Big Girls!

Well in the span of 24 hours, both Elle and Mae have taken monumental steps. Monday night (1/7) Elle came to me while I was feeding Mae and said "poopies". I thought she was just wanting me to change her, but I just had and knew there wasn't anything to change. So I asked her if she wanted to try in the bathroom and she said "yeah" and ran toward it. After awhile, I thought we'd have another failed attempt, but all of a sudden she did it. Now, I know this is utterly gross to some people (thus the "censored" photo), but to mothers, it's one of the best days of our life. Especially when you're changing two sets of diapers all the time! I know we still have a LONG way to go (she hasn't done it since), but for a 22 month-old, I'm pretty impressed.

Then yesterday (Tuesday 1/8), I was giving horsey rides to the three older kids while Mae laid on a blanket about 5 feet away. After everyone had had a turn, I look over and there's Mae on her belly looking at us! I squealed to the kids that she had rolled over and they said "Yea Mae!" and Mae smiled. First, I was so sad I missed it, but so excited too. Of course I spent the next hour with the video camera waiting to catch it on film and she didn't do it again, but we'll get it one of these days.