Children grow up so fast...................but some days it seems like they are not growing fast enough. Eve and Jack are sprouting and becoming their own persons and it feels like it is happening so quickly. Every time I blink they are different. Sammy is still small but he is smart as a whip. He can do anything he puts his mind to ( including, but not limited to, learning how to unlock all of the child locks even if it means he has to break them ). He is just out growing the environment we have put him in. But, then there is Abigail........... the cutest, most precious, the smartest and most unbelievably stubborn child out of the bunch.
Abigail turned 3 on Friday. She had been waiting for her birthday ever since Eve had hers and she saw what it entailed. Every morning for a month she would wake up and say it was her birthday today and mommy needed to get her cake and presents and that we needed to go to Chuck-E-Cheese. She was so excited! So, I thought I would use this as an opportunity to show her what it meant to be a "BIG" girl and really start to push the whole "using the potty thing" (something she has absolutely refused to do before). I told her that Eve was a big girl and since Eve used the potty then Abby should try to also. Eve had a birthday and Abby was having a birthday and that meant she was growing up like Eve and that if she used the potty then she would be able to wear "big girl" panties like Eve (you know, all the things one might try to say to make the stubborn child comply and make them feel like it was their decision). Unfortunately, it seems to have backfired on me, at least for now..................Abby was doing a great job potty training. She was telling me every time and had not had any accidents but for some reason, after her birthday she decided she was done with the potty and I could not convince her otherwise. She would not tell me when she had to go but instead, when mommy was otherwise distracted, she would go and get a pull-up (which we still have for night time anyway) and put it on herself and go in the pull-up. She has decided that she won't go even if mommy makes her sit there and watches and she doesn't want Eve to help her either. So rather than pulling out my hair I am giving it a rest for awhile (about a week) and then we will resume. I think that she thought that if she was a big girl, she would be able to have a birthday and now that it is over, she has nothing to prove to anyone..............Especially not mommy.................
Anyway, here are some pics of the big day...........Mommy loves you very much Abigail!!! Happy Birthday my "BIG" 3 year old.............
