No more diapers!!

I can't believe it, Maggie has potty trained (except for nap and bedtime...but that will come!). I started three days ago when she said "Potty Mommy!" and THEN she looked down at her pullup and peed in it. She then proceeded to take it off and get herself a new one. I thought to myself...'she's ready!'.

She has gone all three days now without an accident at all...I think this is the FIRST potty training kiddo I've had that has NEVER had an accident while in the training process (knock on wood). She even survived a trip to Sam's Club with me yesterday, and all morning at church sans diaper and had no accidents. I'm declaring victory!

This also happens to coincide with me running out of pullups, but hey, we all need a little push once in a while :)

She still insists on a treat every time she goes, but she's even doing much of the initiating. I make her go before bed and before we leave the house, but other than that I'm leaving it up to her, and she's doing fantastic!

I also realized that I tend to live in the "Won't it be nice..." mindset. You know..."Won't it be nice when I'm not getting up in the middle of the night with kids anymore...", "Won't it be nice when we're done with diapers...", "Won't it be nice when the kids are able to do more for themselves...", etc.

The fact of the matter is, I'm suddenly looking back and realizing...WOW...I'm not up in the middle of the night anymore (and I don't even remember really how it happened!), the kids ARE doing more for themselves, and guess what...I AM done with diapers! It's nostalgic looking back, not that I miss getting woken up in the middle of the night by a screaming baby...but those moments were sweet too.

I'm realizing it is all going by so fast...SO FAST. I'm doing the best I can to cherish the moments, but that won't stop them from passing just like they all do. Here's a blog post by a woman that is an AMAZING read...it says EXACTLY what I've been trying to say for years but couldn't find the words. She says it so perfectly, http://momastery.com/blog/2012/01/04/2011-lesson-2-dont-carpe-diem/. I love the sweet moments of motherhood...but that doesn't mean I have to love every moment in the trenches. I think it makes the sweet moments that much sweeter....