Making Progress!

This is Kate "watching the waters" with her baby doll. One afternoon I was cleaning the kitchen and Kate was out on the porch playing (it's AWESOME b/c from the kitchen I can see EVERYTHING downstairs (except my bedroom). Anyway, I looked out and that's what I saw. I asked what she was doing and she said, "Watching the waters Mommy." This has since been a daily activity!

So J.R. can hold his own bottle FINALLY!!!! HALLLLLELUJAH!!! I still hold him most of the time, but when I need to be doing something else (like rushing Kate to the potty) it's nice to be able to lay him down on the floor with his bottle and not worry! Go big man! :) And on the other front---eating, he's getting better. I did buy the pre-made baby-food, and though it's pricier than making my own, at least he's eating! I'll still make some things, but as for green stuff, I think we'll stick to Gerber! :) He has eaten 2 jars of green beans and a jar of carrots in addition to pears and bananas over the past 2 days. I also found (thanks to Ashley) that if I feed him some pears first, he's more apt to eat whatever is next (carrot/beans/etc.). And the poor little guy is DYING to eat real food...but he still chokes on stuff, which is not too pleasant for anyone. However, tonight we went to dinner at a local hamburger joint and he made mad progress with some french fries! :)

As far as little potty girl goes, we have had a drastic improvement! I did go get the timer, which Kate decorated with Dora stickers and it has been amazing. She still complains when it goes off (which it does every 30 minutes...good grief, we make more trips up those stairs every day!!! ---she likes the upstairs potty better...go figure!), but she DOES go most of the time! And she LOVES the MnM treat afterwards! She tells me what color she picks out every time! Cute girl. The big news is that we had ZERO accidents today!!!! AMAZING!!! She even kept her pull-up dry on our 2 outings that lasted over an hour each! WOW...so cool. I can just see the dollar signs every time I don't have to throw out a diaper!

AND if you notice in JR's bottle picture, he's laying on our beautiful new living room rug! I LOVE IT! So, that's all for tonight. I think I'll join my hubby on the porch as we read our books & "watch the waters"...don't we sound old!? Reading on the porch on Friday night. ha!