Noel is potty-trained!

I was unsure how to go about this whole potty-training thing.

In the past, Noel has been quite clear that she was NOT interested in doing ANYTHING on the potty.

Thankfully, Dana and Jeff got us a potty-training kit for Christmas. It included charts, and stickers, and activities for her to do while sitting on the potty.

We started out giving stickers for ANY effort at all. Did she try to go? Sticker! Did she try to pull her pants down? Sticker!

After several days, she was doing SO well. On her first dry day, we got her a big My Little Pony mylar balloon. We promised her that when she finally had it down, we would get her a special toy.

One week later, after NO accidents and also some progress on using public toilets, we took her to the store to pick out her "special toy". She ended up choosing an Ice Cream Shoppe Play-doh station.

She hasn't faltered since, and is doing WONDERFULLY. No more diapers! Hooray!

We're so proud her :)

"Play with me, Kitty!"

Noel has finally mastered picking up the cat.

Unfortunately for the kitty, that means she gets to spend a lot of one-on-one time in Noel's room.

Nannie/Poppy/Dana time

I realize I am a couple of months behind on this thing, but I will try to catch up as swiftly as possible ;-)

My picture-taking has slowed down enormously, and our video-taking has completely stopped due to our SD card on that camera being completely full. We will have a solution for that soon, so I promise to take some videos when I can. Noel has been singing a LOT and I don't want to miss that!

The first week of March, Noel and I headed to Roanoke to spend time with family. Tim had coast guard training in South Carolina, and we didn't want to be home alone for two weeks!

My sister came up, and we mostly relaxed and spent time together. I took Noel's bike down also, so that she could really let 'er loose on their dead-end road. She LOVED having so much space to ride.

We also were able to catch up with Katie (baby Zoee) and Kafi (baby Zoe). It's so strange having two friends with children that share a name! Both of them are adorable beyond words, and such good babies! Noel LOVES babies, and lavished both of them with many hugs and kisses.

A quick nap on the couch.

At Walrond Park. She was invited to go on a ride! Guess
what she is getting for her birthday...:)

Baby Zoee

Baby Zoe

Bike ridin'!