so cutely named it. Paige LOVES taking it with her and wearing it. She thought she was the coolest thing ever walking into daycare this morning. Thanks Grandma Greta!!
