Making progress

I've not been very good at this blogging thing lately. I find myself not thinking about it at all for a week or more, and then I wonder, what do I have to say to the masses who read here? :)

Life is just... life. Some days, like yesterday, Lilly was a holy terror. We had fits and "No!" and "Mine!" and general whining and tantrums more times than I could count. Today, thank the Lord, she has been angelic. (God knew mama could only take so much.) We went to lunch with my mom after music class and she ate like a horse, declaring everything "delicious," "so good," and "juicy" (even the carrotts were juicy, go figure). She stayed in her seat until we were done, asked politely to go see the games, sweetly obeyed when it was time to leave, and has been napping without a peep for the past 2 hours.

We have made some serious progress in the potty department recently! Out of the blue, while we were out one day, Lilly decided to start using the potty. She still has plenty of accidents but doesn't resist trying on the potty, for which I am so thankful! Most of the time when she tries, she goes. We've gone back to the sticker and an M&M as a reward for pee-pee in the potty, and I've promised ice-cream for poop in the potty, but no go as of yet. According to Lilly, she "can't do it." I'm hoping the promise of ice-cream will at some point sway her to at least try. In the meantime, I am thrilled for all of the successes she's having on the potty and am encouraged that this WILL be the Summer Of The Potty at the Trevino house.

Hooray!