No more diapers

So, I have been working on potty training Victoria for the last 4 months but not being consistent. I would do it for 1/2 a day once ro twice a week and then I did nothing for about 1.5 months after Elizabeth was born. Last Sunday I decided with the help of Victoria that we were done with diapers. She has been in panties ever since and she even pooped on the potty the first day. She does not wear a diaper for nap and I will do night training in the next few months. She wakes up dry from the night and tells me that she has to go. That is the cool part, I don't have to ask her if she needs to go, she tells me that she has to go. It is so wonderful to have such a big girl. We sure love our girls a lot. We had family pictures taken yesterday and that was not fun. Victoria had been up since 6am and she was a bear when we got there. So, we did not get a lot of good pictures but you do what you can with what you have. I have updated the pictures on the side.

Thanksgiving Tag

I have been tagged so here it goes.

8 People I am thankful for:
Louis, Victoria, Elizabeth, My mom, Jody, Kari, Heather, Hercules

8 Things I am thankful for:

8 Songs I am thankful for:
Your Gonna Miss This, Butterfly Kisses, My Little Girl, If I Could, Miracle, I Knew I Loved You,
Forever and Always

8 Smells I am thankful for:
Louis' sweat, the girls after they wake up in the morning, rain, laundry being done, cookies being baked, fresh cut grass, McDonald's french fries, new plastic

8 Memories I am thankful I will never forget:
April 29, 2006-test positive, Jan 2, 2007-Victoria was born, Jan 13, 2008-test positive, Sept 16, 2008-Elizabeth was born, June 29, 1999- got married, the day my mom quit smoking, Hercules getting hit by a BIG truck, Disneyland with my husband

8 Things I am thankful for that I know:
God loves me, my husband loves me, my girls love me, I am healthy, my mom loves me, I can be a mother to two girls, my friend Kari will always be there for me, I can start over tomorrow

8 foods I am thankful for:
McDonald's french fries, Tillamook Cheese, Milk, Chocolate ice cream, Capn' crunch cereal, fruit, Chocolate cake with raspberry filling, Twinkies

8 Places I am thankful for:
Home, Oregon, Disneyland, DisneyWorld, Hawaii (someday), Europe (someday), My bed, Movie theaters

Backyard fun work

We have been busy trying to get our backyard finally done. This fall we are working on laying our brick walkway. Victoria likes to help us with the work and she makes it a lot of fun and sometimes a lot more work. She dropped her hammer on my fingers twice and it hurt so badly. I hope that you enjoy the photos and videos. I will have to post the other video later because Blogger won't let me download them both.

Louis digging in the dirt



Victoria watching her Papa dig



The bricks we have laid so far


Victoria going with Papa to get Mommy bricks

Our little singer

Victoria loves to sing to her babies. She sings Twinkle Twinkel little star all the time but when I try to record her she whispers it but today she sang a little of it for me. Pause the music below to hear her sing.

Elizabeth cooing and smiling

Here is the Video that I promised. Pause the music on the bottom of the page to hear her.

2 months old

EDElizabeth had her 2 month check-up yesterday. She weighs 12.8lbs and 23.5 inches long. She has gained 3lbs in 6 weeks and 1.5 inches in 6 weeks. She is so healthy and such a good little baby. She got 3 shots yesterday and she did really well. She did not cry with the 1st shot, cried a little with the 2nd and then she cried more with the 3rd. She only cried for a few minutes and then she was done. Last night was hard because she was in pain with her legs. She would wake up crying. She did not nurse a lot yesterday and last night because she is in pain and tired. We had a 4th year resident with our Dr and he was nice. He said that she could sleep through the night if we wanted her to without nursing her. But I will not do that, if she wakes up and wants to eat than I will nurse her. She slept in our bed last night and she was so hot. She feels better today temperature wise but she is still a little fussy. After she got her shots, Victoria was kissing her and telling her it is OK. It was so cute and adorable. I took a video of Elizabeth cooing and smiling. She does it all the time and has been for a while now. She is growing up so fast and it is sad. We bought a fire pit yesterday and Victoria had her first weenie and marshmallow roast. I gave her a smore and she took the chocolate out of it and ate that and gave the rest to Hercules. It was funny because it was stuck to her fingers and she could not get it off. Here are so pictures of Elizabeth and her video. I have also put in a picture of Victoria in her Chinese outfit her Aunt and Uncle bought her. The Internet so slow and I will post the video later.