18 Months: Toilets and Tantrums

Pee Pee!!

Wanted to play, instead of pose for a picture!

Its been a little over 18 months since Macie was born.  I cant believe a year and a half has FLOWN by.  Its amazing and also so unreal to see how much she has change and learned in that short amount of time.  Being a stay at home mom is one of the most rewarding things. I love being able to see ALL of her accomplishments, to be able to teach her things, see all of her expressions and hear all of her new words.  I am so very blessed to have spent so much of my time with her, when I look back at times that I was frustrated and just wanted a break, it makes me feel guilty; how could I ever want a break from such a precious little girl?  Starting this month she went back to daycare though.  However she only goes from 12pm till about 2:20 Monday- thursday.  Which is nap time, so Im lucky to still be able to spend all of her awake time with her :).  We have been potty training this month, and its going GREAT....well, when shes naked haha! She has  already peed 8 times in the potty today without me telling her to! However she has been naked all day too! I dont know how to get her to tell us everytime she needs to go pee pee when she has cloths on...she knows she can go in her diaper :-/ Shes still young so I am no where near dissapointed, just curious on how to make that transition.  Occasionally she WILL tell us when she has to go or has gone in her diaper but not as much as I would like.  However I can not express how proud a Mama I am.  How did I get SOOOO lucky with such an easy baby.  Easy/Good sleeper, Good/Nonpicky eater, Easy/Good potytainer.  Also easy to wheen off of everything else.  That means if I decide to have a next baby, that one is going to be a HEATHEN haha!  She is a little miss independent DIVA and when she doesnt get her independence...especially in puplic she likes to throw a fit!!! Which is to be expected  with kiddos! Shes a mess but when I look back on the fits I just laugh.  Shes too cute to stay mad at and Im 22 and still throw fits so who am I to blame her? Well thats just a little update on my little angel, Oh how I love to brag about HER!! :)

Trip to rusk!



Train ride at the Zoo



Lufkin Mall

Lufkin Zoo

Rusk Park

Swinging!

Wheres Macie!

Tuesday June 28th our little family got on the road about 1:40. On the drive down there we stopped at subway somewhere past dallas.  We also stopped in tyler and let Macie stretch he legs in the mall parking lot.  She had slept about an hour and a half, and the rest of the time she watched Elmo and Barney.  We got to rusk about 6:30.  My mom made us dinner, we ate, relaxed and watched tv.  That evening we had macie walking around in her diaper, and she took it off and went and sat on the potty and poo pooed with out us telling her to! About 15 minutes later she sat back on the potty and peed by herslef too! I was sooo excited.  The next morning we drove to Lufkin and went to the Zoo with my grandparents and other family members. We took a train ride around the zoo then we went and visited all the animals.  It was very hot and macie was cranky so we headed back to rusk.  We ate lunch and Macie napped.  Later that evening we went to the park, Macie loved the swing. My mom made us meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans! MMMMmmmm. Then next day we drove to palestine and went to a few stores. Later that evening we went to My Uncle Johns, we visted them and played with Macies cousin Jaelynn.  The next day we got our things packed and drove to lufkin. we got there about 4:30ish My Grandma made us a home cooked meal AND Chocolate cake! The next day we went to Old navy, then we went to the mall.  We got shakes from Chick-fil-a,Ryan and i were sharing a vanilla one and we were letting macie have some sips.  She liked ours, but she told my grandpa that she wanted a bite of his and he let her.  Her eyes got wide and she got a big smile on her face! His was chocolate, and she knew he had something better than what we had haha! Macie had a nap then we went to Mass.  After mass we went and had chineese, it was really good! I got sooo full.  My grandpa drove us around lufkin and gave us a tour.  Later that evening took a walk around the park that my grandparents live in and we let macie push her little doll stoller.  The next morning we packed our things and headed back to rusk.  We said our good-byes then got back on the road about 1:45 On the way back we didnt have to let macie out of her car seat at all! It was nice to get to spend time with all my family and Im glad they got to see macie.