Potty Training

I've added more about this at my main blog (lifeunity.blogspot.com) but had to share about this day of ...ahem....awesomeness.

We've decided (ok, I decided) that it is time for Dilana to be potty trained. So today we started the all-or-nothing path, which is basically letting her run around without a diaper & getting used to the icky feeling of going without it on. We had thousands of false alarms ("gotta go potty"..."dont gotta go"), 3 pees outside the potty, & two successful trips to the potty!

I let her go once on her own and this is the result:

Here is her excitement after her first successful trip:

I can't imagine being a diaper-free household but am dreaming of the day.

Creative Sleeping

I know I haven't posted here in awhile. I've been quite busy on my other blog (lifeunity.blogspot.com) and I've quite neglected recording the cute things the kids continue to do.



Recently, both kids introduced us to new night time challenges.



I discovered one on a particular morning while stumbling out of bed and heading around the other side to exit our room. Usually, Rocky (our Shih-Tzu) sleeps under the bed. His little nose or tail often sticks out so I've learned to be careful where I step. This is a very good thing, because apparently, the previous night Tyler had gotten lonely. He decided (after Chris & I were asleep) to join Rocky. This was how I found him that morning:

Hopefully he at least had sweet dreams.

Speaking of...

A few nights later, Dilana had some troubles falling sleep. She finally did, but probably 10 minutes after I'd climbed into bed I heard her crying.

When I went in her room, she was obviously still quite out of it. I set down next to her, combed back her hair, and asked what was the matter.

In a very sleep, dreamy voice, she whined, "I want a hot dog..." ...then proceeded to fall back asleep.

At least I know what to prepare for dinner instead of the Orzo.