We had an eventful 4th! It was kind of a big day, other than for the obvious reasons.
Well first, Ashley officially turned 2 1/2...It's kind of a cool "half birthday" to have. Also, on her 1/2 birthday, she went pee pee in the potty for the very first time!!! Yay! I know I mentioned a while back that we were "unofficially" doing a mini attempt with the potty, but I never got real serious since we had a new baby, and then a crazy transition time with packing and moving. Our potty's got packed away with our things, so I figured I'd just tackle it once we got into our new place. But Ashley has been showing signs that she is ready to get more serious--she can tell you when she's gone poo poo or pee pee (usually after but that's ok), and she has recently been waking up with dry night time diapers (she used to totally soak them).
So, since our potties were packed, we all took a trip to Buy Buy Baby store to pick out a potty. We let Ashley pick out her own potty, we got a reward sticker chart, and even a cool Elmo potty training video. Ashley was very excited to use her potty since it lights up and makes a flushing sound. When she tried she went pee pee! Yay! Since then she has tried a little bit here and there so we're making progress.
Ashley is also doing really well with singing her ABC's and counting.
Another big thing is that Emily also got her 3rd tooth. I'm not sure if it came in on the 4th or the day before since it's been coming through for a couple days, but it's the first time I saw it so we'll count it ;)
So now she has her two bottom middle teeth, and the one to the left of them is coming up. It's funny, because Ashley had 3 bottom teeth for a while too. Funny they were the same order.
Emily is showing signs that she may start crawling soon, and in the meantime is having a blast rolling everywhere.
Also, I forgot to mention a while ago that we are officially off of paci's (pacifiers). It's probably been over a month actually. Emily mainly used the pacifier at bed to help her fall asleep, and around a month or so ago she started getting really angry and would push it away when you'd put it in her mouth since it'd basically make her fall right to sleep. So I figured if she didn't want it, we would be done with it. She hasn't wanted/needed it since, other than to sometimes chomp on parts for teething so we put them away.
Well I think that's it for updates....Anyway, getting back to the 4th...After we went shopping for potty's, we went out to lunch. During Ashley's nap we watched a movie, then afterward we went to Andrew and Lauren's and took the canoe out in the water. It was lots of fun and very peaceful. We got home late, and grandmom took Ashley outside and caught a lightening bug to put in a clear cup, then we watched about 4 sets of firework shows from Ashley's bedroom window. It was pretty cool.
Oh, also Ashley helped make and decorate a 4th of July cake with grand pop.
Here are some pics...
This first picture was from a different day, but it was too cute to not share
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