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Pumpkins and Trunk or Treat

The other day I bought a pumpkin so we could carve it to have one at the house. Julia was so excited and wanted to dig in and help me. She did rather well helping me pull out all the gushy, slimy insides. She was excited to see the final product. She likes to see it all lit up and turn out all the lights to see it glow. I love to see her reactions! I think she even used the word SPOOKY! To cute:)

Julia has been excited to dress up and go trunk to trunk collecting candy. We had a ward party last weekend and last night we went to my work Trunk or Treat. It was so cold but Julia didn't mind once she started getting her candy. She had a fun time last night. She was pointing at everyone asking what they were dressed up as. And she was focused on keeping her candy close and eating her pumpkin cookie. She sure did make a cute little witch this year. Thanks to mom and Amy for the help with her costume! We may hit the streets yet again Saturday night, but it depends on how cold it will be! Funny thing is she now wakes up every morning and says she wants Candy. I have to continually remind her that Candy is not for breakfast.

Fall

I love this time of year! I love to see the fall colors up in the moutains and everything changing! I love the cooler temperatures and the snow capped moutains! The holidays are upon us and I'm looking forward to them. So much to do but so worth it! I love to see Julia experiencing her world around her. She probably doesn't remember much of last years Trick or Treating , Thanksgiving, or even Santa and presents. But this year should be fun to see her experience them all over again!

Every day life with a 2 Year old

Julia working hard at the computer. Monkey see, Monkey do.....I guess. She loves to come in and type on the key board and move the mouse around. Her new thing is to come into the computer room and ask to look at "pic-ers" on the computer. We will sit and watch little videos and look through pictures we have taken.

AAAHHH.....Potty Training. Its a battle each day with its good and bad. She is doing quite well and I am surprised. We've been doing it for almost 3 weeks and she hasn't had an accident while out n about and does well staying dry at nap times. We started off with rewards like candy and stickers but have weened her off of that and now she goes in and does her business. Some days you have to remind her to go all day long and other days she stays on top of it. I'm proud of her...hope she can keep up the good work!!

This is Julia playing "airplane" with me. Loves to have me lay down and do this for quite awhile. I usually have to say my back hurts for her to give me a break. She still loves to dance when her shows come on...Diego, Dora, and George. She is so totally into Finding Nemo right now....Mermaid has taken the backseat apparently. She talks about them all day long and will sit and watch the movie over and over. The other day we went to visit Grandma Mott at work and they have a fish tank. She loves to show Grandma Nemo and Dori......Then the same day we went to visit Amy after work and they have a fish tank too.....of course she is just talking at the top her lungs....DORI, DORI...NEMO, NEMO.....oh boy. Anyway, her latest obsession!

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Potty Success!

Well we started potty training Julia on the 2nd of October. Wow I didn't realize how exhausting it was. The first day was rough and I actually fell asleep that night around 8:30pm...I was beat. Julia had the concept down but still was having accidents...but you can't blame her she just started this new process to retrain her brain! So anyway by Monday she had the peeing down and will now tell us when she has to go pee-pee and she has stayed dry for the past few days. We go in and help her and then she insists we leave until she is done. "Go, Mommy or Go, Daddy." is our que to leave her to do her business. Well I thought and I have heard that #2 comes later and takes forever for them to get that part down. We even got her a bath time Little Mermaid doll and put it up high so she could see it but it was out of reach until she went #2. And we asked my sister in Alabama to be the voice of Ariel on the phone so she could even TALK to the Little Mermaid. So we had a few accidents over the last few days BUT TODAY WAS THE DAY!!!! She said she had to go pee-pee and so I left after the insistent, GO MOMMY and then came back in to check on her.......SUCCESS!!! I was so surprised because it was so unexpected! We gave her doll and made a special phone call to Ariel. She did awesome and I hope she can keep it up. Such silly little things we get excited about but this is a milestone...a never go back moment....having your baby learning to go potty!