Stories from BabyHomePages.net site avaford http://www.babyhomepages.net/avaford/stories.php Mon, 15 Feb 2010 9:16:25 CST Mon, 15 Feb 2010 9:16:25 CST http://www.babyhomepages.net/avaford/baby_pics/_thumb. http://www.babyhomepages.net/avaford/stories.php 144 nbsp;February 15th, 2010~ A British man told me the other day that it was about time to update my stories. nbsp;So here goes... Well, you all know by now that our little boy, Caleb Andrew, has made his debut into the world. nbsp;He is such a cutie!! nbsp;In fact, he is pretty much identical to Ava when she was his age. nbsp;He seems to be packing on the weight a bit quicker then she did, but they still look a lot alike. nbsp;Right now, we are dealing with a bit of acid reflux wit http://www.babyhomepages.net/avaford/stories.php nbsp;October 4th, 2009~ Wow! nbsp;Where should I start? nbsp;We have a lot going on right now. nbsp;Newest for Ava is her new preschool, which she absolutely loves. nbsp;She comes home singing new songs and talking about her new friends. nbsp;Ava makes five or six paintings each day, along with many toilet paper roll structures. nbsp;It's pretty funny because she has an explanation for each of them. nbsp;She makes some of the for Mommy and others for Daddy. nbsp;We are soooo glad t http://www.babyhomepages.net/avaford/stories.php January 1st, 2009~ Happy New Year! nbsp; We brought the new year in with a potty trained Ava! nbsp; We just have problems at bedtimes still. nbsp; We may have to resort to Pull-Ups during naps and nights. nbsp; It's a bit sad since she got the daytimes down perfectly, but we don't want to have her wetting her bed every night. nbsp; So, we have some decisions to make. nbsp; Well, we hope everyone had a great New Year's Eve and that you all are excited for the year ahead. nbsp; Love to http://www.babyhomepages.net/avaford/stories.php 12/30/08 nbsp; Potty Training Day Two 11:00 p.m. Another day under our belts. nbsp; We did have more accidents today BUT we also had a good BM! nbsp; I was so happy that I was actually in tears. nbsp; She also asked quite a few times to use the potty during her bath. nbsp; I was surprised because I thought she'd just let it go in the water. nbsp; She must really be learning her body cues. nbsp; I'm soooo proud of her. nbsp; It just really seems like a huge accomplishment, one that moves her http://www.babyhomepages.net/avaford/stories.php Day Two Continued~  4:45 p.m. Ava had numerous successful potties today.  These are potties in the toilet and keeping the panties dry.  She called me twice during her nap to go potty, but did wake up with an accident.  I'm pretty sure that she had a bladder overload because she was sitting up before she had the accident.  She must've just woken up and couldn't hold it.  Since the nap, we've been to the bathroom approx. four times!  I think she's catching on that she gets a piece of candy http://www.babyhomepages.net/avaford/stories.php December 30, 2008~  Potty Training Day Two We had a wet bed last night.  She never woke up to tell me she needed to go potty either.  I'm worried that she'll just potty in her bed and not be bothered by it.  I actually slept on the floor in her room in case she woke up upset.   However, we have had a successful potty this morning.  She piddled a little bit in her panties, but we made it to the bathroom for the majority of her potty.  We're still waiting on the BM..... I got http://www.babyhomepages.net/avaford/stories.php Potty training continued, I'd have to say quot;So far, so good. quot;  We had a couple accidents, which we fully expected, but we think she is really learning that she needs to tell us when she needs to potty.  However, we have yet to have a BM, #2, poo, or what have you.  This is unusual for Ava.  I'd say she is usually pretty quot;regular quot;.  So I am expecting a big occasion tomorrow.  I'll fill you all in!! http://www.babyhomepages.net/avaford/stories.php December 29th, 2008,  10:15 a.m. I know that I have not yet updated about Christmas, which was great, and other festivities, but I feel the need to document the potty training process that we started this morning.  I actually got a book that guarantees a 3-day process.  We threw all of the diapers away this morning and now only have panties!  It's been about 45 minutes and we've had no problems, yet.  She actually doesn't seem to bothered by it at all.  The only thing I'm really worri http://www.babyhomepages.net/avaford/stories.php October 12th, 2008~ So who is in charge of updating this site?  Hhhmmm.....  Well, it seems like we've been so busy that there have been no pictures taken in quite some time.  We definately need to get on the ball. Ava is still doing great.  She has her own personality now and is starting to show some major mood swings.  But she is my daughter so what can I expect!?!?  She has started to get time-outs for her behavior.  We  hate doing it, but it seems to work for her and it's better th http://www.babyhomepages.net/avaford/stories.php August 5th Part 2~ We had an accident.  Darn it.  Mike had just asked her if she needed to potty, she said no. She sat down on our big green chair and peed.  She was really upset this time and cried.  She even said quot;I crying quot;.  It was kind of sad because it was like she was disappointed in herself.  We'll keep working on it! http://www.babyhomepages.net/avaford/stories.php