Update from the potty

I don't know where to start. My mind has been racing because of everything I feel I need to do before the newest arrival and letting go of how things are right at this moment. I hate to say it but I will miss my one-on-one time with Ryleigh. She's my sweet pea, my first, my heart, my focus for the past 2 years. Please don't get me wrong, I am really starting to get excited for Sharp #2 but it will be such a jolt of change when he/she arrives that it will be hard not to miss the 2 years I spent with just Ryleigh.

Now onto updates:

POTTY TRAINING:
For the past 2 weeks we've been using the pull-ups. Ryleigh has had some success (usually she pees in the potty once, sometimes twice a day). Originally I purchased pull-ups that just changed color on the outside (flowers faded) and realized that Ry wasn't really getting it. So I purchased the kind that get cold when wet... really not cutting it. So finally I put her in training pants. The cotton ones and I put the plastic pants over. I really felt Ry needed to feel an accident or she wouldn't 'get it'. Well she got it. An hour into wearing them (and having just been on the potty 3 minutes before) she comes up to me and tells me she pooped! As much as I wasn't looking forward to the clean up I realized she was making progress. She actually told me when she did something in her pants. FINALLY!!! We had 3 accidents this morning and I put her down for a nap in pull-up. She stayed in pull-ups the rest of the day (we had errands to run). She peed 3 times in her potty today. I must admit I am pretty proud of her. I've been using stickers as incentive. She hasn't quite got the idea of an incentive (if I do it I get this...) but I figure she needs to be rewarded just the same.

MY LIST:

• Buy furniture for Ryleigh's big girl room - DONE
• Buy mattress for Ryleigh's big girl room
• Paint Ryleigh's big girl room
• Go through tub of 0-3 month clothes in basement - DONE
• Go through 2 tubs of baby stuff and clean/pull what I need - DONE
• Get Ryleigh potty trained (okay this is more of a wish/dream but its on the list) - WORKING
• Do my pre-registration for the hospital (should have been done 6 weeks ago) - DONE
• Make and freeze meals for March (not starting this till Feb 1 but need to plan what I will make)
• Purchase items that I feel I need the 2nd time around... double stroller, sling, etc
• Purchase a packet of thank you notes (b/c I assume I will either get gifts/meals from folks and need to thank them without hunting for cards in Hallmark just days after giving birth)
• Donut... need to be sure I still have inflatable donut and if not - buy one since my hospital is anti-donut and would rather see me suffer for 2 days b/c their more worried about my hemorrhoids than they are my tootiefala (that is what my grandmother called it)! - DONE
• Buy Ryleigh's "I am a big sister t-shirt" and wrap and have with hospital bag so she has a gift to open when she comes to visit at the hospital
• Buy Ryleigh a banner for Glenn to hang above her new room when the baby arrives (I am big sister)
• Junk food bag... b/c my hospital serves what only can be described as icky food!
  Oh and must not forget to do all the other stuff that I normally do....

For your viewing pleasure, a few shots of the queen playing office, eating ice-cream, playing with daddy (while wearing winter boots of course), watching Elmo from her chair, cleaning her table after lunch, and lastly playing (with a new cold to boot).