Jaelyn went out of the house today for the first time without a pullup on during today’s trip to the library. All she had on for underware was her Elmo’s!!
After all was said and done and we got home, she was dry! The first of hopefully a winning streak.
I went to bed after 2 AM this morning after watching the 6 overtime UConn-Syracuse game. (a classic in every sense of the word). Knowing that Friday is FRIDAY at our house I knew that every minute of sleep would be golden. I got a human wake up call at 6 AM from Jaelyn and any thought of resting anymore went away with the time that was ticking on the clock.
This afternoon before nap time I told Jaelyn to put on a pull up. We’ve had too many accidents so we’ve learned it’s better to be safe than sorry. Today she did not do as I told her to do. It is my fault for not checking before nap time.
She just got up from her nap and I realized what I missed, but to my surprise she was not wet! And when I asked her to go to the potty she went in there with no accident. Progress!
It was back to StickIt today for the birthday party with family and friends. We planned on doing this months ago but did not have in mind that the time would be reversed by an hour on the same day. So we got off to a late start. But it was a better experience than Thursday. I’ll let the pictures and video tell the story.
Today was Jaelyn’s 3rd birthday. No longer a 1 or 2 year old girl but three! Talk about progress! She seems like she has been around for about ten years and has grown so much in the past year. She is now climbing out the bed, loves to take baths, washing dishes in the sink, and sort of geting the potty thing together.
She woke up this morning bright and early as usual! She knew that this was her birthday and was very excited. So I expected the good times to keep rolling. Well, we took cupcakes and juice boxes to her gymnastics class at StickIt. Her friends were very nice and decided to sing to her but Jaelyn didn’t want them to sing and made her wish clear. It was embassasing to say the least. Jayne’ and I wanted to evaporate her and ourselves. We will never forget it.
Grandpa came from MD at the end of the gymnastics time. We went around town to shop and then came back to the house to eat, lit a candle and sang happy birthday. After an exhausting and eventful day we were drained in every way.
Last night Jaelyn made history. While Jayne’ and I were watching TV downstairs, we thought we has heard her walking around upstairs. This was after she and Avery were supposed to be in their beds for the night. After we looked at each other to confirm that we had heard the same thing, I went upstairs to check things out.
When I looked up the stairway I saw that our bedroom door was closed. “Hmm” I thought to myself, I know that I did not remember the door being closed after we left leaving from putting the kinds in bed. But as I kept going up the stairs, I heard another noise that different than footsteps. It turns out that Jaelyn went into our room and was putting a video into the VCR. She turned on the TV and turned off the light in the room and closed the door shut and began to watch Dora. I knocked on the door, and let just say the ride was over.
Wow! I was not expecting that to happen for a while. She now has the ability to get up and go. We are in a new phase.
We took Jaelyn for her first skate today. She was apprehensive at first only because we later realized that her skates were the wrong size and later because the wheels were too loose. Once we got those issues adjusted she was able to walk in the skates but still a little reserved when doing the floor exercises. Needless to say, she was reserved the whole time and cried when it was time to leave. We’ll see what happens next time.
Jaelyn had a major meltdown in the store today. All because she did not want to move to a different seat in the cart. It was horrible to deal with because it was in public and she was loud as she wanted to be. Eventually she did stop, I think because other things in the store caught her attention, but this was one to remember.
Last night I tried to watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas” with Jaelyn and she was not interested at first. She said, “I don’t want to watch Charlie Brown.” Then Snoopy came skating on the screen. That changed it all. The music she loved but Snoopy was the king of the night for her. She got more and more into it as the program went along to the point that she wanted to watch more when the half hour was over. But then it was time for bedy-by!
