Leah's Half-Birthday

Today Leah turned two and a half years old! It is her half-birthday and we celebrated her 2.5 year milestone with cupcakes!

My little girl is growing up so fast. I am so proud of her. She is such a smart little girl and she has the biggest personality. Leah is so witty and makes us laugh with some of the things that come out of her mouth. By the way she talks, you would never guess she is only 2 1/2. She knows all of her colors and shapes and loves to do any type of art project (luckily she gets to do a lot of them at daycare).

She loves all animals and says when she grows up, she wants to be an animal doctor. She's been a great big sister to her little brother Mason. She has a big heart and loves her friends and family. She is definitely a daddy's girl!

We are still working on the potty training 'business.' We bought her a little potty, a seat for the big potty, a sticker chart to reward her for her progress and a book about going potty, but nothing has really worked yet.

 

I know she is smart enough to tackle it, but I don't think she is mentally ready. She tells me she has to go after the fact. I've read a handful of blogs about 'how' to go about the potty training (http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2012/05/how-i-potty-trained-my-daughter-in-3.html). One of them suggested just putting her in underwear and see what happens. The thought is that after a few accidents, she would figure out that she doesn't want to be wet and will want to go on the toilet. This method did not work for us. After 5 accidents, she was so upset and was insistent that she wanted her diaper back on. She hates not wearing pants and cried until we put them back on. When she is ready, we will try again. My daycare said she is willing to work with her too, which is great! She'll get it!

Overall,  Leah has brought us so much joy and we can't imagine life without her. Happy half-birthday sweet girl!