Monday, September 6, 2010

We are potty trained!

So glad to say that my little Alissa is potty trained now!
She loves her "princess" underwear and I think especially likes to go on the potty because she gets to pick a treat out of our cookie jar everytime she does it...so when do I stop rewarding her?!!!!Apparently, her baby is also potty trained. I usually found Alissa changing her baby's diaper for pretend, but now that she goes on the potty, I find her taking her babies in to go potty on her potty instead. It is hilarious to watch!
Tyson snapped a picture of this on Saturday. I love that every time I put Hannah down for a nap, Alissa puts her baby down too. She wraps her baby, rocks her on the ottoman while I rock Hannah, feeds her a bottle if I am feeding Hannah, tells me "My baby drank ounces." She also sings with me the songs I sing for Hannah (hannah just ignores alissa's off pitch singing.)
It is really sweet to watch and makes me realize that she is my little shadow/copycat. She watches everything I do and as a Mother, that made me so proud that she has learned such sweet and tender motherly things!

This is a typical evening ritual while I am making dinner. Alissa feeds her baby dinner. Check it out...I hope that she doesn't feed a real baby this one day- baby food of peas, tabasco sauce, and lemon juice. She gets out the same things every time...It cracks me up!
(in case you are wondering why we have so much lemon juice, we really like to make lemon bars, so I always have lots in stock!)

7 comments:

Bec and Ryan said...

wahoo! congratulations on potty training! That is a victory and I hope that you take a treat when she does because you both earned it :)

Bruce and Liss said...

Way to go Alissa! And good work Kristina! And those pics of Alissa being a little mommy are SOOOO precious!

Cheri said...

That is so cute! Alissa reminds me so much of Emma. And way to go with potty training! I hate that time of life for sure, but Alissa seems to have done it like a champ.

Sharon and John said...

What a momentous day! I am looking forward to that day myself. Congrats Alissa, way to go!

Marti said...

Yay!!!! That's always a great feeling!

Rachel said...

Your girls are beautiful Kristina! Hooray for only having one in diapers! For Cameron, the rewards seemed to loose their lure eventually. We mostly used stickers and I started only giving them to him when he asked for them.
I miss you!

kristinann said...

Great job Alissa! That is awesome! Her hair is getting so long! I love it! How is Hannah 9 months?! That's crazy! They are both precious!