the big news is.....CASEY IS POTTY TRAINED!!.......yay!.......i think this is the first milestone that as a parent, i feel i've earned too......it took a lot of patience and fortitude to get casey off diapers.......i think i've said the word potty to her about 9,000 times (not exaggerating!), carrying around a potty seat EVERYWHERE we go isn't exactly a piece of cake, evaluating how much liquid she can have and at precisely what time she can have it (not too close to leaving the house, etc) is kind of a pain in the ass......and i think she was fairly easy relatively speaking (from what i've read and heard from other parents)......one day about a month ago, casey got up from her nap and i said to myself, ok we're done with diapers......we had tried potty training back in may, so the concept wasn't that foreign to her.......i kept her naked on her bottom half and she started going on the frog potty seat we have on the first floor (too hard to run her upstairs every time, espeically with molly crawling around)......she is still using pull ups for naps and bedtime, which are essentially diapers just with velcro sides, but at least for her waking hours she's diaper-less......of course she's had her fair share of accidents, but they're not that frequent and really not that bad to deal with.......i'm so proud of her (and me!).......
casey has also taken up singing.......she could sing her ABCs a while back, but has recently added other songs to her repertoire.......we've sung "Getting to Know You" from the John Lithgow baby CD to her every naptime and nighttime since she was born, and she now sings along with us, and will also sing it solo when requested......if i were more tech-saavy, i'd upload a video of her singing it, but i've since given up on how to post videos to this blog site!!......
casey can be a great big sister.......i say "can be" because there are plenty of times she's really super awesome to molly, but there are times that she can be awful with her.......so, she has the capability to be, but isn't always a great big sister.......she gives molly plenty of hugs, kisses, pats, smiles, giggles, etc.......she brings her toys.......she asks her "whatsa matta molly?" when she cries.......she tells molly that she's cute and she loves her.......she also whacks her, kicks her, steps on her, bangs things off her, bites her and sits on her all sprinkled in between the loving things.......steve and i try to play referee, but it's hard to stop all the onslaughts......especially now that molly's moving and always seems to move TOWARDS casey rather than the logical AWAY from her.......molly's a tough kid though.......she takes most of casey's accidental and intentional abuse really well, usually with just a little cry most of the time......and overall weighing the attacks and the love.......the love definitely wins out.......most days molly's awake when casey wakes up from her nap.......i carry molly upstairs and she giggles the whole way because she can hear casey calling out from her doorway.......casey starts laughing because she can hear molly giggling.......then the two see each other and molly's smile couldn't be any bigger and casey yells, "molly!".......it happens almost every day........it might be my favorite part of the day......i hope it stays this way for the rest of their lives - some bickering/disagreements because they are inevitable, but the love wins out always.......
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