Operation Potty Training!

The time has come!  My sweet little "baby" is ready to bid her diapers fare well.  She is ready, and probably has been ready for a month or so, but Mama wasn't quite ready until now.  I was actually kind of terrified of the whole process given Callie's strong willed nature. Also, it's slightly sad that my girlie is growing up so fast. I finally decided that it was time whether I was ready or not!  In all actuality, I am ready to be done with the diapers/pull-ups!
Well we started on Saturday evening.  Of course I was all excited because I couldn't wait to see Callie in her new "big girl panties".  I bought the thick training underwear that had girlie designs on them.  9 pair.  That should be enough right?  Well, maybe not.  I think between 3:30-8pm the girl had 11 accidents.  Yes, I had to wash her cute little training panties in a 4 hour and 30 minute span.  The good part of that day was that I could see some progress throughout the night.  Towards 6 or 7, she would start having an accident and then say "oh no oh no"!  So she would stop and then finish her business on the potty.  So even though she had tons of accidents I felt good about it.
Well the next day was Sunday.  After the night that we had there was no way that I was going to put her Sunday school teachers through that... so Callie wore a pull-up with her big girl panties on top.  Her teachers said that she tried to use the potty a few times but didn't ever go.  So she used her pull-up instead!  On Sunday evening I was shocked!  She only had 2 accidents!  Woo hoo!
Monday was a great day for potty training too!  She started telling me before she went that she needed to go and only had 2 accidents all day.  Tuesday she had 4 accidents... and Wednesday she had 9.  Yes, 9.  I was slightly discouraged.  But I know that this takes time.  So I woke up this morning hoping that we would have a number less than 9.  A lot less!  Callie found some Dora underwear that I bought for her to wear once she got the hang of potty training.  She wanted to wear them of course, so I let her.  Not 1 accident all day long! I was sooooo happy! :)  I know that some days will be good and others not so good, but I was sure happy about how things went today!  Hopefully she's getting the hang of it, because in a few weeks we are going to Disneyland for a weekend.  Mom gets to come with us! I'm so excited about it.  It will be a lot better if she's pretty well potty trained!  Callie is actually excited too!  All she knows is that she gets to see Cinderella, her castle and Minnie Mouse! :)
Well this post was very long, but its been a long week! Love to you all and God bless you!
Erin
I took these tonight.  Yes those are her pink training panties on her head.  Haha she loves hats.  I wish these weren't blurry but she was going at lightning speed... haha!  She looks so big! :)

Callie's 2nd Birthday Pics!

Well, I still am having a hard time believing that my little baby is two years old!  She had a wonderful birthday party and it was so much fun to see her discover her new kitchen!  Matt's parents were here along with our good friends Chris and Liesl, Ryan, Corrie and their baby Kevin, and Kerianne and Tristan!  Callie had a blast and was a lucky girl on her birthday!  Here are some pictures from the day!

Callie's Play Kitchen!!

Well, it was a close call, but the kitchen was done in time for Miss Callie's Birthday!  It turned out great I think!  She loves playing with it already and I know that it will give her years of fun.  Matt really spent a lot of time on this and I know Callie appreciates it!  And so do I!  Now I get to play with this kitchen too! :)  Here are some pictures!

And her reaction....

More 2nd Birthday Party pics to come! :)

Callie's play kitchen: A work in progress!

So I know I just posted yesterday... but I had to post a few pictures of Callie's Birthday present that Daddy has been working so hard on!  We still have a ways to go, but its coming along!  We are building Callie a play kitchen.  I think Matt did an excellent job on the sink don't you?  I am going to paint the kitchen a cream/white color.  We still have to put the fridge and stove/oven together.  Hopefully we will get this done before the 15th!!  Just had to brag on Matt, I thought he did an awesome job!

 Here is the sink!  We wanted to go for an antique look so we thought the apron sink would look cute!

 And this is my attempt at sewing... I tried.... :)

Now we just need to sand and paint!   Oh and find the faucet we want to use!