On our way!

My first post of the New Year starts with some very exciting news! The girls are on their way to being potty trained! We started the day after Christmas and things have been going so well. The first week, we stayed pretty close to home so the girls could get used to a routine. During the whole week, they only had a couple of accidents each. They've also been using the big potty for pee and poo with no problems. In fact, I've now put away their little potty. Who wants to clean another little potty if you don't have to, right? On New Year's Eve, we decided to venture out for the first time all week. We went out to dinner and during our 2 hours at the restaurant, I made 5 trips to the restroom (3 for Grace and 2 for Faith)! Honestly though, I didn't mind because each time, they actually had to go and we completed an evening out with no accidents! How cool is that?! Okay, seriously, I know that unless you're a parent with toddlers, it's probably not all that exciting. But to us, it's huge!

And then yesterday, after swim lessons, we decided to make an impromptu drive out to Ontario to pick up a bounce house for the girls. Yup, that's right, we are too cheap to pay for shipping. Plus, we just thought of it as a family adventure. The drive each way took a little more than an hour. After 3 stops to use the restroom, we made it all the way there and back with no accidents! In fact, it's been days since our last accident so I think we're ready to conquer the outside world. We'll start with church tomorrow and see what happens.

Looking back, I now realize that when I first tried to potty train the girls about 6 months ago, not only were they not ready, but I wasn't either! I was much more mentally prepared this time around. Six months ago, the girls didn't even care about a Princess so what made me think that they would they care if they peed on their Princess panties? Today, they like to wear their panties and they even tell me, "I don't want to pee on Belle or Ariel." What's been great is the fact that over the holidays, although Morgan has still been working from home, he's been such a great help to me. It's been way less stressful this time around.

To be quite honest, although I was fully planning to tackle potty training in the New Year, we have recently had a huge motivator in doing so as soon as possible. Recently, we booked our spring vacation to Orlando, Florida. From there, we will be going on a Disney Cruise to the Bahamas for the girls' 3rd birthday in March. Yes, it's all very exciting!! And no, we weren't planning on going on a Disney Cruise at this early age but hey, kids were FREE and we needed to use up our airline miles. Here's the thing.... on the cruise, the girls can join the Kids Club with all sorts of fun activities but only if they are potty trained! Hello?! Therein lies our motivation! We know that they would have a blast in the Kids Club and we want them to experience all great activities the cruise has to offer. Plus, Morgan and I will get to have a little free adult time as well. I'd say that's all pretty good motivation for us to be diaper free by March!

We are so proud of our big girls!