Chad and Courtney

About 2 weeks ago on the same day, a double miracle happened! Ella took steps, on her own, and thought it was great! She has been walking more and more since and is walking more than crawling or scooting the last week. Ella will be 2 in Feb, so this is a HUGE deal for me. A program called Kids on the Move has been sending a physical therapist to work with her once a month for the last 6 months, and I really think it has helped. What it finally came down to was Chad bribing her with fruit snacks. In other words, she could only have a fruit snack if she walked to it. We had tried things like that before, but for some reason it worked this time.
Miracle #2 is that on the same day, Kayson asked to wear underwear. He has been such an absolute nightmare to potty train that it makes me want to keep my kids in diapers til they're 10! (ok, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration.) Anyway, a few months ago, I decided to give up for a while and stuck him back in diapers. I rarely even mentioned the potty to him, so when he asked me one morning to wear diapers, I had to have him repeat it to make sure I heard right. He has been doing really well. Still an occasional wet accident, but for the first time he's going when he needs to as opposed to when I tell him to.
With a baby due in less than 7 weeks, these two things are heaven sent to me. I don't have to worry that there's something wrong with Ella's legs, and I won't have 3 kids in diapers! Yeah!!!

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