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Loves her crib

I have been blessed so far with two good sleepers. Ethan slept through the night when he 3 months old and Emily slept through the night when she was 2 1/2 months old.

Emily loves sleeping in her crib, thanks to the amazing crib wedge that she sleeps on top of. It improves her digestion, which helps her sleep well and spit up less often.

Here are some pictures of my little sleeping beauty...

Trying to get her to smile BIG for me...

There's the BIG smile that I adore =)

Tummy time

Sleeping beauty

Ethan's quotes of the day 7/24/09

While changing Emily's diaper: "Mommy, I want sissy to go in the big potty."

While patting her hair: "Sissy needs a shaved head like mine."

Referring to his first poop of the day: "That looks like a caterpillar. I want to snuggle with it. No...I don't want to snuggle with poop!" (He usually thinks his poop looks like a Rollie Pollie...LOL.)

Referring to his second poop of the day: "Wow, that's a lot of stacking!"

The way a toddler's mind works is beyond me! =)

Ethan's quotes of the day 7/16/09

Referring to his humidifier: "Mommy, there's a fire in my bedroom!" (I guess the two words sound the same...LOL.)

Referring to our neighbor: "Mommy, his name is neighbor."

After eating Popsicles together outside: "That was a fun time!"

Big helper

Ethan (2 1/2 years old) & Emily (2 1/2 months old)

Thomas the Train

As soon as Ethan got over his fear of going poop in his potty chair we gave him an early Christmas present. He loves his "Thomas the Train" table set! He isn't fully potty trained yet, but he's definitely on the right track and has less accidents. Our little man is growing up!

Ethan's "Thomas the Train" debut...

More favorites: Emily's 2-month-old photos

Photography by Inma Ruggieri
www.sevillaphoto.com

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Emily Grace - 2 months old

I can't believe my baby is already two months old! She is now 11 pounds 10.5 ounces and 22 1/4 inches. I am amazed at how fast she's growing and how much she smiles and babbles. For the most part, she's been a very content baby (as long as she's burped often). She enjoys her big brother's company when he's nice to her. =)

One night she slept for eight hours straight, but on average she sleeps six hours straight. She usually nurses and goes right back to sleep for another 2-3 hours. This is a blessing, since I love to sleep!

Our friend/photographer, Inma Ruggieri recently took Emily's 2-month-old photos. It was her baby shower gift to me. I love the way they turned out! Here are some of my favorites below. I will post more of my favorites once she gives me the rest of them.

Potty training my big boy

The early days of potty training...
Ethan when he was 20 months old

Wow, this past week has been crazy! On Monday morning when Ethan, my 2 1/2-year-old son woke up he decided he no longer wanted to wear a diaper. To my surprise, I found him jumping on his bed in his birthday suit. My smile quickly turned upside down when he said, "Mommy, I went pee-pee in the bed." I had no idea if it was an accident or if he did it on purpose to get my attention. Rather than getting upset, I took it as a hint that he needed to be potty trained immediately. He had occasionally gone potty in his chair, but always refused to go poop in it.

He had several accidents in his underwear that morning, but I was told by my sister who successfully potty trained her daughter to not give up once I start. She was the support I needed to get me through this, otherwise I would have given up that morning.

Before his nap I put a diaper on him with underwear over it to prevent another accident. Unfortunately, he outsmarted me by taking off his diaper and wet the bed again! That's when I had to walk away and give myself a "time-out". Later that day when he was due for another nap (since the first one was very short) I was ahead of the game. I found some tape in Ryan's toolbox and wrapped it around the top of his diaper. Then I put his underwear and a pair of jeans over it. Evidently it did the trick, since he gave up and went to sleep after attempting to pull the tape off.

On Tuesday he did much better and had less accidents, although he still refused to go poop in his potty chair. On Wednesday he totally caught me off guard. He went poop twice in his potty chair after telling me that he needed to go. Ryan and I were so proud of him!

Today he went to stay with his grandparents for two nights, which is the first time he's been away from home overnight without us. I, of course, made sure to pack his potty chair. So far he's been going potty there and I'm praying that he'll go poop too. I obviously miss him, since I'm sitting here writing about him. =)

Despite all of the controversy, we've been rewarding him with stickers, chocolate bunnies, and will give him the "Thomas the Train" table/train set if he goes poop in his potty chair two more times. There's no turning back now. I'm determined to try to see the light at the end of the tunnel, even while cleaning up unwanted messes. I now admire all of the parents who have potty trained their child. It's definitely one of the most challenging things a parent must do.