Our house from the air

A few weeks ago Matt went flying with our neighbor who has his pilot's liscense. It was a beautiful day, and he got some good pictures

Actually this is a great picture of our neighbor's house (the white one with the brown shingle garage), but our house is the gray one directly behind that (that is the back side of our house)

same picture, zoomed out view
same picture, zoomed out again

The closest bridge is the big green bridge that we cross when going to Topsham (right by the Sea Dog restaurant)

islands

vocabulary of a 19th month old

Kaylee has finally decided to share a few of her thoughts (words) with us. Here's what she's saying:

A:
B: bunny (for her stuffed bunny and all other stuffed things), boot, ball, bye-bye, baby (yesterday she pointed at Isaac and kept saying baby, baby)
C: cup, cas (coffee- maybe I drink this too much!)
D: dadda, Dutchie
E:
F:
G: go away (lovely, I know, wonder where she learned it...)
H: hi
I: Isaac (she also calls herself Isaac when she looks in the mirror...)
J: jump (she will stand at the edge of the playset and let herself fall into my arms- where is the fear?)
K:
L:
M: mease (please), mommy
N: NO! (she often says No Dutch!), ni-ni
O: open
P: potty
Q:
R:
S: shoe (one of the first words she said very clearly), side (outside), spoon
T: thank you (sort of)
U: up, uh-uh uh (for whatever she wants to have or wants to say, but can't), uh-oh, up

Dare I say....Potty Training is Complete???

So for a while I really thought Isaac would NEVER be out of diapers, but I do believe the impossile may have happened... a quick recap...

Last week Wednesday (3/26) Day 1: This was first attempt at SERIOUS potty training, and it was somewhat successful. Isaac drank like a gallon of juice and actually put something in the potty 4 or 5 times. He also put something on the floor or in his pants an equal number of times, but still it was a step in the right direction. However after setting the timer for 15 minutes all day, and cleaning up "accidents" and doing an entire load of his laundry I was less than enthusiastic about doing it all over again on Thursday....

Thursday (3/27) Day 2: The day started out on the wrong foot by my asking Isaac to sit on the potty while I took a shower. He sat, screaming and complaining the whole time. I was not as patient as I should have been, and we had to run to the store anyway, so I put him in a diaper and said we are done with potty training for this morning. When we got home I put him back in his underware, fully expecting another day like before (accidents, laundry, the timer going off every 15 min) but all of the sudden he said, "I feel something coming for the potty" and he ran and did it. He hasn't looked back since...

He has had a couple of accidents since and still wears a diaper at night, although it is usually dry in the morning, so I think we are almost all the way there (I almost don't dare type the words)

So to celebrate his accomplishment Matt and I told him we would buy him a train (Thomas). We went out yesterday to get it and when we got home he became so engrossed in playing with it that he p**ped in his pants. He said, "but I didn't want to stop playing" (with the toy we got you because you aren't doing that anymore...)

Whatever, I am not complaining, really I see this as one of most successful parenting accomplishements thus far!

Well, I guess there are some things we still need to work on....