Advice, please!

OK, so several weeks ago I posted about potty training Avery. She was doing really well with it, even when went on our little vacation. She was hardly having any accidents during the day, and was keeping her pull up dry about 75% of the time at nap and about 50% of the time at night. But in the past week or two, things have taken a downhill turn. I think she has had a least one accident a day since we came back from our trip and it is totally whipping me! We can't go back to pull-ups now that she has been wearing panties for almost a month, so I am at a loss for what to do. Hopefully it is just a little regression phase and she'll get over it soon, but advice from any of you moms that have done this once or twice (or more!) would be appreciated!

On a sidenote, the rice cereal at bedtime seems to be doing the trick for Kendall. She has slept until around 5 AM all this week before waking up to eat, and last night she slept right through until 7:00! Yea! I've still been giving her the cereal in a bottle, but I think I'll try the spoon again soon, so maybe we'll snap a few pictures of that. Sorry no pictures today!

More beach pics and Father's Day

Just wanted to share a few more pictures from our Corpus Christs trip and from Father's Day today. My parents took a lot more pictures in Corpus Christi than we did and theirs turned out better than ours.

Avery and I at the aquarium

For Father's Day, my parents came over to Ft. Worth for church and then we went to eat at a BBQ place in Sundance Square downtown. Then we came back to the house and gave Scott and my Dad their cards and gifts. My parents and I (heavy on the parents part) went in together and got Scott a new grill. He was really excited about it and is already talking about going to the store later today to pick up something to grill for dinner. Lucky me-- I knew a new grill sounded like a good present :)

The Beach

Last weekend we took a trip with my family to Corpus Christi. Probably 6 months ago, Avery developed this little fascination with building "sandcastles", which were actually made of all sorts of toys and objects around the house. Ever since then, my Dad decided he wanted to take Avery to the beach. So my parents planned the trip and Avery finally got to experience the ocean and build a sandcastle on the beach. She got so excited playing in the waves and the sand along the shore. It was fun to see. We also got to go to the aquarium there while Scott, my Dad, and my brother-in-law Chris went fishing. They had a pretty good dolphin show at the aquarium that Avery really enjoyed. Then Sunday night we went to a restaurant that cooked the trout they caught-- it was delicious! Thanks so much Mom and Dad for a fun trip and for the memories! Here are a few pics from the beach. Unfortunately, they didn't turn out too well with it being cloudy and the fact that the camera wasn't too fond of the humidity. Scott and Avery watching the waves

playing in the water

Avery dancing on the shore with aunt Amy

I don't really have any pics of Kendall from the trip since she stayed inside the hotel a lot, but I do have a few from this past week that I took in honor of her turning 4 months old. She is becoming more alert and interactive everyday it seems. She also just started rolling over from back to front, which she practices just about any time I lay her down. She likes to grab her feet now and is reaching and grabbing toys too. Just in the past day or two she has started raising her head up in the car seat and trying to sit up when she's in the bouncy seat. Crazy girl! She is busy just like her sister was, that's for sure! I took her for her check up today and she was 13 lbs 5 oz (50th percentile) and 24 1/2 inches (50-75th percentile). Our pediatrician recommended starting rice cereal since she was previously sleeping until 5 or 6 before needing to be fed and is now waking up earlier in the night-- sometimes several times until i finally give up and feed her--ugh!! We tried cereal from a spoon tonight before bed but she didn't really know what to do with it, so I ended up giving it to her in a bottle. I'm doubtful that it will help, but we'll see. She is such a joy though most of the time and we are really enjoying her squeals, "talking", and laughter! happy girl trying to sit up

Wow Mom, I just rolled over!

A Fish Called Wanda

Avery and her new fish "Wanda"

Last Saturday Avery spent the day with my parents so that Scott and I could get some projects done around the house. One of the special activities that they did with her was to take her to this pet store called Pet Land that has all kinds of animals that you can actually pet, hold, and of course, buy. They let her choose a Beta fish and got this neat little do-it-yourself fish tank for it to live in. I had agreed that this was OK ahead of time since a fish requires minimal care-- I definitely do not need anything or anyone else to take care of at this point in my life! After a few different suggestions from her Daddy, Avery decided on "Wanda" for the fish's name. She is still alive-so far- and Avery is really enjoying her. I have been meaning to write this blog post for almost a week now, but we have been extra busy this past week potty-training Avery. She had already basically trained herself to go #2 in the potty, so we decided it was time to tackle the whole shebang now that school is out for a few weeks. The first 2 or 3 days she had a lot of accidents and just didn't seem to be getting it. I was discouraged and tired of cleaning up messes and washing panties and clothes, but then it was just like everything clicked and I think she has only had 2 "partial" accidents since last Wed. She is doing great with it and I am so proud of her! Yea Avery!

The story behind the bottom pic is that on the last day of school (last Thurs), Avery got this
sun visor as one of her little last-day gifts. She was playing with all the stuff she got while I was picking up the house or something. She says "Look Mommy, Kendall's wearing my hat." I go into the living room to find this. I just chuckled a little and complimented her on sharing with her sister:)