.Baby Lily is 2!!.

Time sure flies...when you are having fun!!

Lillian is SUCH a handful, but she makes it worth it with her crazy little personality.

I feel like one of the luckiest people ever to have this little monster call me Mommy.

Lily LOVES to learn. She will make you repeat songs over and over and OVER until she at least has some of it memorized. Then she makes you sing it again, just so she can sing along with you to the parts that she knows.

She can count to 10 and can identify about 75% of her letters. When you point to the letter B and ask her what it is, she always starts off and says it is "D". She will do this 2 or 3 times until you call her on it and say "You know what it is!" then she immediately corrects herself and says it is "B".

Lily loves to say the same thing over and over and over...even if she knows you are paying attention. It can be pretty funny at times.

We go to Aaron's Grandparents house fairly often. She also happens to adore her Great-Grandpa Cutler and always sneaks upstairs to see him as soon as we arrive. Whenever we are driving in the car and drive past ANY houses, she always say "Go to Gamma Gampa's house?"

We celebrated her 2nd birthday along with Mother's Day this past Sunday.

Lily has an obsession with Minnie Mouse right now. She was so excited when she saw her cake.

My beautiful girls with their Minnie Mouse ears.

Lily's car from Uncle Tenney and Gma & Gpa 'chilles.

Lily's other obsession...bike!! She hasn't got the pedals figured out quite yet and she gets VERY frustrated that she can't do it. Thanks to the weather warming up, she can get PLENTY of practice.

I am excited for the adventures this next year will bring with our crazy Baby Lily.

.Kitty VS Kitten.

Aaron and Lily were reading an ABC book this morning.

They were working on the letter K.

They were naming all the items on the page that began with the letter K.

They came to, what the book had named, a kitten.

This is how the conversation went:

Aaron: (pointing to the picture) Kitten!

Lily: (also pointing to the picture) Kitty!

Aaron: Kitten.

Lily: Kitty

Aaron: Kitten

Lily: Kitty (still in her cheerful voice)

Aaron: Kitten!

Lily: (points to it again and turns and looks at me) Mommy...Kitty?

At this point, I couldn't help myself. This was getting too funny.

Leah: Yes, Lily. Kitty.

Lily: (smiles and points to the picture again) Kitty!

.We Have Progress!!.

I may be a bit too excited for my own good...but for Lily, this is big!

She just woke up from a 3 hour nap...completely dry!

So we rushed to the potty and she immediately went #1.

I can't believe how well she has been doing with her potty training. Aaron and I have given her a little push and then let her do the rest at her own pace. Some days she does really well and goes in the potty most of the day. Other days, like yesterday, she refused to go to the potty all day except for once. 

I think she is starting to catch on pretty well and recognize when she has to go now.

.Oh Da Man!.

Lily still refuses to go #2 in the potty.

Earlier today, she went poo poo in her diaper.

As I was changing her, I said "Lily! No poo poo in your diaper!"

Her response..."Oh da man!"

Lily's version of "Oh man!"

.Who's Training Who?.

Lily's potty training has been quite interesting. 

Her manipulation skills are quite advanced for her age.

She has definitely learned that whenever she goes in the potty, she gets a piece of candy. So, she does just that...whenever she wants a piece of candy. 

She REFUSES to go potty anywhere but on the big girl potty. While out running errands yesterday she started frantically yelling "Go Potty Mommy! Go Potty!" So I rushed her into the bathroom at the mall and she went. Then while at Michaels last night, she did the same thing and went potty just like a big girl. 

She still tinkles in her diaper or pull-ups a few times a day and won't go #2 in the potty yet. It is OBVIOUS she gets the concept and that she knows the feeling of when she has to go potty. 

As Lily does, she is just taking her sweet time and doing it her way. One of the many ways she reminds me of her Daddy. :)

.Potty Mommy! Potty!.

I have been hearing that ALL morning long. 

We haven't had a single accident all morning long. 

I am sure that has everything to do with Lily saying she has to go potty every 15 minutes. Then she tinkles the tiniest bit just to get a candy. (Which is truly all she probably can do at this point. I am surprised she has anything left to put in the potty after how many times she has gone!)

I started this morning by calling Lily in to the bathroom after Brookie went this morning and we all got a candy for Brookie going potty. Every since then, Lily has been going like a champ! Brookie loves it too, since we all get a piece of candy every time Lily goes potty.

The funny thing, Lily won't go on her Elmo potty. It HAS to be the big girl potty, WITHOUT a special potty seat. She has to be just like her big sister.

So far, so good. We will see if things continue to go this well as the day and week progress!

.It's Potty Time!.

Day #1

This was taken right AFTER she sat on the potty and BEFORE her accident.

This could be Day #1 of MANY Day #1's. I remember that it took a few breaks and then trying again until Brookie was completely ready to be potty trained. 

So here it goes!!

Yesterday was the first official Day #1.

It started out with me putting Lily on the potty and keeping her there for 15 mins.

In those 15 mins she refused to do anything, but talk.

Finally, I decided that maybe she just didn't need to go. So I walked her into the bedroom with me, grabbed a shirt and went to put it on her. As I got it over her head I felt a massive amount of wetness falling on my foot. So I grabbed Lily, ran her to the potty and sat her on it. Once again, she refused to do anything. Most of it ended up on my foot and the floor.

Let's hope Day #2 goes MUCH better!