+ Big girl +
You had a fun-filled weekend, though you were certainly very cantankerous much of the time. This morning you peed on the potty again! Yay! The secret to these beginning stages is that I must get to you AS you wake up, not after. If I can pick you up and take you to the potty immediately, you stand a better chance of actually peeing on it.

We did a lot of deep cleaning and some reorganizing on the house this weekend too. I reorganized your room somewhat to make it a little more user-friendly. I am accepting the possibility that in the near future you might be graduating out of a crib. Of course your crib will still be your toddler bed, but you will not be restrained from getting out of it. Thus, I need to have your room be as toddler-friendly as possible. It's not completely there, but it's closer.

I also redid a few of the kitchen cabinets. I moved the pans and baking sheets to a couple of different locations that weren't being utilized fully. Then I put all the tupperware on the bottom shelf and all of your cups, bowls and plates on the upper shelf in the bottom cabinet. I have this fantasy idea that you'll start learning to get your own plates/cups, and also learn how to help me put the dishes away. We'll see. That means letting you into the kitchen, which I have been solidly reluctant to do so far.

You're feeling infinitely better. The temperature and infections appear to be all gone. I think you missed out on your last day of antibiotics, but that's okay. You were 100% on track before that. I don't think the last dose or two will cause a big problem.

We missed a birthday party for Alyssa this weekend, which is a bummer since I know you would have had a blast with all the kids. But we had to go to Aunt Chelsie's and Uncle CR's instead, and you spent an evening with Grandma and Grandpa. When we showed up to fetch you, Grandpa was sound asleep with exhaustion and the living room floor was completely littered with Duplo building blocks. Grandma said you'd spent most of the evening in there on the floor with Grandpa, building and playing. Awww!