New Year, New Blog!

Happy New Year! A brand new blog for 2009! We had such a great 2008, and are excited to see what the new year brings.

To start the new year off right, we started potty training Mackenzie this week. She has had no interest in using the potty, and we didn't push since she didn't have to go school. But with the new baby coming, and knowing that she's definitely smart enough to figure it out, we decided this week would be perfect--all the Christmas celebrations were over, and Jon and I had some days off so we could tackle her together. We started on Tuesday. When Jon got off work, he met me at my office and took Mackenzie home for her nap. After nap-time, Jon showed her that all her diapers were gone and let her pick out a pair of panties. About an hour later, she came up to Jon and told him she needed to go, and lo and behold, she went!!! No accidents on Tuesday. She did go #2 on Wednesday in the potty, which surprised me. Today, Thursday, no accidents, and she even went out to Target and McDonalds. (So, only 1 accident since Tuesday!) We are so proud of her, and believe me, she is very proud of herself.