We are officially POTTY TRAINING!

Oh my what am I thinking???? Well it started with Namma. She really talked it up during this trip and got Isabelle wanting to go on the potty again. She has been interested in the past just not lately. Well Namma promised her big girl panties and when your 2 year old wakes up in the middle of the night crying "I need my panties" what do you do? So we are officially potty training. As Scott says I do nothing 1/2 way or 1 at a time it is always all in so transitioning to a toddler bed and using the potty all at the same time...I know I am INSANE but I do have to blame the potty idea on Namma! So we will see how it goes and I am sure I will update often. Today she has been in big girl panties for going on 4 hours now and no accident yet! She has used the potty 3 times (I think, actually I lost count we have been going and sitting on it often) So we will see how this goes. I pray she will be an easy train because this is 1 milestone I did not want to do. I know she can't wear diapers all her life I am just scared it will be so hard and so many accidents but oh well! Here we go!

 

I guess the next big thing will be to get rid of that paci!!!!

Big Girl Bed Update

We got the comforter that matches her rug and curtains!

This was Saturday night. She only got up 2 times before falling asleep and we got a bed rail. I feel much better now this toddler bed is high off the ground because of the drawers under the bed!

Christmas With The Starr Family

On Saturday evening we had our annual Christmas with the Starr family. We have traditonally had this on Christmas Eve and had a fancy dinner. Not this year we started a new tradition no more fancy dinners we made PIZZA! We all made our own pizza. Rita had all the toppings anyone could want and mom helped make the dough and we all had fun in the kitchen. It was a BLAST! I started talking about this a year or maybe 2 years ago and this year they went with it and everyone had fun. We also did our annual dirty santa game (with nice gifts) I did not get pics of that but fun was had by all!

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Big Girl Bed

Yes we converted Isabelle's bed to a toddler bed today. She loves it and it was only 20 minutes and getting out of bed 3 times before she was asleep. So we will see how it goes! Fingers crossed this will be a good transition!

 

 

 

This is what we found when we peeked in on her 20 minutes after putting her to bed and of course after putting her back in bed 3 times!!!!

Merry Christmas

WOW and a Merry Christmas it was. It was a great Christmas. We were so excited about Isabelle and seeing Christmas through her eyes. She was so excited. She helped everyone open their presents and she played all day with her new toys. We also hit a new milestone but that will be a separate post! Enjoy the pics they start with Christmas Eve and I am trying to get video uploaded which may have to be a separate post!

Christmas Eve At Our House
Dad and Mom came over and brought a wonderful spread from Mitchell's. We ate and then opened our traditional Christmas Eve pj's. Then Scott and I slipped out to a friend's open house for about an hour. We came home set out cookies and got miss Izzie to bed.

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Christmas Day
 We woke Isabelle up early to see what Santa had brought her. He even left her a note! She loved it all. She got her kitchen, Bitty Baby twins and tons of books and a puzzle. Mommy & Daddy also got her a Tag Junior and several tag junior books and she loves them. She played dress up and took care of her twins and cooked for us all today. She also did some coloring in her new coloring books. Mommy & Daddy also got some wonderful things. We got the swivel sweeper (thanks Allison for blogging about it) We needed it now having hardwood floors & rugs! We also got a new comforter for the bed and we got a GARMIN! I also got a trunk full of THREADS for embroidering! WOW it was full of color over 100 spools and colors! I got stabilizers and all kinds of tools to use for embroidering and sewing also a gift card to Joann Fabrics! Scott got socks, a Wii game, headphones for his ipod and a much needed gift card to get some new clothes! We stayed in all day took a nap and just enjoyed the day together. Papa and Namma were here this morning for seeing what Santa brought and opening presents. Grandorie came over a for a little while. Then this afternoon Papa and Namma came back and spent the afternoon and evening with us. Namma fixed a a corn souffle and green bean casserole and we had a wonderful honey baked ham! It was a great day.

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Making Cookies With Emma

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Today Emma (the daughter of a co-worker) came over and spent the day with us. We went to Target had Wendy's for lunch and we made cookies! They had a blast and she was such an entertainment to Isabelle I got several things done around the house and some last minute embroidery! It was Isabelle's 1st time making and decorating cookies and she LOVED it!

Another New Tradition- Making Ornaments with The Crain Girls

We started another new tradition tonight. This time with the Crain girls. Beth and the girls came over and we made ornaments for the family! They turned out so cute. We had pizza and the girls played and had a few melt downs in between!  They even ended up in the tub after Isabelle had a diaper blow out! All in all it was a FUN time!!!!! Enjoy the pics

 

Enjoying a chocolate covered ritz cracker!

Elf Yourself

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Turkey day pics

This was our 1st turkey day without Daddy (Scott) he had to stay home and work. Isabelle and I traveled to PA with Uncle Rickey and Aunt Sarah. We had a great time and I can honestly say I was sad to leave, it was a mini vacation I did not want to end, why do the days seem to fly by more and more...hmmm!