Happy 31 Month Birthday!

Dear Little Bobina,
You turned 31 months old today, a bit over 2 1/2! In the past couple weeks you have REALLY come into your own. You are doing great with the potty training and wearing big girl undies now....just loving the mermaid ones!

You have learned your shapes and colors in the past couple weeks and really recognize what is what. The daycare that you go too is great! You really enjoy all the things you learn and seem to be the "leader" in your class, you are becoming one of the "older" kids now. Your imagination is growing by leaps and bounds, you really have fun with anything and I love watching you pretend that your eating things. Most kids have to be told one million times not to do something or to do something, but not you! You get it the first time, so smart!

I hope that someday you will forgive me for my lack of patience, it's something that I try to work on. I do check in with myself most times, but sometimes I get overwhelmed and need to do a check and balance. It's something that I hope to teach you early on, makes you a happier person when you don't sweat the small stuff.

You will have a new cousin in about a month or so. We talk about the new baby, and I know you will be a great cousin to her.

The songs that you sing just melt my heart, really enjoy the ones about your friends, "1, 2, 3 all my friends are here with me. You sing "BAH bah black sheep and it's SO cute!

I enjoy you everyday! Keep learning and be the best person you can be!

I love you!
Love,
Mommy

The great things in life....

It's official, our little Bobina is now a potty queen! I will officially welcome her into the club tomorrow with a certificate, parade and a brand new Lexus G5 car! It's been an up and down thing for the past couple weeks and I think after today, we have finally crossed that line! After watching her yesterday on the potty at school, it hit me....we are stopping at K-mart on the way home and buying you a potty! Yes honey, mommy is a little slow.... We stood there in the baby isle looking at potties (never knew they had so many) and there is was, the "PRINCESS POTTY!" We love it, well take it and yes she will POOP in it!

Up at 7:00 am this morning and the first thing she wants to do is try out her new "potty." Well folks....from 7-10 am she went a total of FIVE times...yes FIVE times. I wondered why she was drinking so much water, just so she could watch it come out! Then at about 9:30, the biggest poop I have ever seen came out of her........not sure which is worse, changing her diaper of cleaning the potty?

One accident today, not bad for her first "full" day. I'm definitely the proudest mommy today. Now, does anyone know where the bathroom is in Costco?

Feels like yesterday...

It's been seven years and it feels like yesterday. We as a country, (those who truly care about this country) remember exactly where they were seven years ago at 8:26 am on September 11th 2001. When I sat down to bow my head this morning, I remembered each and every feeling that I had seven years ago to the date. What sadness and anger we American's were feeling. I felt for once that the hatred amongst each other had stopped for a short time. I felt that this morning for a brief second when I glanced over at a woman driving in her mini van. I'm not sure what it was, but the expression on her face reminded me of every face that I looked at on that day. We must remember how to come together and be with each other, not against each other.

Let us pray for all the families and soldiers who have lived the American dream.