Bye Bye Diapers

This is bittersweet for me! I think every mom longs for the day that they can shop the aisles of Target and NOT have to spend $40 on diapers and instead on some of their super stylish clothing! Well Ansley decided last week at the ripe old age of 21 months she is no longer wearing diapers and is going potty like a big girl on the potty. I figured it wouldn't last and I was not going to pressure her, she is not even 2 for heavens sake! But even outside of the house she asks to go potty..... Well she more or less announces that she has to pee pee and starts to drop her pants wherever she is standing. :) that led to some interesting looks at Panera a d Chucky Cheese this weekend. I am so proud of her though. Her biggest challenge is when she is playing outside she does not like stoping to go inside but if I remind her then she does great! So the bittersweetness comes when I realize my baby is not a baby anymore. She is no longer wearing diapers (except at night) and she speaks in complete sentences (3-4 words) and she yells (more or less demands) that I do not leave her room when I put her down for a nap or bedtime. She is growing up entirely too fast and that is because she idolizes her big sissy and does whatever she does. Their relationship is so loving and fun to watch. We truly are blessed! As for "big sissy".... My new favorite one liner came tonight before bath when I asked her repeatedly not to do something and she chose to ignore so I had to show her the consequences of choosing not to listen....( think stern border line loud voice) " I am THREE years old, do NOT challenge me mother!" Alrighty then.....how in the heck do I keep a straight face to that?!?! Part of me wanted to pop her, the other part of me laughed and laughed and hugged her for be so independent! If I only knew what God had in store for me in about 12 years......

Quick Update

Hi All, It seems to have taken me longer than years past to get back into the post holiday swing of things! We had an amazing Christmas having all of my family at our house. The girls were so much fun Christmas morning and needless to say, Santa was extra good to them! Quick update on our friend's baby girl, Brittany, who has cancer. She completed round 2 of chemo and her cancer marker which was originally over 200,000 was down to 1,800!!!!!! That is remarkable. The tumor shrunk 40% but the surgeons in TX who will perform the resection thought it would be an easier recovery if they did one more round of chemo to hopefully shrink it a bit more. Surgery is scheduled for January 28th (I think). Please pray for the entire family!!!! They will have to be in TX for a month and leave their older two daughters back in Tampa. Brooke & Brianna will fly to TX a few times to see Brittany, mom and dad but this still has to be incredibly hard on all of them. The recovery will be pretty hard on baby Brittany too since they will take a big chunk of her liver. All in all, I think they are happy to be going over the final hump of this disease and be on the road to recovery. All prayers are appreciated and her response to these drugs just show the power of prayer really works! Happy New year to everyone! Hopefully 2013 will be wonderful for everyone!