Potty Training and Big Girl Undies

We are so very proud of Emily. She is doing an amazing job at potty training. This whole week has been a wonderful success and such a relief. I had braces myself for a large drawn out fight ending in her going off to college in pull-ups. :) Emily is our stubborn girl. Well thinking about it they both are. They both have our fight to the death genes. Emily is hard to move from one stage of her life to the next. She only walked because Chris made her, and once she did walk she was the happiest thing ever. She didn't want to sit on the potty when we started, but once we got her over the stubborn part she's been such a wonderful surprise in going mostly all by herself. We've had her happily go poop and potty time and time again each day. There are some accidents, but we celebrate the successes and carry on with life in the accidents. She is SO proud of herself and so excited to be wearing big girl undies just like her big sister. You can see the pride radiating in her face as she runs to get hugs and baby M&M's.

I'm so excited that this is another way that Chris and I can work together as a team and triumph as a family. We are instilling in our daughters a pride for an accomplishment well done, and they are learning that it's ok when we make mistakes. No big deal, we clean up and go on with life. I hope that this pride and these lessons being learned at such a young age can continue to translated into their lives as they grow and mature and their challenges grow bigger an harder. I pray that they will continue to grow to be confident and strong young ladies. Their strong wills and stubbornness were given to them by God. I hope that it can be trained to be used for His kingdom and His glory.

Just thought you might like to celebrate with us in this week of triumph. It's a little bittersweet though moving into a new stage of life. This means my last baby is growing up. My hands and heart must continue to loosen it's grip on them. That is what is right an proper, to slowly let them go as they grow. Training them with the right life qualities and tools to do it on their own one day. To take those tools and show the next generation how to live and love God to the fullest of their ability.