Excuse My Potty Mouth

So I have been really bad at reading others blogs and updating my own this month. Really I have only one explanation: POTTY TRAINING!

Every book and article I read said to wait to potty train until your child is older and exhibits so many "signs" that she is ready. Well, Izzy is almost two and showed some of the signs. But I just really, really wanted to get a jump on potty training so I wouldn't have to worry about it when I'm super pregnant or when our baby comes. My sister, Amy, is the one who inspired me to go ahead. So on September 1st we put Izzy in panties. I was pretty patient the first few days. I got especially excited, when after three days, she seemed to get it and she was telling me when she had to go potty.

I feel like now she has reverted from that. The only time she tells me she needs to go potty is when she needs to poop. As a result, I spend the day trying to anticipate when she needs to pee and cleaning up pee-pee messes when I'm too late. I'm mostly okay with this, but it's starting to get very frustrating. I've tried various forms of positive and negative reinforcement, but it just doesn't seem to work. Please, please let me know if you have any ideas!! I'm so willing to try anything at this point. I definitely don't want to quit because she has come so far, but I can't live around her pee schedule forever. Thanks in advance to those of you who comment with your great mothering tips!

One plus of potty training is watching Izzy run around in panties all day. Her bum is so stinking cute, I can't even stand it. Am I exploiting my daughter if I put this picture on my blog?

Tag, You're IT

So I'm pretty sure I've read this tag on nearly ever one's blog, but I've never actually done it. At least I don't think I have...I was tagged two times, so I figured, why not!


These are the rules: list 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 surprising facts and then tag 5 other people. Leave a comment for the people you tag so they know they have been tagged.


Joys....

1. Going to bed early with Justin home.
2. Hearing the sound of Izzy going pee pee in the potty and seeing the big grin on her face cause she is so proud. (Yeah, we are starting to potty train.)
3. Hearing Isabella say I love you and blow me kisses when she goes to bed.


Fears....

1. Anyone who knows me and has lived with me knows that I can't handle spiders in my house.
2. Justin actually having to use one of his several guns because someone has broken into our house in the middle of the night.
3. I'll never be able to eat cold cereal again. I can never eat it the first trimester, but it still makes me nauseated.


Obsessions/Collections....

1. I love to scrapbook cute pictures and if I collect anything it is my scrapbooks. I'm very proud of being scrap booked to date. (my website in case you care--there are really cute new products: www.mycmsite.com/sites/abbywilson)
2. Right now I'm obsessed with thinking of and looking at toys for Izzy for her upcoming birthday and Christmas. I'm so excited to celebrate holidays with her this year.
3. I play this stupid game called Peggle and Spider Solitaire on the computer every day. Yeah, I need to quit.

Surprising facts.....

1. I never thought I would be like this, but I talk on the phone A LOT!! I feel like I can't clean my house without calling a sister or my mom. Thank goodness for unlimited long distance!
2. I can be pretty dang moody when I'm pregnant. Fortunately I having a very loving husband.
3. I don't believe in going outside when it's hot and humid unless it's absolutely necessary. Justin even has to get the mail because I won't go out to get it.

I tag my sister, Amy, my sister-in-law, Amanda, and anyone else who has never completed this tag but has a great desire to.