Big Changes

As we are fast approaching the BIG 0-2, some big changes have started in our house. First, Ryan & I trekked to IKEA to purchase a big girl bed for T. We thought we would just convert her crib to a toddler bed but the "converter"kit is $89 (gasp!) The bed at IKEA was less. We went with the bed. We haven't put it together yet. Ryan needs to anchor all of the hazards in her room to the wall...and frankly, I am a little scared of having an unconfined child ;)

The second big change is the potty. I hadn't planned on really potty training her until spring/summer but she has apparently decided that it is time. She goes multiple times a day, of course we still have accidents and she has NO desire to poop in the potty, but she is doing great! Apparently, M & M's (or M's, as she calls them) are a HUGE motivator. Last night, she made 4 trips to the potty and managed to squeak out 4 little dribbles, just for M's :) I have a feeling that this 1 M&M per productive potty visit is going to backfire on me.

Here are some recent photos of T "doin' work"!

And enjoying an ice cold sippy cup of water....

Tiny-isms

• "What happened???!!" said with arms outstretched, usually in response to something the dogs have done.
• "There's a kid!"
• "Be careful, Mommy"
• "Hi guys!" always directed at the dogs
• "Mommy bite it!" when she wants me to taste something
• "WAKE UP___!!" insert Mommy, Daddy, Coco, any of the dogs...
• "Coco touch it" this is said when she is caught doing something she isn't suppose to, she always blames Coco. Poor Coco.
• "Oh maaaaan"
• "Cute___" insert jams, shoes, baby....
• "I need this"
• "I'll get it"
• "My name is Coco" this is usually said in line at the grocery store, or Target, when someone in line is paying too much attention to her. She holds Coco up and introduces her.
• "Present Omama" she said this the other day while walking past a giant painting of a wrapped gift. I about died it was so funny!

She also loves to stand in front of the mirror and practice different ways of saying no :)

Vacation!

TAG!

I've been tagged by Nancy!

The Rules

1. Go to the 4th folder where you keep your pictures on your computer.
2. Post the 4th picture in the folder.
3. Explain the photo.
4. Tag 4 fellow bloggers to join in the fun!

This was taken 3/21/2008-T's 1st birthday. I have no idea what was happening in this photo, except I am pretty sure I started snapping pics pretty early on that big day :)

She was just learning to walk :)

I tag....Sarah, Stacie, Stacy & Julie

Day 3

So far, so good.
No tantrums...well, no tantrums about the snack drawer. Ask Jayme, she can tell you about the 10 or so tantrums that were thrown yesterday on our little outing. But I digress.
The snack drawer seems to be working!
She actually seems to be eating less snacks than before! Crazy, I know. A few times I have heard "Snack? Snack?" and I have to remind her that she's got her very own drawer but this whole rationing of the fruit snacks seems to be going stupendously....for now!

Snack Attack!

We have a serious snacking problem in this house. By "we" I mean T.

It is out of control. That girl would seriously eat an entire box of fruit snacks if I let her. All day, it's "Snack? Snack? Snack? Snack?"

She drags me over to the cabinet, literally places my hand on the knob.

Snacks?

Well, we may have a solution (THANKS Megan!)

Behold! The Snack Stash!

She has her very own drawer dedicated to snacks!

She can help herself to snacks ALL day long. All by herself!

Here's the catch....each day I will put a set amount of snacks in the drawer. When the drawer is empty, no more snacks. When the fruit snacks are gone, she can have something else. When the cheerios are gone, maybe a banana will do.

I am prepared for the tantrums that I am certain will happen the first few days when she eats 3 bags of fruit snacks in a sitting and then realizes that there are no more. I know it's gonna get ugly, but I hope this breaks our fruity addiction and I don't have to spend all day listening to "Snacks? Snacks? Snacks?"