Its Official

Well, we have banished the diapers and Punkincakes is now rocking panties during the day (even during nap) and a pullup at night. Yesterday and today she even got up in the morning and went right to the potty. We need to work on accuracy as well as how to get tp off the roll now, but I think we can safely say that she is day potty trained now! We are all learning how the out and about potty trips work, but I will tell you that she is soooooo good about saying "I need to go potty" and then holding it until we find and get on a potty! Whoo hoo, no more diapers (for a couple months at least)!

Insomnia

Pretty sure this is one of the most annoying symptoms of pregnancy, that and the sciatica I seem to be experiencing right now. Ugh, oh well, I guess I should put away some laundry or something, maybe that will make me tired.....

Big Girl Pants

We had another number two last night whoo hoo! So now we are going to try big girl underpants when we are at home as she seems to be aware when she needs to go. Still diapers out of the house and during sleep, but we are on our way!!!! Wheeee.

COEXIST

'Nuff said.

New Due Date and Whooping Cough

Ok, so according to the ultrasound it looks like the new due date for Jude is November 14th, but you know how that stuff goes, could be anytime in the 2 weeks prior. All is well, no issues whatsoever with us.

FYI, California is currently experiencing a whooping cough epidemic and people are being urged to get vaccinated (yes, even if you were vaccinated as a child, make sure you are up to date on your Pertussis vaccine, you can ask your doctor if you are or not), especially adults because its hard to differentiate a cold from Pertussis in the beginning! Pertussis can be deadly to infants, California has already had 8 deaths per my doctor visit today. You can read more here: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/NR10-041.aspx, as well as the CDC website.

In light of this epidemic, we would like to ask all of you planning on visiting Jude to please get vaccinated. Also, if you have even a "little cold" to please please please postpone visiting until after you are well. I am not trying to be "that mom", if my doctor wasn't so adamant about this being serious I wouldn't be worried.

Love to everyone!

Ever see one of those nature programs, where there is a herd of something being chased by a lion and then the lion picks out the weakest of the herd and you see it get taken down, hard and fast, face first into the tundra? I swear, I felt like that weak animal today when I woke up from a much needed nap. As if I literally got taken down face first into the pillows and slept as hard as one can sleep without actually being that dead animal!

Needless to say, I feel sooooo much better now, ready to push through this fun phase that Sophia has decided to go into. I am pretty sure we have entered the terrible threes, and wow....Mom, every day I appreciate you more, but if this is how I was, thank you so much for not killing me, and mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa, how exhausted you must have been as a single parent going through this.

And the name is....

Jude Sawyer, Jude has a couple meanings, its biblical, a form of Judah and means Praise or Thanks and of course there is a Beatles wink here! Sawyer is from the book Tom Sawyer one of Jenn's favorite writers' books.

WHOO HOO!

So yesterday we got nothing on the potty, today, 2 tinkles, and then, yes folks, we got a poo poo!!!

The following pictures are the celebratory cupcake! Sophia is very proud.

POTTY UPDATE

Ok, so yesterday we got a tinkle, not her first by a long shot, but it seems like she was most proud of it this time! TODAY however, she was in the bathtub, I had her 1/2 soaped up and she said she was going poop, I said not in the tub, and took her out of the tub, tried to hold her on the big potty, she was not having any of it, so I said ok come on lets get the little potty, rushed her to the bedroom, grabbed the little potty, rushed her back into the warm bathroom and put her on the little potty. Would you believe, our little girl went tinkle on that potty. Not only did she go tinkle, but that smart little girl didn't do it in the tub, she actually WAITED and went on her little potty!!!!!

Whoo hoo, diaper freedom (for a couple months at least lol) here we come!!!