Potty Training

Well, training is well underway. Helps that it started while I was away on our holiday :P

Apparently Kaitlyn is much better behaved at the babysitter's than she is at home. I generally have her in pull-ups during the day but still a diaper at night. (The diaper at night is mostly because of her ear infection/cold so she is drinking extra and waking up at night more than usual. Still, she's more often than not making it through the entire night dry and goes potty in the morning.) When she's at home, I will try to put her on the potty when I think about it, but generally she goes and then tells me she's wet. During the day at Krista's, she lasts in the same pull-up all day without accidents, so basically she's getting away with mommy being a sucker at home.

Last weekend I bought her a package of Dora underwear which she is very excited about. Well today she decided she wants to wear them and does not want the pull-up. I warned her, she has to tell me and has to use the potty and she agreed. So we shall see where this goes! I really hate cleaning up messes!!

Cruise Pictures

So we have been home now for just about a week. Ryan just left for church and I am going to try and nap Kaitlyn as soon as this post is done as we are heading to Mom and Dad's for dinner with the entire family for Jaco, Rebecca's and my birthday. Life is slowly returning to normal. We're both back at work and getting back into routine. Kaitlyn was a little sick this week, but besides a nasty cough that's lingering, seems to be on the mend. Ryan had his final interview for sheriffs and we are hoping to hear something within the next 2 weeks.

The cruise was great. It was wonderful to get away for a while, know Kaitlyn was well taken care of so we didn't need to worry about her, and just spend some time alone and with my family. We saw some unbelievable beaches, had some incredible food, and just relaxed. We even managed to get to the incredible gym they have onboard a few times, which resulted in me first having gained 3 pounds on the cruise, but even that is gone now.

Anyway, here are a few more pics from our incredible vacation. If you want to see more, they're available on Facebook where I have 3 albums full (you just have to be my friend to see them).

Formal Night #1 (wearing my Grade 12 grad dress!):


Karaoke where we spent most of our evenings:


The incredible beach in Antigua:


Formal night #2 (stolen from Andrea :):

We're Home!

Just a quick note we made it home safe and sound after a wonderful holiday. Had a fabulous time with unbelievable beaches and food. I'm still sorting through all my pictures and hopefully will have some more up before the week's end! Oh, and as an extra bonus, Kaitlyn seems to be potty trained! Last night she let me know she had to go, I parked her with a book, and go she did! I think I'm more excited about that than it being my birthday today!