Poopy Seat

Caution: bodily functions discussed ahead!

Well, potty training is ON in the Dodge household. Emma is doing SO SO well. She is just about potty trained! We've got the pee pee part down, we are working on #2 (aka poop in our house). Emma has even been using the public restrooms! She pees as soon as I put her on the toilet. So she's definitely got the control portion of it down! I just need her to tell us WHEN she has to go more regularly. Right now, it's pretty sporadic. But as soon as I tell her it's time to go, she comes right along and produces. So I guess she is just holding it!

I would say she is pooping in the toilet 50-75% of the time. The other half is in her diaper (thank goodness not usually in her underwear...that would stink...literally). Well the rule in our house is if you go in your diaper, you have to sit on the potty (to make the connection). So when Emma sits on the potty, of course "it" gets on the seat. She thinks it's HILARIOUS, and looks at it and says "poopy seat, poo poo seat" then starts to chuckle. Silly girl.

Our Easter was nice. We had all of my family over for dinner and to hang out. Emma participated in an Easter egg hunt up at our clubhouse. She seemed to like it! (even if it was planned by 80 year olds...um, they know NOTHING about planning kids' functions)







Emma loves her bath time.




AND she loves to sing or talk...



Oh yeah, she LOVES music and dancing too! She had her FIRST ballet class the other day! Too cute.

Straight from Emma's mouth...

...to our ears! Emma says THE funniest things these days. It is not uncommon for us to look at each other and laugh hysterically while she is speaking. The best part? She starts cracking up along with us! Love it. Here are some examples:

*Tank choo rewwy much
*Nice to meet 'choo (while shaking your hand)
*How you doin?
*You gotta wait a minute! (she says this while having a meltdown)
*grrrrrrrrrrrrr (yes, she growls when she is frustrated...that might be from me...oops)
*ooh, wow...wow
*Emma wuv yooooo
*oh honey!
*You want it, drink--or whatever it is she wants (translation: I want it...she says you for I...LOL)
*That's awesome
*So cool
*How wondufu

I typed those how she says them, so just let me know if you can't decipher any! She speaks pretty clearly for her age, actually.

There are SO many others, but they escape me at the moment.

The next American Idol?? Emma's favorite thing right now seems to be singing. She also loves dancing! It is not uncommon to hear Emma singing anything she has learned or knows. She sings when she wakes up, while she is playing, when we're in the car, before her nap...you get the picture. ;) Her favorite songs include: 1,2,3,4,5 once I caught a fish alive (courtesy of Aunt Laura!), BINGO, the Little Einstein's theme song, Elmo's World, Ring Around the Rosy and many songs from music class. It's SO amazing how quickly she picks them up and spits them back out. We are all so amazed by how quickly she soaks things up. She's so much fun!

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY, EMMA!

Emma is two years old today! We celebrated her birthday on Saturday and she really enjoyed it! Our guests comprised of mostly family and a few close friends. Emma only had one little friend attend as a few others were sick or had prior plans. It worked out just fine though--we had about 20-25 people and only 5 were not family! We had a farm animal theme this year. I think Emma's favorite thing from her party was the CAKE! Her new neat and tidy cottage (playhouse) follows close behind.

Little People Farm Cake

Um, yeah...she loves cake...what can I say?Banner

Balloons

Her new house

Playing in her new house

Swimming and playing w/ her cousins

I still cannot believe she is two years old! It's amazing how much she has changed and grown...

A few days old

A few weeks old
Six months old

One year old And today!

Happy birthday peanut! WE LOVE YOU!