Falling in love (again)

This experience with potty training Abbie has been pleasantly surprising! Although we have a little potty I used when I was doing infant potty training with her when she was a few months old (which I still think is a fabulous idea, and I'm fully convinced that it would have worked if I would have been more persist ant...but wuddia gonna do), Matt and I decided that it would be better to put her on the big potty every time, for consistency's sake. This is really only possible because Matt is done working at UPS, so we've both been home the whole week.

Basically several times a day I sit on a folding chair across from Abbie and just hang out. I guess I hadn't realized how little time I've spent one-on-one with her since Karis was born. These times with Abbie have really made me fall in love with her again! I think for several reasons we've been functioning in survival mode as a family for a few months now, not just because we have a toddler and an infant to care for, but also because school/work have been stressful and we've been so busy preparing to move. It's been easy for me to just be a functional mom for Abbie instead of functioning + fun + affectionate, which is what I want to be for her. I love hearing her squeaky little girl voice repeating the alphabet after me and seeing the HUGE smile on her cute face when she finally pees! It's hard to believe that she's almost out of diapers.