TwinkleToes is thrilled with her new independence in the pool. When we first put them on her she was very unsteady and needed me to hold her. I was holding her around the rib cage and she was holding onto my arms. Within an hour she was pushing my hand away when I tried to [...]

Everyone slept through the night last night!!! TwinkleToes woke up when I did this morning though, which made things a bit interesting. Usually I get up and do my hair and makeup and get dressed and then wake the girls and get them ready. No such luck this morning. I put my makeup on with [...]

TwinkleToes went doo-doo in the potty twice today!!!! The first time I got a phone call at work to tell me she had asked (sign language) to sit on the potty and she proceeded to make a nice deposit. The second time was after dinner tonight. She signed potty, I took her diaper off and [...]

Some of GlitterGirl’s old 2t panties will stay up on TwinkleToes. I won’t go so far as to say they fit, they are very baggy, but they do stay up. And that’s all that’s really needed. GlitterGirl thinks she is such a big girl wearing panties. When she wants to, that is. Some days she [...]

TwinkleToes was inconsolable. Just before breakfast she started crying and I figured food would fix things. She barely stopped crying to eat. She was just on the brink of tears the whole time. I couldn’t figure out what was wrong. When breakfast was over, more tears. Not a fit, just tears. Here is our conversation. [...]

TwinkleToes went Pee Pee in the Potty!!!!! And she is soooo proud of herself. She points to the potty and claps her hands and waves her arms around in the air when you talk about it. Anyone know where I can buy some 6 month sized panties?

I asked TwinkleToes if she wanted to sit on the potty. She signed that no, she did not. I asked her if she was sure, she gave me a look that said “did you not just see me tell you that I do not?”. Well, okay then. About an hour later I saw her looking [...]

GlitterGirl starting doing number two in the potty around 17 or 18 months old, and within another three or four months was going pee pee in the potty almost all of the time as well. She was in panties on her second birthday. I am not trying to compare the two girls, but I also [...]

We go to professionals to get their help, but it’s important to not just do as they say. For example, a speech therapist is there to help with speech, and they will tell you what to do that will help your child be able to talk and chew and swallow. But you have to think [...]

I started a blog on Blogger long ago to talk about more personal things. I’ve pulled many of those posts over here and closed that blog. The blogger blog was called “At Last…A Family”, but I really wanted my personal blog to just be about my girls. Not about my adopted girls. Yes, they were [...]