A Work In (Hopeful) Progress

Yesterday we officially started potty-training Ellison (for various reasons, so stop saying "You're crazy" to the computer screen). She was a willing participator, but it has been a very bumpy road. It is definitely more challenging than one would think. Last night after we put our "big girl" to bed, I started getting very teary-eyed that we're training our baby girl to be a big girl. Even though she's at the age where it's perfectly normal to do this, it comes with very mixed feelings. Just one of those things... I've never been a fan of hanging out in bathrooms, but we feel like we're on bathroom overload right now. This photo depicts Ellison's very first trip to the potty during our boot camp. Notice that beautiful little grin. I wish every potty trip was like this... ;)[December 26, 2008]