Doing great!

Audrey is over the hump - she's really got it now!  We're still looking for a totally accident-free day, but her accidents are really just "awww, so close!" kind of things.  She either gets distracted/busy, or she has trouble with her pants, or she tells me she has to go and I'm too slow hurrying upstairs because I wasn't able to carry her potty down to the basement with us.  I just didn't have room in my arms with her and the basket of laundry I was carrying!!  But she's really understanding the whole process, and for the most part she does a GREAT job.  Poor girl still has trouble predicting whether her backside is going to produce gas or slime, and she got caught by that last night.  But we were at a friend's house, and I was still super proud of her because she did her first pee away from our house!!  Well, besides daycare.  That tells you just how much I've gotten out of the house in the past two weeks. This morning she got 95% of a slimy poop in the potty, with the remainder getting on the outside of her training pants and the floor as she stood up afterwards in celebration.  Now, how can you fault a girl for that??

Travis leaves tomorrow for an overnight in Madison.  I'm not at all mentally prepared for it, since I have spent so much mental energy potty training and helping Emily through her latest sickness.  Poor girl was too sick to be at daycare Thursday, and I just marvel that she can manage to find 1 of the 2 days of the week where I am not able to easily drop everything for her.  Travis stayed with her in the morning, and I took the afternoon off.  Today, I think Audrey has started in with the fever that Emily had early this week, and I hope she doesn't develop the croupy cough that made it so hard for Emily to breathe.  She spent all day Friday in whisper mode, since her voice was totally gone.  It was kind of funny because Audrey would notice Emily whispering and then tell me "shhhhh..." with her adorable finger up against her pouty little lips.  Soooo sweet!  It was a very quiet day, which was nice after all the volume we had while potty training.

Audrey was snuggled on my lap this morning, and as she sat up to go off and play, I said, "I love you." I could swear she answered "I love you too," nodding so emphatically like she does.  I'll take that for a first sentence. :)  But I won't hear it again for ages because she only talks on her terms.  She's got a pretty good vocabulary, but you wouldn't know because she gets by on charm!


I didn't take a video of it, but Emily has added the left-hand to her piano trick, and she can play both hands together.  Awesome!!