A Day of 2 Firsts!

Yesterday was a day of "2-Firsts!"

Emily had been up all night on Sunday night, tossing and stirring and coughing. She ended up sleeping with us; after the third time of getting up and calming her down so she would go back to sleep we just decided it would be easier for all of us if she just slept with us for the night. Well, as a result, NONE OF US got any sleep.

So, Emily went to the doctor the next morning. The poor thing has her first Ear Infection. Chris took her to the doctor and she, of course, cried and fussed the whole time they were there. Afterwards he took her to get a Happy Meal and then she took a nap; she stayed home from school Monday. When I got home from work in the afternoon she seemed to be in good spirits, and with the exception of the cough, appeared to be just fine.

I left for work today and both of them were still sleeping. (Chris stayed home from work on Tuesday because ,he too, is now sick.)

So...Emily's "other first" on Monday.

SHE WENT POTTY ON THE TOILET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She stopped me in the middle of dinner and said "mommy poo-poo." So, we got up to go to the bathroom. (These "potty runs" are usually uneventful.) So, we sat on the toilet and she counted to 10, as she always does while on the toilet. She was getting kind of cranky on the toilet because she was a bit constipated. But, we sat there and tried to encourage her to go. We were taking too long, so Chris came to see what was holding us up. With a little encouragement from the both of us, Emily went poo-poo on the toilet for the first time!!! We were so excited for her! And she was so excited too!! We're making progress!!