Our big girl

Miss Abigail is potty trained.  I can't believe I'm typing this but it's true.  Leif and I have had a difficult time with this, mostly in part to crazy commutes on top of long work hours that make it nearly impossible to dedicate enough time to potty training and keeping our lives in some sort of order.  This is ok; it's just the way things are right now, but we were getting pretty tired of diapers.  And then, we went to the Lake, and Abby slept in the bunk bed room in her own bed for the first time and she loved it- really, really loved it.

We quickly learned that the promise of her own big girl bed would outshine any promise of toys, candy, etc when it came to potty training.  We explained to Abby that once she could poop in the potty, for four consecutive days in a row, she would get her big girl bed.  And that's just what she did.  We explained to her that if she stopped using the potty, we'd have to switch back to the crib.  She hasn't had an accident since earning her big girl bed.  She wears "big girl underwear" every day.  She won a prize from the prize bucket at school yesterday for using the potty at school.  I never thought potty training could be as exciting as it is in my life right now.  We are so proud of our girl.  :)

Abby also earned her first pet yesterday- a white beta fish named "Mint the Fish".  She has been gentle with Orion lately and we wanted to encourage that behavior.  We went to the pet store last night and Abby picked out her own fish, gravel, and aquarium decor.  Mint the Fish's name was originally Pooda but Abby explained that Pooda is a girl's name and when we explained to her that Mint the Fish was definitely a male fish, she changed his name.  It stuck.  :)

Our girl is getting so big.  :)

 The bed that sealed the deal ;)

A recent pic of Abby and our new cherry tree :)