Success

I'm declaring it... Lily is potty trained. Not for night time.. that will take a bit longer but she is trained during the day. She wears panties everyday (so glad that I have a drawer full of panties) just like Anna. We celebrated today by getting her a Potty Prize. I carefully steered her to the Calico Critters set that she liked a few weeks ago and then made her peruse the store before making her final choice of a prize (the Calico Critters set and a pair of Calico Critter Cow Twins). We wound up at the Bagel shop and ran into 2 sets of friends.. while there Lily told me that the Poopies were coming (uh oh) but she did great and made it to the potty in time. She had no accidents all day and continued peeing on the potty whenever she told me that she needed to go. So proud of her.

I'm sure that Lee would be proud of her too. We are slowly adjusting still 13 months later. Tomorrow he would have been 53 years old. Doesn't seem possible at all. Last weekend was Anna and Lily's 4th birthday. Last year I was in panic mode for the whole day of the party and felt like I could have used some sort of medication to get through the day. This year I felt more in control and sure of myself and my ability to make it through. My cousin even commented to me that I was doing it and doing it well.. I agreed with her but commented back to that even though I was doing it, it didn't make any of it suck any less.

So lots of success going on here.. from going pee and poop on the potty to getting through the tougher dates on the calendar without my best friend.