Hero is Potty Trained!!!!

Hero earned her Giselle dress today. That is the princess from the movie Enchanted. She had to fill her smiley face chart with smiles. She had to poop on the potty or stay dry all night to get a smiley face. Today she filled her chart with the last smile. She loved her dress but it was too long. SO I have to hem it. She will have fun with it soon!!!

This is a picture of when Hero spoke with Snow White after she pooped on the potty the first time!! (she bumped her nose that morning and had to have a band aid. She wore the band aid for three days and their never was any real reason for a band aid. Silly girl!!)

More words

Here are two more words Sterling can say: hat and hug. If you haven't read my blog lately the full list is below in the Uh-Oh post!!!

Another word is off.
more words: hot, slide, swing (her favorite things to do).

Uh- OH

Sterling is so funny!!! Every time we watch a TV show or movie and the credits roll Sterling says "uh-oh! Uh-oh!" Like there is something wrong. It is so funny. She also holds up the Star Wars movies and says "Cookie, Cookie." She calls Darth Vader cookie because of the noise he makes breathing. I may have already told you about that but it was worth retelling. She also is calling all food pizza now it used to be cookie. Actual cookies she calls cook! She puts three words together. "I want up." And other mixes of words. She says doggy, Mommy, Dad, Chanse, baby, up, cookie, pizza, done, hello, (she calls the phone hello), bye, bus, I, want, cup, drink, grandpa, Mickey, Barney, Barbie (it is hard to tell if she is saying Barney or Barbie), Cinderella, down, potty, pee pee, pooh pooh (get those potty words in), light, no (one of her favorite words), mine, me, in, side, out, all done, apple, beam and many words in songs that she sings along with. What a smart little 18 month old girl. I am sure there are more words but I can't think of any more right now.

Some more words Ben and I remembered that Sterling says: fight, stop, tummy, Elmo, Pooh (as in Pooh Bear), butt (meaning button), bath, owey, five (she puts her hand out and says five like give me five), some, Grandma, blank (for blanket), wipe (she also will pretend to wipe herself), eat em (when she wants something to eat). More words to come as she says them or we remember them. I believe at her Dr. appointment they said she should have 6 words at 18 months.

How could I forget she says, please, and clean teeth after brushing her own teeth!!

To Grandpa love Hero

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To Eme love Hero

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Hero

Hero is finally feeling better. She was really sick for three days. I didn't get much sleep. We slept on the living room floor for two nights no fun. One night in my bed and Hero was all over the bed. She would throw up when ever the ibuprofen or Tylenol got close to her moth. I got some down her once when I told her it was purple princess food. She loved it. But there was no tricking her after that. She is back to her old whining self!! Middle children are such stinkers.

Sterling's Dr. Visit and More

Today Sterling had her 18 month doctors visit. She is 34 1/4 inches tall, 26.6 lbs, and her head is 18 3/4 inches. She is really tall. Her doctor said at 2 years old you double their height and then you get your child's projected height. He then said "She has 6 months to grow and she is already going to be 5'9"." WOW!! I am going to have some really tall kids!!!! Sterling got her vaccinations except there is a shortage of one so she didn't get that one.

Hero is sick she has had a fever all day. Then Sterling has a fever too. No fun. Sick kids stink. Sterling was fine this morning. I hope everyone feels a lot better in the morning.

Cute Sterling and Hero Update

Sterling did the cutest thing two nights ago. At bedtime Ben asked who wants to say the prayer. And Sterling folded her arms and bowed her head and started to mumble something and then said "Amen." So Cute!!

So Hero refuses to wear pull-ups at night. The past 2 nights she wet the bed. I guess the first night may have been pure luck. She did almost make it this morning. She yelled I have to go potty and I ran into her room but she had wet the bed and then she peed in her potty. So hopefully tonight we will be successful.

Hero

HURRAY!!! Hero was dry all night!!! Last night she insisted on wearing her panties. And she went through the whole night dry!!! Hip HIP HURRAY!!!!!

Sterling

Sterling turned 18 months yesterday!!! I can't believe how time flies. She already says so many things. I have to let everyone know that Sterling went pee pee on the potty two times yesterday. Way to go Sterling!!!

Fun Potty Training!!

We have been potty training for the past 5 days. We are still having some accidents. Last night Hero finally pooped in the potty. She got a phone call from Snow White today because she pooped in the potty. She also got a call from Cinderella when she pooped in the potty again. Our dirty clothes pile is smaller today then the day we started potty training. She is getting it!!! Sterling wants to get in on the act too. She sits on the potty and says "potty." She also points at the pee after Hero pees and says "pee." Too bad Sterling is still a little to young. So I am bribing Hero with lots of yummy treats. I am going to do what ever will help the process along.
Hero is just too tired of potty training!! She was actually pretending to sleep because she wanted to see herself sleeping!!!

The Best Day Ever!!!!

Today Sterling got to go to nursery for the first time!!!! This is the first time in 4 1/2 years I was without a baby for the last two hours of church. It was so great. The only problem was I didn't get to go to class because I was stuck in the library. OH well. At least Sterling wasn't smashing her fingers in the drawers and I wasn't having to chase her down. It was fabulous. The other great thing was Sterling ran right into nursery. She was more then happy to go. Ben dropped Hero and Sterling off. Hero was a little hesitant and Sterling wiggled out of Ben's arms and ran for the toys. Then the teacher brought Sterling back to me to get a diaper change. Erika put Sterling down and Erika started to walk away and Sterling ran after Erika. Sterling didn't want to come to us. Sterling had a great time in Nursery. Hero loved having Sterling in nursery with her. How fun!!!!


We had a fun low key New Years. We went to a story time at the library done by our favorite story time person Ms. Susan. She is so fun. The kids made noise makers and drew scary faces on them to scare the bad luck away in the new year. We counted down to "New Years" it was close to noon when we counted down. We watched the second hand go from the 11 to the 12. Then everyone shook their shakers and yelled "Happy New Years!!" Then we read some new years stories. One was about a girl and her hats. She made a hat for every month and then for new years made a hat with everything on it. SO we made hats too. The girls loved their New Years hats. Chanse loved his too but he wouldn't get in a picture. We got doughnuts and pizza. Pizza for dinner and doughnuts for breakfast. We went to Krispy Cream and the kids loved watching the doughnuts being made. SO fun!! (Our round foods for good luck!) In the morning we watched the Rose Parade and the kids want to go to the Parade. In a few years maybe!!! I am not sure I am ready to camp out at the parade yet. I have done it so many times we will see.

SO Chanse wants a dog really badly. We told him he needs to learn how to take care of himself meaning dress himself, be dry all night, go to the bathroom by himself and the list goes on. He also needs to earn the money to pay for the dog, to buy it and to feed it and take it to the doctors. So he was trying to earn money so he cleaned his room. He took a lot of his toys and put them in the hall and in Hero and Sterling's room. He also had to wear his Bob the Builder hat while at work. Such a dangerous job. The last time he cleaned his room he put everything on his bed. It was so funny. I had never seen his floor so clean!!! Anyways we went to a pet store to look at some puppies and to see how much they were and to learn a little about them since I have no clue when it comes to dogs. Well we found a cute little puppy that Chanse and Hero just loved. They both held it and loved it. Sterling tried to kick it. It was so small. It will grow to be like 5 pounds. It was a Shiranian. I don't like dogs but I do have to say it was really cute. This puppy was $799. I couldn't believe how much they were. It will be a really long time until Chanse gets a puppy. I don't even know what a good dog would be for our family or if I could even deal with a dog. I don't want another kid!! Anyways here are some pictures of Chanse cleaning his room!!!