AN UPDATE!

I am elated to report that Olivia is now a full-time chonie wearing girl!!! That's right she is now pottytrained!!!! I still keep her in a diaper at night (just incase) and so far so good. I am amazed at how quickly she learned. She even goes to the bathroom by herself without asking for help. YAY!!! Think about how much money I will be saving now!!!! :)

She finally went potty!!!

I cannot believe it! Olivia finally peed in the toilet!! She is almost 27 months old for crying out loud!! I have been trying to potty train her for months with no success. We started when she was 20 months by just having her sit on the toilet in the morning. She would sit on it no problem, but would never go potty. So we continued all summer and nope, she never went potty, not even once. So I just gave up and decided to let her show me when she was ready. (BTW: Halie was completely potty trained at 22 months). Well this morning, she had a really nasty diaper and I told her "YUCK, you need to go in the potty already." Then proceeded to tell her to go get some chonies (underwear) on, because she is going to be a big girl now!

After about 2 hours of sporting them Tinkerbell chonies, I told her its time to go potty. She put her little Dora seat on the big toilet and climbed on up. Immediately I noticed she had a 'deeper concentration face' on than usual, so I told her "I don't hear anything...." and then lo and behold "tinkle, tinkle, tinkle" I couldn't believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She really went pee!!! How exciting huh??? Olivia was so proud of herself. I think she is finally getting what I have been trying to tell her for months now! We'll see huh? Maybe we will beat Beck and Piper!!!

(And of course I didn't have the camera handy)

Oh yeah....the dog...

Sorry for those faithful readers of mine that have been hanging on since June to see updated pictures and a name for our dog. I really procrastinated over the summer didn't I? Well anyhow, her name is Macie and she next week she will be 5 months old!!! It's hard to think that she is still so young, yet she looks so big. Her favorite things to do at this age are playing fetch, chewing up anything she finds on the floor (i.e. my kid's toys!!!), and jumping on people. She is sooo full of energy and excitement that when she sees anyone she jumps up on them. Slightly annoying, but we are working on it. Other than that, she has been a great dog. Halie enjoys getting her fresh water and food when we wake up in the morning. Unfortunately, I have been the lucky one taking care of most of the poop scoopin' duty!! YAY ME!!!

As a reminder this is what she looked like at about 6 weeks old......

(in the pink collar)

Olivia's First (Official) Gymnastics Class!!

Olivia is a Mini Hot Shot now!!! She was so excited to be in her very own class this year! On the first day there was only two girls and now the class is close to 10 kids! There ages range from 2-3. So we'll see how many of them end up at the Olympics!!!

That "determined" look

I cried watching this!!! :)

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Halie's First Day of School!

Halie & Miss Alexie

Halie started her second year of preschool on Tuesday, September 3rd! She went to class no problem too! (Usually she puts up a fight) Ever since I went school shopping for her and got her a new backpack she has been dying to go to school. She'd wake up in the morning and ask, "It is school today?". So when she finally got to go to school she had a smile from ear to ear!~

But now that she has started school again, she says she just wants to be in Kindergarten. So we'll start the countdown for Kindergarten early I guess. :) When I picked her up she was very excited to share all the papers in her backpack with me! I must say I love that time we get to share together, and honestly I have been looking forward to helping her with her "homework"!

Halie & Miss Candace

(And yes, I save almost all her papers she brings home. But, we have to give some to Grandma)

(That "hurry up and get out of my class, you're embarrasing me look")

New Puppy!

Here is a picture of our new puppy! (the one with the hot pink collar) We went up to see her in Okanogan. She is such a sweetie. She was raised in a really nice area. The owners are really great too! She is purebred Golden Retriever. She has papers and is good hip certified. She also comes from a good bloodline of champion hunting dogs! Her parents are pictured below. Their names are Tipper and Chase. Halie had a great time playing fetch with those dogs. I think she is going to love having a big dog! (Our first) YEAH! We are so excited! We didn't want to leave her, but she'll be home with us in 10 days, when she is 6 weeks old~I need help with names. Any ideas???