Monday, December 19, 2011

Santa and Potties and Teeth, Oh My!

Kinda a hodge-podge of topics, but those are the three main ones at our house these days.

This is the first year that Marleigh really gets Christmas.  So far, it is only the commercialized side (lights on the house, Christmas tree, Santa, presents), but we have been reading many books about the real meaning of Christmas.  I'm sure that will come in time. 

A couple of weeks ago, Marleigh went with Marc to pick out and cut down our tree.  She talks about it all the time.  "Daddy and I picked out the prettiest tree, and he cut it down!"  I hope this is a tradition that we continue for many years to come! 

There is something so special about seeing the awe in a child's eyes when they see Christmas lights or the Christmas tree all lit up.  Marleigh was literally speechless the first time she saw our tree lit up in the dark.  Such a magical time of year! 

Yesterday, she wanted to "pretend it was Christmas" in order to open her presents that are under the tree.  What a stinker! We've gone through the packages a million times, and every time we come across one for her, she jumps up and down saying, "That one is for me!!!" 

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Marleigh is finally beginning to potty train!  I am completely thrilled.  As I've said before, I haven't pushed the issue.  Almost every time we have tried, she will sit for a minute, hop up, and say, "Good try!"  The past few nights before her bath we have tried and success!  I cried I was so proud of her.  She praises herself, too.  "Good job going on the big girl potty, Marleigh!"  Then she claps for herself and runs around the house butt-naked screaming from the top of her lungs, "I pottied on the big girl potty!!!!"  Her little brother just looks at her like she is crazy!  Last night, I decided to try a little experiment.  We put on big girl undies after her bath.  She lasted about 45 minutes, then came running down the hallway, "I need to potty!!!!"  She had gone just a bit in her pants, but then stopped.  Daddy took her and she finished in the big girl potty.  Not 100% success, but I was happy that once she realized what she was doing, she stopped. 

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Kade has been a drool bucket for the last few days.  More so than normal.  Last night around 11:00, he woke up crying, and trying to get anything in his mouth to chew on.  A little tooth was barely poking out.  Some orajel finally got him settled down, but he was up about every 30-45 minutes until around 5:00am.  By this morning, that little tooth and gone back down.  I wish there was an easier way to cut teeth!  Hopefully, it will decide to push on through quickly! 

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