Catching up on Pictures

Here are some pictures that have been taken since we got back from the cruise. I am going to give lots of little updates just to catch up on things. Starting with Megan's first pony tail!!! Her has been growing like crazy lately and I wanted to see if I could get a pony tail in. Megan sat pretty well for the first attempt. I think it was because I said I was trying to put a pony tail in and she heard the word "tail". Now I call them "tails" and she will sit still long enough for me to put one in. But right now her hair is so fine that "tails" are an at home hairstyle, because when a tail meets the carseat...bye-bye tail!

We have been outside everyday since the cruise (rain or shine) and the other day Megan saw her "sand box" in the garage so we had to get it out. I think she thought she was on the beach again!

Whoa! Grandma Berthold took the "sand box" to the next level! At her house she has a table to put her snacks on, then a sand box and next to it a tub of water.

At first she played with the sand and water by themselves, but when we showed her how the water sinks in the sand, she was fascinated by it. Then once the sand was wet, we showed her how she could build things with it. (we never showed her this on the beaches because it was too windy or not safe enough by the water because of the many women that wanted to braid HER hair!)
Learning about boo-boo bunny. Before bed Megan, Mark and I run around the house to get the last bits of energy out, plus it's fun to hear her laugh like crazy. But as we were running around she slipped and fell into a door opening. Mark and I thought for sure there was going to be blood every where, but luckily she was far enough back that she hit the wall right above her forehead. She cried but we introduced her to boo-boo bunny and that helped. Now whenever she says "boo-boo" or falls, she pats her heads, points to the wall that she hit, then points to where boo-boo bunny sleeps.

The picture above is her reminding us of where her boo-boo was. She showed us because I was trying to stop her from chewing on a puzzle piece. I had to tell her that she was hurting the hippo and he has a boo-boo where she chewed him. When she heard "boo-boo" she wanted to get her hippo boo-boo bunny.
Showing the camera the hippos boo-boos (the hippos feet)

Holding boo-boo bunny on her hippo.

But possibly the most exciting news is that Megan is starting the wonderful adventure of potty training. The first day back from the cruise Megan said "Poopy....potty" I asked her if she wanted to sit on the potty and said "Uh-huh" and ran to the bathroom. I didn't have a potty seat so I had to hold her on the potty and she pooped like she had been going on the potty for years.

So far Megan is about 50/50 with going on the potty. She will tell us when she wants to go potty and there are only a few times when we ask her if she wants to sit on the potty. I think that is pretty good for 3 weeks of going on the potty. Now my only problem is that panties/training underwear starts at a size 2T (about 3 times bigger then Megan's bottom) So if anyone knows where to find smaller training pants, let us know!