A day to remember

Yesterday was a day to remember and therefore blog about. 12.9.2010 - the first day Karmann pee pee'd in the potty! She has been in training-light for a while where we sit on the potty and pretend to wipe and then get up and flush and then wash our hands. This is our routine right before bath time. So last night, I noticed she had a dry diaper, so I figured maybe - just maybe - we'd try to actually go on the potty. She was excited to sit on the potty and we talked a little and I would say "can you hear it? let mommy hear you p-p" while she sat there, and then I decided to blow lightly on her belly and lightly tickle her too, and it worked! I got so excited that I think she wasn't sure what happened. But she wiped and got up and we did a potty dance and then she got right in the tub.

Tonight on the other hand, she was not willing to go pee on the potty. So I think I did freak her out a little. She also was not cooperative in the tub, and she actually ended up peeing in the tub just after I put her in there after our unsuccessful routine. Oh well, baby steps!

Another thing she did tonight was bite me! I've been really strict about biting as this is the age at school when it becomes a problem (so I've been told). She's done it a few times before where she has her head on my shoulder, and she bites my neck, but tonight she bit so hard I screamed and it made a mark. I scolded her and walked away. She wasn't really phased at first, but when she saw my seriousness when I came back to check on her a few minutes later, she then got upset. She calmed down when I began reading her books, and all things were better.

On the other subject, we are trying to make progress on the house. Its been cold this week, but that hasn't slowed Kris down. We also were hoping to get our counter tops in in the next week or so, but got the call that - of course - the color we picked is on back order for 2 weeks. This seems to be a trend with us. What is up with that?!? We are still waiting on our bathroom tile, and I am fearful of the lighting fixtures which I haven't even gotten priced yet (yikes!) Anyway, here's the latest (messy) views of the kitchen.

We have a semi-busy weekend as I will be shopping for Karmann's birthday and of course Christmas stuff too! Have a good weekend!