Back on track?

Yeah, so I really want to post on here more often. Especially about things that Heidi says and does. It is pretty much my only way of documenting her life thus far. I am hoping to actually work on her baby book soon. I'll let you know how that goes.

It's late and I just figured out how to get my background back to normal so I won't write a lot tonight. I will, however, leave you with one funny thing that Heidi did yesterday.

We are working really hard on potty training this week. I decided after our vacation week I would start up again and really stick to it. I think she is much more ready now so it is just a matter of time until she will get used to it. She has really only had a few accidents so that is good. I have been setting my phone alarm every 30 minutes to take her to the potty so she can get used to doing it often until she starts doing it on her own. It has worked out pretty well for the most part. Of course she is usually in the middle of playing, watching a video, or just doing something else that she would rather be doing than going potty. So, a lot of times I have to tell her to put down the toys or things that she has before she goes into the bathroom. Here is how our conversation went yesterday:

Mommy: "Heidi, put that down and come in the bathroom."
Heidi: Giving me a look I give her all the time (cocking her head with eyebrows up)... "Can you ask nicely?"
M: Trying not to laugh... "Can you please put that down and come in the bathroom?"
H: "Oh, ok, you asked nicely! Ok, I'm coming!" and she put her toy down and came.

I think she has heard this just a few times from us.... ha ha ha

But seriously... she had a good point. If we always ask her to ask nicely or politely then I guess it wouldn't hurt for us to ask her nicely... :)