Olivia is now diaper free. We had a diaper free party for her a couple of weeks ago. Parties seem to work well for her as the “no more mama milk party” went over really well! Of course, we had a cake. It had to be pink and she put the little flowers on herself with the cake decorating set she won from the cookie contest she had entered with pop pop at the pumpkin festival. She was so proud of her cake! She also had presents and a wonderful time. The next day I finally told her to stay in the bathroom until she pooped. She could either do it on the toilet or in a diaper. If she did it in a diaper we were going to have to put her presents away until she was ready to poop on the potty. That worked and she had pooped on the potty ever since. The only problems we are having is that sometimes, she doesn’t want to stop playing to go potty and then it is almost too late. She makes it but her underwear are wet so we go through about 15 pair of underwear a day(it seems). The night time thing is a bit harder. More often than not, she wakes up wet. If we get her up around 6 and put her on the potty, she will wake up at 8 dry. The problem is rememembering to get up and wake her up…..She is doing well though. After about a week, I asked her if she wanted a diaper at night and she said “no, mama, remember the no more diaper party?!”
For Halloween, the girls were both fiary princesses. They were adorable. Olivia loved Trick-or-Treating. She totally had the hang of it by the end. She would knock, say “trick or treat” open her bag, and say thanks. Then on the way down the driveway, she would turn to Jon and say “oh, let’s do more daddy!!!”. Eve would run up to the door, thrust her bag at them and then in her best baby babble, “AHHH!!!”. She was so excited. Then we went home and my darling Olivia, handed out candy to the other kids. She had so much fun. I honestly think she liked that part the best. She would open the door, comment on their costumes, “ooh mommy, another pirate!”, and very carefully dole out 1 piece of candy and 1 pencil to each solicitor. When we ran out of candy, she wanted to give them hers!
We are back to working on the house. We are going to surprise the girls with their bedroom completed Christmas morning. We have some cool stuff to go in there. We have a hammock for the reading corner that looks like a pod (we are doing a fairy forest theme) and hangs from the ceiling, giant leaves that they can sit under and read, lighted flowers for the walls, a silk bower to go over the bed, and a fur rug to sit on……We have a lot to do between now and then. I have to paint the trim. walls, ceiling, fix their bed(Christy and I’s old Jenny Lind Bed), make curtains, find a comforter, and figure out some kind of org. system for the toys……We are making progress on our bedroom too. I have painted our closet. It is amazing the difference a coat of white paint can make. I also primed the trim. I just need to finish painting the trim and do a coat of semi-gloss on the walls (Never paint with satin when you have children….Jelly, will not wash off of satin paint without taking the paint off too….) I hung the curtains that my mom made and since the bed is done (exept for touch-ups) it is starting to feel like a real room!!
I bought the coolest couch last week at a yard sale. For $25 I got a retro couch from (I think) the 50’s. It is awesome. It has really round arms that kind of curve around the back. It was custom built for the last owner so I know it has good bones. It has good solid wood feet. I just need to reupholster it because Jon doesn’t like the color. Why wouldn’t he like pink? It is more of a salmon and if it weren’t so worn, I might leave it becasue it actually kind of matches:)
So, Olivia’s speach is doing better. Sometimes, I still don’t understand her but her vocabulary is amazing. The other day, she was telling me that she was “fustated” at Eve. It was funny. Then she told me that everyone gets frustrated sometimes, “daddy does, nanna does, mommy does, livia does”…….She is also doing well with identifying her emotions. Last night, I was having a “discussion” with Jon and she said “mommy, don’t get angry with daddy!!”
Eve is doing well too. Her repertoire of signs is awesome. She really loves to sign. granted, her dexterity isn’t terrific so many signs look alike but she is learning them as fast as I can teach them. Sometimes, she will pick something up and look at me like she wants to know the sign for it like the other day with a sock and I don’t know the sign for sock!! All the good ones, she already knows, shoes, hot, cold, eat, drink, kiss, bye bye, mama, daddy, come here, all done, plane, bird, dog, cat, more, thank you, ball, play, bath, sleepy, diaper…. Let me tell you about that. I should have taught this one to Olivia!!! She tells me she needs a diaper, poops, gives the diaper sign again, goes and gets a diaper and lays down!! Anyway, she is a little ball of personality. When I say little, I mean little, at 15 months, she is whopping 20 pounds!! It is truly amazing the way that every child can be so different!!
