By golly, I think she's got it!

Last weekend Robert was off. So I decided to attempt to potty train Makenna since I would have help. Turns out Robert was sick and was in bed most of Saturday, but I had a goal, so I went for it. A friend had turned me on to an ebook that some of her friends and family had used. It was a 3 day thing. Unfortunately I only had 2 days with her and Robert had Monday morning. After Saturday I wasn't quite sure she was going to get it in 3 days. And this book tells you to do night training at the same time. I opted not to do this as Makenna is never dry in the morning. I'm not sure we made it to the potty in time at all on Saturday and maybe a couple of times during the day Sunday. We still decided to venture out and amazingly Makenna told us when we got to the store she had to go - and actually went! She stayed dry for the entire trip out, which included picking up some more big girl panties. As I had been putting a diaper on her at night, I decided on Monday to get some pull-ups and tell her they were her big girl panties for night time. This has seemed to work as she doesn't call them diapers and she doesn't ask to wear them during the day. Again, I was not thinking this was going to work, but she gets it! She is now asking to go potty and while someone is tending to Eli (either putting down for naps or at nighttime) she will go by herself - even #2! Amazing.

Makenna has had this thing about shaking her right leg for a while. I mentioned it to the pediatrician at her 2 year appointment. She checked her reflexes and found that the right side was more sensitive than the left. We were referred to a neurologist which took forever to get an appointment for. We went yesterday. Thankfully all is well and it must be some kind of nervous tic. So afterwards (since we both took the day off) we took Makenna to the aquarium. She loves that place! There were a lot of school kids there yesterday, but a little less crowded than the weekends. It was still a nice time.

Eli has started crawling. He's getting pretty fast. And now he is starting to pull up and try to stand. Man - how time flies. As we were outside enjoying the weather and the time change last night, I told him he was going to be chasing Makenna around by the end of the summer. Probably sooner, but at least by then!

I have some time...it's off to get some chores done. That way we can enjoy the weather again tomorrow.

Wow

Yes, I am a bad blogger. Man - what a month. I can't believe it is already March. And today is Eli's 8 month "birthday." It has been really busy around here. And fun. Makenna says the darnedest things and there are just so many you can't remember them all. Some of her new ones are: "Mommy, come get me" (when getting up in the am) and then when you get there, "Mommy, I'm not tired." Which 7:30 on a Sunday morning when her brother has slept HORRIBLY...is not a good time to "not be tired." She also has some major spouts of "I can do it myself" times and quite the attitude. We decided that I would take Makenna off b herself this past Sunday. She said she wanted to go to the aquarium, so off we went. We didn't spend a ton of time there, but I think she enjoyed it being just the two of us. Hopefully we can keep up special times alone with each of the kids. The weekend before she went to the circus with Robert and Pops.

I love watching the two kids interact. Eli thinks Makenna is great and laughs at her all the time. And she is so sweet to Eli - most of the time - she loves on him and likes to try to feed him. Eli has started crawling. It started off where he would do "tee-pee" and peek his head through his legs. Then he would get down on all fours and propel himself forward. It was funny to watch. And then last weekend he figured it out - he learned how to crawl on his knees. He has gotten much faster over the week. If only we could get him to consistently sleep at night...

Speaking of sleep...both kids are in bed...and for some silly reason I am still up...not that it's late...but I am missing good sleep opportunity...and since I never know when I'll be up...I'm going to head that way myself.

During Feb. we had some pictures done - supposed to be Eli's 6 months, but he was 7 months. And Mak's 2 years. Plus us. I'll post some later, but again, I'm going to take advantage of the quiet!

Good night!

January 10/11, 2011 Snow

The snow storm. I wish we would have been able to play in it, but by the time Makenna and I got outside, it was hard. She still enjoyed being outside for a few minutes. When Robert got home, we had to get a couple of pics of Eli. I believe this is the third snow here, but the first one we were able to get him in pics! Hope everyone is staying warm! Enjoy!

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Makenna 2nd Birthday

We had Makenna's 2nd birthday party this weekend. Just family this year. It was nice to see everyone again. The pizza was late (by one hour) but other than that - it was great. She had a great time opening her gifts and did a good job at giving everyone hugs, kisses and thank yous! We then decided to head to the aquarium on Sunday. The kids are free and Robert and I got annual passes this summer. It was pretty slow, so we got to see almost everything. I think there may have been one section we didn't go in. Makenna actually touched the sea animals that could be touched this time. All in all a good weekend!

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Christmas

It takes some time loading pictures on this site and we've all seen how often I can get on here and update! So, here is a slideshow from our photo account (http://garhart.shutterfly.com/). I'll try to post links here when I upload more pics!

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