Put on Your BIG GIRL Panties:)

I have been so bad about blogging about our daily life here and it's really been bothering me. Seriously my ALMOST 3 YR OLD (WHAT??) has been keeping us ALL on her toes. Let me just start off with a little rant.

I literally came 3 seconds from losing my mind with the potty training. We started in July and I really felt like she was ready. She loved the potty, and loved showing us she peed, etc.. so we stuck with it. I never fully gave into BIG GIRL panties. Pull-ups and I were best friends. It was like she was still my BABY but she had progressed to pull ups from diapers so hey.. I mean... we were trying here. I feel like maybe I just wasn't ready to let go of my baby, which possibly held her back? I don't know what it was. Some of my friends kept giving me advice saying "Brittany! Just take the plunge! Accidents will happen.. but just put her in big girl panties, and don't look back!" Maybe it was me wanting her to stay a baby longer, and part of it could have been I really didn't want to clean pee out of her clothes, car seat, and my car every time we went somewhere. So.. I was scared. I think I was as scared as she was about the change. Whenever we got home from Kentucky I promised myself, and Erik that I was going to FULL on start the process. We kept kept kept reminding her of the potty, taking her and preaching to her, and she was still having accidents. I was so bummed, stressed, and started to feel hopeless. I would just break down in tears and ask her why she didn't want to go to the potty... etc.. I know, ALL MOM'S GO THROUGH THIS. I just didn't want to MAKE her do something she absolutely didn't want to do. It hurt my feelings too... So, I decided not to push it. Erik's grandma has been with us since we got back to California and I told her that I wasn't going to stress over it anymore. So we started the reward system. I never MADE her go. I simply took her to the potty and if she said she didn't have to then I let her go play. Whenever she would go to the potty I would reward her with stickers and candy and clap my hands and everyone would ooh and ahh over how wonderful it was. After she started going more and more I put her in the big girl panties and didn't look back. It's been a complete 5* days with NO* accidents and ALL big girl panties!! 5 days may not seem like so long but I think it is WONDERFUL, and an amazing accomplishment! She is now telling me EVERY time she needs to go pee and poop in the potty! I know stressing about things and worrying does NO good. Sometimes you just need to let go, pray, and let God take it all into his hands. It's so crazy how much being a mom teaches you.... it's amazing how much my daughter teaches ME, every single day. I am so blessed. There is NOTHING to worry about because there are many people out there with so many struggles and I just need to suck it up and be the BEST mom I can be.

So for rewarding our panty wearing Princess for her new accomplishments... we took a trip to the Disney Store. Here she is with Daddy excited about her Tinker Bell and Beauty and The Beast figurines, and cool Toy Story art set:)

...and she has even started coloring inside the lines pretty well! 

We have went on MANY outings including church, the mall, and the movies TWICE with big girl panties on and NO accidents! (Let's find some wood to knock on;)!!!)

Beauty and The Beast in 3D:)

CHURCH!

...and Nana and Papa even sent her some prizes for being such a little lady:) This was in the mail the other day and we about died at how cute it all was! And Mamaw and Papaw got her a new pink cowgirl hat!!! :)

She is our sweet little bundle of joy!

...but still so rotten! (She accomplished this while I was on the phone with my cousin.)

If there is ONE thing I am certain about....

She is the reason for every smile on Mommy and Daddy's faces:)

PS. Totally random, but TRY THESE. OH MY WORD.