September 23, 2007

• Fun Times

  Today we were able to finally meet some friends of friends.  Greg, Nancy and their children are amazing!!  We greatly enjoyed our time of fellowship with them.  Noelle was a little star since the children and parents absolutely adore babies.  Such a little ham!  She seemed to love being passed around from person to person.  Here she is being held by one of Nancy’s several beautiful daughters.

  

  Nancy was SUCH an incredible encouragement to me as a young Mom.  Her obvious love and passion for her children was touching and humbling to witness.  Rarely have I ever met a Mom more willing to sacrifice herself in so many ways for the benefit and health of her children. In spite of some circumstances that would have absolutely broken and devastated most women she is a sweet spirited example of joy and perseverance in the midst of trials.  She is a very special lady and I am honored to have been able to spend time with her.
   
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  As a follow up to the Potty Time post for clarification purposes.

  1) I am probably the worlds most inconsistent person.  My purpose in giving Noelle time on her little potty is simply to make the initial connection between the potty and what it is to be used for.  I don’t have the time, patience, structure and discipline to do the No Diapers thing 100%!!  My hat is off to any of you that are able to do it.  I think it’s a wonderful thing but takes far more consistency than I am personally capable of with our current life style. 

  2)  I have no expectations of being able to do this with subsequent children.  Who knows? I might end up shocking myself and doing it with the next baby, but if our lives are even a smidgen busier there is no way it’ll ever happen.  And I am totally Ok with that.  I have a full understanding that things change when you have 2 children, and change even more with 3 and so on.  My personal theory is that after Baby three or four (depending on the age range between them) it gets a wee bit easier on some levels because you have more hands available to help, but time will show me if my theory actually holds water in real life.  I am doing this with Noelle because I CAN.  Won’t be beating myself up, or feeling guilty if it doesn’t work out with any other kids.  It’s been a fun experiment and to be honest I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how little effort it takes to do something like this.  We’ll see if it pays off when it comes time to potty train her for real in a year or so. 

  3) I have more cute pictures and needed an excuse to post them…Hence the continuation of the subject with clarifications. 

  She has a hard time with this book because it’s so big it’s hard for her little hands to hold up.  Much less get the pages open!  Normally I sit beside her and read this one out loud to her.
  

  Just had to post this picture because it highlights her little Alfalfa Sprout tuft of hair on the top of her (mostly) bald little baby noggin!   You might have to look closely…Right in the middle, Yup. The part that is standing on end.
  

  Someone mentioned tonight that the poor babe is going to need counseling when she gets old enough to realize that her Mom has plastered pictures of her potty process on-line for all the world to see.  I hereby solemnly vow to go back and hide these posts when she gets old enough to know and care.  Y’all remind me Ok?  Cuz at the pace that I’m currently losing brain cells I am likely to totally forget this solemn promise until after it’s too late and Noelle is scarred for life. 

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