Bye-bye, Pampers!

So in my last post I bragged about how awesome my 18-month-old is doing with her verbal development. She continues to excel in that area. Another peculiar development is her ability to recognize pop stars from photographs without having ever seen them perform. A few months ago, she found a Target ad with Christina Aguilera and Taylor Swift on it. She pointed at them and started dancing. Tonight she found the DVD "Saved," pointed at Mandy Moore and started dippin' it low. (I think I totally pulled a muscle in my leg this weekend trying to dip it low to make her laugh. It worked, but I was in pain for a few days.)

Anyway, so I have another INSANE story that awards me some HUGE bragging rights... this evening my 18-month-old peed on the potty. I couldn't believe it! I mean, she watches her cousin pee on the potty all the time, so she knows the drill. She'll go into the bathroom and start freaking out, pointing and the potty and yelling about it. Then she'll start ripping off her clothes so that she can sit on it and read a book. Normally that's all that happens. Tonight, however, she peed!

I think it kind of freaked her out because she stood up right away and got a little piddle on the floor. Totally forgivable because she's new at the whole potty thing. I started cheering and gave her a hug, and she promptly thrust her little hand into the potty to play with it. I tried to not act too grossed out because I didn't want her to have any negative thoughts about the potty, so I just grabbed her and told her it was time to wash her hands.

So can you believe it!? I was just talking to her Nanna today about how close she was to using it and about how we might have to get pull-ups soon. Seriously, though, I'm not expecting her to be fully potty-trained in the next month. I don't know that she has the control yet to be able to be potty-trained, but it's still AWESOME!

In other news, my tulips survived the early April frost. I hear that there is another freeze warning for tomorrow, but I really think that they will be ok. I'll take my chances because I'm just too lazy to put the sheets back up outside.