Farewell to Diapers

This past weekend Emma said farewell to diapers and decided to potty train. We have been blessed that our last two potty trainging experiences have been so easy, no thanks to Aaron and I.

When Dalton was 27 months he took off his diaper, got on the potty and never looked back. I think to date we have only had 3 accidents. He made us look like we had things down as parents, I was sure Emma would make us work for it.

This past Saturday Emma decided that she did not want to wear her diaper, but instead she wanted to sport the trendy thick panties.I thought she would wear them for a bit until the novelty wore off, but she had other plans. She kept her panties dry until nap time, and for her nap I put a diaper so she would not have an accident. I put her down in a diaper and walked out. When she woke up I went into her room to find that she took her diaper back off, put panties on and was dry. I thought this was totally crazy, after all she just turned two last month! I guess no one informed Emma of this because we have made it an entire week in panties.

She is so tiny that I actually had a hard time finding panties that fit. So blessed by this determined little girl, and thankful I only have one kiddo left in diapers.

Our last camping trip....

We went camping last weekend for Labor Day and it was officially our last camping trip in a tent. We have been camping for the last couple of years with two good family friends, The Burress and Hargrave family. We all started out in tents, but times are a changing, we are offically the last in our group that are still tent camping. I have never slept in a camper until this past weekend after a 20 minute storm completly flooded the ground and bottom of our tent.

Thankfully Alicia and Rusty let us crash in their camper. We had the girls in bed with us, while Jackson and Dalton shared a bed. All it took was one night, Aaron and I said we will not be camping again until we have a camper.

After the rainfall and tent drama the weekend went on as usual.The kids played in the back of the Rusty's truck bed with a rope for hours. I think Dalton stayed their all weekend. Emma was given her own soda, which is a treat. She only gets sips of soda here and there, but since we were camping we gave her a half a can of soda.

We decided to go to the look out tower and to check out the water. The big kids were able to ride their bikes from our camp sight. The rest of us piled in the car and met them over by the lake.

Halle,Jackson, Rylee,and Jadyn

 Kinley was not impressed with the watch tower. She would rather sleep in her daddy's arms.

 Emma walked around and picked flowers.

 Poor Dalton was not as lucky and got stung  by a bee. I just got a new lens so you will have to forgive my pictures. Hopefully, I will figure out how to work my camera better over the next year.

Dalton is a sweaty mess.

 We ended up going for a drive and getting some ice cream at the emporium in town. Emma did not even make it out of the park before she was out like a light. She ended up sleeping through all of the ice cream fun.

The on our way back Aaron wanted to look for future fishing spots. While we were driving around we were able to get out of the car and walk around. The boys were deep in conversation while watching all of the boats.

Where Does Time Go

I have been sitting next to Emma for about five minutes just thinking about where the time has gone. She is two and it seems like that I just bought her home from the hospital. I was one of those boy moms that said I could care less to ever have a girl. That I was fine being a boy mom, but I was so wrong. I am so thankful that God new my heart better than I did. I am so blessed and humbled that he let me experience the joys of having a sweet tender hearted girl.

Don't get me wrong I am scared to death of what my girls will be like at 15, but while I was looking at Emma rock her baby I am sure it is totally worth it. She was a blessing after a horrible, horrible pregnancy. She was my first baby to nurse and only want her mom. So much so that we did not spend a night apart for 14 months. After two highly active boys she was our calmness. So tonight I am thankful for Emma. Emma who loves babies, necklaces, shoes, singing and has the sweetest smile I have ever seen. Thankful for a God that loves me so much that he gives me the very best.

She melts my heart.