Potty progress

Katya is making great progress in the potty training department. She is doing much better staying dry while wearing pants and shorts. She still seems to have a harder time with underwear but is doing better in them too. We have started to venture out of the house diaper-less! Last weekend at Grandpa Al's birthday celebration she went all day without a diaper. She had 2 accidents near the end of the day when she started to get tired (having missed her nap). On Saturday we went to Allen and Eryn's in the afternoon/evening and she did really great! Yesterday we went to the library and Safeway without a diaper and she also did great. It is so exciting!

She has started to take her diaper off during nap time and then cry "I have to go pee-pee!" But this is just a method of getting attention and trying to get out of napping. It is tricky but she has been doing okay after I go in and put her diaper back on her (she leaves it on for the nap). I often find her diaper-less after her nap or when she wakes up in the morning because she will take it off when she wakes up. She says, "I don't need a diaper any more!" I think she is getting to the point were she is enjoying the comfort of being without it. Nice!

She likes to be a "naky bottom" but she has to wear shorts, a long dress or pants to cover her up. We have the blinds open a lot and I think it is really important to protect her privacy. There are a lot of sickos out there and I don't want to take the chance of attracting such attention. Plus I think this is an appropriate age to start talking about keep her private parts private.

Here are a couple of sweet pictures of our beautiful girl!