Where has the month gone?

I can't believe it's been 3 weeks since I last posted. We've been crazy-busy this month. Josh's grandpa died a couple of weeks ago, so we headed down to SA for the funeral. Since I had been planning to take Kate down there the following week, we just moved our trip up a week and stayed. Josh came back home since he had to work. Our week in SA was fun...my mom took a couple of days off and we went to the zoo and Sea World. The kids had a blast, and it was a nice break for me too. The days that mom had to work, we got to hang out with my (not so) little brother Jon. Mom came back to Fort Worth with us on Friday, and just left yesterday. Now I'm on my own again and trying to get back in the swing of things.

Oh, and while I was gone, my house was invaded by fruit flies, YUCK! I don't know why they showed up, there was no rotten fruit, but they are tough little buggers to get rid of! I'm trying about 5 different ways to kill them right now, hopefully one of them will work!

Pics from Sea World:

I thought it would never happen....

But it's true:

KATE IS POTTY TRAINED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't even begin to tell you how much we have struggled with this over the past few months. She knew when she needed to go, knew what to do, but just flat out refused. She has serious control issues. It finally got to the point where she didn't want to go in her diaper OR in the potty. Uh, honey, you have to go somewhere! After an unfortunate incident in the McDonald's parking lot, which ended in a pair of soggy pants and a very frustrated mommy, it's like something just clicked in that little head of hers. "Oh, mommy was right, I DO have to go somewhere. Gee, it sucks having wet pants and a mad mommy...hmmm, guess I'll go on the potty now!" And that was that. Okay, maybe not quite that simple, there was still a little bribery to get her to go, but it was basically easy. This was not even a week ago, and now she's a champ. Hasn't had an accident since then.
I honestly thought this day would never come. I was convinced that my child would be the only one in her preschool class who was still wearing diapers. I promised her a few weeks ago that as soon as she started using the potty all the time that I would take her to San Antonio to go see Shamu. When I made the promise, I thought I wouldn't have to follow through with it until much later this summer. Boy did she prove me wrong. We're packing up and heading to SA in a couple of weeks....good thing we already have season passes and a free place to stay!

A picture of my big girl: