Let's review the week...SO much has happened!

It was a busy week in the Williams' home.

Madison and Bella on day one of potty training.

Monday: Blain had testing going on all day in class. We officially started full-on, no turning back potty training with Madison. A couple successes and quite a few accidents, including one on the couch!

Tuesday: Blain continues all day testing, but gets home early!!! Madison loved getting the extra time to play with him...there was lots of giggles. Twice as many accidents as Monday and only one success, but the couch was spared. Sara...frusturated and realizing that 4 pairs of panties is not enough, runs to target and buys 9 more!

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: Slowly getting the hang of it. She is starting to understand the potty routine and what happens if she goes in the potty. Lots of "yipee's", clapping, a star on her chart, she gets to flush the toilet and say "bye pee pee", AND she gets one M&M!!! Friday we ended not only with a success, but she initiated it! She came up and quietly said "pee pee mommy" and I asked her if she needed to go potty, she said yes and ran to the bathroom! Very exciting!

Madison's potty chart is in the bathroom, under the light switch, across from her potty so she can see it everytime she goes in there.

A rare photo of Madison looking at me and smiling for the camera! This was right before singing "Happy Birthday" to her friend Cameron.
Saturday and Sunday: Saturday morning I had to go in for a pregnancy gluclose/diabetes test. Blain got Madison up and by the time I got home, she already had 3 successes in the potty! I think having daddy say good job and put the star on her chart was quite a motivator because she had 10 successes total that day! And for one of them, she didn't even say anything, she just pulled down her panties and ran to the bathroom! Also on Saturday, we went to a birthday party for one of Madison's friends. Although the weather wasn't the best, they played and splashed in the water, colored with sidewalk chalk and paint, and ate a wonderful bbq lunch! Sunday was just a day for hanging around the house, especially because it was SO cold out! And to top the week off...only ONE accident on Sunday and it was in her pull-up during nap time! Blain and I are so proud of her and the fact that she has done so well in only a week makes us very happy! It was a busy week, all the focus on potty training but lots of fun!

Cupcake time!