"Potty Time!"

I am new to the world of blogging so bear with me!  I have been interested in doing this for a while and did not realize how easy it was to get started.. so anyway- here I am and I am going to use this place as a sounding board to express how much I enjoy being a mommy! As a little background info for those of you who do not know me - I have a beautiful son who I adore, he will be turning two this week! Man time has flown by and we are blessed to have him in our lives.  As his second birthday approaches there is a BIG milestone that he has decided to work on- POTTY TIME! 

Last week Caleb decided that it was time to use the potty.. so stickers were purchased, charts were made and man did he just jump right into it!  I am amazed at how quickly this process has unfolded in our household.. I guess when the time is right and your child is ready it will happen!  He decided last Wednesday that he was ready and I felt like the timing was horrible because we had such a busy weekend planned and we wanted to be as consistent as possible... but we went with it!  By Friday he was in "Big Boy Underwear" a couple of hours here and there!  Friday night we went to the race in Richmond.. he stayed dry for the 1 1/2 hour trip and went potty as soon as we arrived at the race track!  He continued to use the potty during the race and stayed dry the entire evening!!  Yes, I was one proud mommy - He got to see the race cars, we were able to have a fun family night out and I managed to get in a workout from climbing the steps in the suite to take him to the bathroom 100 times! Yes-  He has already learned that the word "Potty" is a magical word that will make mommy stop what she's doing and act like a crazy nut to get him to a toilet! It also works wonders when he's not quite ready to go to bed.. but hey I'm not complaining! 

There are many other bits of info that occurred between Saturday and now that I could slap in here that involve the potty and occasional accident as he's learning but I will spare you the details..  let's fast forward to today, Monday April 30th..

Today Caleb stayed in the same pull up ALL DAY.. from the time he woke up this morning until about 5:30 this evening at which time he put on a pair of underwear that he kept DRY for about 4 hours!! We only put the pull up back on because we didn't think he was ready to wear underwear to bed yet.. My little guy is growing up, and we are so proud of him!