Kicks, sonograms, potty training and the mind of my toddler

When I first started this blog I thought I would be able to be faithful to it everyday. My toddler has made sure that it is not a possibility. Oh well. Over the last week Baby P is kicking stronger, keeping me up at night.
Jeremy and I stuck to our guns as we ad a chance to find out the sex of the baby but have decided to let it be a surprise. I am so excited now, over the halfway point and enjoying this stage of my pregnancy. Seeing that little one squirming in my belly, wiggling their hands and feet and just being cute I was again awestruck by the blessings that the Lord has poured out upon me. As if this wonderful treat it not enough I get to go home to Lily.

She is sweet. She is ridiculously cute.  She has begun holding up puzzle pieces of animals to her ear and talking to them like they are a cell phone. "Helwo Pig, how you?" or "Quack, duck goes quack, hi!" She continues to love music, and little videos like the wheel on the bus. She learns more words to songs everyday and makes us laugh and look at her amazed at how much she knows. She is getting better and better with shapes and colors and I can't help but think that she will certainly be the smartest child in her kindergarten class:). Her love of puzzles is tremendous but perhaps the most unusual trait that shows her ever emerging personality is her obsession with putting things away. I believe this is why she likes puzzles but she is also obsessive about cleaning up messes. I pay that I have not made my child OCD, but it is nice to always have her put her toys away before she starts playing with something else.

I wanted to start potty training. I though, sure will start this weekend. There is an entire world dedicated to potty training and I am currently not as prepared as I thought I was. After hours of agonizing over hundreds of potty chairs (from the princess potty thrown to the three cheers for poop chair), I settled on a simple toiled seat topper. I purchased four board books for her and someone had already given us potty time with elmo. Then I began searching for help for myself. Where do I start? I do not want to scar her for life. I also do not want to traumatize her resulting in diapers for two more years, but I DO want her out of diapers over the next 4 months before the next bundle of joy comes. There are so many books about how to potty train your child and I have to say that if I did not think their were crazy people out their before I do believe their are crazy people now. I will not be letting my child walk around nude for the next four month, I do not care if it is supposed to make her ok with her sexuality. She is 20 months old, I am not really thinking about her sexuality. I am thinking about wonder pets and wondering how they can help me on my mission to get my daughter to use the potty like a big girl.

Step one has been going on for a long time. She goes into the bathroom with me and I walk her through all the steps. I explain what I am doing and let her explore her curiosity. Normally all she says is "yuck" and "bye bye" which I guess is a step. We have started giving her M& Ms when she tells us she has to go poop or that she went potty in her diaper, this part of potty training she likes.

I am sure as we dive into this thing full force over the next few days I will share my stories with you.