Holiday Time

It was a very bittersweet Thanksgiving in our house.  Our beloved Cy, Jordan's big brother and Jim and mine's first baby, had to be put to sleep.  We all knew the time was coming, but it was still so hard.  He was Jordan's first dog and they had such fun together.  He was the first dog Jim and I got together.  He was the gentle dog that let our blessing, Carter, pull on him, and love on him, and get down on the floor with him.  There were many tears shed the first few days he was gone; the most might have been by the brother he left behind, Jake.  Poor Jake has had a hard time adjusting to being the only dog in our house, but we have been sure to shower him with lots of love and attention.  Here are a few out takes from our annual Christmas pictures, for the first time in eleven years minus Cy.

               Jordan really wasn't into smiling for this pic

                      Carter had had enough of pictures

                        No one was ready for a picture

            Really a sweet picture, Jake is such a good dog!

                            Jordan loves her dog!

                Too bad no one was looking at the camera!

Finally!

So, in July, I posted that Miss Carter was finally starting to potty train.  Alas, that was a short lived dream, as she really could have cared less.  However, this past weekend, she decided she was tired of pull ups, and has decided to be a big girl!  I am so proud, and I don't know why I ever thought she would potty train when I wanted her to.  She has always done things when she wanted.  Should be an interesting time with her.

A MAJOR Milestone

We have just had the first, of hopefully many from this point forward, trip to the potty!  I know that this may not be all that amazing to some, and honestly I didn't think it would be all that amazing to me because Jordan potty trained to easily, but Miss Carter is her own girl.  We have been trying for awhile now to get her to go tee tee on the potty.  I will be honest, I didn't really force it to much because I've always heard until they are ready they won't do it.  My clues that she wasn't ready were as follows: finding Dora panties and telling her she could have them if she would tee tee on the potty.  Her response, handing back the Dora panties and telling me no.  Really wanting a cupcake, and me telling her she could have one if she would tee tee on the potty.  Her response, no.  I was kind of at a loss.  Jordan potty trained at daycare and just came home and did it one day.  It was so easy!  I really thought Carter would be the same.  However, that was not meant to be.  But tonight, our luck changed.  She really wanted to make out the sofa bed, and our response was, if you go tee tee on the potty.  Ok, she said!  I was super excited.  She doesn't like to sit still, so we watched Little Einsteins on my phone and waited.  We got through almost an entire episode before I heard the sound of liquid falling.  I yelled and screamed, and daddy and Jordan came in and were so excited for her.  We called Grammy and Marmoo and told them what we did.  So, let's hope that now that she's actually done it, she will start doing it more regularly.