{Our Big Girl Anna!}

She did it!!!  After trying on and off, I think it is finally safe to say Anna is potty trained during the day.  She still gets a diaper for naps and bedtime, but it looks like we are good to do during the day.  Anna showed interest in using the toilet early on, well over a year ago, however it never really turned into anything.  Being pregnant with Everly and knowing the big adjustment it would be on Anna, we just didn’t push it.  The last thing I wanted to happen was to think we had trained her and then she reverted back once the Everly arrived.  Then like a month or so ago, she asked to wear panties so we tried to start again, but after multiple accidents it was clear it just hadn’t clicked yet.

Then, two weeks ago Friday, we were at my parents for dinner.  She had a very wet diaper and was wearing a dress and we were outside.  I took her diaper off and let her go free for awhile.  To be honest, I totally forgot to put a diaper back on her.  Well, a little while later she came to me and said she had to go potty, so we did…and then a little while later she said it again, and we did.  That night I would say she came to us 5 different times and said she had to go, we would take her, and she did.  It was clear it had clicked!!!  (This would so happen too, because earlier that day I had gone to Target and bought 2 92 count boxes of diapers for her!)  So from then on, every morning when she gets up we take her diaper off, take her to the potty and put on panties.  We had a few accidents early on, but they are fewer and farther in between.  I was so proud of her the other night; we went downtown to watch the fireworks and before going up to my dad’s office we walked around for a little bit so I put a diaper on her, not being sure where the closest available bathroom would be if she had to go.  I totally forgot about it and then 2 hours later, we were up at my dad’s office and she said she had to go potty so my mom took her….AND HER DIAPER WAS DRY!  Way to go Annas!  We are all so proud of you!  You have very quickly gone from a little toddler to one beautiful little girl - lots of love and kisses Anna!!!