I'm so proud of my little Audrey. She knows how to use a potty!! She has gone 6-8 times over the past week, and although the first time she was quite concerned with what had just happened, she's pretty proud of herself now. She even pooped once, which was hilarious because she stood up immediately, with her little eyebrows all furrowed, shouting and pointing at the potty angrily!! I don't know if it was a freakout over what she had just done or concern with the appearance of something so different-looking in her potty (probably the former) but she was really, really mad! I, on the other hand, was flipping out with excitement. She wanted to dump it out right away and so I did, and right about then, Megan wandered by to see what all the whooping and hollering was about. I told her, "Look at what Audrey did! isn't it great?!" And she said "...yeah. it's poop." and reached for the handle to flush. So funny! I'm not going to do anything more than let her sit on the potty when she's interested, though, because I don't think she has the language to really take this on full-time. When she really fights me when it's time to get back in a diaper, we might flip the switch, but for now we'll just practice for entertainment.
We were in Rockford last weekend, with Jenny and her girls, which is why Megan happened to be nearby for Audrey's hilarious potty success. Jenny took her older two with her to a Mom'n'Me weekend at Camp Tanglefoot in Clear Lake, and then sent Julie to camp by herself on Tuesday for a 4-night stay (Lucky her!!!!). Jenny had so much fun, and I'd imagine after the stressful spring and summer she's had, it probably did feel really good to be back at "home" at camp. In the meantime, we spent Sunday - Tuesday in Rockford, with my poor Dad outnumbered by all the ladies! We had some beautiful weather, and with no agenda, we had a really nice time just hanging out and enjoying each other. Last fall, my parents started adding on a sunroom to the west side of their house, and it's almost done now. The room has a 9-ft ceiling and 9 windows!! It's beautiful, and blends in really nicely with the house on the exterior. It just needs carpet and trim and then they can move in furniture, but even in its unfinished state it was so great to have the extra room in the house. It has a complete basement underneath it, so it expanded the playroom downstairs, too. They're both excited about it, but ready to be done working on the house. They did so much work on the place that burned that I think they are both still leery of getting emotionally involved in a home improvement project, but really, can you blame them? Anyway, I was glad to come home with the girls because I didn't see much of Emily at all while we were there, except when she had trouble sleeping. She is so independent, and so in her element with her cousins. I was surprised, a little, since we hadn't been to Rockford in several months, but both girls took one look around and made themselves at home. It was so good to be home!
Tonight was a tough one, since the girls were still exhausted from the trip to Grandma's house and had to go to daycare today. I had a training class Wed/Thurs this week (which is turning out to be worthless - grr!!), so I am dreading tomorrow morning's dropoff. Poor Audrey is really not going to like two days in a row! But, I'm hoping to make a switch to a new daycare here in a few weeks, and I think that will help. My brother and sister-in-law has given glowing recommendations of the place that they take Milo, so I called the lady just to get some more info. She chatted with me for nearly an hour, and she sounds really wonderful! We're going to go over for a playdate some morning, just to try it out, and then probably pull the switch in August. I hope it'll be a good transition, especially since Milo will be there - and my girls LOVE Milo! So, fingers crossed on that one. I remember that when I'd drop Emily off at Ms. Amanda's, I'd get her to the door and she'd take off running, sometimes forgetting to give me a hug because she was so ready to play. At this daycare, there's a little apprehension from both girls at dropoff, although they're good sports. But we can do better, so I sure hope this is it!
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