Potty Training and Other Misc. Pictures

We are working on potty training at the Causey house. Emma Catherine actually went tee-tee in the potty in the fall for the first time and uses it at least once a day but has not been consistent with it. I have tried not to push it too much since we are still adjusting to having Bailey, but we do talk about it a lot. I give her 1 M&M when she tee-tees which sometimes motivates her and sometimes it doesn't. We also have watched Elmo's Potty Time (by her request) about a hundred times. I ask her all the time if she wants to poop in the potty but her response is always no. Today, out of the blue, she decided to tee-tee and poop in the potty all by herself. She wouldn't even let me in the bathroom. She took off her shorts and diaper by herself and closed the bathroom door. We danced around the house and even called Ryan at work so she could tell him. I let her pick out her underwear and she chose Ariel. She wore them all morning and told me when she had to go and did not have an accident. I put a diaper on her for her nap and while she was napping I was so excited because I thought we were on our way. Of course, things are not always easy with her. When she got up from her nap, I fully expected her to want to tee-tee and then put back on her big girl underwear but that wasn't the case. She wouldn't go near the potty and wanted nothing to do with her big girl underwear. Oh well, we'll keep working! After we put on her new underwear, I did manage to snap a few pictures.

She's quite the poser

She has just discovered the wonderful world of play dough. Look at the only play dough toys I could find around our house...a plastic fork and knife. She didn't know the difference. On Thursday she woke up very grumpy from her nap and she didn't want to talk to me, so she went in Bailey's room and hid in basket. I had to turn around so I wouldn't laugh out loud.