Big Girl Potty

Lets just say I am super proud of my little princess Sophia. She is less than 2.5 years old and she has just about mastered the whole potty thing. She tells us when she needs to pee and poo-poo and the accidents are very rare. I haven't had to ask her if she needs to pee. Even at night I put her in a diaper she never uses it. She has had a dry diaper for almost 2 weeks straight. Even on the weekends where she sleeps in. So I knew it was time to celebrate. My mother had given me some ladybug themed stuff for her bathroom almost 2 years ago. I been somewhat lazy and I finally decided to put it up.

Sophia was so excited. We went to Target together and found rugs, towels and a toothbrush holder. She was so excited to have a big girl bathroom to call her very own. I even got her a towel holder. We put at her level so she can reach it. I tried to convince her to go with red rugs but she was determined to get hot pink. Lets just say it's the boldest pink ever and she loves it that way. She shows everyone her restroom. Some times she has to take towels everywhere with her. I try to tell her to keep them in the bathroom. She is such a cutie pie.

Weekend in Oklahoma

This past weekend we went to Oklahoma to visit my dad, my stepmother, my Auntie Terri, my cousins Maria and Michael, my Auntie Marilyn, my cousin Ryan, Grandma and Grandpa, and little baby Ethan. While it was a brief visit we really did enjoy seeing everyone. It's very rare for me to get to visit with my cousins since they are all the way on the West Coast. It's the same for my Auntie Terri who is all the way on the East Coast. It is extremely hard to get everyone together at the same time. (not to mention a tad bit stressful)

The trip went with out a hitch. However, of course Miss Sophia got sick the night before. She did that at Thanksgiving as well. At least time it wasn't strep. Just a simple cold with a fever. We went to the minute clinic to get her ears, lungs and throat checked out just in case. The next day Tata took off so that he could keep her out of daycare in case the fever came back. It never did. Then we left Dallas around 1:00 p.m. Sophia surprised us and did well. We stopped at Cracker Barrel on the way up there. Luckily they had Tutu dresses for sale. She was so happy to get a new dress that it pretty much kept her content the entire day.

It was a great visit. Of course Sophia was in the mood to test us as like she had done all week. Only in a entirely different element. She REFUSED nap time on Saturday. We had to basically force her to rest. She was way to over stimulated. She started to have tantrum after tantrum and just would not go down. Finally about 3:00 p.m. she went down. She slept until 5. Just in time for us to go to dinner at my Grandma's house. She actually did great the rest of the night. With the exception of a time out that was necessary for hitting mama after being warned. The the next morning at breakfast she had yet another meltdown at IHop. I am not sure why on this one. I think she did it because she wanted attention or maybe it was the food. Who knows. All I know was that I was worn out by this point.

It was great seeing everyone and I really enjoyed the trip with the exception of the meltdowns. I think anything that gets Sophia off her normal routine puts her in a mood. As soon as we got home she was happy again. I do think the timeouts are increasing over all and she still continues to test us. But it so much easier to discipline at home than it is in public. Maybe it was this aspect that was stressing me out.