Weekend with the cousins

Caroline's Aunt Amy, Uncle Rob and cousins Haley, Mary Pat & Madeline came to visit this past weekend. We filled the weekend with lots of activities and the girls (and adults!) had a great time. Thanks for coming to visit us!

With the fishes

Sunday we all went to the aquarium for Caroline's new friend, Sanjay's 2nd birthday outing. This was our first outing where Caroline walked by herself and for that matter, refused to hold our hands at all, which is quite a change. And she's really taken off - she's running and quite a job to keep up with at times!
Here are a few pictures from the day...

Potty Time

Caroline has become increasingly interested in the potty. I thought she was probably a little on the young side to start potty training. Then, last week when she was running a fever for several days and had no other symptoms, I took her to the pediatrician. (She's fine by the way - just a little virus that gave her fever for a few days and now is gone) The doc ruled out all the usual suspects and decided we should try to get a urine sample. I was a little worried how we would go about that exactly.

To make a long story a little shorter, they basically put a little bag inside her diaper and told me to just wait until we had some results. Well, we waited... and we waited... It had been about 20 minutes and nothing. And being the anxious patient she is, she just kept walking over to the door and saying "Bye-Bye! Bye-Bye!"

Finally in an effort to try to explain why we couldn't go bye-bye, I told her: "We can't go bye-bye until you tinkle." She gave a concentrated look and then I heard a small gush. She had done it! On command! And promptly pointed to the door saying one last emphatic "Bye-Bye!" again to remind me that we could finally go home.

Needless to say, we are now the proud owner of an Elmo potty that sits in our family room. So far it has been used as a seat to watch her favorite program (the Wiggles) and to hide small things. This will probably be slow going, but let the potty times begin!

All dolled up

We're a little behind on our posts with traveling the last two weeks - first to Nashville for my sister's wedding and then Josh and I took a trip to Seattle for a conference/adult long weekend without Caroline. The official pictures aren't available yet from the wedding, but here's one that was snapped of our family on route to the outdoor pictures before the wedding. Caroline looked so sweet in her in her little silk dress (which will probably be making more appearances at Christmas/Easter/whatever other holidays I can squeeze her into it!).

Papa's hat

In the video (check the archive on the left), witness Caroline sporting a hat in support of Papa's workplace. However, in the end she reveals her true allegiance.

First real trauma

Well, it's happened. We've had our first traumatic incident. Caroline fell and chipped one of her front teeth - pretty good too. Of course, just in time for my sister's wedding and all the pictures to last eternity! The strange thing was, she wasn't even walking when it happened - just sort of stumbled when she was hopping around like a bunny and fell tooth first on the hardwoods. It even left a little dent in the floor (something to leave behind in Cincinnati, I guess). :(
We had a quick trip to Indy to visit our pediatric dentist and got a pretty good report - but still a 30% chance she may have to have a root canal if there was damage to the tooth - yet to be determined. She must be trying really hard to follow in her daddy's footsteps as he had a root canal as a 15-month old after repeated falls and bumps too - so it runs in the family. We'll have it bonded at some point, but I'm waiting until she's a better patient at the dentist so we don't have to sedate her (not such an amiable patient at this time).


It really just looks like the gap between her front teeth has gotten bigger more than anything, I think. I don't think anyone will notice much with all that hair anyway!

Independent Ambulation

As you can see from the video above, Caroline has decided to venture into the world of unassisted walking (with a dance break sprinkled in here and there, of course).