I think that I am getting a lot closer to having some real success with Joe's potty training. We were really having a hard time, and I was just about ready to quit and try again later. But a few weeks ago when Ryan was sick, he left our bedroom to barf and he couldn't stop long enough to put the baby gate back on our door. Well, Joey hopped up and ran into my room, where we kept a little potty.

You know, that way she could go when she had to, even if someone was in the bathroom? Well, that day, she went in there, pulled her pull-up down, and went. By herself! Without my help at all! Like a 'big girl'!

So we decided to just go ahead and put that potty in the bathroom and let her do it on her own. Now ...

She is in panties all day if we are just staying at home! I still put pull-ups on her when she is going to bed, or whenever we are leaving the house. But yesterday, I thought, "What the hell?" I went ahead and left her in her panties while we went out. We went to the light company and paid them. We went to the cable company and paid them. We went to get gas and make a potty stop ... still dry, and she went.

Then we went to the grocery store ... we did all of our shopping which takes FOREVER when I let Ryan come. I swear when I go alone, or even with Joey, I am in and out in thirty minutes. When we all go? Two hours.

But I digress ... Anyway we did all of our shopping, and while Ryan stood in checkout, I took Jo to the potty again. She did great, still dry and she went. You should have seen me ... so proud of my little one that I could've cried! Then ... we went to dinner ... and she still did good! All the way home. Yesterday was the first full day without ONE SINGLE accident!

Oh my Gosh I was so happy!

Today, she went to her first "friend's" third birthday party, and she pee'd herself out of three outfits. Good days and bad days, right? We are going to keep trying! Nothing is going to kill the excitement I've got from yesterday ... Like I'm finally getting somewhere!

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On another note ... the book thing is back on ... kinda. He finally ended up sending something back to my Prologue reply, but it was because I was really down and he happened to say something about emails at the just the perfect moment, and I said something. I think that he'd asked me to email him something and I'd said, "No, you won't answer it anyway." He knew exactly what I was talking about, and then he replied to me. I didn't have anything really to say back that time, because I was upset that I had to say something to get him moving.

But I went ahead and sent him the next chapter ... Chapter One. This was the day before yesterday, and as yet, I have no reply. It's okay for now though, because it was a really long one. I was going to separate the first chapter into sections because it was so long, but he said it was okay and for me to just send it all. But I did and now ... nothing. I will wait and see what happens, but I am not going to mention this one at all, and when it comes up due, I will turn the book in and not say another word about it.

But if this goes nowhere, with him knowing how important it is to me and how excited I was about doing it together ... I don't know where we will go together as a couple ...