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Growing Pains

When you move through stages of life you never fully comprehend how quickly they pass! I am a mom of 2 wonderfully energetic boys! 

I feel like yesterday we enrolled our oldest in K-3 & now he's finishing his 1st grade year!! Our youngest will start K-3 in the Fall & I emotionally look at my memories with babies wondering if I'm ready to let go of that stage and move to the next? NO IM NOT READY..... But here we come!

I jokingly made a goal in January that 
NO MATTER WHAT, this 3 year old had to be Potty Trained by Summer Camps! I tried every bargaining trick in the book! 

Then my Mother in law planned a trip to Sea World... 
While we started planning, I told my son: "You have to use the potty & wear big boy underwear if you want to see SHAMU"

I never thought he was listening but to my surprise he woke up the next day & said: "Mom, I want to ride the airplane & go to Sea World. Where are my underwear?"

I was so excited & proud when he caught on to this huge change so quickly! You really can potty train in a day but it's not your choice as a parent, it's the child's! I had already made up my mind that this process would not stress me out.

When he adapted so fast, I was a little sad because, NO DIAPERS MEANS NO BABIES! 

It has been a month since we said "goodbye" to diapers & I've watched my baby turn into a little boy! It has been so tough but I have enjoyed his excitement about the entire experience. I am ready for the next phase!


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