Summer is Already Over!

Well, summer vacation has come to an end already.

Leila has learned to sleep in a toddler bed and does wonderful.  She always calls for mom or dad when she wakes up and has never gotten out of bed before we come in her room.

She is also awake potty trained!  She still sleeps in a diaper for nap and bedtime but does great the rest of the day.  We started the process with m&ms but that ended in us going potty every 5 minutes so we made a potty chart.  When Leila pooped she got a sucker and when she filled a row on the potty chart she got to go to the dollar store or the Target dollar bins and pick out a new toy.  Before the chart was even full she lost interest in the suckers and putting up a new sticker.

Leila still has her pacis but we are making a little progress.  Not long ago she dropped one in the potty.  It sat on the counter for a week before I put it in the tinted cup that was on the counter.  Her little eyes spotted it right away but we kept telling her it was icky because it fell in the potty.  A few days later Chad was giving the dog a bath with Leilas help and she wanted to dump water on the dog with the cup that had the paci in it.  Chad told her she had to throw the paci away if she wanted to help because that paci was dirty.  She was hesitant but finally did it.  After the bath she came out of the bathroom and said "Mommy come see."  I went in and she pointed to the trash.  She was proud of herself and has not mentioned it since.  She still has two left and anytime we say we should throw them away or give them away she cries.

Gavin is getting to be such a little man!  He started walking more than crawling by the middle on June.  He says dada, mama, pupu (puppy), ba (ball), all done, all gone, night night, du (duck) and pa (grandpa).  There is a lot of other gibberish in there but nothing that I can make out.  He waves when we ask him to say hi and loves waving to the cars that go by when we take a walk.  He has the most adorable smile!  He turned 1 on August 5th!!!  He finally started sleeping better and only waking once for a paci and goes right back to sleep.  Naps are usually 2.5 - 3 hours long!  He loves Leila.  He loves going outside and gets upset when Daddy takes Leila out after dinner and not him. He loves playing outside but everything goes in his mouth so it's hard to actually take him out.  And best of all...he is a mamas boy :)