Madison's School Friends

I'm posting a picture of Madison with 2 of her friends from school. Ellie is the red head and is 4 years old, Lilly Ann is the blondie and she is 2 years old. This picture was taken in May at the end of the school year. And of course Madison is 3 years old. Aren't they just adorable?

Isabella growing like a weed!

For the past week or so Isabella has been much more alert. She has been "talking" a lot! She smiles and coos at everyone. Isabella has been such an easy baby, not giving us a hard time at all. I've started placing her in her crib several times through out the day to get her familiar with her room. She absolutely loves her mobile. She "talks" to it and smiles really big. I've posted a couple of photos of her in her crib enjoying her mobile. As for Madison, well, I think the threat of a "baby diaper" worked. She has been telling me for the last two days when she needs to go "pee-pee." Now we just need to work on the "poo-poo" part of potty training. That is going to be a though one. I'm posting a photo of Madison playing her computer games. She loves to play Sesame street and Nick Jr. games. At least they are educational! Enjoy.

Rebelious at the age of 3!!!

So we have gone a full week without diapers, and were doing so well. But today something happened. It was like she was possessed by another spirit. Madison has been having 1-2 "pee-pee" accidents a day and staying dry through the night. Thought we were on the right track, but today there was NO end to how many times she wet her pants. She is being stubborn. I took her to the potty this morning and she refused to sit on it. She had just woken up and her pants and bed were dry. So she kept her legs stiff to prevent herself from sitting on the potty. As soon as I stood her up again she looked at me and pee'd all over the floor. What is wrong with my kid? Why is she doing this to us? I made her really mad tonight b/c I put a "baby diaper" on her hoping that she will get the point. Jeremy and I are exhausted with trying to potty train her, but she has to be to go to school. If anyone can offer anymore suggestions, we are all ears! We've tried all sorts of rewards, and praise for her when she does go to potty. We tried to not make a big deal about the accidents, but now its out of hand. When we are out away from home, she does great. She tells me when she needs to go potty, but when we are home she doesn't. Help!!!!! Please someone!!!! Help!!!

Potty Training

As most of you know, Jeremy and I have been trying to get Madison potty trained FOREVER it seems like. Well, I think we may have finally done it! She is so strong willed and stubborn at the same time which doesn't help our efforts. So, Sunday after church I took her to Target and had a long talk about NEVER EVER wearing diapers again. That's right, she picked out her Big Girl panties and since then has not worn a diaper. She has gone 3 nights without wetting her bed and only a couple of accidents during the day. Her problem is that she doesn't want to stop what she is doing to go to the potty. For example, I asked her yesterday why she didn't let me know she needed to potty and she said "Because I was busy mom." With what? Playing her computer games!!!! How stubborn is that? I'm hoping by next week we are having ZERO potty accidents. So this is big! How big? Well, if she isn't potty trained by the time school starts in a few weeks, she won't be able to attend. 3 year olds MUST be potty trained to attend school. And she likes her school, if she finds out she can't go she will be so upset. Go Madison!!! What a Big Girl!!! No More Diapers!!! YEAH!!!

Isabella's First Vacation

Life is so hard being a baby! Isabella slept most of the time in Colorado. Here are a few pics of her taking it easy on vacation.

Colorado 2007 Cont...

So I couldn't fit all the photos on the previous post I had to do another one. I also forgot to tell you about the Big Camp Fire that they have every night in the village. Madison likes making S'mores and roasting marshmellows. So did Jeremy, what a big kid he is. Haha.

Colorado 2007

We returned from another wonderful trip in Colorado. Beautiful scenery and temperatures, absolute heaven. Madison was old enough this year to try out the ice skating rink and also do pony rides at the stables. She loved playing in the COLD water streams in the village and also climbing the giant waterfall in the village. She has asked a few times to go back because she wants to see the mountains. Here are a few pictures of our trip. Isn't Madison just adorable on those itsy bitty ice skates? Click on the photo to enlarge picture for better viewing.